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HISTOR 
 
 OF THE 
 
 AT 
 
 QUAKER MEADOWS AND MORGANTON 
 
 FROM THE YEAR 1780 TO 1913 
 
 BY 
 
 A. C. AVERY 
 
MS 
 
HISTORY OF THE 
 
 I 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES 
 
 AT 
 
 Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 FROM THE YEAR 1780 TO 1913 
 
 By HON. A. C. AVERY 
 
 Raleigh 
 
 Edwards & Broughton Printing Company 
 Printers and Binders 
 1913 
 
DEDICATION 
 
 To the Memory of 
 REV. E. B. ANDERSON 
 
 During Whose Pastorate the "Writer Was 
 Received into the Eirst Presbyterian Church of 
 morganton 
 
 This Little Volume is 
 Dedicated 
 
Judge Avery died at his home at Morganton, N". C, June 13, 
 1913, in his seventy-eighth year. He had sent this book to the 
 publishers some weeks before, but had not had an opportunity 
 to finish reading the proofs. At the request of his son, Lenoir 
 Avery, I have filled in such omissions as I was able, and I have 
 sought to give the volume something of a memorial character by 
 providing a portrait of the Author, together with a brief sketch 
 of his life. Carey E. Gregory. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 About twenty years ago, I was requested by tbe Session of the 
 Presbyterian church, to join the pastor of the Presbyterian 
 church at Morganton in the effort to collect data and prepare 
 a history of the church at Quaker Meadows from the year 1780, 
 and of that established at Morganton about the year 1820, up to 
 the time of writing it. 
 
 The burning of the records of Orange Presbytery and the 
 further fact that Concord Presbytery, and the Synod of JSTorth 
 Carolina, were organized during the last decade of the Eigh- 
 teenth Century and that the minutes of the Sessions of both 
 churches prior to 1835, had also been lost or destroyed, at first 
 induced me to despair of doing the desired work. 
 
 After years of research and inquiry, the material gathered 
 from tradition and meagre records, grew to such proportions, 
 that the work was undertaken. 
 
 The history embraces sketches of each successive pastor, after 
 a short notice of Rev. James Templeton, beginning with that of 
 Rev. Dr. J. McKamie Wilson, whose first work was done at 
 Quaker Meadows between 1795 and 1801, and ending with the 
 auspicious labors of the first year of the present incumbent. 
 The history also contains biographical notices of all elders who 
 have died in the harness in either church and of one of the Rev- 
 olutionary Elders, Captain Vance, who died at Reems' Creek in 
 Buncombe, as to whose ordination the proof is not absolutely 
 conclusive. The first four elders having participated in the 
 battles of King's Mountain, Ramsaur's Mill and probably Cow- 
 pens and Musgrove's Mill. 
 
 There will be appended to the history an alphabetical list 
 of members from the establishment of the church at Quaker 
 Meadows, which will prove a help and a pleasure to persons 
 who are trying to trace the genealogy of the old families of the 
 county. As a rule the name of a lady will be that first entered 
 on the church roll, though she may have been married subse- 
 quently. 
 
 The writer acknowledges valuable assistance from Elder 
 
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 Preface 
 
 John A. Dickson in getting the names of old members, as to 
 whose admission to the church no record could be found. 
 
 In making the extensive research and inquiry, which has 
 been required to gather material facts, as well as in the tire- 
 some clerical work incident to the preparation of the history, 
 the services of the writer's son, Lenoir T. Avery, have proven 
 indispensable. 
 
 With the hope that the old church may prove to have been 
 founded upon a rock, this is respectfully submitted to its mem- 
 bers and to the descendants of its founders in Burke, who have 
 become connected with other branches of the Christian church. 
 
 A. C. Avery. 
 
 Morganton, K C, March 8, 1913. 
 
HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 FROM THE YEAR 1780 TO 1913 
 
 In obedience to a resolution passed by the Session of the First 
 Presbyterian church at Morganton, the writer essays to con- 
 struct a history of the Presbyterian church in Burke County 
 from the organization of the first churches at Quaker Meadows 
 and Pleasant Gardens in about 1780, to our own time, from 
 very meagre material. In order to insure that a succinct and 
 correct account of the proceedings of its church session shall 
 be kept, the minutes of the meetings of the sessions of every 
 church are required to be written out and signed by its moder- 
 ator and subsequently revised and approved by the moderator 
 of the Presbytery to which it belongs. 
 
 Mr. E. J. Erwin, who was the custodian of these minutes, left 
 a statement that the record, which embraced the history of the 
 churches at Quaker Meadows, at Silver Creek chapel, and at 
 Morganton prior to the year 1835, was either mislaid or de- 
 stroyed and that the book beginning with 1835 was at one time 
 mislaid for three years. So that the history must be gathered 
 from detached notes found in the proceedings of the higher 
 church courts in North Carolina or in general church history 
 such as Foote's "Sketches of North Carolina," Foote's "Sketches 
 of Virginia," or Caruthers' "Life of Caldwell," or from tradition 
 that has been kept alive in the families of leading Presbyterians 
 who composed the first settlers of the county. Eesorting to 
 these sources the writer finds that the early records of Orange 
 Presbytery were destroyed more than a century and a half ago, 
 and that the traditions of the early elders who were scattered 
 throughout the central, southern and western sections of the 
 county have been handed down, if at all, to descendants now 
 connected with other religious organizations who have been so 
 aggressive in their work as to bring churches to their own 
 
s 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 doors. Rivalry amongst the churches is natural if not com- 
 mendable, and our church cannot expect members of other de- 
 nominations to preserve its nistory, even where that history 
 commemorates the activities of their own ancestors. 
 
 Burke County was not established till 1777. The French- 
 Indian War lasted from 1753 to 1760. But the portion of 
 Rowan which was afterwards Burke County lying around Mor- 
 ganton was not considered a safe place of abode until about the 
 year 1763, when the advance guard of the pioneer German set- 
 tlers in the eastern part of the county and Scotch-Irish settlers 
 in the western part, from Morganton to the mountains, began to 
 rush in and enter the choice land. Even then the hills were still 
 studded with forts, kept in readiness as place's of refuge in case 
 of an Indian incursion. One of these forts was erected upon the 
 hill on the right as one entered Fleming's Ford from the north- 
 west and was ready for occupancy by families living on John's 
 River and Upper and Irish creeks. The last of these Indian 
 raids was as late as 1777 and the line of incursion was made 
 memorable by the tales of cruelty visited upon many families. 
 
 History and tradition leave a blank where we would expect 
 to hear of the preaching of the Gospel from the first settlement 
 of this section until after the county and county-seat were lo- 
 cated in 1777. The records of Orange Presbytery, if they had 
 not been destroyed, would probably have shown who, among 
 the great leaders of the church at that time, such as Rev. Henry 
 Patillo, David Caldwell, Samuel McCorkle and James McRee 
 were ordered to labor for specified periods in this newly acquired 
 wilderness, or it may have been that mission work was done 
 here under the direction of the Presbytery of South Carolina 
 or the Presbytery of Abingdon. A note in Caruthers' "Life of 
 Caldwell" (at page 250) throws the first light upon the his- 
 tory of this church in stating that Rev. James Templeton rep- 
 resented the churches at Quaker Meadows and Pleasant Gar- 
 dens at a meeting of the Presbytery, April 2, 1784. We are left 
 to conjecture as to when, he undertook the work or how long he 
 labored at these churches. The Quaker Meadows church of 
 that day was built about where the church stands today, and a 
 portion of it was still standing, unfit for occupancy, within the 
 
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 memory of the writer. The church at Pleasant Gardens must 
 have been a name without a local habitation, or it was the 
 church established in the Greenlee settlement on the Upper 
 Catawba, whose organization . ha£ continued up to the present 
 time. The Presbyterian churches of Quaker Meadows and 
 Pleasant Gardens were the oldest church structures in the ter- 
 ritory lying between Powan County and the Tennessee line, 
 except the old Lutheran "Little John" church which was built 
 a few years before either of them. 
 
 The history of churches is largely composed of sketches of 
 the characters and accounts of the religious work of its succes- 
 sive pastors. On page 105 of Foote's "Sketches of Virginia" it 
 appears that Pev. James Templeton was received by Hanover 
 Presbytery as a candidate at Timber Ridge, April 16, 1775, and 
 that he was a graduate of Nassau Hall, bringing recommenda- 
 tions from Dr. Witherspoon. It further appears that he was 
 licensed at the house of John Morrison on Pockfish, October 
 26, 1775, and soon removed to South Carolina. 
 
 On page 250 of the "Life of Pev. David Caldwell" by Pev. 
 E. M. Caruthers, is printed as a note, a statistical report of 
 the names and churches of Orange Presbytery, showing that 
 James Templeton was the minister of Quaker Meadows church 
 April 2, 1784, and that the church was then in that Presbytery. 
 On page 281 of Poote's "Sketches of North Carolina" it will be 
 seen that the Synod of New York and Philadelphia in May, 
 1788, with a view to constituting a General Assembly of the 
 Presbyterians of the United States created the new synod of the 
 Carolinas composed of the Presbyteries of North Carolina, 
 South Carolina, and Abingdon, the last being principally in 
 Tennessee in the Watauga settlement. James Templeton was 
 still minister and member of Orange Presbytery in 1788. The 
 first meeting of the new synod was held at Center church in 
 the State of North Carolina November 5, 1788 (see Foote's 
 "Sketches of North Carolina," page 282). When the Synod 
 met James Templeton was recorded as a member of the Pres- 
 bytery of South Carolina. 
 
 At a meeting of the Synod held at Thyatira (in Powan 
 County) October 5, 1791, James Templeton was appointed as 
 
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 Preshytevifw Fhurnhps n * 
 
 one of the ministers and elders composing a standing commis- 
 sion of Synod. Amongst the elders appointed was John Mc- 
 Knitt Alexander and the ministers were Rev. Samuel McCorkle, 
 Rev. James Hall and others. • At the same meeting the Synod 
 appointed four missionaries to act in the destitute regions on 
 both sides of the Alleghanies. The commission was to direct 
 their movements during the recess of synod and their "support 
 was priced at two hundred dollars annually." It was made their 
 duty to ascertain and report "who of the families they visited 
 wished to receive the gospel from the Presbyterians." The per- 
 sons appointed were James Templeton and Robert Hall of 
 South Carolina Presbytery and Robert Archbold with licen- 
 tiate John Bowman of the Presbytery of Orange. On October 
 5, 1792 (see Foote's "Sketches of North Carolina," pages 286 
 and 287) it appears that the commission sent Templeton with 
 Robert Hall to do mission work in lower South Carolina 
 and Georgia. At Sugar Creek October 2, 1793, James Temple- 
 ton was chosen moderator of Synod. October 1, 1795, James 
 Templeton was again moderator of Synod which met at New 
 Providence. At this meeting John McK. Wilson reported a 
 missionary tour of the lower part of North Carolina. 
 
 At the meeting of Synod in 1794, it appears (Foote's 
 "Sketches of North Carolina," page 200) that for some reason 
 James Templeton, moderator, was absent and Samuel C. Cald- 
 well opened Synod with a sermon, whereupon Rev. James Hall 
 was chosen moderator. With this entry James Templeton is 
 not mentioned. 
 
 Rev. John McKamie Wilson. 
 
 Rev. John McK. Wilson was the son of an Englishman who 
 settled and married in Mecklenburg County. John McK. was 
 born in that county in the year 1769. After his father's death 
 and in his boyhood his mother was left a widow and the Widow 
 Wilson took into her home for a time the Widow Jackson, with 
 her young son, Andrew Jackson, afterwards President of the 
 United States (Foote's "Sketches," page 476). John McK. 
 Wilson was educated at the school of Rev. James Hall of 
 Rowan County. Rev. James Hall was one of the foremost citi- 
 zens of Western North Carolina. He served as captain of a 
 
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 company during the War of the Kevolution and continued to 
 preach the gospel to the soldiers in the field. After our in- 
 dependence had been won he founded a school in Iredell County 
 (then Rowan) at which scores of men afterwards prominent as 
 ministers of the gospel, as politicians, and as business men, re- 
 ceived their education. The names of a number of prominent 
 men instructed by him, including that of J. M. Wilson, are 
 given by Foote (see "Sketches," pages 330-331). 
 
 Mr. Wilson was licensed by the Presbytery of Orange, then 
 embracing nearly the whole State of North Carolina, in 1793. 
 Concord Presbytery was formed of territory in the western part 
 of Orange Presbytery, October 1, 1795. Prior to the formation 
 of the new Presbytery, Mr. Wilson was ordained pastor of the 
 Quaker Meadows church, about the year 1795 (Foote's 
 "Sketches," page 478), after having served as a missionary in 
 the lower counties of North Carolina for some time. Foote 
 says (at page 479) : "While resident in Burke he was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mary Erwin, the daughter of Alexander 
 Erwin.of that county, and found in her an amiable, pious, and 
 intelligent companion and pastor's wife for more than thirty 
 years. He survived her about five years." She was known as 
 "Pretty Polly Wilson." Mr. Wilson served the churches at 
 Quaker Meadows till the year 1801, when he removed to Rocky 
 River church, then in Mecklenburg County, where he spent the 
 remainder of his life. He is reported in the minutes of Synod 
 (Foote's "Sketches," page 302) as representing Morganton and 
 Quaker Meadows churches at Hopewell church, October 31, 
 1799. This is the first mention we find of Morganton church, 
 but no record has been preserved by the Session of the church 
 showing precisely when a congregation distinct from that at 
 Quaker Meadows was formed in the town. The records of Con- 
 cord Presbytery show that the pulpits of Quaker Meadows and 
 Pleasant Gardens were supplied by occasional visits of ministers 
 from 1801 till the Quaker Meadows congregation called Rev. 
 Chauncey Eddy, except that at a meeting at Hopewell church 
 in 1819 and at Steele Creek in 1820, Presbytery provided for 
 preaching at Morganton. 
 
 After Mr. Wilson's removal to Mecklenburg, he established 
 
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 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 a school near Rocky Eiver church and followed in the footsteps 
 of his preceptor, Dr. Hall, in preparing young men for coliege 
 and, in some instances at least, in instructing candidates for 
 the ministry in theology. Among his students were Revs. Rob- 
 ert Hall Morrison of North Carolina and James Morrison of 
 Virginia. The late Dr. Samuel Tate of Morganton was a 
 nephew of Mrs. Wilson and received his early education at 
 that school. Few men have made a more lasting impression 
 for good on the people of Western Worth Carolina than Mr. 
 Wilson. 
 
 Among his children were Rev. Alexander Wilson who went 
 out as a missionary and died in the wilds of Africa, Hon. J. 
 Harvey Wilson, a distinguished lawyer of Charlotte, and Rev. 
 John M. Wilson, who will be mentioned later as one of the pas- 
 tors of the church at Morganton. Rev. J. M. Wilson, Sr., 
 lived, during his pastorate at Quaker Meadows, at a place known 
 as the Wilson Old Fields, between the residence of the late 
 Joseph Erwin, now occunpied by his daughters, and Quaker 
 Meadows. 
 
 The Chuech at Silver Creek. 
 
 The records do not show when this church was built and 
 when the congregation was organized. We know from the rec- 
 ords that among its resident elders was Thomas JSTeil, and its 
 deacons, John McElrath. Whether Dr. J. M. Wilson sup- 
 plied it is not shown by any minutes of a church session in 
 existence nor by the minutes of Concord Presbytery. From the 
 information accessible we conclude that the church at Quaker 
 Meadows was the only distinct congregation till about 1819 
 at the earliest; but that while a church had been built on the 
 Dysartville road called Silver Creek, and services were held at 
 stated intervals there, the congregation was a part of the con- 
 gregation at Morganton, all of the elders constituting one Ses- 
 sion. 
 
 There was a long interim between the time when the old 
 church at Quaker Meadows became unfit for occupancy and the 
 time when the present church was built at Quaker Meadows 
 somewhere about the year 1852 or 1853. After that church was 
 rebuilt however, the Presbyterians in the vicinity, while they 
 
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 met and worshiped there when the pulpit was supplied, were 
 until late years members of the Morganton congregation. 
 
 The elders and most active male members of the first congre- 
 gation at Quaker Meadows were Robert Penland (who was 
 remembered by the old people thirty years ago and affection- 
 ately calied "Father Penland") and John Duckworth. Robert 
 Penland ard Samuel Alexander, who married his daughter, were 
 both ancestors of Mrs. Presnell, Mrs. Harrison Galloway and 
 Mrs. William Harbison. Robert Penland was the grandfather 
 of the late Milton Penland of Asheville, and Robert Penland 
 of Bakersville and the great grandfather of Judge G. S. Fergu- 
 son. 
 
 Samuel Alexander, who was ordained a few years later, was 
 the grandfather of Mrs. Hugh Howard and of Vance (father 
 of E. D. Alexander) and Davis Alexander and of Mrs. Cornelia 
 Avery and her sister Mrs. Carter. He made an impression for 
 good that is perceptible to this day in the character and conduct 
 of his descendants. He was a soldier of the Revolution and 
 won distinction at King's Mountain. He died at a ripe old 
 age, April 26, 1842. John Duckworth was next ordained an 
 elder. He was wounded at Ramsaur's Mill and fought at 
 King's Mountain before his wound was healed. The ball was 
 extracted from his side by Dr. Shuffling late in life and was 
 exhibited by Governor Morehead with some effect in one of his 
 Whig speeches in 1842. John Duckworth survived all of his 
 comrades in arms. A note in the record of the Morganton 
 church fixes the date of his death November 7, 1843. He has 
 many descendants now living in Burke County. 
 
 More extended notices of the early officers and members of 
 Quaker Meadows church will be given in connection with the 
 appended list of members of the Presbyterian church in Burke 
 County. 
 
 The writer has satisfied himself that no Presbyterian church 
 was organized in Morganton before the year 1819 and possibly 
 not before Rev. Chauncey Eddy was called by Quaker Meadows 
 church in 1824. 
 
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 Rev. Chauncey Eddy. 
 
 Mr. Eddy was living at Morganton in April, 1824. He was 
 recalled by its citizens of the past generation as a polished 
 gentleman, and accomplished scholar and gifted instructor. 
 Beginning with a meeting of Concord Presbytery at Charlotte, 
 April 7, 1824, we find the following entries on the minutes : 
 
 A communication was introduced by Mr. Chauncey Eddy, 
 late a licentiate under the direction of the Presbytery of Lon- 
 donderry, certifying his dismission from that Presbytery, and 
 recommending him to this body. He, having expressed his wish 
 to be taken under the care and direction of this Presbytery, was 
 accordingly received. It was suggested by a member that it 
 might contribute much to the interest of that section of country 
 where Mr. Eddy at present resides that he receive ordination 
 as an evangelist. This subject was at some length discussed 
 and postponed for further consideration on tomorrow morning. 
 
 April 7th. 
 
 The subject respecting the ordination of Mr. Eddy was again 
 taken into consideration and it was resolved that it is expedient 
 to ordain Mr. Eddy as an evangelist and that the Presbytery 
 meet at Morganton on the last Eriday in this month for that 
 purpose. That Mr. Eddy prepare for delivery a sermon on 
 John 3 :23 and for examination a lecture on Acts 16th chapter, 
 from the 25th to 31st verses inclusive, as usual in that case. 
 That Rev. Henry M. Kerr preach the ordination sermon and 
 the Rev. J oseph S. Kilpatrick preside and give the charges. 
 
 Morganton, April 30, 1824. 
 
 Present: Rev. Joseph S. Kilpatrick, Henry W. Kerr, Joseph 
 E. Bell, John M. Erwin, and Elder fm. Erwin. 
 
 Mr. Chauncey Eddy delivered a popular sermon on the text 
 assigned him and a lecture on Acts 16th chapter, from 25th to 
 the 31st verses inclusive, both of which were considered and 
 sustained. 
 
 Mr. Eddy was then examined on experimental religion and 
 on all those things upon which candidates for ordination are 
 usually examined. The Presbytery sustained all the parts of 
 his trial and express their highest approbation of the same by 
 stating that in all things touching his examination Mr. Eddy 
 gave full satisfaction. Resolved unanimously that on tomor- 
 row Mr. Eddy be ordained to the whole of the Gospel Ministry. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
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 May 1. 
 
 The Kev. Henry M. Kerr as directed at our last meeting 
 pieached the ordination sermon from I Tim. 3 :1 — "This is a 
 trie saying if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a 
 gool work." After which Mr. Eddy was ordained to the whole 
 of Ue Gospel Ministry by prayer and the laying on of the 
 handii of the Presbytery, and the right hand of fellowship was 
 given him according to discipline. The Rev. Mr. Kilpatrick 
 preside? and gave the charge to the newly ordained bishop and 
 an exhoitation to the congregation. Adjourned. 
 
 Bethel Church, September 8, 1824: Mr. Eddy tardy and al- 
 lowed to supply churches at discretion. 
 
 Bethany Church, April 7, 1825 : John Duckworth, elder rep- 
 resenting Moiganton church; Rev. Chauncey Eddy absent. 
 
 Prospect Church, June 8, 1825 : Chauncey Eddy absent. 
 
 Unity Church (Rowan), July 15, 1825 : Eddy not reported. 
 
 Unity (Lincoln), September 1, 1825 : Elder John Duckworth 
 represented Morgaaton. Rev. Eddy absent. 
 
 Kev. John Silliman. 
 The successor of Mr. Eddy was Rev. John Silliman of whom 
 the writer knows something by tradition. He can best be intro- 
 duced by the following extract from the minutes of Presbytery : 
 
 Unity (Lincoln), September 23, 1825. 
 
 Whereas, the Rev. Chauncey Eddy has left the congregation 
 of Quaker Meadows and Morganton ; and although he has taken 
 no dismission these churches are vacant, and 
 
 Whereas, the delay of Mr. Jno. Silliman's dismission has pre- 
 vented him from being received as a licentiate under our care, 
 till the present sessions, and likewise has prevented the people of 
 Morganton from preparing a call for Mr. Silliman to minister 
 to them, and 
 
 Whereas, an elder from Morganton stated that for want of an 
 ordained minister of their own the people are leaving that 
 church, and joining other denominations, and further stated 
 that the people are extremely desirous that Mr. Silliman should 
 be ordained and become their minister ; and that there is no 
 doubt but that a call will be presented as soon as one can be 
 drawn. 
 
 Therefore the Presbytery after mature deliberation, with 
 sympathy for the destitute and suffering church at Morganton, 
 
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 do urge that Mr. Silliman be ordained and installed as pastor 
 of Morganton, or as an evangelist as may appear to their 
 proper, when the Presbytery meets at Morganton. 
 
 Resolved, that Presbytery meet at Morganton on the Friday 
 before the second Sabbath of November next for the ordinaAon 
 of Mr. Silliman, and for any other business that may comi be- 
 fore them; that the Kev. Joseph E. Bell preach the ordiration 
 sermon, and that the Kev. James Stafford be his alternate ; that 
 the Kev. Jno. M. Erwin preside and give the charge and that 
 the Kev. Daniel Gould be his alternate, 
 
 Ordered, that Mr. Silliman prepare a sermon on Hark, 1st 
 chapter and 15th verse, latter clause, and a popular lecture on 
 I Cor. 15th chapter, and 1st to 11th verses, inclusive, for ex- 
 amination as directed in our discipline. 
 
 Morganton, November 11, 1825. 
 
 Eddy absent (a call from the congregation of Morganton for 
 the whole of the ministerial labors of Mr. John Silliman was 
 presented and read.) 
 
 (The call from the congregation of Morganton was next 
 taken up. After duly considering the call it was presented to 
 and accepted by Mr. Silliman.) 
 
 Presbytery then proceeded according to the book of discipline 
 in the examination of Mr. Silliman now a candidate for ordi- 
 nation. He was examined on experimental religion and his 
 views and motives for entering the Holy Ministry. Being satis- 
 fied with the examination Presbytery then proceeded to take 
 the different parts of trial usually required of candidates in 
 such cases. 
 
