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St. Philip's Church - Brunswick Town - Brunswick County, NC.
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Title
St
.
Philip's
Church
-
Brunswick
Town
-
Brunswick
County
,
NC
.
Subject
St
.
Philip's
Church
,
Brunswick
Town
,
Brunswick
County
Description
The
town
of
Brunswick
,
one-half
mile
south
of
Orton
Estate
, 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
.
Interior
of the
ruins
of the
church
.
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 587
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