In 1874, St. John's Parish was founded by Rev. W. H. Hickcox, Dr. Charles Hewitt, Frank Lewin, W. A. Willis, J. P. Marshall, H. S. Walters, E. F. Walters, B. Adams, T. C. Ruscoe, Charles Ingram, R. T. Batchalor, E. M. Davis, R. Fowles, A. B. Rothwell, James H. Young, T. N. Pettigrew, E. T. Buckell, Mrs. M. L. Pearson, Mrs. Charles Moultrie, Rev. Alfred Brown, I. W. Thomas, Edward Jones, F. D. Broughton, and Philip Pocock.