 Morganton, November 12. 
 
 Mr. Silliman delivered a sermon from Mark 1 :15, last clause, 
 and a popular lecture from I Corinthians, 15th chapter, 1st 
 to 11th verses, inclusive. These parts of trial were sustained. 
 Mr. Bell appears. Proceeded in the examination of the can- 
 didate on Theology. 
 
 All these parts of trial sustained, Mr. Silliman having gone 
 through the requisite trial and examination preparatory to ordi- 
 nation, and Presbytery being satisfied with his preparation for 
 entering upon the discharge of all the duties of the Holy Min- 
 stry; therefore resolved that the Presbytery proceed to his 
 ordination. 
 
 The candidate and congregation being answered in the affirm- 
 ative the usual questions, and make the requisite promises by 
 solemn prayer and the laying on of hands of the Presbytery, 
 Mr. John Silliman was set apart and ordained to the whole of 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
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 the Gospel Ministry and by prayer and solemn charge installed 
 pastor of the congregation at Morganton. The Rev. John M. 
 Erwin offered up the ordination prayer and gave the charge to 
 the newly ordained bishop. The Rev. Joseph S. Kilpatrick 
 followed with a charge to the congregation. 
 
 The writer files with the records of the Session, a number 
 of extracts from the minutes of Concord Presbytery, extending 
 up to the year 1830. (Also list from 1830 to 1890). From 
 these extracts it appears that Rev. J ohn Silliman took an active 
 part in the proceedings of Presbytery and a number of times 
 presided at meetings of that body. 
 
 The Eddy and Silliman School in Morganton. 
 
 True to their history as the pioneers in classical education, 
 the Scotch-Irish settlers in Burke County established, under the 
 accomplished scholar Mr. Eddy, who came direct from Lon- 
 donderry, the first high school founded in Burke County, ex- 
 cept, perhaps, a school where J. McKamie Wilson taught the 
 chldren of his congregation, near his home on the old Alexander 
 Erwin place. When Mr. Eddy gave way to Mr. Silliman, this 
 school was conducted by Rev. Silliman, (who, as has already 
 been mentioned, succeeded Mr. Eddy), with the assistance of 
 Mr. Silliman's wife, who was herself a ripe scholar. Under the 
 pastorate of Mr. Eddy, the old brick church, built on the foun- 
 dation of the present church and constituting a part of it, was 
 erected, as was the old brick academy, which stood upon what 
 was afterwards the Wilson lot, opposite to the Episcopal 
 church. This old Presbyterian church was the only church in 
 Morganton for about twenty years, during which time the Bap- 
 tists and Methodists were permitted to preach in it while the 
 Episcopalians held their services in the courthouse. 
 
 The daughters of leading citizens of the western part of 
 Burke County (which, then, was bounded on the northwest by 
 the Tennessee line, and on the southwest by the line of Bun- 
 combe County), or many of them, were educated at this school. 
 The ladies of the Brown family, including Mrs. James Avery, 
 Mrs. William Murphy, and Mrs. Ephraim Greenlee, as well as 
 the ladies of the Burgin, Carson, and Whitson families, and 
 
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 perhaps some of the Greenlees, who were not sent to Virginia 
 schools, were pupils at the Morganton Academy. Nearly all 
 of the boys and girls who resided in and around Morganton at 
 the time, were beneficiaries of this institution. Among them 
 were Miss Cecilia Erwin, Mrs. Delia Erwin Hardy, Miss Mary 
 Presnell (afterwards Mrs. Logan Carson), several young ladies 
 of the Tate family, and others. 
 
 Mr. Silliman owned the farm on Silver Creek, afterwards 
 owned by old Mr. John Caldwell and his son, Governor Tod R. 
 Caldwell, which was known as the Silliman place and is now 
 
 occupied by Mr. Silliman overlooked 
 
 the cultivation of his farm and left the management of the 
 school largely to Mrs. Silliman, who was a trained teacher and 
 a ripe scholar, coming into town every morning during the ses- 
 sions of school to assist her. 
 
 This school was continued by Rev. J. S. McCutchan, who 
 succeeded Mr. Silliman, and the history of whose pastorate will 
 be given later. 
 
 The Old Presbyterian Camp-meetings 
 
 Few of the staid, dignified Presbyterians of today who live in 
 apprehension of the traveling evangelist's method of conduct- 
 ing service, are aware of the fact that the old fashioned camp 
 ground with its log tents and brush arbors, was the conception 
 of the early founders of the Presbyterian church in this county, 
 and that their ancestors looked forward with pleasure to the 
 enjoyment of a refreshing season at the annual meetings. 
 
 Silver Creek camp-ground was probably established as far 
 back as the last years of the pastorate of Rev. J. McKamie Wil- 
 son, in the midst of a nest of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians com- 
 posed of such families as the McElraths, Harbisons, O'Neils, 
 Rosses, Gradys, Butlers, Morrisons, and Tates. They con- 
 tinued to hold yearly meetings there until the fall of 1844, 
 when the meeting closed with the great freshet of +hat year. 
 As the writer recalls the appearance of the ground, there were 
 long rows of log-pole cabins extending around the east, north 
 and west of the long parallelogram on which the arbor was 
 erected with long rows of log seats extending to the preacher's 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
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 stand on the south. Many of the farmers had two cabins of 
 good size, and a cooking shed or cabin for cooking was erected 
 back of the camping place of every family. 
 
 Ministers came from as far east and south as Salisbury and 
 Charlotte to minister to the scattered members, often living re- 
 mote from churches, who erected tents in order to enjoy preach- 
 ing for a week. 
 
 Probably, in the early part of the century, Rev. J. McKamie 
 Wilson came back yearly to look after the spiritual welfare of 
 his old friends. It is certain that, at a later day, Dr. R. H. 
 Morrison, Dr. Henry Pharr (known as the High Priest), Dr. 
 Penick, and others were welcomed almost every year by the peo- 
 ple who attended these meetings. The writer recalls the fact 
 that when his mother reached the river on her way home from 
 the meeting of 1844 his father had her and her small children 
 brought across the swollen Catawba in a large canoe. 
 
 The last Presbyterian camp-meeting was held at Quaker 
 Meadows about the fall of 1852 or 1853. Rev. W. C. Sheets, 
 pastor, and elder E. J. Erwin built log tents there at that time. 
 The only other camping place was a very large wall tent put 
 up there by the writer's father. About that time a new log 
 church was erected there in place of the old church built there 
 in the previous century, which was no longer fit for use. One 
 of the cabins erected by Elder E. J. Erwin was converted into 
 a schoolhouse by adding a chimney, and Mrs. R. K. Presnell 
 and her contemporaries in the neighborhood were taught there. 
 
 The Methodist camp grounds in the neighborhood of Ches- 
 terfield in Burke County and Nebo and Crooked Creek in Mc- 
 Dowell County, were established many years later than the 
 Presbyterian camping places, as was the camp ground at Mar- 
 vin. The splendid organization and the active and earnest 
 work of the followers of Wesley, bore fruit in the building of 
 churches and organization of congregations throughout the 
 rural districts of Burke County in a few decades after they 
 sent their circuit riders into its borders. 
 
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 Further Notice of the Labors of Rev. John Silliman, 
 Gathered From the Minutes of Concord and Morganton 
 Presbyteries After the Year 1830. 
 
 On October 7, 1830, Rev. John Silliman and Elder A. L. Er- 
 win represented the church of Morganton, and at this meeting 
 a report of the ordination of Rev. Thomas Espy was made. 
 Mr. Espy subsequently married Miss Tate, a grand- 
 
 daughter of Captain Bowman who was mortally wounded at 
 Ramsaur's Mill, and Grace Greenlee Bowman, whose fame is 
 perpetuated by a sketch of her in "The Women of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution." The only child of this marriage of Mr. Espy 
 was Harriet Espy, the first wife of Governor Zebulon B. Yance. 
 Mr. Espy and his wife both died early leaving their only daugh- 
 ter to be reared by Captain Charles McDowell. 
 
 Mr. Silliman continued to be an active and prominent worker 
 in the church, often presiding at the meetings of Presbytery and 
 being frequently assigned to supply neighboring destitute 
 churches like Drusilla, which is located near Dysartville, in Mc- 
 Dowell County; and at the meeting at Unity in the fall of 1831, 
 where the Morganton church was represented by him and Elder 
 Alfred Perkins, he was charged with the duty of supplying the 
 church at Siloam, which seems to have been called, before the 
 year 1800, Pleasant Gardens church. 
 
 At the meeting of Presbytery at Statesville in 1831, October 
 6th, notice was given of the death of Rev. John McKamie Wil- 
 son and appropriate resolutions were passed, and recorded in 
 the minutes. Again Mr. Silliman was appointed to preach 
 one sermon at Siloam. 
 
 Mr. Silliman continued punctual in his attendance upon the 
 sessions of Presbytery, generally accompanied by Elder Alfred 
 Perkins until March 12, 1835, at the meeting at Prospect 
 church, when the following minute is found in the proceed- 
 ings : 
 
 A letter was received from the Rev. John Silliman assigning 
 satisfactory .reasons for his absence from the present Sessions 
 of Presbytery; and also requesting the dissolution of the pas- 
 toral relation between him and the church at Morganton; and 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 Mr. Perkins, elder from Morganton, testifying to Presbytery 
 the consent of the church to Mr. Silliman's request, therefore, 
 
 Resolved, that the pastoral relation between the Rev. John 
 Silliman and the church in Morganton be and the same hereby 
 is dissolved and that church declared vacant. 
 
 The minutes of Morganton Presbytery show that Mr. Silli- 
 man acted as moderator at two successive meetings of the Pres- 
 bytery and preached the opening sermon. At a meeting at 
 Asheville, August 17, 1836, Mr. Silliman's request to be dis- 
 missed to Kaskaskia Presbytery was granted. 
 
 Accessions to the church during the pastorate of Pev. John 
 Silliman. — Miss Matilda Erwin is the only name we have, in 
 the absence of record. 
 
 The Old Church Used as Auditorium for Political Dis- 
 cussions. 
 
 The modern member- of our church, who considers cleanli- 
 ness next to godliness, both in person and habitation — who feels 
 a pardonable pride in the neatness and tidiness of our floors, 
 seats and carpets, and admires the beautiful decorations of our 
 walls, would be shocked at the thought of desecrating our 
 church by the use of tobacco and the defilement of muddy feet. 
 Yet, from the time when the old Presbyterian church was fin- 
 ished, until the stone courthouse was completed in about the 
 year 1835, there was no other building that would accommodate 
 an audience of large size, and it was thrown open for gather- 
 ings of all kinds. It was not uncommon in those days, to see 
 the front of the pulpit covered with a string of pitchers filled 
 with toddies or bottles full of strong drink for the use. of speak- 
 ers. A specimen gathering of this sort, called to condemn the 
 course in Congress of Colonel Samuel P. Carson, was, some 
 years ago, described in an article in reference to Colonel Carson, 
 which was, in part, as follows : 
 
 An illustration of his power as a public speaker is found in 
 the old story of his capturing a crowd called together at Mor- 
 ganton, early in the year 1833, to censure him for his course 
 in opposing the administration, and endorsing the extreme 
 views of Mr. Calhoun. A two days' meeting was announced 
 
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 to be held in the Presbyterian church at Morganton, and on 
 the first day Colonel B. S. Gaither, then quite a young man, de- 
 livered a prepared and well considered speech that, according 
 to all accounts, did him great credit. The celebrated lawyer, 
 Hillman, then lived in Morganton, and was esteemed by all who 
 knew him one of the most profound thinkers and one of the 
 best informed men upon all subjects, in the State. He was held 
 in reserve for the second great day, when the resolutions were 
 to be offered. To the surprise of all concerned and the dismay 
 of many, Carson's carriage was driven rapidly through the vil- 
 lage and to the church door, while the bell was calling the in- 
 dignant clans to meet for the purpose of condemning his course. 
 Always ready in an emergency, he took his stand in front of 
 the pulpit, when the crowd gathered, and appealed to those 
 present to say whether it was fair to convict him of misrepre- 
 senting his constituents without a hearing. The crowd voted 
 in favor of allowing him to speak first, and then Hillman to 
 reply. According to the custom of that day, Carson had before 
 him a large pitcher, full of the finest French brandy toddy, 
 while he was delivering a speech that abounded in flights of 
 eloquence that charmed, scathing invective that made his op- 
 ponents quake, while it contained a clear and logical presen- 
 tation of the reasons upon which the Calhoun party relied to 
 sustain the principle that Congress had no power to levy a 
 tariff that would raise a sum more than sufficient to defray 
 the expense of the government, economically administered, and 
 the still more startling proposition that the States had the right 
 to declare null and void a law enacted for the purpose of pro- 
 tecting particular industries. Whether Colonel Carson was 
 moved merely by common politeness, or whether he had a 
 strategic end in view, was never known ; but whatever his pur- 
 pose may have been, he poured out a glass of toddy for Hillman, 
 and pledged his health in opening, and continued to replenish 
 it, as the latter sat beside him, until, when Carson had held his 
 audience for two hours, and then gave Mr. Hillman the oppor- 
 tunity to reply, the latter was unable to rise out of his seat. 
 The day ended in a complete triumph for Carson. 
 
 Pastorate of Eev. J. S. McCtttchan. 
 
 With the call and subsequent installation of Rev. J. S. Mc- 
 Cutchan, such minutes, of the proceedings of meetings of the 
 congregations and session of the churches of Morganton and 
 Silver Creek, as have been preserved, begin (the two congre- 
 gations constituting one church under the government of a 
 
Quaker Meadows- and Morganton 
 
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 single session). The first records of meetings of the congre- 
 gations and session that have not been lost or destroyed are as 
 follows : 
 
 Chapel on Silver Creek, August 22, 1835. 
 The congregation met. After some deliberation, 
 Resolved to invite the Rev. J. S. McCutchan to preach to us 
 one year to commence as soon as he can, and that subscriptions 
 shall, as early as practicable, be taken up for his support. 
 
 Morganton, October 16, 1836. 
 
 After sermon, the congregation was informed by the Rev. H. 
 N. Pharr, that their engagement with Rev. J. S. McCutchan 
 expired at this time and it was necessary to know the will of the 
 congregation in reference to his further continuance. 
 
 Whereupon, it was 
 
 Resolved, That the Rev. J. S. McCutchan be invited to 
 preach to us another year, commencing from this day. 
 
 Morganton, September 14, 1835. 
 After preaching the congregation was called to meet for the 
 election of two additional elders, at the request of the existing 
 Session. The meeting having been opened with prayer by the 
 Rev. J. S. McCutchan, Messrs. W. McEntire and J. Harbison 
 were nominated and unanimously elected as elders in this 
 church. They refused to accept. 
 
 Sessional Records. 
 
 Morganton, K C, May 23, 1835. 
 Session met. Constituted with prayer. Present, J. S. Mc- 
 Cutchan, Moderator; W. W. Erwin, John Duckworth, A. L. 
 Erwin, Alfred Perkins. 
 
 Mr. Wm. Alexander and Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander applied 
 for admission to the privileges of the church and were examin- 
 ed on experimental religion. The Session being satisfied with 
 their evidence of piety, resolved to admit them. Mrs. A. never 
 having been baptized, Session directed that she be baptized 
 tomorrow (see page 23). Session adjourned with prayer to 
 meet tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m. 
 
 J. S. McCutchan, Moderator. 
 
 William McEntire and John Harbison. 
 
 William McEntire, who is mentioned with John Harbison as 
 having been elected elders, is the same who at a subsequent 
 time expressed a purpose to leave a legacy of five hundred dol- 
 
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 lars in trust to the members of the Session of the Morganton 
 church. He died intestate, but his beneficent purpose was car- 
 ried out by his heirs, who turned over to the Session five hun- 
 dred dollars to be invested as a permanent fund, the interest on 
 which should be applied to the payment of pastor's salary. 
 Several such bequests have been since made. 
 
 William McEntire was a wealthy old bachelor who owned 
 two of the principal squares in Morganton. The hotel in 
 which he lived covered the ground on which the First National 
 Bank now stands and he owned all of that square except the 
 corner lot on which the Seagle store and dwelling house now 
 stands. He was a brother of Mrs. Thomas Walton, the elder, 
 and an uncle of Colonel T. G. and William M. Walton. 
 
 John Harbison was a leading member of his family and the 
 ancestor of a large number of the most respectable citizens of 
 Burke County, many of whom are active and useful members 
 of other denominations. 
 
 Prior to April, 1835, Kev. J. S. McCutchan had been a 
 resident of Fayetteville until licensed by Orange Presbytery. 
 On April 29, 1835, he was dismissed from Orange Presbytery 
 and joined Concord at a meeting of that Presbytery at Kocky 
 River. After the call of the congregation was made as stated 
 above, it appears that it was presented at a meeting of Concord 
 Presbytery at Charlotte on October 12, 1835, and declined by 
 him. The accounts of his transfer to Morganton given in the 
 minutes of Presbytery and the records of the Session at Mor- 
 ganton are somewhat conflicting and confused. It appears that 
 on a visit to Morganton on May 20, 1835, about a month after 
 he joined Concord Presbytery, he presided over our Session and 
 presumably preached at Morganton. He presided at successive 
 meetings of the Session at Morganton in July and August of 
 the same year. It seems that we may infer that he continued 
 to supply that church until the meeting of Presbytery at Char- 
 lotte in October. This inference seems more reasonable be- 
 cause we find the following minute in the meeting of Presbytery 
 at Prospect church, March 12, 1835 : 
 
 A letter was received from the Rev. John Silliman assigning 
 satisfactory reasons for his absence from the present sessions of 
 
Quaker Meadows and M org ant on 
 
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 Presbytery; and also requesting the dissolution of the pastoral 
 relation between him and the church of Morganton; and Mr. 
 Perkins, elder from Morganton, testifying to Presbytery the 
 consent of the church to Mr. Silliman's request therefore, 
 
 Resolved, that the pastoral relation between the Rev. John 
 Silliman and the church in Morganton, be and the same hereby 
 is dissolved and that church declared vacant. 
 
 A call from the church of Morganton was presented to Pres- 
 bytery for the Rev. John S. McCutchan, a member of the Pres- 
 bytery of Orange, with a request from the church for permis- 
 sion to prosecute said call before the Presbytery of Orange, and 
 permission was accordingly granted. 
 
 Rocky River, April 29, 1835. 
 
 Rev. J. S. McCutchan was received as a member of Concord 
 Presbytery from Orange Presbytery. 
 
 Mr. McCutchan came to Morganton two years after entering 
 the ministry when he was quite a young man and unmarried. 
 He boarded at the house of one of his elders, Mr. A. L. Erwin, 
 the father of Miss Matilda Erwin who is still living and re- 
 members him as preacher and teacher. He was thoroughly 
 educated and followed in the footsteps of the early fathers of 
 the church, Drs. Caldwell, Hall, William Bingham and J. M. 
 Wilson in discharging the combined duties of classical teacher 
 with those of minister of the Gospel, as did Rev. Dr. Wilson, of 
 Hawfields, and Dr. Burwell, of Charlotte, at a later date. While 
 pastor of the church at Morganton he was married to Miss 
 Elizabeth 
 
 Accessions to the Church and Elders Officiating During the 
 Ministry of Rev. J. S. McCutchan. 
 
 At a meeting, May 23, 1835, at Morganton, J. S. McCutchan, 
 Moderator, and Elders W. W. Erwin, A. L. Erwin, John Duck- 
 worth and Alfred Perkins, being present, Mr. William Alexan- 
 der and Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander were admitted on examina- 
 tion to the church, and it was ordered that Mrs. Alexander be 
 baptized. 
 
 On the following day Mr. Simeon C. Hilliard was admitted 
 to membership on examination. 
 
 At a meeting in Morganton July 6, 1835, William W. Erwin, 
 
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 John Duckworth, A. L. Erwin and Alfred Perkins, elders, being 
 present, Miss Jane E. Perkins, Miss A. H. Greenlee and Miss 
 Elmira Fleming were admitted to membership on examin- 
 ation. 
 
 At the chapel at Silver Creek, August 22, 1835, J. Duck- 
 worth, A. L. Erwin, and A. Perkins, elders, being present, 
 Nancy Sorrels, Martha Throgmorton, Eliz. Ad. Harbison, Ann 
 Small wood, Catherine McFalls, Mary K. Dickson, and Caro- 
 line (a colored woman belonging to W. C. Erwin) were ad- 
 mitted to membership on examination. 
 
 At a meeting at Morganton, April 16, 1836, Elders A. L. 
 Erwin and Alfred Perkins being present, Miss Lucinda Ad. 
 Massey was received on examination and the following per- 
 sons on certificates: Mr. Jas. McKesson from Swannanoa, Mrs. 
 Maria McKesson from Swannanoa, Mrs. Amelia Gaither from 
 Tabor, Miss Emeline E. Gaither from Tabor. Cecelia (colored 
 woman) from Baptist church at New Hope. 
 
 On August 27, 1836, at Silver Creek, Messrs. J, Duckworth, 
 A. L. Erwin, and A. Perkins, elders, being present, Mrs. Mary 
 Mooney was admitted on examination. On the following day 
 Mr. Edwin W. Chambers was admitted on certificates from 
 Rocky River church. 
 
 On September 10, 1836, at Silver Creek, Elders Perkins and 
 Duckworth being present Jemima Grady, Elizabeth Neill, Wm. 
 Harbison, Thos. Neill, Thos. A. Harbison, and Thos. S. C. 
 Wade, were admitted on examination. 
 
 In Morganton, October 15, 1836, Elders A. Perkins, A. L. 
 Erwin and J. Duckworth present, Mrs. Margaret Erwin and 
 Miss Mary Presnell were admitted on examination. 
 
 At Morganton, December 25, 1836, Viney, a colored woman 
 belonging to Mr. McEntire, was admitted. 
 
 At Morganton January 19, 1837, applications were made for 
 the baptism of Mrs. Grady's three children, Theodore, William 
 Butler and Alexander, and for Mrs. George Corpening's daugh- 
 ter, Delia Cecelia, which applications were granted. Mrs. 
 Grady's children being baptized on February 4th, and Mrs. 
 Corpening's child on February 6th. 
 
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 On January 29, 1837, at Major Forney's, Miss Sophia Whis- 
 enhant was admitted to the church on examination. 
 
 April 12, 1837, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William 
 Alexander, Sarah Matilda, was baptized. 
 
 Sukey, a colored woman belonging to Mrs. Gaither, was ad- 
 mitted at Morganton, May 28, 1837. 
 
 At a meeting at Morganton, June 25, 1837, (Elders Duck- 
 worth, Perkins and A. L. Erwin being present) the baptisms of 
 Edward Hamilton, infant of A. L. and M. G. Erwin, Maria 
 Amanda, infant of Mrs. A. L. Massey, and Julia Maria, infant 
 of Mrs. Sarah Margaret Chunn, were ordered to be performed 
 after the sermon that day, which was done. 
 
 Miss Sarah Good was admitted at Silver Creek in August, 
 1837. 
 
 At a meeting of the Session at Morganton, September 8, 
 1838 (present J. S. McCutchan, Moderator, and Elders Alfred 
 Perkins and A. L. Erwin), Mrs. M. K. Cozens and Miss Mar- 
 tha C. Cozens were admitted on certificate from Sharon church. 
 
 Session met at Silver Creek, October 7, 1838 (McCutchan, 
 Moderator, and Elders Duckworth, A. Perkins and A. L. Er- 
 win, present), where Mrs. Mary Bouchelle and Miss Leah 
 Alexander were admitted on examination, and Mrs. Elizabeth 
 T. McCutchan on certificate from Fayetteville church. The 
 infant son of Mr. S. Good and wife, and the infant daughter, 
 Sarah Douglas, of Rev. and Mrs. J. S. McCutchan, were bap- 
 tized after the sermon. 
 
