the valuable gift of a Rectory and the lot on which it is built

The Parish has since my last report, received the valuable gift of a Rectory and the lot on which it is built, by deed of conveyance, signed by Colonel and Mrs. Robert Strange of Wilmington, N. C., the value of which is not less than three thousand dollars. This building which is so essential to the prosperity of the Parish, is the result of the exertions and liberality of Mrs. Strange and her relatives, Miss Jane A. Hawkins, Mrs. William J. Hawkins and Mrs. Mary F. Foster.

(Source: The Rev. William S. Pettigrew, Parochial Report, Church of the Holy Innocents, Henderson, 1875 Journal of Convention, 106)