Plaque in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Edenton, NC

Transcribed from a Photograph in the book
Thomas Hinds Duggan, by Alice Duggan Gracy

THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS PARISH TAKEN FROM THE VESTRY MINUTE BOOK.
           "ANNO DOM 1701      CHOWAN PRECINCT SS
IN OBEDIENCE TO AN ACT OF ASSEMBLY MADE NOV 12^TH, 1701,
APPOINTING A VESTRY FOR THIS PRECINCT CONSISTING OF:
THE HON. HENDERSON WALKER, ESQR.            MR. JAMES LONG
COLL. THOMAS POLLOCK                                   MR. NATHANIEL CHEVIN
WILLIAM DUCKENFIELD, ESQR.                          MR. WILLIAM BENBURY,
MR. NICHOLAS CRISP                                         COLL. WILLIAM WILKINSON
MR. EDWARD SMITHWICK                                 CAPT. THOMAS LEUTEN
MR. JOHN BLOUNT                                             CAPT. THOMAS BLOUNT
WHO ALL BEING PRESENT AT THE HOUSE OF MR. THOMAS GILLIAM,
DEC. 15, 1701. IT BEING DEBATED WHERE A CHURCH SHOULD BE BUILT.
MR. EDWARD SMITHWICK UNDERTAKES TO GIVE ONE ACRE OF LAND
UPON HIS OLD PLANTATION, AND TO GIVE A CONVEYANCE FOR THE
SAME TO THE CHURCH WARDENS HEREAFTER APPOINTED FOR THE USE
AND SERVICE OF THE PRECINCT TO BUILD A CHURCH UPON AND FOR NO
OTHER USE AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SAME IN OPEN COURT."
(REMAINDER OF RECORD NOT GIVEN HERE)
THIS TABLET THE GIFT OF MR. & MRS. ALEXANDER WILBOURNE WEDDELL.
                                          1938

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