 At the meeting of Session at Morganton June 23, 1839, 
 (Elders A. L. Erwin and J. Duckworth, present) applications 
 were received from Mr. A. L. Erwin for the baptism of his 
 daughter, Catherine Amelia, and from Mrs. B. S. Gaither for 
 the baptism of her infant daughter, Delia Emma, which bap- 
 tisms were ordered to be administered that afternoon and were 
 then administered. 
 
 Morganton Presbytery. 
 
 The question, whether it would be wise to divide Concord 
 Presbytery, by cutting off from it the western counties and 
 forming a Presbytery to be called Morganton Presbytery, is 
 
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 now being discussed. But few persons know that substantially 
 the same territory constituted from 1836 to 1840, the old Pres- 
 bytery of Morganton, as will appear from the following ex- 
 tracts from the records of Concord Presbytery: 
 
 At a meeting of Synod in Salisbury, Saturday, October 17, 
 1835, the following resolution was passed: 
 
 Resolved, That a new Presbytery be and hereby is erected to 
 occupy part of the territory heretofore occupied by the Presby- 
 tery of Concord, viz. : the counties of Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, 
 Haywood, Lincoln, Macon, Rutherford, Wilkes, and Yancey; 
 that the Presbytery thus erected be known and designated by 
 the name and style of "The Presbytery of Morganton"; that 
 "The Presbytery of Morganton" hold its first session in the 
 town of Morganton in the County of Burke and State of North 
 Carolina, commencing on Thursday, the 14th day of April, 
 A. D. 1836, at 12 m. ; that the Rev. John Silliman, or, in case 
 of his absence, the senior minister present, open the meeting 
 with a sermon and preside until a moderator be chosen, and 
 that the said Presbytery afterwards meet on its own adjourn- 
 ments. 
 
 A true extract from the minutes of Synod. 
 
 Colin McIver, Stated Clerk. 
 
 At a meeting of the Synod at Danville, Va., at its fall session, 
 1840, a resolution restoring the territory mentioned, with the 
 churches in its bounds, was passed, as appears from the fol- 
 lowing extract from the minutes of Concord Presbytery: 
 
 At the meeting of Synod of JMorth Carolina at Danville, Va., 
 in the fall of 1840, the Presbytery of Morganton was dissolved, 
 in accordance with the request of Presbytery, and all its un- 
 finished business, as well as its members, churches, and terri- 
 tory, thrown into the hands of the Presbytery of Concord. 
 
 The notice which will follow of his connection with Pres- 
 bytery, is gathered from the minutes of both Presbyteries when 
 he represented the church at Morganton in each of them. 
 
 Mr. McCutchan was no ordinary man. He was not only a 
 ripe scholar and learned theologian, but a very spiritual man 
 and impressive preacher. He was given prominence in almost 
 every meeting of Presbytery from the time of his ordination. 
 He was Stated Clerk at the first meeting he attended and at 
 
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 many subsequent meetings and was repeatedly called upon to 
 act as Moderator. The writer recalls the fact that the congre- 
 gation, during his childhood, seemed to look back with pleas- 
 ure to his ministry in the church. One of the unfailing evi- 
 dences of the popularity of a minister as well as a physician 
 is to be found in the number of namesakes in the territory 
 which was the scene of his professional work. The Christian 
 name, McCutchan was not an uncommon one, and will be found 
 on the roll of Burke's enlisted soldiers. The records of the 
 Morganton church show that he "commenced his labors" Octo- 
 ber 20, 1835, and "terminated his labors" in 1840, and that the 
 Rev. James Kerr succeeded him in November, 1840. 
 
 It appears that he served a church at Goshen, but that is not 
 mentioned in the list of churches served by him given in the 
 minute of Concord Presbytery on his death. He died "in the 
 harness," soon after breaking down under the arduous labor 
 incident to conducting a revival in his own church. An obit- 
 uary notice of him appears in the minutes of Concord Pres- 
 bytery and is as follows: 
 
 The last of the fathers of the Concord Presbytery having 
 fallen asleep, death has commenced his ravages amongst the 
 younger brethren of the present generation. The name of Rev. 
 John S. McCutchan heads the list of deaths from the existing 
 members of this body. He died at Salem, Ya., June 24, 1848, 
 in the forty-first year of his age. He was ordained to the of- 
 fice of the gospel ministry in June, 1833. In 1831 he came 
 into our bounds a licentiate of Orange Presbytery. He com- 
 menced his labors at Philadelphia church and for about seven- 
 teen years labored as pastor or stated supply at that place, 
 Statesville, Morganton, New Hope, Bethany and Tabor. At 
 most, if not all, of these places, the spirit of . the Lord accom- 
 panied his ministrations and numbers were added to these 
 churches. 
 
 The last of his ministerial services was in an interesting re- 
 vival of religion in his own charge, where, in declining health, 
 he labored beyond his strength, from which he retired to close 
 his labors and die. His pious walk; his godly conversation; 
 his meek and quiet spirit ; his punctuality in all his ministerial 
 engagements; his fidelity in maintaining the truth and declar- 
 ing the counsels of God ; his success in arousing the slumbering 
 and alarming the careless ; and directing the inquirer to the 
 
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 Savior, claims from us a cherished remembrance from him as 
 a chosen servant of the Lord, a faithful minister of the New 
 Testament. 
 
 But his work is done. He rests from his labors and his works 
 do follow him. When his health failed, and he was warned of 
 approaching dissolution, he set out to visit the place of his na- 
 tivity in Virginia to breathe his last under the paternal roof. 
 But he was not permitted to enjoy that mournful satisfaction. 
 In the midst of his journey, he fell asleep in Salem, Va., where 
 his mortal remains repose, emblematical of that rest into which 
 he has entered; and in the words of the attending physician, 
 who witnessed his departure, "surely the end of this man i,s 
 peace." Therefore 
 
 Resolved — ■ 
 
 1. That the Presbytery recognize in this dispensation of 
 Divine Providence a lesson of instruction from their Master 
 to fulfill more faithfully the duties of the holy ministry and of 
 warning to be also ready for their last account. 
 
 2. That we should feel called upon to labor more and pray 
 more, that faithful men may be raised up to fill the places of 
 those who are called away. 
 
 3. That it is our duty to emulate the zeal and imitate the 
 labors and tread in the footsteps of those who have gone before 
 us, wherein they have followed Christ. 
 
 4. That the Stated Clerk forward a copy of this minute to 
 the family of Brother McCutchan and publish the same in the 
 Watchman and the Observer. II. E". Pharr, 
 
 E. P. Kockwell, 
 
 Committee. 
 
 Rev. James Kerr. 
 
 The search for incidents in the pastoral life of Bev. James 
 Kerr has proved less successful than the effort to find material 
 for a sketch of his immediate predecessors at Morganton 
 church. The minutes of the Session inform us that he took 
 charge of the church in the fall of 1840, as successor to Mr. 
 McCutchan. It is mentioned in the minutes of Presbytery of 
 Concord that he represented the Morganton church at Steele 
 Creek March, 1842, and was chosen Moderator at that meet- 
 ing. If he appeared at any earlier meeting of that body the 
 mention of the fact in the minutes has been overlooked. 
 
 He came to this State from Virginia. The writer's impres- 
 sion is that his last previous charge in Virginia had been in 
 Augusta County. 
 
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 At the first meeting of the Session held under his pastorate 
 (Elders J. Duckworth and A. L. Erwin being present), Mrs. 
 E. T. McCutchan, wife of Rev. J. S. McCutchan, was dis- 
 missed on certificate to join New Hope church in Lincoln 
 County. The writer does not know, but inclines to the belief 
 that New Hope is another name for Goshen. It appears in the 
 proceedings of the Session that George Phifer Erwin, infant 
 son of E. J. and Ann E. Erwin, was baptized December 23, 
 1840. 
 
 Accessions to the Church. 
 
 John McGuire and his wife Cynthia were dismissed by cer- 
 tificate and moved to the State of Arkansas. 
 
 On April 30, 1842, baptism was administered to Anna Eliza- 
 beth (afterwards Mrs. R. L. McConnaughey) and Laura Anna 
 Walton (afterwards Mrs. Jones), daughters of William C. and 
 Matilda Erwin. 
 
 At a meeting of Session August 20, 1842, (present James 
 Kerr, Moderator, and Elders A. L. Erwin and J. Duckworth) 
 Messrs. E. Jones Erwin and Elijah Grady, Mrs. Goodwin 
 Bouchelle, and Miss Dorcas Harbison, were, on examination, 
 received into communion of the church. 
 
 On August 29 baptism was administered to William Henry, 
 infant of Dr. . and Mrs. Deliah H. Hardy, of Asheville, by 
 Bishop J. M. Wilson. 
 
 On September 11 of the same year (1842), Samuel Pinkney, 
 infant of Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Fatima C. Tate, was bap- 
 tized. 
 
 On December 24, 1843, Messrs. John Harbison and John 
 McElrath, having been duly elected, were ordained to the office 
 of deacon by prayer and laying on of hands. 
 
 On May 11, 1844, Messrs. Edward Jones Erwin, Elijah 
 Grady, and Thomas Neill, having been duly elected, were or- 
 dained to the office of ruling elder by prayer and the laying on 
 of hands. 
 
 At a meeting of Session at Silver Creek chapel on Septem- 
 ber 1, 1844, (Jas. Kerr, Moderator, and Elders E. J. Erwin, E. 
 Grady and Thomas Neill being present), Mr. John Black, Mrs. 
 Sarah Tate, Miss Hannah McElrath (daughter of John), Miss 
 
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 Margaret McElrath (daughter of Robert), Mrs. Sarah and 
 Jane Butler, were on examination received into the communion 
 of the church. 
 
 At a meeting of the Session held at the house of Rev. James 
 Kerr, who acted as Moderator, with Elders E. J. Erwin and 
 T. Neill present, Mr. James Patterson Harper was, upon 
 examination, received into the church. 
 
 At an adjourneld meeting on the next morning, William 
 Dickson was received upon certificate from the church at 
 Raleigh. 
 
 Session met May 25, 1845, (James Kerr, Moderator, and 
 Elders E. J. Erwin and T. Neill being present) Mr. William 
 M. D. Howard and his wife Martha B. Howard, were received 
 by certificate from Bethel church. 
 
 Session met at Silver Creek August 16, 1845, when Mrs. 
 Elizabeth T. Avery and Maria Elizabeth Poster were, upon 
 examination, admitted to the communion of the church. Bap- 
 tism was administered to Wm. Jefferson, Maiy Catherine, 
 Rachel Elizabeth, and John Alexander, children of Robert and 
 Sarah Tate; to John Martin, child of and Jane But- 
 
 ler; and to Lucinda Elizabeth, child of George and Polly 
 Corpening. 
 
 At the meeting of Session August 26, 1845, Mrs. Alzira B. 
 Jones was received on certificate from Little Brittain church. 
 Baptism was administered to William Patton, Alzira Rebecca 
 and Lawson McCutchan, children of Thomas and Alzira Jones. 
 Mr. A. L. Erwin and wife, and Mrs. Mary Carson (formerly 
 Presnell) were dismissed to connect themselves with the church 
 then being formed at Marion. 
 
 August 31, 1845, baptism was administered to Emma Hen- 
 rietta, child of Wm. and Matilda Erwin, and to Martha Ma- 
 tilda, infant of C. M. and E. T. Avery. 
 
 January 18, 1846, Sarah Elizabeth, infant of Alexander and 
 Martha Harbison, was baptized. 
 
 Mr. Kerr was dismissed by Concord Presbytery, April 10, 
 1847, to join Transylvania Presbytery. He became pastor of 
 Bethel and Burnsville churches near Lexington, Ya. He died 
 in Lexington, Ya., and his widow married again and continued 
 
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 to live there. The writer spent an evening at her home in the 
 fall of 1865, where he met also her daughter, who was then a 
 teacher. 
 
 Rev. John M. Wilson, Jr. 
 Rev. J. M. "Wilson, Jr., son of the distinguished pastor of 
 Rocky River church, and his wife, Mary Erwin, was licensed at 
 Bethel church, September 5, 1834. After serving acceptably 
 several churches he was called to the Morganton church Octo- 
 ber 11, 1845. He was well known and loved by the members 
 of this church. For some reason, however, he did not at first 
 accept the call, but he subsequently accepted the call in No- 
 vember, 1845, and was installed as pastor April 23, 1846, Rev. 
 H. N". Pharr and Rev. E. F. Rockwell officiating at the instal- 
 lation. 
 
 He was a man of sweet temper, a wise pastor, and a good 1 
 preacher. After serving acceptably until October 3, 1851, 
 he was dismissed at his own request, to the Presbytery of Mis- ' 
 souri. He subsequently moved from that field to Texas. 
 
 Dr. Robert Tate, son of Dr. Samuel Tate, married his eldest » 
 daughter, Miss Mary Ann Wilson, and removed to Texas, ( 
 where Mr. Wilson died. The writer has no information as to 
 the date of his death. 
 
 Praying That the Lord Will Send a Good and Useful 
 Preacher's Wife. 
 
 The writer recalls an incident that occurred after Mr. Wil- 
 son was dismissed and before his successor was called and in- 
 stalled as pastor. The writer's mother was the oldest sister of a 
 large family and naturally her six younger sisters deferred 
 to her opinions and asked her advice. Three of the sisters 
 were with her, when one of them, Mrs. Catharine Gaither, 
 addressing her, said: "Sister, don't you think it would be wise 
 for all of us to pray that Providence will give us a good 
 preacher's wife, who will help build up the church?" All four 
 sisters assented and agreed to pray for that blessing. The 
 result has strengthened the writer's faith that God will grant 
 special blessings to persons or communities in answer to prayer. 
 
 The two preachers' wives that came to the church after that 
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 were the two old widows who have gone in and out before the 
 church for so many years, and are still continued benedictions 
 to it. Both have helped, by precept and example, to build it 
 up. It may not be inappropriate to note here the further fact 
 that the church at Morganton has continued up to the present 
 time, to be exceptionally blessed in pastor's wives. 
 
 Rev. William C. Sheetz. 
 
 Mr. Sheetz came in response to a call of our church on the 
 8th of April, 1852, from Winchester, Ya., and brought with 
 him his bride (nee Lavinia Morton). 
 
 He was "examined, ordained and installed" at Morganton 
 May 14, 1852, the Rev. R. 'N. Davis preaching the ordination 
 sermon and Rev. H. 1ST. Pharr presiding and poposing the con- 
 stitutional questions to pastor and congregation; after which 
 Rev. T. ~N. Paxton delivered the charge to the new pastor, and 
 Rev. T. E. Davis delivered the charge to the congregation. 
 
 Mr. Sheetz and Elder E. J. Erwin represented the Morgan- 
 ton church at successive meetings of the Presbytery until 
 shortly before the death of the former, but no action of special 
 interest to the church at Morganton was taken at any of these 
 meetings. 
 
 Mr. Sheetz's pastorate covered the period of the Civil War, 
 with all its attendant demoralization. When the ranks of our 
 Burke soldiers were thinned, and especially when the families 
 of his church were called upon to mourn the loss of loved ones 
 in battle, his heart went out to them in sympathy and love. 
 His people loved him because he seemed to be in such close 
 touch with them in bereavement. 
 
 His health was delicate and he suffered greatly from the 
 beginning of his pastorate, but always tried to be cheerful and 
 to avoid murmuring. Many of the relations of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sheetz participated in the Civil War and several of them fell 
 after winning distinction under Beauregard, Johnson and Lee. 
 
 Mrs. Sheetz has been greatly afflicted by loss of her children, 
 since the death of her husband. But she has realized the 
 promise that she should be refined by the fiery ordeal. 
 
 Mr. Sheetz died February 28, 1870, but the church had no 
 
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 pastor for some time, and until Rev. R. B. Anderson was in- 
 stalled. While the church was unsupplied many of its mem- 
 bers contributed to help the beloved widow of their deceased 
 pastor. She now lives with her sonin-law, Mr. W. C. Erwin 
 and his wife, who is her only surviving daughter. 
 
 Accessions to the Membership and Baptisms During the 
 Pastorate of Rev. W. C. Sheetz. 
 
 At the times and places specified below and before the Ses- 
 sions named below, the list of members joining on examination 
 and on certificate, and the list of infants baptized, follows; and 
 unless otherwise specified, the members of Session will be under- 
 stood to be Rev. W. C. Sheetz and Elders E. J. Erwin, W. M. 
 D. Howard and Thos. Neill : 
 
 Silver Creek — July 18, 1852: Miss Butler admitted on ex- 
 amination. Baptism administered to Mary Morton infant of 
 W. C. and L. M. Sheetz. 
 
 Quaker Meadows — August 21, 1852: Harvey P. Whisenhant 
 and Miss 1ST.. A. Black admitted on examination. Mary Lenoir, 
 infant of C. M. and E. T. Avery, baptized. 
 
 Morganton— October 2, 1852 : Mrs. C. M. Avery, Mrs. L. M. 
 Sheetz, and Miss Cecelia Howard admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — June 11, 1853: Miss H. J. Avery and Miss C. 
 A. McDowell admitted on examination. (June 11, 1853) An- 
 nie H. and Corrinna I. infants of W. W. and C. M. Avery, 
 baptized. 
 
 Morganton — September 12, 1853: Dr. John McK. Wilson 
 Henson admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — September 14, 1853: Dr. John C. McDowell 
 admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton— September 18, 1853: Dr. W. C. Tate admitted 
 on examination. 
 
 Morganton— September 24, 1853: Dr. Wm. S. Tate, Mrs. 
 Rebecca Scott, Mrs. Rebecca Henson, Mrs. Margaret McKes- 
 son, and Miss Sarah J. Foster were admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — October 8, 1853 : Miss Laura Avery, Miss Ce- 
 celia Deal, and Miss Emily M. Greenlee admitted on examin- 
 ation. 
 
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 Morganton — April 29 1854: Miss Margaret McDowell ad- 
 mitted on examination. (July 30, 1854) : Dilon J. Sheetz, 
 infant of W. 0. and L. M. Sheetz, baptized by Rev. W. W. 
 Pharr. 
 
 Morganton — October 6, 1856 : ( W. S. Moore having been 
 elected elder and being present) James Erwin, infant son of 
 Dr. J. C. McDowell, Adelaide Matilda, infant daughter of Cor- 
 rinna M. Avery; Cora, infant daughter of W. S. and Mary 
 Ann Moore, Sarah Matilda White, infant daughter of E. J. 
 and A. E. Erwin, Isaac Thomas, infant son of Elizabeth T. 
 Avery, Charles Einley son, and Anna Maria, daughter, children 
 of Margaret McKesson, Wilberforee Ramsey and Melville, sons 
 of Dr. S. H. Dickson, were baptized. William Chapman, in- 
 fant son of W. C. and L. M. Sheetz, baptized by Dr. Chapman. 
 
 Morganton — April 11, 1857 : Miss Laura Eoster and Miss 
 Mary Moore admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — September 13, 1857 : Mrs. Elizabeth Greenlee 
 admitted on examination. Ann Carson, infant daughter of E. 
 J. and C. A. Kirksey baptized. 
 
 Morganton — January 10, 1858 : Julia Gaither, infant daugh- 
 ter of W. C. and L. M. Sheetz, baptized. 
 
 Admission of Mrs. Clara McEntire During Her Last Illness. 
 
 January 12, 1858: Session met at the house of Wm. C. 
 Erwin. 
 
 Mrs. Clara L. McEntire, who intended making application 
 for membership to the Session at our communion season on 
 the 10th, but was prevented by indisposition, and her desire to 
 cast in her lot with the people of God by a public profession 
 of her faith, and fearing from the continued progress of her 
 disease that she would be deprived of the privilege, she applied 
 to the pastor, who, under the circumstances, deemed it proper 
 and his duty to convene the Session at the residence of her 
 father, and being examined on experimental religion and the 
 examination satisfactorily sustained, and she .was admitted to 
 all the privileges of the church, and at her urgent solicitation, 
 the Lord's Supper was administered to her, and her two infant 
 daughters, M. Matilda and Clara Ida, were baptized. 
 
 Morganton — July 29, 1858 : R. P. Howard admitted on 
 examination. 
 
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 Quaker Meadows. — First Sabbath in October, 1858 : Miss 
 Black admitted on examination. Thos. Dorsey and Isaac 
 Moulton, sons of Harvey Whisenhant; Margaret E. and ¥m. 
 B., children of Dr. J. C. McDowell, were baptized. 
 
 Morganton— Fourth Sabbath in October, 1858: Miss M. C. 
 Tate admitted on examination. Miss Catharine E. Tate ad- 
 mitted on certificate. ¥m. Waighstill, infant of W. W. and 
 M. C. Avery, baptized. 
 
 Morganton — April 4, 1859 : Mrs. Margaret C. Moore re- 
 ceived on certificate. 
 
 July 10, 1859: Lilla Poe, daughter of Mr. E. J. Kirksey, 
 and Alice Morton, daughter of W. S. and C. Tate, were bap- 
 tized. 
 
 Morganton — September 6, 1859 : Daniel L. Forney admitted 
 on examination. 
 
 Morganton — November 18, 1860: Miss Delia Emma Gaither 
 admitted on examination. Mrs. Sarah Forney admitted on 
 certificate. 
 
 Quaker Meadows — May 5, 1860: Isaac N. Forney admitted 
 on examination. 
 
 Morganton — November, 1860 : John Scott and wife ad- 
 mitted on certificate from Newton, and Mrs. Sarah M. 
 on certificate from Concord. 
 
 April 31, 1861-: Miss Martha Avery received on certificate 
 from Greensboro church. 
 
 Quaker Meadows — July, 1862 : Robt. Alexander, Jas. Alex- 
 ander, and Louisa Forney admitted on examination. 
 
 Quaker Meadows — June 5, 1863 : Clinton Black admitted 
 on examination. 
 
 Morganton— October 13, 1863: Edwin McGuire, of Arkan- 
 sas, admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — July, 1864: Mrs. E. T. Dickson received on 
 examination and "her children were then all baptized at her 
 request." 
 
 Morganton — June, 1865 : Miss H. E. Avery and Mrs. Anna 
 McConnaughey admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — October, 1865 : Miss Susan A. Moore, Miss S. 
 E. Alexander, Miss O. C. McGimpsey, Mrs. Laura C. Warlick 
 and Mrs. Matilda B. Giles admitted on examination. 
 
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 Morganton — June 25, 1866: Milly Gaither (colored, after- 
 wards Milly Moore), admitted on examination. 
 
 Elder Howard and Family Dismissed to Brusilla, 
 
 Morganton— November, 1866: "W. M. D. Howard, Elder, 
 and wife, Martha B., and son, K. P. Howard, were granted 
 certificates of dismissal with a view of connecting themselves 
 with the church at Drusilla." 
 
 Morganton — April 14, 1867 : Adolphus Erwin, infant son of 
 J. W. Wilson, and William Haywood, infant son of Dr. R. C. 
 Pearson, baptized. 
 
 Quaker Meadows— July 7, 1867 : Mrs. Sarah Ann McDowell 
 and E. A. Perkins admitted on examination. Also Jos. E. 
 Chambers and Mary Martha Chambers admitted on certificate 
 from Eourth Creek church; and Mrs. Lou Wilson from Marion 
 church; and Mary McKee Happoldt, infant of Mrs. Emilee 
 Happoldt was baptized. 
 
 Sardis Church— July 21, 1867: E. P. Moore, Sainl. H. Alex- 
 ander and Miss Ann Elizabeth Pearson admitted on examin- 
 ation ; and Mrs. E. P. Moore on certificate from Yorkville. 
 Also Saml. B. Moore, and Laura Cornelia Moore, infants of 
 Mr. John Moore, and Richard Springs Moore, infant of E. P. 
 Moore, were baptized. 
 
