▁Fem ale ▁Academy . ▁ ▁Five ▁years ▁later , ▁Max well ▁Ch amb ers ▁and ▁his ▁half - s ister ▁Reb e cca ▁T roy ▁lived ▁there . ▁Later , ▁Ch amb ers ▁moved ▁and ▁Sher iff ▁Ch aff in ▁of ▁Dav ie ▁County , ▁North ▁Carolina ▁bought ▁it ▁and ▁r ented ▁it . ▁ ▁Row an ▁County ▁native ▁Dr . ▁Joseph us ▁Hall , ▁who ▁returned ▁to ▁Sal is bury ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 3 , ▁bought ▁the ▁house ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁Mary ▁Cow an ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 ▁for ▁$ 3 , 5 0 0 . ▁The ▁purchase ▁included ▁st ables ▁and ▁slaves ' ▁qu arters . ▁Hall ▁added ▁$ 1 2 5 ▁worth ▁of ▁decor ative ▁iron work . ▁During ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁Hall ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁sur geon ▁for ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁Pr ison . ▁When ▁Union ▁troops ▁inv aded , ▁they ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁front ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁house , ▁pay ing ▁rent , ▁and ▁Hall ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁back . ▁ ▁Hall ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 . ▁When ▁his ▁wife ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁she ▁left ▁all ▁her ▁property ▁to ▁daughter ▁Henri etta , ▁who ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁Julius ▁D . ▁Mc Ne ely . ▁Their ▁daughter ▁Henri etta ▁( Mc Ne ely ) ▁Stra chan ▁had ▁married ▁W aver ly ▁B . ▁Stra chan ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁daughter ▁M ild red ▁Stra chan .