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- Colonial and Regulator years · 1680–1774
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George Micklejohn is sent to St. Matthew's Parish in Hillsborough
Governor William Tryon sent the Rev. George Micklejohn, a Society for the Propagation of the Gospel missionary first assigned to Rowan County, to St. Matthew's Parish in Orange County.
People: William Tryon
Subject: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
- Revolution and early republic · 1775–1799
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Loyalist rector George Micklejohn is taken into custody
With the outbreak of the Revolution Micklejohn remained loyal to the Crown and was held among the Loyalist prisoners; on May 3, 1776 the Provincial Congress at Halifax paroled him to Perquimans County. St. Matthew's Parish had no Episcopal rector again until 1825.
Subject: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
- Antebellum and Civil War · 1800–1865
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St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough is consecrated under its first rector, William Mercer Green
William Mercer Green became first rector of the reorganized St. Matthew's parish in 1825, the year work began on its brick church; state architect William Nichols and brickmaker John Berry were among the builders. Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft consecrated the church on May 21, 1826, during the diocesan convention it hosted.
People: John Berry · John Stark Ravenscroft · William Nichols
Subject: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
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St. Matthew's adds a gallery for Black worshippers under William Mercer Green
In 1835, during William Mercer Green's rectorship, a gallery was added to St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough to seat Black worshippers. Green also held monthly services at Duncan Cameron's Salem Chapel, where he gave instruction to enslaved people.
People: Duncan Cameron
Subject: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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Paul C. Collins serves on the vestry of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Paul C. Collins sat on the vestry of St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough from 1908 and retired as senior warden in 1957, one of the small group of families from whom the vestry was long drawn.
Subject: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
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