 Morganton — August 1, 1867 : W. E. Avery admitted on 
 examination. W. S. Moore's infant daughter, Maggie Earle, 
 baptized October 3, 1867; J. E. Chambers' infant daughter, 
 Catharine Moulton, baptized January 12, 1868. D. J. Eor- 
 ney's infant son and daughter baptized January 6, 1868. B. 
 Black's infant son, John Martin, baptized April 5, 1868. 
 
 Rev. Dr. R. B. Anderson. 
 
 Dr. R. B. Anderson and Dr. W. A. Wood, were, on examina- 
 tion, taken under the care of Presbytery, as candidates for the 
 ministry at the same meeting. This was the beginning of the 
 ministerial careers of two men, who were bound together as 
 closely as David and Jonathan, till, upon the death of the 
 former, Dr. Wood was called upon, with other close friends, 
 
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 to conduct his funeral rites. Since the death of Dr. Wood they 
 have doubtless had a reunion in a better land. 
 
 Dr. Anderson's mother was a Burton and that family has, 
 from an early period, furnished prominent, talented and use- 
 ful men who have distinguished themselves, especially as law- 
 yers. One of the number was a distinguished Governor of the 
 State, another a distinguished Methodist minister and presid- 
 ing elder, and during our own times K. O. Burton rose to the 
 head of his profession before he was cut down a few years ago 
 when still a young lawyer. Dr. Anderson's father was of the 
 best type of Scotch Presbyterian. 
 
 . Dr. Anderson was distinguished for his singular self control, 
 his sweet temper, and his prompt and wise decision when called 
 upon to act or speak in reference to important questions that 
 confronted him. 
 
 JSlo pastor has ever been more admired, honored and beloved 
 by a congregation, than was he by all of the members of his 
 church and congregation at Morganton. His people did not 
 wait to pass upon the propriety of his conduct after he acted, 
 but were always ready to prophesy that he would do the wise 
 thing. 
 
 His health was never good. He was feeble and nervous and 
 often unable to prepare and deliver sermons. He repeatedly 
 notified his people that he felt impelled to resign his pastorate, 
 because he was not physically able to preach regularly, for 
 three Sundays in a month as he had agreed to do. The writer 
 recalls the fact that in response to one of these notices he was 
 appointed as one of a committee empowered and requested to 
 inform Dr. Anderson that they would greatly prefer to have 
 him preach only one sermon a month and have the benefit of 
 his counsel and example, than to have the whole time of any 
 other man; and to inform him that it was in vain for him to 
 try to dissolve the tie of pastor and people. 
 
 He was licensed at Third Creek church April 18, 1859, and 
 was called to Bethel church at a meeting of Presbytery at 
 Olney church April 10, 1862, which call he accepted. He after- 
 wards served several churches, sometimes preaching out of the 
 State, but the minutes of Presbytery contain no detailed ac- 
 
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 count of his ministry before he came to Morganton. He was, 
 especially in the early years of his ministry, distrustful of his 
 ability and gifts as a preacher, and seemed utterly unconscious 
 that he possessed the power and could command the beautiful 
 and finished style of expression for which he was afterwards 
 so noted. 
 
 He was happily married to Miss Jennie Thornwell, of Co- 
 lumbia, S. C, a daughter of the distinguished Dr. Thornwell 
 of that place. 
 
 For some years he gave one fourth Sunday in every month 
 to the church at Newton, the congregation of which were an 
 devoted to him as his people at home. E"o man could ever havfe 
 exercised a greater influence for good by precept and example 
 on the citizens of a whole community, than he did upon the 
 people of Morganton. When his peaceful end came it was emi- 
 nently appropriate that his closest friends, Dr. W. A. Wood 
 and Dr. W. W. Pharr and Dr. Rumple should have been invited 
 to conduct the burial services. 
 
 The writer prepared a memorial and resolutions adopted by 
 the congregation, after the death of Dr. Anderson and thinks 
 he cannot now express the feelings of his people better than by 
 adding the memorial and resolutions as they appear upon the 
 minutes of the Session in the following language : 
 
 At a meeting of the congregation of the Presbyterian church 
 of Morganton, N". C, held on the 8th day of December, 1889, 
 the following paper was unanimously adopted : 
 
 Rev. Robert Burton Anderson, pastor of this church, was 
 born in Granville County, X. C, on the 8th day of January, 
 1833. His father was a sturdy Scottish gentleman brought up 
 in the faith and trained in the doctrine of the independent 
 church of that country. His mother was a daughter of Col. 
 Robert Burton whose family has been known and honored in 
 the State for a hundred years. He was the only child of that 
 marriage. 
 
 His classical training began under Dr. Alexander Wilson at 
 the Caldwell Institute, at Hillsboro, JST. C, and was finished at 
 Prnceton where he graduated in the year 1854, under the presi- 
 dency of Dr. McLain. In the year 1856 he professed faith in 
 Christ and determined ever thereafter to devote his life to the 
 Christian ministry. He entered the seminary at Columbia, S. 
 C, in October of that year and was instructed in theology by 
 
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 the great Gamaliel of the Church, South, Dr. James H. Thorn- 
 well, until the year 1859, when he was licensed to preach the 
 gospel by Concord Presbytery. 
 
 His connection with this church began in the year 1871 and 
 continued for eighteen years and three months. The power of 
 his preaching, the force of his example, and his wonderful wis- 
 dom and prudence, at an early stage of his ministry won the 
 admiration of his people. In his work and conversation he 
 reflected the divine light, given in secret communion with his 
 Savior. ~No life has made an impression more profound, as a 
 testimony of the sanctifying and elevating influence of God's 
 grace upon the human heart- 
 But while his holiness, purity and patient submission to 
 God's will were witnessed by the community in which he lived, 
 his tender, touching love and sympathy for those who were in 
 sorrow, was known only to this people, to whom he came com- 
 missioned to lead them to the divine Comforter. 
 
 We are persuaded that in the history of the church, there 
 have been few if any, instances where pastor and people have 
 been so closely bound together by the ties of love. 
 
 He has left those still on earth in tears, to receive the wel- 
 come of those who have already witnessed for his ministry as 
 saints in heaven. 
 
 It is eminently fit and appropriate that, as a church, we 
 should give expression to our sorrow, and thereupon it was 
 resolved by the members, as well as the congregation of the 
 Presbyterian church of Morganton. 
 
 1. That in the death of our beloved pastor this church and 
 the community in which he lived, have suffered irreparable 
 loss by being deprived of the benefit of his devoted example 
 and the instruction and comfort of his ministry. 
 
 2. That the Presbyterian church of the South has lost one 
 of its ripest scholars, most powerful preachers, most profound 
 theologians, wisest counselors, and purest and best men. 
 
 3. That as a church we desire to bear testimony to his faith- 
 fulness as a minister and the beauty and loveliness of his Chris- 
 tian character. 
 
 4. That we tender our sympathy to his wife, who has so 
 earnestly cooperated with him in every effort to advance the 
 Kingdom of Christ ; and we pray God to comfort her heart and 
 bless this bereavement to her and her family. 
 
 5. That a copy of this memorial and these resolutions be 
 furnished to the family of our beloved pastor and another to 
 the Session of the church, with the request that they be re- 
 corded in the minutes of the Session as a lasting evidence of 
 our affection and respect for him. 
 
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 6. That a copy of this memorial and these resolutions be 
 sent to the North Carolina Presbyterian, the Southern Presby- 
 terian, and the Morganton Herald, with a request to publish. 
 
 Note. — Miss Margaret McDowell insists that according to 
 her recollection, she was received into the church during the 
 pastorate of Dr. Anderson in 1872. The minutes of the Ses- 
 sion show that the Session was presided over for the first time 
 of which we have any record, by Dr. Anderson as stated supply 
 on April 7, 1873. 
 
 The minutes of Concord Presbytery, which the writer ex- 
 amined at Davidson College a few weeks ago, record the fact 
 that Dr. Anderson was called at its session at Concord, October 
 14, 1874, and installed June 12, 1875. 
 
 In the memorial tribute embodied in the foregoing sketch 
 it is stated that his connection with this church began in 1871. 
 These conflicting statements can be reconciled with each other 
 and with the clear recollection of Miss McDowell by stating 
 that Dr. Anderson became stated supply in 1871, instead of in 
 1873, and while acting in that capacity Miss McDowell was 
 received into the church in 1872. 
 
 It was during the pastorate of Dr. Anderson that Major J. 
 W. Wilson and Col. S. McD. Tate contributed very generously 
 to the church at Morganton in adding a new front to the build- 
 ing, which greatly improved its appearance and increased its 
 seating capacity. Theirs was the most liberal donation of the 
 kind made since the old church and parsonage were erected, 
 more than a half century before. 
 
 Accessions to the Church, Baptisms and Election and Ordina- 
 tion of Elders and Deacons, During the Pastorate of Rev. 
 R. B. Anderson. 
 
 Morganton— April 7, 1873: (Rev. R. B. Anderson, stated 
 supply then, and Elders B. P. Moore and E. A. Perkins being 
 present). Mr. J. C. Mallard, Mrs. Lucy A. Mallard, Mr. Win. 
 S. Mallard, Misses Ida and Mary J. Mallard received on cer- 
 tificate from Newton church. 
 
 Morganton — May 10, 1873: Mr. James Anderson received 
 on examination. 
 
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 Morganton — July 7, 1873: Miss Sarah B. Whisenhant ad- 
 mitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — August, 1873: Miss Cora Avery admitted on 
 examination. Miss Nannie T. Anderson received on examina- 
 tion. Mrs. E. B. Anderson received on certificate from church 
 at Columbia, S. C. 
 
 Morganton — October 4, 1873: Miss Mary McBee Happoldt 
 admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — February 8, 1874: (Present Bev. B. B. Ander- 
 son and Elders E. A. Moore and J. C. Mallard). Mrs. A. C. 
 Avery received on certificate from church at Unity. 
 
 September 12, 1874: Miss Sally Elvira Pearson and Miss 
 Mary Craig Pearson received on examination. 
 
 September 13, 1874: Miss Mary Willis Wilson admitted on 
 examination. 
 
 March 14, 1875: Mr. John Witherspoon Ervin and his wife, 
 Mrs. Laura Ervin, with their children, McQueen, Elizabeth, 
 John Conyers, Samuel James, Louise Nelson and Annie, re- 
 ceived on certificate from church at Manning, S. C. 
 
 May 24, 1875: Miss Nancy Jones admitted on examination. 
 Mrs. Annie Wylie Moore on certificate from Purity church in 
 Bethel Presbytery. 
 
 June 29, 1875: Miss Mortie Sheetz received on certificate 
 from Third Creek and ' Mrs. Corrie Lindsay from church at 
 Lenoir. Mrs. Mary Lizzie Martin and Miss Dora Mallard 
 received on examination. 
 
 September, 1875: Mr. Bobert Perkins admitted on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 November 7, 1875: Mr. Bobert Brown and wife received on 
 examination. 
 
 November 14, 1875: Miss Annie Ervin received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 March 12, 1876: Elder E. P. Moore and wife dismissed to 
 Presbyterian church at Chester Courthouse, S. C. 
 
 March 26, 1876: Miss Jessie Corrina Chambers admitted 
 on examination. 
 
 April 29, 1876: Misses Harriet Eloise Avery, Laura Avery 
 and Alice Matilda Wilson admitted on examination. 
 
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 July 30, 1876: Miss Emma McRee and Waightstill Avery 
 admitted on examination. 
 
 October 24, 1876: Mr. Mallard and family dismissed to 
 church in Asheville. 
 
 Janaury 7, 1877 : Messrs. Saml. Tate Pearson, Burgess 
 Gaither Pearson, and Alexander Wilson admitted on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 May 12, 1877: Misses Harriet Erwin Chambers, Sarah 
 Elizabeth Happoldt, Lucy Greenlee Happoldt, Catherine Lee 
 Sheetz and Mr. Charles Andrew Moore admitted on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 September 29, 1877 : Mr. Jas. Edward Starke received on 
 examination. Mrs. J. A. Dickson received on certificate. 
 
 September 30: Misses Ellen M. Grady, Minnie Happoldt, 
 Adelaide M. Avery, and Julia G. Sheetz, and Mr. fm, M. 
 Moore received on examination. 
 
 October 14, 1877: Miss Lizzie Milne and Mrs. Rachel E. 
 Cosbey received on examination. 
 
 December 1, 1877 : Mr. R. K. Presnell admitted on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 April 27, 1878: Dr. Robert C. Pearson admitted on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 April 28 : Jefferson Brown (colored) admitted on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 August 23, 1878: Judge A. C. Avery received on examina- 
 tion. Also on examination Hagar J. Brown, (colored). Miss 
 Eloise A. Colton received on certificate from church at Spencer 
 Academy. 
 
 May 24, 1879 : Robert A. McNeely and Eliza W. Anderson 
 admitted on examination. 
 
 November 2, 1879 : R. K. Presnell and A. C. Avery ordained 
 and installed as elders, and R. C. Perkins as deacon. 
 
 February 22, 1880: Stephen C. Worth and wife, Lovie 
 Worth, admitted on examination, and Mrs. Lizzie Tull re- 
 ceived on certificate. 
 
 April 5, 1880 : Mrs. Louisa Eorney Spainhour received on 
 certificate from Lenoir. Mr. John W. Ervin and wife, Laura, 
 
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 and children, McQueen, Louisa and Annie, dismissed to church 
 at Wilkesboro. 
 
 May 9, 1880: Mournin Crisp (colored) received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 October 10, 1880: Mrs. Elizabeth Crawley received on ex- 
 amination. 
 
 August 28, 1881 : Mr. Saml. McD. Tate admitted on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 September 11, 1881: Miss Sally Michael admitted on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 September 25, 1881 : Mrs. Mary Jane Sherman and Mrs. 
 Josephine Boyd admitted on examination. 
 
 Morganton — April 23, 1882 : Mr. William Boger and wife, 
 Mrs. Emily Gertrude Boger, received on certificate from 
 church at Marion. 
 
 May 28, 1882 : W. A. Boss admitted on examination. Also 
 Sallie Johnson (colored) on examination. 
 
 September 21, 1882 : Miss Heloise Bristol received on certifi- 
 cate from church in Huntsville, Tex. Dr. George H. Moran 
 admitted on examination. 
 
 September 23, 1882 : Miss L. E. Wilson admitted on exami- 
 nation. Also on examination Rufus Avery (colored). 
 
 September 26, 1882 : Miss Laura Moore admitted on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 July 13, 1883: John A. Gilmer admitted on certificate from 
 church in Alamance County, Orange Presbytery. 
 
 March 11 : Mr. Lawrence Lafayette and Mrs. Mary Ann 
 Dietz admitted on examination. 
 
 March 25 : Mrs. Sarah F. Gaither received on certificate 
 from Methodist church. Mr. S. J. Ervin dismissed to church 
 at Wilkesboro. 
 
 April 15 : "Dismission was granted at her own request to 
 Miss Lizzie Ervin, now, Mrs. Lizzie Kennedy." 
 
 April 29 : W. H. Pearson admitted on examination. Mr. 
 and Mrs. P. L. Murphy on certificate. Mr. A. D. Gibbs on cer- 
 tificate from Methodist church. 
 
 October 14 : Mr. W. Forney admitted on examination. 
 
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 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 July 23, 1884: Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Greenlee dismissed to 
 Honey Grove church;, Texas. 
 
 February 24, 1884 : Miss Minnie McCormick dismissed to 
 Gastonia church. 
 
 August 3, 1884: Mr. L. L. Dietz and wife, and their bap- 
 tized children dismissed to Shelby church. 
 
 January 10, 1885: Miss Lucy Caroline Grady admitted on 
 examination. 
 
 April 9 : Mrs. Eloise Colton dismissed, with her children, 
 Moulton, Lizzie, James, Susan and Henry, to join another 
 Presbyterian church. 
 
 April 26: Mr. John A. Dickson admitted on examination. 
 Miss Mary C. Perkins received on certificate from Baleigh. 
 
 August 8, 1885 : Admitted on examination Miss Annie L. 
 Presnell, Miss Maggie Evans Moore, Miss Laura McCon- 
 naughey, Miss Minnie McConnaughey, Miss Kate Lenoir 
 Chambers. 
 
 January 24, 1886: Miss Heloise Bristol Borden dismissed 
 to Wilson. Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt admitted on examination. 
 
 February 6, 1886 : Miss Julia Tull admitted on certificate 
 from church at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 February 7 : Mr. John Gray Bynum admitted on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 April 9 : Mr. Pink Forney admitted on examination. 
 
 July 7 : Mrs. Carolina Marsh and Moulton A. Colton were 
 admitted on examination. 
 
 July 11 : Miss E. C. Perkins admitted on certificate from 
 Statesville. 
 
 October 24 : Mr. Alexander Shuping admitted on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 November 14 : Miss Helen H. Scott admitted on certificate. 
 December 5 : Mr. E. F. Reid admitted on examination. 
 December 9 : Mrs. Mortie Collins dismissed to Philadelphia 
 church. 
 
 March 3, 1887 : Mr. Conyers Ervin dismissed to Haywood 
 church. 
 
 March 27 : Miss Kate McDowell admitted on examination. 
 December 11, 1887 : "A three months leave of absence from 
 
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 ministerial duties was given Mr. Anderson to take a trip to 
 Florida for the benefit of his and his daughter's health." C. P. 
 Erwin admitted on examination. Mrs. Katie Lee Erwin dis- 
 missed to church in Lenoir. 
 
 December 20 : Miss Cora Wilson admitted on examination. 
 Mrs. Eliza J. Higgins on certificate from Methodist church. 
 
 July 29, 1888 : W. C. Sheetz admitted on examination. 
 
 September 2, 1888 : "The officers elected were ordained and 
 installed viz. : G. P. Erwin, J. G. Bynum, J. A. Gilmer and W. 
 H. Pearson, as elders ; and J. A. Dickson, W. A. Ross and E. F. 
 Reid as deacons." 
 
 November 11, 1888 : Mr. J. R. Anderson admitted on cer- 
 tificate from church at Castania Grove. 
 
 March 17, 1889: Miss Dorcas E. Davidson admitted on cer- 
 tificate from , church at Providence. 
 
 July 29 : Miss Minnie Boyd admitted on examination. Mrs. 
 E. J. Higgins dismissed to join Asheville church. . 
 
 August 5, 1889 : Miss Sudie Presnell, Miss Annie P. Erwin, 
 Miss Julia Tull and Miss A. Beulah Wilson admitted on ex- 
 amination. 
 
 August 11 : Mr. John W. Erwin and Samuel J. Erwin re- 
 ceived on certificate from church at Wilkesboro. 
 
 August 25 : Miss Matilda Erwin and Miss Mary Ann Erwin 
 received on certificate from Marion church. 
 
 September 26 : Rob McNeely dismissed to South Carolina 
 church. 
 
 October 26 : Mr. Hamilton Erwin admitted on examination. 
 
 October 27 : Miss Lizzie Avery received on certificate from 
 Newton. Mrs. Harriett Mooney Giles admitted on examina- 
 tion, and children Thomas Alexander, Millard Jefferson, 
 Nancy M., Charley Mack Giles, were baptized. 
 
 Rev. J. P. Marion. 
 
 Rev. J. P. Marion came to North Carolina from the Synod 
 of South Carolina and after serving here for a very short time 
 removed to South Carolina or Georgia. We have been able to 
 gather very few facts as to his history, either from the minutes 
 
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 of Concord Presbytery, or from any other sources, and hence 
 this sketch must necessarily be short and meagre. 
 
 The suggestion that the First Presbyterian church of Mor- 
 ganton should invite Mr. Marion to act as temporary supply, 
 came when Dr. Wood was visiting and supplying the church of 
 his deceased friend, and when he was called upon to act as 
 Moderator of the Session. 
 
 When at the meeting of Session, Dr. Wood was asked what 
 he knew of Mr. Marion, and whether he thought it advisable 
 to call him, he said that he did not know Mr. Marion personally 
 but had heard competent judges say that he was an unusually 
 forceful pulpit orator and a scholarly man, as well as an exem- 
 plary Christian. He advised that the congregation invite him 
 to visit and preach to our people with a view to a call. Mr. 
 Marion came in response to an invitation and preached for the 
 church and presided over meetings of Session for four succes- 
 sive Sabbaths, during September and the early part of Octo- 
 ber, 1890. He verified all that Dr. Wood had heard and re- 
 ported as to his preaching. His sermons were clear and logical 
 and spiritual and were models of style. The congregation was 
 more than pleased with him. 
 
 He was called October 13, 1890, accepted and was subse- 
 quently installed, but no account of his installation has been 
 found in the minutes of the Session or congregation or of Pres- 
 bytery. 
 
 Elder W. P. Fife. 
 
 A sensational feature of the ministry of Mr. Marion grew 
 out of revival services conducted by Mr. Fife in a large tent in 
 Morganton, at which scores of persons made profession of 
 religion and were received into the various churches of Mor- 
 ganton and elsewhere. 
 
 Mr. Marion did not attend or participate in these meetings 
 and absented himself from the town during most of the time 
 when they were being held. He was represented to be opposed 
 to the method of conducting these meetings, because of the ex- 
 citement. But while he made no public statement in regard 
 to it, as far as the writer recollects, he di'd state that he was 
 suffering from nervous debility and in his feeble condition 
 
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 could not stand the excitement necessarily incident to partici- 
 pating in the meeting. It was thought that he was opposed to 
 holding them and this impression gave rise to some criticism. 
 
 Mr. Maron, acting upon the idea that his services were no 
 longer desired by the congregation, tendered his resignation at 
 a meeting held immediately thereafter. The members of the 
 congregation, by a large majority, expressed their confidence 
 in him and agreed to send Elder Bynum to Presbytery to op- 
 pose his dismissal at his own request. It is stated in the min- 
 utes of Presbytery that Judge Bynum made an eloquent speech 
 in opposition to any agreement on the part of Presbytery to 
 grant his request. A small number of the congregation who 
 opposed sending a delegate to oppose the dissolution of the 
 pastoral tie, were influenced by the belief that a pastor was 
 always the best judge of what was his duty in such matters, 
 and that such a request ought always to be granted. 
 
 Mr. Marion returned to the church and continued to act as 
 pastor for some time thereafter, until about the day of 
 
 . A discussion in the church newspapers ensued, 
 as to the proper method of conducting revival services, as to the 
 right of non-commissioned evangelists or of any minister not sent 
 out by authority of a church making appointments and holding 
 revival services. 
 
 After revising the list, especially of young people, who con- 
 nected themselves with the church soon after, which list will be 
 hereto appended, one who has a full knowledge of the facts will 
 state without hesitation that a smaller proportion of this num- 
 ber failed to live up to their professions, as of the aggregate 
 number admitted at intervals during the ministry of most of 
 our pastors. To unsweepingly condemn courthouse meetings, 
 revivals conducted by ministers or others not sent out by 
 church authorities, or distinguished divines invited to hold 
 such meetings, is to assume a very grave responsibility when 
 we look at the results traceable to such services in many in- 
 stances. Our worthy elder, W. A. Ross, made a profession of 
 religion at a meeting held in the courthouse by a traveling 
 Methodist preacher with whom the pastor of his own 
 
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 church did not deem it proper to cooperate. Mr. G. P. Erwiii 
 professed religion at a revival meeting held in Salisbury by the 
 evangelist Pearson who was a Cumberland Presbyterian but 
 was not sent out by his church. Another officer of the church 
 dates his change to a union revival meeting held in the court- 
 house. As to methods, the writer recalls the fact that when a 
 school boy he attended a meeting at the old Hawfields church, 
 where the minister followed what was credibly stated had been 
 custom for a hundred years, since the time of Dr. Caldwell, in 
 resorting to the call to the mourners' bench. 
 
