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Title
Orton
Plantation
Area
-
Brunswick
County
,
NC
.
Subject
Orton
Plantation
,
Brunswick
County
Description
Orton
Plantation
in
Brunswick
County
on the
west
bank
of the
Cape
Fear
River
dates
from
1725
and was
built
by "
King
"
Roger
Moore
(ca
.
1694-1751)
.
It
remained
in the
Moore
family
for
three
generations
.
Other
owners
were
Richard
Quince
,
General
Benjamin
Smith
(a
governor
of
North
Carolina)
,
Dr
.
Frederick
J
.
Hill
and
Colonel
Kenneth
McKenzie
Murchison
(1831-1904)
. The
James
Sprunt
family
purchased
the
old
rice
plantation
in
1904
from the
estate
of
Sprunt's
father-in-law
,
Col
.
Murchison
.
Dr
.
James
Sprunt
,
(1846-1924)
, the
Chronicler
of the
Cape
Fear
, and his
wife
Luola
Murchison
Sprunt
(1858-1916)
added
the
wings
and
porch
to the
house
and
planted
a
profusion
of
azaleas
,
camellias
and
other
flowering
plants
to the
extensive
gardens
. In the
spring
, the
gardens
are
truly
a
place
of
beauty
.
Road
to
St
.
Philip's
Church
from
Orton
Plantation
.
Note
small
wooden
house
on
right
side
. The
ruins
of
St
.
Philip's
are
located
in
Brunswick
Town
. The
town
of
Brunswick
,
one-half
mile
south
of
Orton
Plantation
, was
founded
in
1725
, by
Colonel
Maurice
Moore
(ca
.
1682/86-1743)
on the
west
side
of the
Cape
Fear
River
. A
plan
for the
town
was
set
up
,
lots
were
sold
and
houses
were
built
.
When
New
Hanover
County
was
established
in
1729
, the
town
was
included
in the
new
county
.
Brunswick
was
built
on an
unhealthy
site
and
it
experienced
frequent
hurricanes
. The
1769
storm
caused
such
devastation
that
most
settlers
left
and
many
went
to the
new
town
of
Newton
or
Wilmington
,
sixteen
miles
up
river
.
All
that
remains
of the
early
settlement
is
a
graveyard
and the
ruins
of
St
.
Philip's
Church
.
First
known
as His
Majesty's
Chapel
in the
Carolinas
, the
church
was
begun
about
1735/1740
, and
it
took
twenty
years
to
complete
. By that
time
, the
town
was
losing
population
and the
church
was
abandoned
.
Several
of the
church's
appointments
(altar
rail)
and
linen
are
now
in the
possession
of
St
.
Philips
Episcopal
Church
in
Southport
,
NC
.
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