Excerpt from One Hundredth Anniversary Commemorating the Building of St. James Church, Wilmington, N. C: April 30th and May 1st, 1939, the Two Hundred and Tenth Year of the Parish; Historical Notices Up to this time (1747) the congregation in this town had used the county court-house as a house of public worship - having as yet no more suitable place in which their clergyman could officiate. Among those who contributed to supply this want, the name of Michael Higgins deserves a grateful remembrance. This person was a faithful and well-tried friend of the Church in this place; and to his county the congregation are to this day indebted for the ground which forms the last earthly resting place of their departed relatives and friends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.