 Some of our people condemned Dr. Guerrant for calling on 
 young people to come forward and give their hands. Yet 
 amongst the converts at that meeting are exemplary members 
 of our present congregation and one little girl whose triumph- 
 ant death was the subject of much comment. 
 
 The foregoing has been written in a spirit of tolerance for 
 divergent views of Christian people and is intended to inculcate 
 the view that methods should be left to the consciences of the 
 various workers who may be striving to attain the same end. 
 
 After severing his connections with the Morganton church 
 Mr. Marion returned to South Carolina, and perhaps served a 
 congregation in Georgia. But we have been unable to get the 
 facts. He died several years ago. He was an able preacher 
 and an exemplary man and minister. 
 
 Accessions During the Pastorate of Mr. Marion. 
 
 September 28, 1890: Miss Claude Sherman and Messrs. J. 
 H. Eeid, Donald McKenzie, Earl Koss, and J. P. Marion re- 
 ceived on examination. 
 
 October 2, 1890: Misses Bessie Pearson, Sudie W. Avery, 
 Kate McConnaughey, and Mr. John Tull were admitted on 
 examination. 
 
 October 5, 1890: Messrs. Erwin Avery, Waightstill Cham- 
 bers, Joseph Tull, Joseph Avery, Alphonso Avery, Alfred 
 Avery, J. A. Presnell, Eobert G. Presnell, and Miss Claude 
 Tate and Miss Wilhelmina Tate were admitted on examina- 
 tion. Also on examination, Mr. Eobert Forney, Mr. Walter 
 Forney, and Miss Julia Forney, Miss Lizzie Perkins and Mrs. 
 
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 Nancy Swift, Robert C. Pearson and Miss Corrinna M. Erwin. 
 
 October 9, 1890: Mr. Murtrie Polsom and Miss Lizzie Mc- 
 Dowell admitted on examination. 
 
 October 12 : Mr. W. G. Corpening, W. B. McDowell received 
 on examination, and Mrs. W. G. Corpening on certificate from 
 Asheville. Also on examination Miss Nancy McNeely. 
 
 October 26 : Miss Alice Thompson received on examination. 
 
 November 27, 1S90 : Elder W. H. Pearson dismissed to 
 church at Basic City, Va. 
 
 December 21, 1890: G. H. Moran and W. A. Ross elected 
 elders, (first Sabbath in January next set for ordination and 
 installation) : Mrs. Mary Kent dismissed to church at Lenoir. 
 
 January 4, 1891 : Dr. G. H. Moran and W. A. Ross ordained 
 and installed elders. On certificate from Congregational 
 church, Newton, Mass., Mr. William Camp, Mrs. Rosa Camp, 
 Mrs. Harriet Camp, and Mr. Edwin Camp. 
 
 March 15, 1891 : I. T. Avery, S. J. Ervin and Donald Mc- 
 Kenzie ordained and installed as deacons. 
 
 Rev. Dr. J. M. Rose. 
 
 Dr. J. M. Rose was called as pastor of the First Presbyterian 
 church at Morganton in May, 1893. Before giving a more 
 minute and detailed account of his installation and of his sub- 
 sequent ministry, it is deemed more appropriate to give a suc- 
 cinct account of the dates at which he has served various con- 
 gregations as well as of his birth, early education and training 
 for the ministry. 
 
 Dr. John M. Rose was born in Eayetteville, October 6, 1849, 
 received his academic training in the old Donaldson Academy 
 in Eayetteville, where so many good and distinguished sons of 
 North Carolina have first been taught to think and to express 
 their thoughts elegantly and eloquently. He entered Davidson 
 College in September, 1864, and subsequently joined the Junior 
 class of the University of North Carolina in August, 1867. 
 Even our grand old University became the football of politics 
 and was reconstructed by the mixed throng that took charge of 
 the State in 1868 and placed in the hands of teachers who were 
 either utterly incompetent as instructors or were unfit at least 
 for the duties which they were assigned to perform. In view 
 
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 of the situation Dr. Rose declined to accept a diploma which 
 was tendered him in 1869. He taught school until the fall of 
 1870 when he entered Union Theological Seminary at 
 Hampden-Sidney, Virginia. He graduated from that institu- 
 tion May, 1873. He joined Fayetteville Presbytery in June, 
 1872, and was put in charge of Big Rockfish and Sherwood 
 churches for the summer months. 
 
 Dr. Rose began his active ministry in Charlotte, N. C, in 
 July, 1873 as a city missionary in the employment of the First 
 Presbyterian church of that city. He was ordained by East 
 Hanover Presbytery (Synod of Virginia) December 7, 1873, 
 and at the same time was installed as pastor of the First Pres- 
 byterian church of Porstmouth, Virginia. He became the pas- 
 tor of the Second Presbyterian church of Memphis, Tenn., in 
 February, 1881, and of the Presbyterian church of Goldsboro, 
 K C, in February, 1883. 
 
 He was called to the pastorate of Washington Street church 
 (now called First Church) of Greenville, South Carolina, in 
 April, 1886, and served that church till October 1, 1891, when 
 he became one of the general evangelists of the Synod of North 
 Carolina. He became the stated supply of the First Presby- 
 terian church of Morganton in May, 1893. A more minute 
 account of his installation may be given hereafter. He con- 
 tinued in that charge till October, 1899, when he removed to 
 Laurinburg where he is still, at the end of thirteen years, serv- 
 ing a large and growing congregation. 
 
 We find in the minutes of the Session of the church, the fol- 
 lowing account of the installation of Dr. Rose : 
 
 On motion the clerk was instructed to incorporate in the 
 minutes the following statement, that on the third Sabbath of 
 November, 1893, the Rev. J. M. Rose, Jr., was regularly in- 
 stalled as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Morgan- 
 ton by a committee appointed by Concord Presbytery, consist- 
 ing of Rev. W. A. Wood, D. D. and Rev. C. M. Payne, D. D. 
 Dr. Wood presided and propounded the constitutional ques- 
 tions. Dr. Payne preached the sermon and delivered the charge 
 to the pastor, and Dr. Wood charged the people. 
 
 Dr. Wood had become bound by ties that he never would con- 
 sent to dissolve, to the church at Statesville. Up to the day of 
 
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 his death, he watched with, tender solicitude over the congre- 
 gation that had been served by his friend, Dr. Anderson and 
 was always ready to comfort and help bis people. 
 
 Dr. Rose came to our church well equipped for the most use- 
 ful pastoral work. After receiving a thorough education and 
 traning at the best educational institutions of the land, he had 
 served several congregations in cities and towns and in the 
 rural districts and was just winding up his labors of many 
 years as a general evangelist, whose field was the whole State. 
 It is said that Moody told a young preacher who, after the 
 lapse of twelve years spent at classical schools, colleges and 
 theological seminary, when he appealed to him for advice, that 
 the wisest thing he could do would be to start out as a peddler 
 of something, preferably good books, and mix with the country 
 people in every part of the State and make himself familiar 
 with their mode of life, their habits of thought, and their vir- 
 tues and vices. Dr. Rose in his higher calling had been able 
 to acquire such knowledge of human nature by mixing with 
 all classes as evangelist. He was, when he embarked upon that 
 work, one of the best Bible scholars and theologians in the 
 State, and was surpassed by no one in the knowledge of the 
 creed of his own church and in the peculiar rules of procedure 
 for the parlimentary government of its higher courts. He was 
 already earnest, laborious and spiritual. His last experience 
 had made him an unusually practical speaker. It is not sur- 
 prising that during his pastorate of many years, he proved an 
 impressive and useful minister. He felt called upon, for reasons 
 satisfactory to his own conscience, to accept other work, but the 
 writer feels little doubt that both he and not a few of the mem- 
 bers of the church at Morganton have occasionally felt a pang of 
 regret when they recalled the dissolution of the tender relations 
 that once existed between them. 
 
 Accessions to the Church, Elections of Elders and Deacons, and 
 Baptisms, During the Pastorate of Rev. J ohn M. Rose. 
 
 June 9, 1893 : Moulton Avery Pbifer and Mrs. D. A. Gash 
 and Miss Annie Gash received on certificate. 
 
 June 29, 1893: Mr. H. B. Sprague, Mr. J. T. Thomason, 
 
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 Mrs. Mamie S. Rose, Miss Annie Rose, and Master Hugh Rose 
 received on certificate. 
 
 June 30, 1893: Mrs. Hallie Wilson received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 July 2, 1893 : Mr. Frank McDowell received on certificate. 
 July 23, 1893 : Miss Martha L. Sherman received on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 August 7 : Mrs. E. Emma Whisenhant received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 September 24 : Mrs. Nancy J. Walker received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 October 5 : Charles E. Ross received on certificate. 
 
 October 29 : Mrs. Mary Martha Thompson received on ex- 
 amination and her children baptized. 
 
 December 5, 1893 : Rev. J. M. Rose installed as pastor. 
 Mrs. Mamie Moore Walton and Mrs. Hattie Berger received 
 on certificate. 
 
 December 9, 1893 : Mr. William Berger received on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 June 30, 1894: Miss Jennie Weeta Presnell received- on 
 examination. 
 
 July 8, 1894: Cornelia E. Powell, Lillie C. Amos, and Win. 
 J. Swift admitted on examination. 
 
 November 18, 1894 : Maggie Duckworth admitted on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 January 1, 1895: Mrs. Lillian W. Avery received on exami- 
 nation and Mrs. Alice Ross on certificate. 
 
 March 3 : Mr. L. H. Query received on examination. 
 
 April 21 : Mr. Edward W. Phifer received on examination. 
 
 July 30 : Mrs. Sue W. Taylor received on certificate. 
 
 September 12 : W. H. Pearson received on certificate. 
 
 January 22, 1896: Charles J. Bard received on certificate. 
 
 March 24: Mr. W. A. Leslie, Mr. T. P. McKoy and Mrs. 
 Annie L. Reid received on certificate. 
 
 April 11 : Miss Lillian Gray Giles received on examination. 
 
 July 24 : Mr. Edwin G. Hurd admitted on examination. 
 
 October 18, 1896: Mr. William J. Ross received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
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 November 1 : Miss Carrie R. Stimson received on certificate. 
 
 December 20, 1896: Mr. Hugh Graham Miller and Mr. 
 Robert Craton Miller received on examination. 
 
 October 9, 1897 : Miss Marguerite Mcol admitted on ex- 
 amination. 
 
 October 10, 1897: Miss Margaret Edith Presnell, Miss Ad- 
 die Avery Erwin and Miss Mary Burgin Presnell admitted on 
 examination. 
 
 February 6, 1898 : Mr. Neil D. McCormick admitted on ex- 
 amination. 
 
 April 1 : Miss Irene Tate admitted on examination. 
 
 April 3 : Misses Rosa Ross, Maud Phifer, Nannie T. Pear- 
 son and Lucy Laxton, and Mr. Willie Rose admitted on ex- 
 amination. 
 
 July 3 : Edward Jones Erwin admitted on examination. 
 October 23 : Mrs. Edna Barthold Kistler received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 February 15, 1899 : Mrs. Pattie T. Hague received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 June 25 : Mr. Isaac Avery Phifer received on examination. 
 October 1 : Mr. Lewis J. Webber and wife received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 October 15, 1899: Miss Annie Rankin Moran received on 
 examination. 
 
 December 31, 1899 : Miss Bessie Dickson received on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 Rev. Thornwell Jacobs. 
 
 Rev. Thornwell Jacobs was born at Clinton, South Caro- 
 lina, in the year 1877. He is a son of Rev. Dr. Jacobs who 
 was the founder of the Thornwell Orphanage there, which he 
 managed for many years and made one of the most useful and 
 beneficent institutions of the kind in the United States. Dr. 
 Jacobs was instrumental in the establishment of Clinton Col- 
 lege, of which he became the president and the successful man- 
 ager. 
 
 Rev. Thornwell Jacobs was named, as was the orphanage, 
 for probably the ablest, most learned, powerful, and influential 
 preacher who has ever lived within the bounds represented by 
 
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 the Southern Presbyterian church. Dr. Thornwell served 
 leading churches, was president both of South Carolina Uni- 
 versity and the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Colum- 
 bia, and it is a remarkable endorsement of the versatility of his 
 talents, that the State of South Carolina, always noted for the 
 ability of her statesmen, should, at the most critical period of 
 the Civil War, have chosen him, because of the confidence of 
 the people in his wisdom, to represent that State in the Senate 
 of the Confederate States. 
 
 Rev. Thornwell Jacobs began his education at Clinton, S. 
 C, under the watchful eye of his good father, graduated at 
 that college in 1894 and subsequently at Princeton University 
 and at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1899, and was the 
 same year called to the Presbyterian church, Martinsville, Ya. 
 
 We find in the minutes of the Session of our church of the 
 date of March 6, 1900, the following: 
 
 On motion it was ordered that the action of Rev. C. A. Mon- 
 roe, chairman of the Home Mission Committee, in assisting the 
 Session in securing the services of Rev. Thornwell Jacobs, of 
 Clinton, S. C, as stated supply for this church for three 
 months, be and the same is hereby approved. 
 
 After serving the church as stated supply for three months, 
 Mr. Jacobs was called, and was installed in June, 1900. He 
 entered into the work with great zeal, earnestness and enthu- 
 siasm. His influence over his people was almost unprecedented 
 and seemed to be magnetic. 
 
 The church owed more than two thousand dollars, a balance 
 due for the manse and for which its note was outstanding. 
 The creditors had naturally grown impatient of delay and were 
 pressing for payment. The debt was a burden which tried the 
 members and they had become almost unanimous in favor of 
 selling the manse and buying a cheaper one on a smaller lot. 
 Mr. Jacobs insisted that the debt should and would be paid in 
 a short time. He roused the congregation to enthusiasm and by 
 means of unexpectedly liberal contributions and raising money 
 from railroad excursions, festivals and by every means consid- 
 ered proper and legitimate, the debt was discharged in a few 
 months. Such a service, in the financial line, has not been ren- 
 
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 dered to this church in the time of those now living, and was 
 remembered and appreciated by the congregation at a later date, 
 when as we shall see, Mr. Jacobs asked for consent to be dis- 
 missed to other work. 
 
 Later in his ministry, Mr. Jacobs, assisted by the grand old 
 missionary of the mountains of Kentucky, Dr. Guerrant, held 
 protracted revival services in the church, and many good and 
 useful members were brought into the fold of the church, as 
 will appear from a review of the list of accessions, which fol- 
 lows this sketch. Dr. Guerrant is thought by some of the lead- 
 ing divines of our church to have been instrumental in accom- 
 plishing the most important work that has been done under 
 supervision of our General Assembly within a generation past. 
 Mr. Jacobs entered into the work with him with an earnest- 
 ness and enthusiasm that brought cooperation from his church 
 generally. While a few were so extreme as to disapprove of 
 calling upon persons interested to stand up or extend their 
 hands to the minister, all opposition eventually subsided in 
 view of apparent good results. Among the converts who were 
 added to the church was a sweet little girl who some months 
 later died a triumphant death. She seemed to be looking into 
 heaven and communing with friends who had recently died. 
 
 When, on July 9, 1902, Mr. Jacobs asked the congregation 
 to agree that he should, in accordance with the request of his 
 father, be dismissed in order to accept the vice-presidency of 
 the Thornwell Orphanage, the congregation reluctantly ac- 
 ceeded to his request because they felt the force of the appeal 
 which came from a man who had founded a great orphanage 
 and, in every trying hour of its existence, when there seemed 
 no hope of raising means to maintain it, had prayed with con- 
 fidence for what was needed and seen his prayers answered 
 often in the most unexpected way. Prior to that time, how- 
 ever, when, on April 20, 1901, Mr. Jacobs had asked to be 
 dismissed to accept a call to the church at GafTney, S. C, the 
 congregation had shown its appreciation of him by passing the 
 following resolution : 
 
 Whereas, our beloved pastor, Eev. Thornwell Jacobs, has 
 received a call from the Presbyterian church at Gaffney, S. C, 
 
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 and whereas we are anxious to give voluntary expression of 
 our views upon the question of his severing his relations with 
 the First Presbyterian church of Morganton, it is now, there- 
 fore, 
 
 Resolved, That, as a congregation, we have watched with 
 thankful interest the good work which he has already been 
 instrumental in doing for our church, in arousing the mem- 
 bers to activity in Christian work, in bringing new member- 
 ship into its fold, and arranging for the payment of the debt, 
 a burden which has hung so heavily upon the church, and that 
 we find in his plans for mission work in various fields in this 
 section, encouragement for the hope that great good may be 
 accomplished, if he should be permitted to carry them out. 
 
 Resolved, That we earnestly request him to refuse to sever 
 the ties that bind him to his people, not only because of their 
 love for him, and their united desire that he should continue to 
 labor for and with them, but because of the new fields that seem 
 to be opening up for his usefulness around us. 
 
 Resolved, That though this meeting has been called by the 
 members of the congregation, and not at the instance of the 
 Session, the Session be requested by the secretary to record 
 these resolutions and the proceedings of this meeting, on its 
 minutes before the next meeting of Concord Presbytery. 
 
 After discussion of Judge Avery, Mr. I. T. Avery, and others 
 of the efficient service of the pastor, the resolutions were unani- 
 mously adopted by rising vote. 
 
 After the pastoral relation of Mr. Jacobs with the church at 
 Morganton was dissolved, he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Maude Lesh, of Boston, Mass., a lovely and accomplished lady, 
 whom he had met at Morganton. After remaining at Clinton 
 and assisting his father by teaching and preaching until the 
 latter's health was restored, Mr. Jacobs devoted himself to 
 charitable and literary work. He moved first to Nashville, 
 where he contributed to papers and magazines, and published 
 a number of interesting stories and a small volume of poems 
 which have been kindly received by the public. Some of these 
 volumes would be noticed more particularly if we had the list 
 and the books before us. He wields a facile pen. He now 
 resides in Atlanta, Ga., and s the editor of Westminster 
 Magazine and Secretary of a movement to refound Oglethorpe 
 University. 
 
 The writer regrets that Mr. Jacobs is not now engaged in 
 
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 the active work of the ministry, and hopes that he is only tem- 
 porarily engaging in other work, however useful his labors 
 may prove. 
 
 Accessions to the Church During the Pastorate of 
 Rev. Thornwell Jacobs. 
 
 March 18, 1900: Mr. Z. T. Corpening received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 March 25, 1900: Mr. John Martin received on examination. 
 April 1, 1900: Miss Hope McAlpine received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 April 8 : Mrs. Grace Bell received on examination. 
 
 April 15: Mr. Howard McP. Hofstetter and wife, Ollie M. 
 received on examination. 
 
 April 22 : Miss Leah Moore Howard received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 May 13 : Miss Loula Knight received on examination. 
 May 20 : Miss Augusta May Chapman received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 June 17 : Miss Lucinda Harmon received on examination. 
 
 June 24 : Miss Kosa Siegel admitted on examination. 
 
 July 1 : Mr. and Mrs. Jarret received on examination. 
 
 July 8 : Mrs. E. J. Chapman and Miss Nancy Harmon re- 
 ceived on examination. 
 
 July 22 : Misses Caroline Chapman, Sallie Powell, Lily 
 Jane Seagle, and Miss Claudia Cordelia Wilson received on 
 profession. 
 
 August 12 : Mr. W. P. Mabe received on examination. Miss 
 Mae Murphy received on certificate. 
 
 September -3: Mrs. W. P. Mabe, Edgar Lee Mabe, and Isaac 
 Mabe received on examination. 
 
 November 4: Miss Eliza Powell and Miss Elizabeth Powell 
 received on examination. Mrs. Cora Pearson received on ex- 
 amination. 
 
 April 5, 1901: Mrs. O. A. Betts, Miss Kate Pearsall and 
 Mrs. L. M. Hull received on examination. 
 
 May 19, 1901 : Dr. L. H. Cartledge on certificate, and Gor- 
 don Tate, Robert Phifer, Isaac Tull, Catherine Ervin, Eloise 
 Ervin, Fredreeka Burr, Mr. H. A. Howard, Helen Howard, 
 
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 Morton Ervin, Robert Anderson, Hugh Howard, Julia Ervin, 
 and Julia Presnell on examination. 
 
 J uly 7 : Mr. Charley Johnson and wife, Mrs. Mary L. John- 
 son, Miss Elsie Johnson, Miss Nellie B. Johnson, Mr. Luther 
 Johnson, Mrs. Nancy Branch, and Mrs. Mary Avery received 
 on examination. 
 
 September 11: Mr. S. M. Goodman and Mr. Charley For- 
 ney received on examination. 
 
 January 9, 1902: Mrs. E. H. Johnston, Miss M. Grace 
 Johnston and Miss Martha Bell received on examination. 
 
 April 9, 1902 : Mr. Waightstill Phifer received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 June 29, 1902 : Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ivistler, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jacob Ramseur, and Mr. and Mrs. Kever received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 Rev. Walter W. Edge. 
 
 Rev. Walter W. Edge was born in Union County, South 
 Carolina, September 20, 1876, and attended the country schools 
 at home till sixteen years of age when he went to Greenville, 
 S. C, where he attended the city schools for one year. He was 
 graduated from the Presbyterian College of S. C, at Clinton, 
 S. C, with the degree of A. B., in 1899, and entered Columbia 
 Theological Seminary in September, 1899, where he studied 
 two years. In the meantime he took post-graduate courses 
 in English in the University of South Carolina. He attended 
 Princeton Seminary one year, graduating from there in 1902, 
 and taking post-graduate work in Princeton University in 
 Philosophy the same year. 
 
 Rev. W. W. Edge was licensed by Enoree Presbytery (S. C.) 
 in April, 1901, and ordained by West Jersey Presbytery (N. 
 J.) on May 20, 1902, at which time he was installed pastor of 
 the Presbyterian church at Glassboro, 1ST. J. He resigned the 
 pastorate of the Glassboro church in October, 1902, and went 
 South. 
 
 For about three months before Mr. Edge came to Morgan- 
 ton Rev. T. D. Johnston, a young minister who had been fill- 
 ing the place of his father, a returned missionary from Tur- 
 key, in preaching to the church at Glen Alpine, supplied the 
 
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 church very acceptably and made a most pleasant impression 
 upon our people. 
 
 Mr. Edge was called to the church at Morganton in Novem- 
 ber, 1902 and was installed as pastor in February, 1903. 
 
 Mr. Edge came to us almost direct from the seminary and 
 college; but he came thoroughly equipped. He had received 
 almost identically the same training in the schools that his im- 
 mediate predecessor had received. He had been the pupil of 
 Dr. Jacobs and had felt the inspiration of his abounding faith, 
 and had improved his excellent opportunities for culture at 
 Princeton. Mr. Edge was developing and becoming a strong, 
 earnest and impressive preacher when he received a call to an- 
 other field. He was notified that a large congregation in a 
 State farther South wished his services and the field seemed to 
 be an inviting one, with the offer of a satisfactory salary. Soon 
 after, however, he was surprised when after accepting the 
 call and being dismissed to take effect January 1, 1905, he was 
 notified that the congregation which had called him had agreed 
 to unite with a Cumberland Presbyterian congregation in the 
 same town. 
 
 After hearing of this inexcusably bad treatment to him the 
 congregation of the First Presbyterian church at Morganton 
 was anxious to recall him, had he not notified the Session that 
 he had considered the matter prayerfully and felt reluctantly 
 compelled to refuse to consider such a call. He loved his peo- 
 ple here, however, and they were devoted to him. The people 
 here are pleased to know that he finds his present duty very 
 pleasant, and that his prospects of usefulness are very en- 
 couraging. 
 
 Before coming to Morganton Mr. Edge was married to Miss 
 Brannon, the daughter of a prominent lawyer in Georgia, 
 whose ripe scholarship, exemplary life and cheerful disposition 
 made her a fit helpmeet in his work. 
 
 During his useful pastorate of over two years, Mrs. Edge 
 cooperated so far as possible, and sympathized with him in 
 every effort to serve and honor his Master. 
 
 After leaving Morganton Mr. Edge was pastor at Fleming- 
 ton, Ga., from April, 1905 to December, 1906; at Davis, W. 
 
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 Va., from December, 1906 to September, 1910; at Laurel, Md., 
 from September, 1910, to October, 1912. 
 
 He was installed as pastor at Manasquan, New Jersey, bis 
 present cbarge, October, 1912. 
 
 Accessions to the Church During the Pastorate of 
 Rev. Walter Edge. 
 December 28, 1902 : Mrs. Maud Edge received on certificate. 
 April 3, 1903 : Mrs. Laura Taylor, Miss Lois Taylor and 
 Mr. Balbous Branch admitted on examination. 
 
 May 10, 1903 : Mrs. J. R. Wortman received on examina- 
 tion. 
 
 July 12 : John Tull admitted on examination. 
 
 October 25 : Mrs. Fred Turner received on certificate. 
 
 January 3, 1904: Mr. E. L. Bell received on examination. 
 
 May 22, 1904: Miss Sarah Herring received on examination 
 and Miss Maude Smith received on certificate. 
 
 July 17, 1904: Miss Elizabeth McDowell received on exami- 
 nation, and Mrs. Nannie Fleming Jeter on certificate from 
 Raleigh. 
 
 August 21 : Miss Annie McDowell received on certificate 
 and Miss Florence Perry on examination. 
 
 September 4: Miss Virginia Middleton received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 October 2 : Miss Mary Erwin Moran admitted on examina- 
 ation, and Misses Mabel and Ellen Foister and Mr. Robert C. 
 Miller admitted on certificate. 
 
 Rev. W. F. Hollingsworth. 
 
 The writer regrets that for some reason which doubtless will 
 be explained later, Mr. Hollingsworth has overlooked till too 
 late, a request to furnish data in reference to his early life and 
 education and previous pastorates, which he has been so fortu- 
 nate as. to secure in reference to his predecessors. 
 
 It having become desirable that the writer should finish his 
 work at an early date, he has instituted inquiry to supply the 
 missing data from other sources. 
 
 Mr. Hollingsworth was born at Ga., on the 
 
 day of 18 (about 1870, we 
 
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 think). He entered Davidson College in the year 18 and 
 graduated four years later, after taking a high stand through- 
 out his course . He received his training for the ministry at 
 Seminary. He diligently improved his op- 
 portunities and became a ripe scholar. He acquired unusual 
 familiarity with the Scriptures and was able readily to recall 
 apt passages for quotation. It seemed to afford him pleasure to 
 impart Bible instruction to his people, young and old, who 
 joined classes taught by him. He had also acquired thorough 
 and acurate knowledge of the history and creed of the Presby- 
 terian church. A series of sermons preached by him on the 
 Westminister Confession would prove useful and interesting if 
 published, to those who seek information upon those subjects. 
 
 Mr. Hollingsworth evinced great interest in Foreign and 
 Domestic Missions. He induced his people to agree to support 
 a missionary at the Stewart Hospital in China. 
 
 By his earnest and persistent effort the congregation was in- 
 duced to greatly improve the church and to provide a place 
 therein for a pipe organ, purchased by them. The appearance 
 of the improved church and the inside decoration are a monu- 
 ment to his good judgment and good taste, displayed in super- 
 vising the work. He deserves the more credit because some 
 of us expressed grave apprehension that the work would not 
 prove acceptable. 
 
 He was called by the First Presbyterian church at Morgan- 
 ton at a meeting of the congregation, on the 13th of August, 
 1905, accepted the call, and was subsequently installed; but by 
 some strange mishap there is no record of the time of his in- 
 stallation in the proceedings of the Session. 
 
 He tendered his resignation as pastor and asked the congre- 
 gation to join him in the request to be dismissed to Orange 
 Presbytery. He was accordingly transferred and was placed 
 in charge of a church school established by Orange Presbytery 
 in Alleghany County. Those who knew Mr. Hollingsworth 
 well were prepared to hear that he had succeeded in building 
 up a good school as he has done. He is a fine scholar, studious, 
 industrious and attentive to duties and has especially the gift 
 of imparting knowledge to pupils. 
 
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 He had married before coming to Morganton a very attract- 
 ive and accomplished lady, Miss Julia Castex, of Goldsboro. 
 She joined heartily in church work, helped to improve the 
 choir, and won the hearts of our people. She, also, has 
 strengthened the faith of some of us in the efficacy of the 
 prayers of the old ladies heretofore mentioned. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Wright — Revivalist. 
 
 During the pastorate of Mr. Hollingsworth a revival meet- 
 ing was conducted in the graded school auditorium, by invita- 
 tion from the Presbyterian church, by Rev. Dr. Wright, the 
 celebrated Indian evangelist of Oklahoma. He is a powerful 
 pulpit orator and an earnest and spiritual and enthusiastic 
 Christian. Few, if any, of our ministers have ever made a 
 deeper or more lasting impression for good upon the people 
 of this community. He had a beautiful voice and his singing 
 charmed the people as much as his oratory. The meeting re- 
 sulted in a number of accessions to the membership of our 
 churches of all denominations. 
 
 Accessions to the Church During the Pastorate of 
 Rev. W. F. Hollingsworth. 
 
 August 6, 1905 : Miss Annie Louise Ross and Miss Atwood 
 Hunt admitted on examination. 
 
 October 8 : Mr. and Mrs. Loven received on examination. 
 
 February 5, 1906 : Mrs. Julia C. Hollingsworth received on 
 certificate. 
 
 April 1, 1906 : Samuel Ben Howard, Harry Moore Wal- 
 ton, Charles W. Tull, Charles Evers Johnston, Sarah Cole 
 Taylor, Lila W. Anderson, Lilian Avery and Mary Sue Bell 
 received on examination. 
 
 April 6 : Mrs. McKenzie Reeves Rusmisell received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 May 27 : Dr. C. E. Ross and Mr. E. L. Bell ordained deacons. 
 
 July 2 : Miss Eva Parsons received on examination. 
 
 September 3 : Miss Florence Marshall Huet, Miss Ophelia 
 Carter, Miss Cornelia Carter and Mrs. Carter received on 
 certificate. 
 
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 November 4: Mr. T. Y. Archer received on certificate, and 
 Alphonso L. Silver and William R. Garland received on ex- 
 amination. 
 
 December 2 : Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Chaffie received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 March 3, 1907 : Mr. and Mrs. John McDowell received on 
 certificate, and Lucile Edmondson, Julius C. Mills, Noah M. 
 Green, Jonathan Farrior, James R. Mozinga, and George W. 
 Wilson (pupils at the D. & D. School), were received on exami- 
 nation. 
 
 May 5 : Hattie Howard, Annie Parsons and Mr. J. D. Boger 
 received on examination, and Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Parks on 
 certificate. 
 
 June 2 : Linwood Edmondson and Merle Smith (pupils of 
 D. & D. School) received on examination. 
 
 June 16 : Mr. Ed Alexander received on certificate. 
 
 July 14: Margaret Ervin received on examination. 
 
 August 11 : Katherine Boss, Martha Boss, Charles Boss, 
 Eva Walton, Maggie Newland, Edward Ervin, Samuel Ervin, 
 Erasmus Taylor, Andrew Bell, Barclay Huet, Leonard Hayes 
 Walker were received on examination. 
 
 October 6 : Edith Avery received on certificate. 
 
 February 9, 1908 : Mrs. Edna Bryan Miller received on 
 certificate. Walton Avery received on examination. 
 
 March 29 : Mrs. Lola Campbell and Dr. L. G. Beall received 
 on examination. 
 
 August 16 : Miss Nora Morrow received on certificate. 
 
 October 4: Miss Elizabeth B. Kellog received on certificate. 
 
 February 3, 1909: Mrs. Robert C. Miller and Mr. A. M. 
 Ingold received on certificate. 
 
 March 14, 1909 : A. M. Ingold, Dr. L. G. Beall, C. D. For- 
 ney, and J. D. Boger were elected deacons; and Messrs. I. T. 
 Avery, J. A. Dickson, S. J. Ervin and T. Y. Archer were 
 elected elders. 
 
 April 4: Miss Yirginia Linfield received on examination. 
 July 4, 1909 : Elizabeth Murphy Taylor received on exami- 
 nation. 
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 January 2, 1910: Miss Minnie Morris received on cer- 
 tificate. 
 
 April 3 : Mrs. E. W. Holton, Dr, A. S. Houck, Mrs. Mar- 
 garet E. Houck and Miss Amelia Houck received on certificate. 
 
 July 3: Elizabeth Anderson, Mabel Miller, Hugh Miller, 
 Miss Virginia Rich were received on examination, and E. W. 
 Holton on certificate. 
 
 October 2 : Mrs. T. V. Archer and Miss Francina Aursler 
 received by certificate. 
 
 February 5, 1911 : Mrs. Maggie T. McCampbell received on 
 certificate. 
 
 April 2, 1911 : Mrs. Lula Ethel Smith, Laura Cornelia 
 Howard, Hugh Tate Ervin, John Derr Boger, Jr., and Robert 
 Alexander Ross were received on examination. 
 
 December 10; Miss Julia Potts received on certificate. 
 
 Interval Between the End of Mr. Hollings worth's Pastorate 
 and the Call of His Successor. 
 
 For some reason a large number of the members of the con- 
 gregation conceived the idea, soon after Mr. Hollingsworth 
 left for his new field, that Dr. Cornelson would leave New 
 Orleans on account of failing health, and would then accept 
 a call to Morganton. This question could not be settled till 
 after Dr. Cornelson should return to New Orleans in the fall. 
 
 Consequently the church was supplied many months by a 
 number of pulpit orators from various sections, and our people 
 were pleased with Mr. Doak, Mr. Shives and others, who were 
 kind enough to supply the church, but still clung to the hope of 
 getting Mr. Cornelson, until on a formal call, Mr. Cornelson 
 declined to accept. 
 
 Rev. R. C. Anderson who had agreed to devote his time to 
 raising money to defray the debt incurred for the purchase 
 and improvement of land at Montreat, served the church most 
 of the time, however, as stated supply, and the congregation 
 were more than pleased with him. He thought for some time 
 that he might accept a call after the lapse of some months, 
 and meantime might preach for a part of the time; but find- 
 ing that he could not finish his work for a long time, he re- 
 luctantly declined the call when at last made. 
 
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 Rev. C. E. Gregory. 
 
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 To use the language generally applied to secular offices, we 
 now come down to the time of the present incumbent. 
 
 In response to calls for help sent out by the church at Mor- 
 ganton, Rev. C. E. Gregory agreed to come over from Bun- 
 combe at noon and night. When the congregation was dis- 
 missed at noon, the inquiry was on the lips of every one, "Will 
 he listen to a call ?" At the close of the night service, the ques- 
 tion was whether we had better call him without delay lest 
 some other church would get ahead of us. 
 
 Mr. Gregory had resigned as pastor of a large congregation 
 at Dansville, 1ST. Y., in consequence of ill-health, and had come 
 to Asheville, where he had been treated for two years, and upon 
 being discharged from the hospital, had engaged in evangelical 
 work, under the auspices of the Northern Presbyterian church 
 at Jupiter in Buncombe County. While so engaged he had 
 been asked by our friends at Montreat to supply our church for 
 one service. After hearing him, it became apparent that there 
 was a unanimous sentiment in favor of securing his services, 
 and in order to forestall action by any other church, it was 
 agreed to call a congregational meeting at the earliest day 
 possible under the rules of the church, and meantime, to give 
 informal notice to him that he might expect a unanimous call, 
 which call was made at a meeting held on the 22d of April, 
 1912. 
 
 Rev. Carey Ellis Gregory was born at Warfordsburg, Pa., 
 January 5, 1874. He was graduated from Wooster University 
 with the degree of A. B. in 1897, and received his A. M. de- 
 gree from Princeton University in 1900. He finished Prince- 
 ton Theological Seminary in 1901. 
 
 Mr. Gregory and his wife entered the same class at the Synod- 
 ical Presbyterian college at Wooster, Ohio, which was co- 
 educational, and pursued their studies together, including the 
 regular curriculum, with all that is imported by the term, up 
 to graduation. It is not a marvel that they should have worked 
 in harmony since their marriage on July 10, 1901. 
 
 Having agreed to accept the call to the Morganton church, 
 
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 Mr. Gregory began to serve the church by preaching on the 
 2d day of June, 1912, and was installed as pastor on the 16th 
 day of June, 1912, Rev. C. A. Monroe and Elder Gaither Hall 
 officiating at the ceremony. 
 
 Since his installation his people have continued to listen to 
 his preaching with unabated interest and large numbers from 
 other churches have been drawn to listen to his sermons and 
 lectures. The hope and prayer of his people is that he may 
 not overtax his strength and may be spared to minister to them 
 spiritually for many years to come. 
 
 It is not improper to say that the faith of the writer and 
 others in the answer to fervent prayer has been strengthened 
 also since Mrs. Gregory has entered upon her duties as a co- 
 worker and companion of her husband. 
 
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 THE PLAN AND SCOPE OF THESE SKETCHES 
 
 While it is the purpose of the writer to prepare, in the ab- 
 sence of early record, largely from family tradition, an alpha- 
 betical list of all members of the Presbyterian church in Burke 
 • County, whether residing in the bounds of Quaker Meadows, 
 Morganton, or Silver Creek chapel, it is no part of the plan 
 of this work to write biographical sketches of all ministers 
 who supplied any of these churches, either during the interval 
 between the pastorates of Dr. J. McKamie Wilson, ending in 
 1801, and the beginning of that of Rev. Chauncey Eddy about 
 twenty years later, or of any ministers who have preached for 
 the Quaker Meadows people proper or at Glen Alpine, near 
 the old Silver Creek chapel within the past forty years. It is, 
 however, the writer's purpose before appending such list of 
 members, to write short biographical sketches of all of -the 
 elders who officiated at Quaker Meadows, Morganton and Sil- 
 ver Creek and who passed away while still in harness, but not 
 of elders, living or dead, who have been dismissed to join other 
 churches. 
 
 Short Sketches of Some of the Elders of the Churches 
 at Quaker Meadows and at Morganton. 
 
 Silver Creek was a part of the same organization as the Mor- 
 ganton church and the officers of the two churches were the 
 same up to the recent organization of a church at Glen Alpine. 
 
 When the church at Quaker Meadows was first organized, 
 certainly prior to 1784 and probably about the year 1778, after 
 the establishment x)f Burke County in the year 1777, according 
 to our best information, the ruling elders were John Duck- 
 worth, Robert Penland and, probably, David Yance. Samuel 
 Alexander must have been ordained a little later, somewhere 
 about the year 1784 and, William W. Erwin, who was not born 
 until 1764, must have been ordained after 1790 and about 1795, 
 when Dr. J. McKamie Wilson became the pastor of the church. 
 
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 Elder John Duckworth. 
 
 Elder John Duckworth was born in the year 1757. 
 He was in the very earliest history of the church a very zealous 
 and active elder and according to tradition he was an earnest 
 and exemplary Christian. During the first forty years after 
 the church was planted in Burke County, he seems to have rep- 
 resented the churches of Quaker Meadows and Morganton in 
 Presbytery oftener than any other elder. It was he who in- 
 sisted at a meeting of Concord Presbytery, that Rev. John 
 Silliman should be ordained by order of Presbytery and al- 
 lowed to accept a call, in place of Rev. Chauncey Eddy. At 
 one of the meetings of Presbytery it was recorded of him that 
 he was to subscribe to a fund that was being raised for some 
 good purpose and gave what seemed to be a liberal sum, to-wit : 
 three dollars. Like most other Presbyterians of that day, he 
 was an ardent friend of liberty and missed no opportunity to 
 strike a blow for the cause. He was wounded at' Ramsaur's 
 Mill, and before he fully recovered from his wound, fought 
 gallantly as a private in McDowell's regiment at King's Moun- 
 tain. The bullet was not extracted from his body until late 
 in life and was exhibited by Governor Morehead when speak- 
 ing to an audience, as a candidate for governor, in 1842. 
 
 Among his descendants were a number of members of the 
 Silver Creek congregation, the children and grandchildren of 
 his son, Daunt Duckworth, and his daughter, Sallie, wife of 
 Thomas Morrison. 
 
 He died November 6, 1843, aged 86 years, and was buried in 
 the Presbyterian churchyard at Morganton. JSTear to his grave 
 repose the remains of his granddaughter, Mrs. Jane Duckworth 
 Kibler. 
 
 Elder Robert Penland. 
 Elder Robert Penland was one of the first ruling elders or- 
 dained at Quaker Meadows. He was born on the 
 17 . He came to the County of Burke with 
 the advance guard of the Scotch-Irish colony that moved across 
 Maryland and Virginia to the Carolinas. He settled in the 
 valley of Canoe creek above the lands entered in the office of 
 the Earl of Granville a short time before by Hugh McDowell 
 and John McDowell. He was married on the of 
 
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 to Elizabeth Brank, daughter of Peter Brank, who settled at 
 the place where Br. William C. Tate afterwards lived, now the 
 farm of Mr. R, K. Presnell, who married his great grand- 
 daughter, daughter of Robert Alexander, and is now an elder 
 of the First Presbyterian church at Morganton. 
 . The widow of Peter Brank was one of the three women who 
 were scalped by the Indians in the incursion of 1777 and who 
 survived their barbarous wounds for many years. The other 
 two being Mrs. Hunter, the ancestress of scores of leading 
 residents of Burke and McDowell Counties, and Mrs. McFalls, 
 who lived on the east side of the Blue Ridge. The husbands of 
 these three women, fortunately for them, happened to be absent 
 from home. It is said that the children and husbands of Mrs. 
 Brank and Mrs. Hunter showed them a sympathy and devotion 
 which almost amounted to worship until they died. Peter 
 Brank, however, died soon after and probably before the close 
 of the War for Independence. The writer has seen a descrip- 
 tion in one of the grants under which John Rutherford claimed 
 on Muddy creek, the descriptive words "joining the lands of 
 Brank's orphans." Mrs. Elizabeth Penland was the sister of 
 Robert Brank, a dashing soldier in the command of Captain 
 David Yance of McDowell's regiment, and, as will appear 
 later, was also the sister of Priscilla Brank, who married 
 David Vance. 
 
 Robert Penland was not only a devoted Christian, who was 
 always mindful of his Master's work, but when duty demanded 
 his services he enlisted in McDowell's regiment and fought 
 bravely in the battles of King's Mountain, Ramsaur's Mill and 
 Musgrove's Mill, and probably at Cowpens. 
 
 The piety of "Father" Penland, as he was affectionately 
 called, seemed to have inspired, amongst those who lived in his 
 neighborhood, a degree of reverence that has seldom been 
 known. The writer recalls the kindly way in which his mother 
 spoke of the venerable old man. She said that it sometimes 
 happened that, like all the men of his day, he walked about the 
 neighborhood with his gun upon his shoulder taking the 
 chance of getting within range of a deer, and that he would 
 come in and place his gun in the corner of the room and after 
 
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 sl short sojourn, would ask that the family be called together 
 for prayers. This was what the old time elder, trained by the 
 followers of John Knox, deemed his duty. 
 
 As will appear later, his daughter Jane was the wife of 
 Elder Samuel Alexander, and his son Henry Penland moved 
 to Buncombe County and was the father of the late Milton 
 Penland, of Asheville, and Robert Penland, of Bakersville, and 
 his daughter, Nellie, married Nathan Gibson and was the grand- 
 mother of Judge Garland S. Ferguson. 
 
 The name of the dashing soldier-son of Peter Brank, re- 
 ferred to above (Robert Brank), brother of Mrs. Vance, has 
 been perpetuated by Doctor Robert Brank Yance, who was 
 elected to Congress in 1824, and who was killed in a duel by 
 Hon. Samuel P. Carson in 1826. General Robert Brank 
 Yance, who represented the mountain district in Congress for 
 twelve years, was a later namesake. 
 
 Many false alarms had kept the families north of the Ca- 
 tawba ready to move into the fort on the hill north of Flem- 
 ing's Ford, on short notice of the approach of the Cherokees, 
 before the final incursion by that tribe in 1777. McDowell's 
 command had been called out and were on duty out of the 
 county when the Indians finally rushed in. But Robert Pen- 
 land had been sent home as the safest man to entrust with the 
 duty of helping families to the fort and of assisting other com- 
 rades left at home for their protection. When the alarm came 
 he left his younger brother to remove his own family and the 
 boy could only induce Penland's wife to leave her home by 
 placing her children upon a horse and starting to the fort 
 with them. For some reason Penland had not yet removed his 
 mother-in-law, Mrs. Brank, from her home at the Dr. Tate, 
 or Presnell place, which was on the opposite side of the river 
 and less than a mile distant from the fort, before the Indians 
 reached her home, scalped her and left her for dead, as already 
 mentioned. 
 
 Robert Penland died at his home on Canoe creek, April 19, 
 1828. 
 
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 Elder Samuel Alexander. 
 
 Samuel Alexander was born on the of 17 , 
 
 at the home of his father, in what was then Orange, now Ala- 
 mance County, his father having come down from Pennsyl- 
 vania in the advance guard of the Scotch-Irish settlers who 
 turned southeastward about the Virginia line to avoid trouble 
 with the Indians of the West. Samuel Alexander, it is under- 
 stood, served when quite young, as a lieutenant in Captain 
 David Vance's company of McDowell's regiment, fought in 
 that command at Cowpens, Eamsaur's Mill and King's Moun- 
 tain, and in one of those battles at least, received a serious 
 wound. 
 
 Mrs. Claudia Erwin Poe, a daughter of the late Col. J. J. 
 Erwin, and a great granddaughter of Alexander Erwin, has 
 recently published an article in the Durham Sun which will 
 prove interesting as a piece of local history, to the people of 
 this county, and especially to the Alexanders and Erwins, whose 
 family friendships have continued from the first settlement of 
 the country to the present time. 
 
 The article is as follows : 
 
 INCIDENTS OF ERWINS AND ALEXANDERS 
 
 The families were neighbors and friends. Alexander Erwin 
 was away from home in the service of his country, leaving his 
 wife in charge of the family. A neighbor, Mr. Alexander, 
 came to her house ill. She took him into a shed-room, where 
 she hoped to hide him from the Tories, until he was able to 
 return to camp. But a raiding party rode up to her door, and 
 called for the men to come out of the house, ordering search to 
 be made and capture of all Whigs. She tried to keep them out. 
 When the house had been plundered and swords run into every 
 bed and corner, they came to the door of the shed-room. Mrs. 
 Erwin stood at the door refusing to admit them. But thrust- 
 ing her aside, they rushed at the wounded man, and one of 
 them, drawing a sword, was in the act of striking Mr. Alexan- 
 der, when Mrs. Erwin threw herself, with her right arm over 
 his (Mr. Alexander's) head, between the Tory and Mr. Alex- 
 ander, receiving a dreadful wound which maimed her for life. 
 
 This story was related by Mary E. Wilson Chambers to her 
 children. Mrs. Chambers was a granddaughter of Alexander 
 Erwin and Sarah Bobinson Erwin, through their daughter, 
 
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 Mary Erwin who married Rev. Dr. John McKamie Wilson, 
 one time pastor of the Presbyterian church at Quaker Mead- 
 ows, near Morganton. Mrs. Chambers saw Mr. Alexander when 
 he was an old bald-headed man with a deep scar on his fore- 
 head, and he then told her this story. The written story, as 
 copied, was obtained from Mrs. Octavia Chambers Hinish, 
 daughter of Mrs. Mary E. W. Chambers. 
 
 Samuel Alexander was married to Jane Penland, daughter 
 of Robert Penland, on the of , 17 , and was 
 
 the father of William Alexander, who removed to Cherokee 
 County; of Thomas Alexander; of Robert Alexander; of 
 James Alexander ; and of Samuel Alexander ; and of Ker- 
 ley, wife of Aaron Kerley, of Moore, wife of 
 
 Moore. He was the ancestor of a number of living Presby- 
 terians, including Mrs. Cornelia Avery, Mrs. Ophelia Carter, 
 Davis Alexander, Ed Alexander, the children of Mrs. Laura 
 Howard, deceased, and of Mrs. R. K. Presnell. 
 
 Samuel Alexander, as intimated above, was not probably 
 ordained as elder so early as was his father-in-law, Robert 
 Penland, and we infer from circumstances that David Vance 
 was ordained an elder at Quaker Meadows either before or 
 soon after Samuel Alexander was ordained. Alexander Erwin, 
 who was the father-in-law of J. McKamie Wilson, Sr., was also 
 a lieutenant in Vance's company. Returning from the battle 
 of King's Mountain, he led the horse of Joseph Patton, who 
 was killed and whose widow he subsequently married. 
 
 His name comes down to us by tradition as one who won the 
 respect of the public and the unbounded confidence of his 
 neighbors by his piety as well as his integrity. The influence 
 of the character which he established as he went in and out 
 before the people seems to have been transmitted to his de- 
 scendants down to the present time. He died April 26, 1842. 
 
 Eldek David Vance. 
 
 David Vance was born in Virginia about A. D. 1745 and 
 moved to North Carolina about 1775. He settled in what was 
 then Rowan County, but is now included in Burke County 
 which was established by the Legislature in 1777. He was 
 married during the War for Independence to Priscilla, daugh- 
 
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 ter of Peter Brank, who lived at the Tate or Presnell place at a 
 beautiful location about one mile north of Morganton, where 
 Dr. William C. Tate afterwards built. He settled on the 
 Brank place and lived there until he removed to Reems' creek 
 in Buncombe County in about 1786. 
 
 He served as an ensign under Washington at Brandywine, 
 Germantown and Valley Forge, before removing to North Car- 
 olina. He was captain of a company in McDowell's regiment, 
 of which Samuel Alexander was a lieutenant, and served with 
 distinction at Cowpens, Ramsaur's Mill and King's Mountain. 
 He and Robert Henry prepared, while surveying the North 
 Carolina and Tennessee line, an account of the battle of King's 
 Mountain, which was published in pamphlet form about 
 twenty years ago and is a valuable contribution to revolution- 
 ary history. 
 
 There is no record of any meeting of the Session of Quaker 
 Meadows church or of Orange Presbytery prior to the forma- 
 tion of Concord Presbytery in 1788, from which we can de- 
 termine definitely who were the earliest elders. Captain David 
 Vance moved to Reems' creek before 1788 and not long there- 
 after was an elder in the Presbyterian church established there. 
 We infer from circumstances, that he probably acted as elder 
 at Quaker Meadows before his removal west of the Blue Ridge. 
 He was the father of David Vance, Jr., and the grandfather of 
 Governor Zebulon B. Vance and Hon. R. B. Vance. He died 
 in the year 1813. 
 
 Elder William Willoughby Erwin. 
 
 William Willoughby Erwin was born March 4, 1764, in that 
 portion of Rowan County now embraced in the boundaries of 
 Iredell County. His father, Arthur Erwin, removed to Burke 
 County probably about the time when Burke County was 
 created in 1777 and settled at Cherry Fields on Upper Creek. 
 Arthur Erwin fought under McDowell at King's Mountain and 
 was one of the founders of Quaker Meadows church. W. W. 
 Erwin was married to Matilda Sharpe, daughter of Col. Wil- 
 liam Sharpe, a prominent lawyer and provincial congressman 
 from Rowan County, on the of 17 . He first 
 
 built a home on the lot afterwards occupied by Dr. Boushell 
 
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 and where W. W. Avery later lived and died. Soon after the 
 present judicial system was partly established by the creation 
 of superior courts in lieu of the old district courts, he was ap- 
 pointed Clerk of the Superior Court of Burke County and 
 held that office for many years. He never sought or held any 
 other office, except when he was elected with Col. John Carson 
 and others, a delegate to the convention which adopted at Fay- 
 etteville, the Constitution of the United States. When a 
 branch of the State bank was established at Morganton he was 
 appointed cashier and continued to discharge the duties of that 
 place until he was stricken by paralysis. Meantime he had 
 removed to Belvidere on John's River and established the hos- 
 pitable home where he died. 
 
 He was ordained elder probably about the year 1795, when 
 Jftkrr^ McK. Wilson, Sr., became the pastor at Quaker Mead- 
 ows. He was probably the most active man and one of the 
 most liberal contributors in building a church, parsonage and 
 schoolhouse in Morganton during the pastorate of Rev. Chaun-' 
 cey Eddy, where he educated several of his younger daughters. 
 His eldest daughter, afterwards Mrs. H. E. Avery, had been 
 compelled to go with her friend Miss Lenoir on horseback to 
 Raleigh, where she was educated at the school established by 
 Dr. McPheeters. 
 
 W. W. Erwin was a courteous and refined gentleman and 
 was universally regarded as an exemplary Christian. He read 
 a great deal, having provided an extensive library and was 
 unusually well informed. 
 
 He was stricken with paralysis and died from the effects of 
 a third stroke in 1837. A remarkable story connected with 
 his death was told and attested by his large family of well- 
 known persons, including his sons A. L. Erwin, E. J. Erwin, 
 A. H. Erwin, and his sons-in-law I. T. Avery, James Mc- 
 Dowell, Alfred Gaither, B. S. Gaither and one or more of his 
 grandchildren, who had gathered around his bedside in the 
 early morning to witness his death. 
 
 He had been supposed to be dying for an hour or more as 
 indicated by the peculiar struggle for breath which is gen- 
 erally a premonition of nearly approaching death, when sud- 
 denly he seemed for a moment to cease breathing and the mem- 
 
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 bers of his family began to rise to their feet supposing that he 
 passed away. In a moment he breathed distinctly, opened his 
 eyes, looked around and appeared to be attempting to speak 
 when his young grandson, the late W. W. Avery, then twenty- 
 one years old, was asked to see what his grandfather wished 
 to say. He held his ear close to the mouth of his grandfather 
 who spoke to him and, on inquiry as to what he said, W. W. 
 Avery replied, "He says William the Fourth is dead." Those 
 present supposed that his mind was wandering, and, as he was 
 very fond of reading history and news, they thought it natural 
 for him to have had his attention some time shortly before, 
 directed to the then reigning king of England. 
 
 The inexplicable surprise came however, when, after the 
 lapse of weeks, the news came by the then slow mails, that at 
 twenty minutes past two o'clock on the morning of June 20, 
 1837, William the Fourth had died, and his death had been 
 announced by the dying old man at Belvidere on the same 
 morning at about eight o'clock. 
 
 The foregoing account cannot be questioned in the face of 
 the fact that it was attested by more than a half score of intelli- 
 gent witnesses of the highest character. 
 
 At five the same morning the Archbishop of England had 
 gone with the Prime Minister to Kensington Palace or Castle 
 where the young Princess Victoria resided. The maid had 
 told the Archbishop that she was sleeping too sweetly and 
 soundly to be awakened. When told of what had occurred she 
 aroused the Princess who came down in her slippers and wrap- 
 per to hear the announcement that she was to be crowned that 
 day Queen of England. 
 
 Elder John H. Stevelie. 
 
 Circumstances indicate that John H. Stevelie came to Burke 
 County about or shortly before the year 1800. He came direct 
 from Switzerland and was a Presbyterian of the John Calvin 
 or Geneva type. 
 
 The date of his birth and death must have been inscribed 
 on a tombstone, where he was buried near the top of Morgan's 
 Hill, but the writer is informed that the monuments erected to 
 
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 him and his family have been destroyed since the family grave- 
 yard passed into the hands of the D. & D. School. 
 
 Mr. Stevelie was quite a wealthy man before the early date 
 when he settled in this country. He bought the farm beyond 
 Morgan's Hill and erected a brick residence thereon which was 
 afterwards enlarged by Col. C. M. Avery and called Magnolia. 
 This place (Magnolia) was later the residence of Capt. George 
 Phifer, and is now owned by his widow, Mrs. Martha Avery 
 Phifer. If our church would provide a resting place for the 
 remains of Mr. Stevelie and his family in our cemetery, no 
 doubt the authorities of the D. & D. School would be able to 
 identify the graves and remove their remains to the cemetery. 
 
 Mr. Stevelie, according to tradition, brought with him to 
 Burke County a good deal of money which was invested in 
 goods ; but by careless management, entrusting his business to 
 subordinates, he became hopelessly involved and, under the 
 old rigid exemption law, everything was sold to satisfy 
 creditors. 
 
 Elder Alfred Perkins. 
 
 Alfred Perkins was a son of Elisha Perkins and grandson of 
 Gentleman John Perkins who was among the earliest land- 
 owners on the fertile lands in the valley of John's Kiver. 
 
 Alfred Perkins was born . He married 
 
 Miss Caldwell, a daughter of Robin Caldwell and 
 
 sister of John Caldwell, the father of Gov. T. R. Caldwell. 
 He was a quiet unobtrusive gentleman, but by reason of his 
 high character, sound judgment, and store of general infor- 
 mation he was naturally brought forward and looked to as a 
 leader in church and state. We think that he was the Senator 
 from the Burke District in 1817. His name was brought for- 
 ward by John H. Wheeler as Senator "A. Perkins." 
 
 He was ordained elder during the pastorate of Rev. John 
 Silliman. Owing to the loss of records of the Session prior 
 to 1835, the precise date of his ordination cannot be ascer- 
 tained. But the minutes of Concord Presbytery show that he 
 often attended Presbytery as a delegate during the pastorates 
 of Rev. John Silliman and Rev. John S. McCutchan, and was 
 an active and interested participant in the proceedings. It 
 
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 was lie who expressed the assent of the church at Morganton 
 to the dissolution of pastoral relations with Mr. Silliman, and 
 who obtained the sanction of that body to the call of his friend, 
 Rev. J. S. McCutchan. 
 
 Mr. Alfred Perkins left a daughter who married Mr. Wil- 
 liams and removed to Georgia ; and two sons, Capt. E. A. Per- 
 kins and Mr. Robert C. Perkins. Like his friend and neigh- 
 bor, W. W. Erwin, who lived on an adjacent farm, he left two 
 sons who were elected elders in his old church and followed in 
 his footsteps in leading exemplary lives. 
 
 Adolphus L. Erwin. 
 
 A. L. Erwin, son of W. W. and Matilda Sharpe Erwin, was 
 born February 14, 1789, and died November 24, 1855. He 
 married Mary Gertrude Simianer, November 27, 1817. 
 
 He was educated at the school established by Dr. Coffin in 
 Greenville, Tennessee, one of the best of that time. He chose 
 the law as his profession and commanded the confidence of the 
 people to an unusual extent. He was a well informed lawyer 
 and careful business man and acquired an extensive and lucra- 
 tive practice. But in middle life he became subject to painful 
 and exhaustive attacks of asthma which interfered so seriously 
 with his work, that he reluctantly left his home in Morganton 
 and abandoned the practice of his profession and removed to a 
 large and fertile farm at Pleasant Gardens where he spent the 
 remainder of his days. 
 
 He was ordained as elder in the church at Morganton dur- 
 ing the pastorate of Rev. John Silliman and frequently rep- 
 resented this church in Presbytery, up to the time when he 
 and his family, in August, 1845, asked for letters of dismission 
 to join the church at Marion. 
 
 He and his family w r ere the most active workers in establish- 
 ing and building up the Presbyterian church at Marion. Their 
 first pastor there, Rev. Mr. Gibbs, and- their second pastor, 
 "Father Paxton," found in him and his family fast friends 
 and zealous co-workers. 
 
 Few family circles in this country were as charming as that 
 at Pleasant Gardens. He made it more enjoyable by entering 
 
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 with zest into all the plans and hopes that interested his 
 children. 
 
 Elder Edward Jones Erwin. 
 
 E. J. Erwin was born March 24, 1806 and died July 8, 1871. 
 He was educated at the college at Athens, Ga., now the Uni- 
 versity of Georgia. He went from Morganton to that institu- 
 tion in company with Col. B. S. Gaither who afterwards mar- 
 ried his sister, and was a college-mate of Alexander H. Stephens 
 and Eobert Toombs, both of whom became leading statesmen of 
 the South. He married Miss Anne Phifer, of Cabarrus 
 County, a twin-sister of Mrs. Mary Phifer Wilson, wife of 
 Hon. Harvey Wilson, of Charlotte. E. J. Erwin did not study 
 a profession, though he had the capacity to have made a suc- 
 cessful lawyer. He represented Burke County in the old House 
 of Commons in three successive sessions, 1835-1836-1838, and 
 proved a useful and influential member. 
 
 He was ordained elder in the church at Morganton on May 
 11, 1843, and served for about twenty-seven years, till the time 
 of his death. He was a shining light in the dark days of the 
 church when he had as co-workers most of the time, female 
 members, and when his hands, as well as the hands of the pas- 
 tors, were most of the time held up by earnest women, whose 
 faith never flagged and "whose earnestness never abated. Dur- 
 ing all this trying time a confiding community pointed to him 
 as one of a small circle of men whose Christian characters 
 could not be impeached. 
 
 Elder W. S. Moore. 
 
 Win. S. Moore was born in Iredell County on 
 removed to Burke County and joined the church at Morgan- 
 ton by certificate on . He married first, 
 Miss Mary Summers, who came with him to Burke County, 
 and after her death, married Miss Margaret Montgomery, 
 whom he left a widow at his death on 
 
 He was chosen an elder soon after uniting with the church 
 at Morganton and was ordained an elder about October, 1856. 
 He was a quiet unostentatious gentleman, but a man of clear 
 
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 judgment, and a sensible and safe man of business. He was 
 an exemplary Christian and deeply interested in church work. 
 
 He was a patriotic citizen, ready to make sacrifices for prin- 
 ciple. Although beyond the age fixed for military service, he 
 joined the first cavalry company recruited in Burke County, 
 and served for several years in the Confederate Army as a 
 private and as a non-commissioned officer, and was noted for 
 his ready obedience to orders and devotion to duty as a soldier. 
 He died at his post in Morganton, respected and honored as 
 man and Christian by a community which had witnessed his 
 daily walk and conversation for so many years. 
 
 Elder E. A. Perkins. 
 
 Capt. E. A. Perkins was the elder of two sons of Alfred 
 Perkins, the subject of a sketch already written. He was born 
 January 16, 1823, at his father's old home on John's River, 
 and died on August 16, 1897. He was a quiet, sweet-tempered 
 and modest man, but was unyielding in his adherence to prin- 
 ciple and to what his conscience taught him was right. 
 
 He volunteered as a private in the first company of cavalry 
 raised in Burke County, which later was Company F of the 
 Forty-first North Carolina, or Third Cavalry Regiment ; but on 
 the reorganization of the company at the end of the year Elisha 
 Alexander Perkins was elected Captain, and served in that 
 capacity till the close of the war. In private life he was always 
 deliberate, never known to be excited, and in battle was as cool 
 and clear-headed as when engaged in his ordinary business in 
 private life. He was distinguished for his uniform courage in 
 battle and his kindness and attention to his men in camp. 
 
 Captain Perkins was ordained an elder soon after uniting 
 with the church in 1867, and as an officer of the church com- 
 manded the confidence and the love of its members. 
 
 He was married on , to Miss Juliana 
 
 Gordon, a sister of the second wife of his brother, 
 Robert C. Perkins, and of this marriage four daughters were 
 born, all but one of whom retain their connection with the 
 church and are among its staunch and liberal supporters. 
 
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 Elder Robert C. Perkins. 
 
 Robert Caldwell Perkins was born on John's River May 9, 
 1825, and died at his home February 23, 1904. He was the 
 only brother of Capt. E. A. Perkins. 
 
 The two brothers lived with their mother until her death and 
 afterwards occupied the same house until separated by death. 
 The devotion of the two to each other seems to have been with- 
 out a parallel, even amongst brothers. They continued to culti- 
 vate a valuable farm, without a thought of dividing it or of a 
 division of the rents. They had but one purse and either felt 
 at liberty to resort to it to meet personal expenses. At one time 
 R. C. Perkins went, with a large party of North Carolinians, to 
 California, where he spent some years in mining. But when he 
 returned all that he had made in mining was mingled with the 
 common fund arising from the profits of the farm under his 
 brother's management. It was said that they never disagreed, 
 though they consulted freely about the management of their 
 property. 
 
 Mr. R. C. Perkins was twice married, but no children were 
 born to him of either union. He was first married to Miss ISTeal 
 of Halifax County, sister of Major Neal, who was prominent 
 as a soldier and a politician. His second wife was Miss Emma 
 Sue Gordon, a cousin of Miss deal's, and whose sister after- 
 wards became the wife of Capt. E. A. Perkins. R. C. Perkins 
 seemed to love his brother's children as if they were his own, 
 and lived with them until he provided for them before his death. 
 He never sought public office, though upon the resignation of 
 E. P. Moore as sheriff he was appointed to fill the unexpired 
 term and proved a very efficient and acceptable officer. 
 
 He had been installed as deacon before the death of his 
 brother and was afterwards elected elder. He was upright and 
 careful in the conduct of business. He was firm in his adher- 
 ence to principle and was esteemed as a model in his walk and 
 conversation by the community in which he lived. 
 
 Elder James Alexander. 
 
 James Alexander was born July 4, 1820, and died April 6, 
 1901. He married Matilda Fox, a daughter of Alfred Fox. 
 
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 Vance Alexander, deceased, and Davis Alexander, a deacon at 
 Quaker Meadows, were children born of this marriage. 
 
 James Alexander, as a son of Samuel Alexander, and a great- 
 grandson of Robert Penland, verified, by his upright Christian 
 life, the promise that our God will remember the seed of the 
 righteous and bless their children to the third and fourth gene- 
 ration. As he moved along noiselessly his neighbors took notice 
 of his conduct and believed that he was in communion with his 
 Master. At the re-organization of the church at Quaker 
 Meadows, he was chosen and ordained an elder and up to the 
 close of his long life his walk was worthy of his high calling. 
 
 Dr. William C. Tate. 
 
 Dr. Tate was an able, learned, and popular physician. He 
 commanded a large practice for many years, living first on what 
 is now the Presnell farm and keeping an office in Morganton. 
 But subsequently, to meet the growing demands of his business, 
 he bought and removed to the Presnell place, where Mr. T. ~N. 
 Hallyburton lives, on Church street. Dr. Tate married first, 
 Mrs. Laura Polk, the widow of Marshall Polk, who was a 
 brother of President Polk. He subsequently was married to 
 Mrs. Adeline Massey. 
 
 He was chosen and ordained as elder of the church during 
 the pastorate of Rev. W. C. Sheetz, and was associated as elder 
 with E. J. Erwin, W. S. Moore, and W. M. D. Howard. 
 
 Dr. Tate was esteemed as a man of high moral character 
 from his youth. He was distinguished for his frankness and 
 great regard for the truth. He had many friends and much in- 
 fluence in the community. 
 
 His mother was a daughter of Alexander Erwin and a sister 
 of Mrs, Mary Erwin Wilson, and like all the children of Alex- 
 ander Erwin, was a staunch Presbyterian. A community is 
 blest when it numbers among its leading citizens such Christian 
 gentlemen as was Dr. Tate. 
 
 Thomas Neill. 
 
 Thomas JSTeill was born on the and 
 died on . He was married to Miss 
 
 Morrison, a daughter of Thomas Morrison, and a granddaughter 
 
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 of Elder John Duckworth. He was chosen and ordained as an 
 elder of the church at Morganton, but lived in the immediate 
 neighborhood of Silver Creek Chapel, the worshipers at which 
 church were enrolled as members of the Morganton congrega- 
 tion. Elder JSTeill was a modest and a worthy Christian, con- 
 sistent in his daily demeanor. He was one of many who became 
 connected with the family of John Duckworth, and passed under 
 the shadow of his influence as a Christian and a Presbyterian. 
 
 The writer recollects distinctly to have seen Elder Neill act- 
 ing in his official capacity, and looked upon him as an exem- 
 plary Christian. The writer regrets that a request made by him 
 to some of the descendants of Mr. Neill for facts connected with 
 his life has been overlooked, making this sketch more meager 
 than it should have been. 
 
 Dr. George H. Moran, Elder. 
 
 In the tribute paid to Dr. Moran by the congregation after 
 his death, all of the material facts, from his birth, are set forth, 
 and hence we will, in this case, as we have done in others, adopt 
 that tribute as a sketch, it being as follows: 
 
 Dr. George H. Moran was born in Baltimore, Md., on the 
 30th of October, 1839, and died in a hospital at Salisbury, June 
 23, 1905, after undergoing a critical operation. Dr. Moran 
 first came to Morganton as surgeon of a regiment of U. S. 
 troops sent here about the year 1873. Though the bitter- 
 ness engendered by the war had not then subsided, his quiet 
 and affable manner, his kindly disposition and his professional 
 and general attainments, made him a very welcome guest and a 
 favorite in the home circles of all of our best cultivated people. 
 His sojourn among us as a soldier, resulted in his engagement 
 and subsequent marriage, on May 3, 1882, to Miss Sarali 
 White Erwin. After his marriage he settled in Morganton 
 where his learning and skill as a physician and surgeon and 
 his high character as a gentleman commanded up to the time 
 of his last illness, a leading and lucrative practice. 
 
 Dr. Moran became a member of the First Presbyterian 
 church of Morganton on profession of faith on the 21st day 
 of September, 1882, and, subsequently, in the year 1890, was 
 ordained one of the ruling elders. Dr. Moran entertained de- 
 cided views on all public questions formed after mature delib- 
 eration and intelligent study. He was a voracious and habitual 
 reader and a gentleman of fine literary tastes and attainments. 
 
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 His religious views and opinions were founded upon convic- 
 tions as to the truth of the cardinal doctrines of the church, 
 and his faith in the efficacy of the atonement never faltered, 
 but was an ever present support and comfort to him in sickness 
 and health and quickened his zeal in Christian work. 
 
 Resolved, That we, his brethren of the Session of the First 
 Presbyterian church of Morganton deeply deplore his death 
 and deem his removal an irreparable loss to the church and 
 to the community, and a personal bereavement to his associates 
 in every sphere of his life. 
 
 Resolved, further, That we his brethren and associate ruling 
 elders feel a profound sympathy for his family in their hour 
 of distress and trouble, and in token of our reverence for his 
 memory and regard for his family, this resolution and the fore- 
 going memorial notice be recorded in the minutes of the Ses- 
 sion and submitted for adoption and approval to the congre- 
 gation at its next meeting. 
 
 Resolved, further, That a certified copy of the foregoing 
 memorial notice and these resolutions be sent by the clerk of 
 the Session to the family of our deceased brother and that 
 copies be furnished to the religious and secular newspapers for 
 publication. 
 
 Respectfully subscribed, 
 
 A. C. Avery, 
 
 R. K. Presnell, 
 
 W. A. Ross, 
 
 Committee. 
 
 Elder George Phifer Erwin. 
 
 Following the course pursued as to others, subjects of these 
 sketches, the writer adopts as a sketch the tribute paid to Captain 
 Erwin by the congregation, and which, as recorded in the min- 
 utes of the session, is as follows: 
 
 George Phifer Erwin. 
 
 Once again the grim reaper death has visited this Session of 
 the First Presbyterian church of Morganton and it becomes 
 our sad duty to record the removal from the scenes of this 
 earthly life of our beloved brother and fellow-elder, George 
 Phifer Erwin, who died on November 11, 1911. 
 
 He was the son of Edward Jones Erwin, and Ann Elizabeth 
 Phifer and was born on August 27th, 1840. His father, Ed- 
 ward Jones Erwin, was for a period of twenty-eight years, an 
 elder in the Presbyterian church of Morganton, having been 
 elected an elder in said church in the year 1843, and having 
 
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 remained an elder in said church until his death in 1871. His 
 mother survived her husband for many years, and was no less 
 loyal, faithful and devoted to the interests of this church and 
 rendered it faithful service. 
 
 George Phifer Erwin was received into the membership of 
 the Presbyterian church of Morganton in 18S7 and was or- 
 dained an elder in said church September 2, 1888. In all the 
 interests of this church he was the leading spirit up to the time 
 of the disease which laid its afflicting hand upon him about 
 two years prior to the time of his death, since which time he 
 bore his affliction with resignation and with patience. While 
 we mourn with his loved ones and sympathize with them in 
 their grief and affliction and deeply deplore his loss to the 
 church and to the community as well, we do not sorrow as 
 those without hope, for we have an abiding trust that he hath 
 entered "that city which hath foundations, whose builder and 
 maker is God," and that he is now at rest. 
 
 We, as a Session, would emulate his Christian life and vir- 
 tues, and testify to his upright walk and conversation among 
 us and his faithful work in and for this church. 
 
 It is, therefore, ordered that the clerk of this Session be and 
 is hereby requested to write the foregoing minutes upon his 
 minute book and to send a copy of the same to the family of 
 our deceased friend and a copy to the Presbyterian Standard 
 for publication. 
 
 By order of the Session. 
 
 It is proper to add to the foregoing a short account of Captain 
 Erwin's early education and later professional and official life. 
 
 Captain Erwin was prepared for college at the celebrated 
 school of Colonel Lee, at Asheville, entered Davidson College, 
 and for four years stood at the head of his class. 
 
 He joined Capt. C. M. Avery's Company F, of the Bethel 
 Regiment, which enlisted for only six months. After being 
 mustered out of service he enlisted in Captain Armfield's com- 
 pany of the Eleventh Regiment and served as Orderly Sergeant 
 of that company. During the year 1862 he was commissioned 
 as Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of the Sixtieth North 
 Carolina Regiment, in which capacity he served till the end of 
 the Civil War. 
 
 After the war he read law with Colonel Gaither and was 
 licensed in the year 1867. He practiced law for a few years, 
 but his unusual readiness and accuracy as an accountant led to 
 
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 his being employed as treasurer of the Western North Carolina 
 Railroad, and later to his being retained in the service of the 
 Richmond & Danville Railway, after the sale of the first-men- 
 tioned road, at Salisbury, for a number of years. 
 
 Captain Erwin was a man of thorough education and ex- 
 tensive reading. He had a talent and taste for music which 
 not only added much to his own pleasure, but proved a means of 
 entertainment to the many guests at his hospitable home. 
 
 Judge Alphonso Calhoun Aveey. 
 
 ("Contributed.) 
 
 Judge Avery was Morganton's most distinguished citizen. An 
 unsolicited tribute from one who has known him all his life was 
 expressed in the words, "There is not a man in all Burke 
 County for whom I have so much affection and respect." 
 
 Alphonso C. Avery was born at Swan Ponds, on the Avery 
 estate near Morganton, September 11, 1835. He was prepared 
 for college at the Bingham Academy, in Orange County, and 
 graduated from the University of North Carolina at the head 
 of his class in 1857. He was licensed to practice law in the year 
 1860, and in the same year was married to Miss Susan Wash- 
 ington Morrison, a sister of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. Sterner 
 things than the practice of law called him at that time. The 
 crisis of war intervened and he took up arms in the defense of 
 his State. He entered the army as first lieutenant of Company 
 E, Sixth North Carolina Regiment, and came out commissioned 
 as colonel. At the close of the war he entered upon a long and 
 distinguished career as politician and jurist, being elevated in 
 the year 1878 to the seat of Judge of the Superior Court of 
 North Carolina, and in 1889 to the Supreme Court bench. In 
 1889 he was married a second time, to Miss Sallie Love Thomas. 
 
 Judge Avery was a ruling elder in the Morganton church for 
 more than twenty-five years, exemplifying all that the term im- 
 plies. He was a born leader of men, possessing the qualities of 
 character and intellect that distinguish a natural leader. His 
 loss in the church and community will long be felt. A guiding 
 hand as capable and a heart as staunch we can not hope soon 
 to find. We rejoice in a career so distinguished, a life so com- 
 plete, for we see in it the fulfillment of a divine promise. 
 
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 "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver 
 him; 
 
 I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 
 
 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; 
 
 I will be with him in trouble : 
 
 I will deliver him, and honor him. 
 
 With long life will I satisfy him, 
 
 And shew him my salvation." — Psalm 91. 
 
 ROBEET K. PEESNELL. 
 
 Since the work of writing this history was completed by Judge 
 Avery, Robert K. Presnell, another elder of the First Presby- 
 terian church has passed away, his death occurring on the 23d 
 day of June, 1913. Mr. Presnell, who was 77 years of age, 
 joined the Presbyterian church in 1877 and was ordained an 
 elder in 1879. The church had no more loyal and devoted mem- 
 ber and no officer more diligent and faithful. 
 
 Gentle and unostentatious in his demeanor, upright in his 
 business dealings, true to every trust, winning his way without 
 arousing antagonisms, liberal to his church and his family and 
 still from modest beginnings accumulating a valuable estate — 
 his life was an inspiration to good deeds and right living. 
 
 He was happily married in 1866 to Miss Susan Alexander, 
 and his home, near the Presbyterian church, has long been a 
 centre of hospitality, and of Christian influence exerted far more 
 by example than by precept. 
 
 jN"o man who ever lived in Morganton, it may safely be as- 
 serted, enjoyed to a greater degree the confidence and esteem of 
 his neighbors. For many years actively engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business, conducting a large farm on the Catawba River, 
 acting as executor of his former pastor, the beloved .Robert B. 
 Anderson, touching the life of the community at many points — 
 he always made the affairs of his church a matter of prime con- 
 cern. A busy man always, and for many years in feeble health, 
 he was always, it seemed, strong enough and had time enough 
 to give to the church and its institutions the benefit of that wis- 
 dom and experience which made him so successful in material 
 affairs. W. C. Eevin. 
 

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 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 The first Scotch-Irish settlers of old Burke County vied with 
 the Lutherans in the establishment of places of worship. Some- 
 times one and sometimes the other was first to build a church 
 after the occupation of a section. As already mentioned the 
 Lutherans built "Little John Church" a few years before their 
 Scotch-Irish neighbors organized at Quaker Meadows and 
 Pleasant Gardens. In view of the loss of early church records 
 of sessions, congregations, and of Orange Presbytery, it is im- 
 possible to give an accurate list of the first men who assembled 
 at Quaker Meadows and undertook the building of a temple for 
 worship at that place. It was built, as we know, from a single 
 record, before 1784. The leading Scotch-Irish families living 
 on all sides of the location selected were the Erwins, the 
 McDowells, the McElraths, the Harbisons, the McGimpsys, the 
 Greenlees, the O'Neills, the Morrisons, the Duckworths, and, 
 in 1781, Waightstill Avery joined them, removing, after the War, 
 from Jones County. Circumstances warrant the belief that all 
 of the leading representatives of these families encouraged the 
 church movement and most of them joined in the organization 
 as members. Probably a little later the first representatives of 
 the Eoss family, of the Grady family, and of the Neills joined 
 in the movement. 
 
 It was in the decade ending in the year 1800 that Thomas 
 Walton and his wife, Mrs. Martha Mclntire Walton, and Wm. 
 Mclntire located in the town of Morganton and immediately 
 began to contribute to the support of the church and twenty 
 years later to the building of a church, schoolhouse and parson- 
 age in the town of Morganton. The Tates must have come 
 from Pennsylvania to Burke County somewhere about the year 
 1790, before Robert and William Tate covered such a large 
 area in the county with entries and grants. 
 
 As to the names in the subjoined list of early members of 
 the church at Quaker Meadows, there seems to be reliable in- 
 formation that the names recorded in that list were of persons 
 who actually joined in the church as well as the movement to 
 establish it. It appears probable from circumstances that Col. 
 
90 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Joseph McGimpsy, John Perkins, and the first Joseph 
 McDowell who came to Burke, were not only promoters of the 
 movement, but members of the Quaker Meadows congregation. 
 
 Mr. John A. Dickson, one of the elders of the Morganton 
 church, has been requested by the Session and the writer of. the 
 foregoing sketches, to join in making out the list of members of 
 the church from the earliest day, and has given valuable assist- 
 ance in that portion of the work. 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST 
 
 Of the Members of Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 Churches, Including Those Who Worshiped at Silver 
 Creek Chapel, From the First Organization of the 
 Church at Quaker Meadows, to the Beginning of the 
 Year 1913. 
 
 Alexander, Samuel ; elder. 
 Alexander, Jane Penland ; wife of Samuel. 
 Alexander, William ; son of Samuel. 
 Alexander, Elizabeth ; wife of William. 
 Alexander, Thomas ; son of Samuel. 
 Alexander, Robert ; son of Samuel. 
 Alexander, James; son of Samuel. 
 Alexander, Samuel ; son of Samuel. 
 Alexander, Rachel ; married Wm. Erwin. 
 
 Alexander, Margaret ; married Moore. 
 
 Alexander, Davis ; son of James. 
 
 Alexander, Edgar D. ; son of Vance, and grandson of James 
 
 Alexander. 
 Alexander, JNTannie T. ; wife of Edgar D. 
 
 Alexander, Cynthia ; daughter of Wm. and Sophia, second wife 
 
 of Hugh Tate. 
 Alexander, Sally ; married Ambrose Conley. 
 Alexander, Lena ; married Hosea Bumgarner. 
 Alexander, David M. 
 Alexander, Mrs. M. E. 
 Alexander, Miss ; married Aaron Kerley. 
 
 Amos, Lillie ; married . 
 
 Anderson, Rev. Dr. R. B. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 91 
 
 Anderson, Mrs. Jennie Tliornwell ; wife of Rev. Dr. R. B. 
 
 Anderson, James, Sr. ; father of Rev. R. B. 
 
 Anderson, Miss Lila. 
 
 Anderson, Eliza W. 
 
 Anderson, Robert B., Jr. 
 
 Anderson, Lila W. 
 
 Anderson, Mrs, Elizabeth. 
 
 Archer, T. V. ; elder. 
 
 Archer, Mrs. T. V. 
 
 Aursler, Miss Francina. 
 
 Avery, Waightstill ( Colonel ) . 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Leah Probart ; wife of Waightstill. 
 
 Avery, Mira ; married, first Poor, second, Jacob Siimmey. 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Harriet Erwin ; wife of I. T. Avery. 
 
 Avery, Harriet Justina ; married P. B. Chambers. 
 
 Avery, Mary Martha ; married J. F. Chambers. 
 
 Avery, Laura M. ; daughter of Mrs. H. E. Avery. 
 
 Avery, Willoughby F. 
 
 Avery, Alphonso C. ; elder. 
 
 Avery, Susan Morrison ; wife of A. C. 
 
 Avery, Harriet Eloise ; married Gilmer Brenizer. 
 
 Avery, Morrison R. 
 
 Avery, Isaac Erwin. 
 
 Avery, Susan Washington ; married T. S. McBee. 
 Avery, Alphonso C, Jr. 
 
 Avery, Mary Johnston ; wife of A. C. A., Jr. 
 Avery, Alfred L. ; son of A. C. A., Sr. 
 Avery, Lenoir T. 
 Avery, Gladys L. 
 Avery, Edith C. 
 
 xivery, Cornelia McGimpsey; wife of William Avery. 
 Avery, Elizabeth ; daughter of Mrs. Cornelia. 
 Avery, Joseph. 
 Avery, Harrison. 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Annie Warlick ; wife of Harrison Avery. 
 Avery, Alexander L. 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Madge McConnaughey ; wife of Alexander Avery. 
 Avery, Ophelia ; married Wilfong. 
 
92 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Avery, Robert. 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Elizabeth Walton ; wife of C. M. Avery. 
 Avery, Isaac T. ; elder. 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Lillian W. ; wife of Isaac T. Avery. 
 Avery, Lillian W. ; daughter of Isaac T. Avery. 
 Avery, Walton ; son of I. T. Avery. 
 Avery, Betsy ; married J. McK. O'Neill. 
 Avery, Mrs. Corinna M. 
 
 Avery, Corinna I. ; married Capt. G. P. Erwin. 
 Avery, Adelaide M. 
 Avery, Waightstill W., Jr. 
 
 Ballon, Natalie. 
 
 Bard, Charles J. 
 
 Bell, E. L. ; deacon. 
 
 Bell, Mrs. Martha. 
 
 Bell, Mrs. Grace. 
 
 Bell, Mary Sue. 
 
 Bell, Andrew. 
 
 Beall, Dr. L. G. ; deacon. 
 
 Berger, Mrs. Howard. 
 
 Berger, William. 
 
 Betts, Mrs. O. A. 
 
 Black, John. 
 
 Black, C. M. 
 
 Black, Miss Selina. 
 
 Black, Minerva A. 
 
 Black, Miss Martha. 
 
 Boger, William. 
 
 Boger, Mrs. Emily Gertrude. 
 
 Boger, J. Derr ; deacon. 
 
 Boger, J. Derr, Jr. 
 
 Bost, Julia Forney ; wife of Makepeace. 
 
 Bouchelle, Goodman. 
 
 Bouchelle, Mrs. Goodman. 
 
 Boyd, Mrs. J osephine. 
 
 Boyd, Miss Minnie. 
 
 Bowman, Flora. 
 
 Branch, Balbous. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 Bristol, Miss Heloise. 
 Brown, Robert. 
 Brown, Mrs. Robert. 
 Brown, Jefferson (colored). 
 Brown, Hagar J. (colored). 
 Burnett, Christiana. 
 Burr, Miss Fredrika. 
 Butler, Sarah. 
 Butler, Miss Mary. 
 Branck, Peter. 
 Branck, Mrs. Peter. 
 Bynum, Judge J. G. ; elder. 
 
 Bynum, Mrs. Hennie Erwin ; wife of J. G. Bynum. 
 Branck, Robert. 
 
 Branck, Priscilla ; married David Yance. 
 Branck, Elizabeth ; married Robert Penland. 
 
 Camp, William. 
 Camp, Miss Rosa. 
 Camp, Edwin. 
 Camp, Miss Harriet. 
 Campbell, Mrs. Harriet. 
 Carter, Mrs. Ophelia. 
 Carter, Miss Ophelia. 
 Carter, Miss Cornelia. 
 Carthlege, Dr. L. H. 
 Causby, William. 
 Causby, Mrs. Rachel. 
 Causby, Nancy. 
 Chaffee, A. C. 
 Chaffee, Mrs. A. C. 
 Chambers, Edward W. 
 Chambers, J. P. 
 Chambers, Waightstill. 
 Chapman, Mrs. Augusta May. 
 Chapman, Mrs. C. J. 
 Chapman, Miss Caroline. 
 Colton, Moulton A. 
 Colton, Lizzie. 
 
94 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Colton, James. 
 Colton, Susan. 
 Colton, Henry. 
 Corpening, George. 
 Corpening, Mrs. George. 
 Corpening, W. G. 
 Corpening, Mrs. W. G. 
 Corpening, Z. T. 
 Cozens, Mrs. M. B. 
 Cozens, Miss Martha. 
 Cozens, Miss Mariah R. 
 Crawley, Miss Elizabeth. 
 Crisp, Mourning (colored). 
 
 Davidson, Mrs. Dorcas E. 
 Deal, Miss Cecelia. 
 Dietz, Mrs. Mary Ann. 
 Dickson, Isabella. 
 Dickson, Margaret. 
 Dickson, William. 
 Dickson, Mary K. 
 Dickson, Mrs. E. S. 
 Dickson, J. A. ; elder. 
 Dickson, Mrs. J. A. 
 
 Dickson, Miss Bessie; married George Taylor. 
 
 Dickson, Mary Flynn. 
 
 Duckworth, John ; elder. 
 
 Duckworth, Mrs, Mary ; wife of Elder John. 
 
 Duckworth, Daunt ; son of John. 
 
 Duckworth, ; wife of Daunt. 
 
 Duckworth, Jane ; married Martin Kibler. 
 Duckworth, Sarah. 
 Duckworth, Martha. 
 Duckworth, Maggie J. 
 
 Earnhardt, Mrs. S. M. 
 Edge, Rev. Walter W. 
 
 Edge, Mrs. Maude Brannon ; wife of Rev. W. W. Edge. 
 Ervin, John Witherspoon. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 95 
 
 Ervin, Mrs. Laura ; wife of J. W. Ervin. 
 
 Ervin, McQueen. 
 
 Ervin, Elizabeth. 
 
 Ervin, J ohn Conyers. 
 
 Ervin, Samuel Jones ; elder. 
 
 Ervin, Mrs. Laura Poe; wife of S. J. Ervin. 
 
 Ervin, Miss Louisa ~N. 
 
 Ervin, Miss Annie. 
 
 Ervin, Laura ; married Dr. Hall. — 
 
 Ervin, Catharine. 
 
 Ervin, Julia. 
 
 Ervin, Morton. 
 
 Ervin, Margaret. 
 
 Ervin, Edwin. 
 
 Ervin, Samuel Jones, Jr. 
 
 Ervin, Hugh Tait. 
 
 Erwin, Arthur. 
 
 Erwin, Margaret Brannon ; wife of Arthur ; died at Belvidere, 
 
 December 26, 1826, aged 92 years. 
 Erwin, Alexander. 
 
 Erwin, Mrs. Sarah Robinson ; first wife of Alexander Erwin. 
 Erwin, Mrs. Margaret Crawford Patton ; second wife of Alexan- 
 der Erwin. 
 Erwin, Alexander, Jr. 
 Erwin, William Willoughby ; elder. 
 Erwin, Matilda Sharpe ; wife of W. W. Erwin. 
 Erwin, Adolphus L. ; elder. 
 
 Erwin, Mrs. Mary Simianer ; wife of A. L. Erwin. 
 Erwin, Edward Jones ; elder. 
 Erwin, Ann Phifer; wife of E. J. Erwin. 
 Erwin, Matilda ; daughter of A. L. Erwin. 
 Erwin, Mary Ann ; daughter of A. L. Erwin. 
 Erwin, Margaret ; married Capt. James McDowell. 
 Erwin, Cecelia Matilda. 
 Erwin, Miss Mary E. 
 
 Erwin, Delia H. ; married Dr. J. P. Hardy. 
 
 Erwin, A. H. 
 
 Erwin, Mrs. Margaret. 
 
 Erwin, William C. 
 
96 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Erwin, Mrs. Matilda ; wife of W. C. Erwin. 
 Erwin, Mary ; married Samuel Duckworth. 
 Erwin, Catharine ; married Sumner Smith. 
 Erwin, Margaret. 
 
 Erwin, Anna ; married R. L. McConnaughey. 
 Erwin, Laura ; married B. J. Jones. 
 Erwin, George Phifer ; elder. 
 
 JErwin, Miss Sarah ; married Dr. John G. McDowell. 
 Erwin, Miss Sarah; daughter of Alexander; married David 
 
 White of Charlotte. 
 Erwin, Annie ; married Ered Laxton. 
 Erwin, Corinna ; married J. D. Boger. 
 Erwin, Adelaide Avery. 
 Erwin, Eloise McC. 
 Erwin, Edward Jones, Jr. 
 
 Erwin, Mrs. Margaret Phifer ; wife of J ames Erwin. 
 Erwin, Miss Sallie ; married Freeland Henson. 
 Erwin, Miss Sophia ; married William Alexander. 
 Erwin, Miss Cynthia ; married Dr. Fox of Charlotte. ^ Vy \^ 
 Erwin, Miss Hannah; married Zebulon Baird. \ ^ & 
 Erwin, Miss Mary ; married Rev. J. McKamie Wilson. 
 Erwin, Margaret (Peggy) ; married Hugh Tate. 
 Erwin, Hamilton ; son of Marcus. 
 
 Espy, Miss Harriet ; married Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance. 
 Estis, Mary. 
 
 Farmer, Jonathan. 
 Fleming, Ann E. H. 
 Fleming, Elmira. 
 Foister, Mabel. 
 Foister, Ellen. 
 Folsom, Murtrice. 
 Forney, Daniel J. 
 
 Forney, Mrs. Sallie Ramseur ; wife of Daniel J. 
 Forney, Mrs. Polly ; wife of Newton. 
 Forney, Isaac Newton. 
 Forney, Louisa. 
 Forney, William. 
 Forney, Pink (1886). 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 97 
 
 Forney, Robert. 
 Forney, Walter ; deacon. 
 Forney, Miss Julia. 
 Forney, Charles ; deacon. 
 Forney, Miss Mamie. 
 Forney, Miss Anna. 
 Foster, Mrs. 
 Foster, Miss Elizabeth. 
 Foster, Sarah J. 
 Foster, Miss Laura. 
 Fox, L. C. ; deacon. 
 Fox, Mrs. L. C. 
 Fox, Thomas. 
 
 Gaither, Mrs. Amelia. 
 
 Gaither, Miss Emeline ; married McRee. 
 
 Gaither, Mrs. Catherine Erwin ; wife of Alfred Gaither. 
 Gaither, Mrs, Elizabeth Erwin ; wife of B. S. Gaither. 
 Gaither, Mrs. Sarah Corpening; second wife of B. S. Gaither. 
 gaither, Mrs. Julia M. 
 
 Gaither, Delia Emma ; married Dr. R. C. Pearson. 
 
 Gaither, Mrs. Matilda E. 
 
 Garland, William R. 
 
 Gash, Mrs. D. A. 
 
 Gash, Miss Annie. 
 
 Gibbs, A. B. 
 
 Giles, Mrs. Harriet Mooney. 
 
 Giles, Miss Lillian Gray. 
 
 Giles, John ; elder at Glen Alpine. 
 
 Giles, Mrs. Butler ; wife of John. 
 
 Gillespie, James. 
 
 Gilmer, J ohn A. ; elder ; now minister at Mt. Airy. 
 
 Gilmer, Laura Avery ; wife of Rev. J. A. Gilmer. 
 
 Good, Solomon. 
 
 Good, Mrs. Solomon. 
 
 Grady, Elijah. 
 
 Grady, J emima. 
 
 Grady, Mrs. Lucy Caroline. 
 
 4 . , 
 
98 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Grayson, Noah M. 
 Gregory, Eev. E. C. 
 
 Gregory, Mrs. Fannie Dysart ; wife of Rev. E. C. 
 
 Greenlee, James. 
 
 Greenlee, Mary Mitchell. 
 
 Greenlee, Samuel. 
 
 Greenlee, Mrs. Minerva K. 
 
 Greenlee, Mrs. Mary ; wife of John M. 
 
 Greenlee, John M. 
 
 Greenlee, James Hervey. 
 
 Greenlee, Mary ; married Dr. McRee. 
 
 Greenlee, Miss Emily ; married Dr. Happoldt. 
 
 Greenlee, Miss Elizabeth ; married J ohn A. Dickson. 
 
 Greenlee, Alexander S. 
 
 Greenlee, Mrs. Elizabeth Glass ; wife of A. S. Greenlee. 
 
 Hague, Mrs. Pattie Thornwell. 
 
 Happoldt, Mrs. Mary McRee. 
 
 Happoldt, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth. 
 
 Happoldt, Lucy Greenlee. 
 
 Happoldt, Mary Minerva. 
 
 Harbison, John ; deacon. 
 
 Harbison, Lydia. 
 
 Harbison, Mary, Sr. 
 
 Harbison, Mary B. 
 
 Harbison, Rachel. 
 
 Harbison, Elizabeth A. 
 
 Harbison, William. 
 
 Harbison, Thomas A. 
 
 Harbison, Dorcas. 
 
 Harmon, Miss Lucinda. 
 
 Harmon, Miss Nancy. 
 
 Harper, James Patterson. 
 
 Henson, Freeland. 
 
 Henson, Miss Mary. 
 
 Henson, Dr. J. McKamie. 
 
 Henson, Mrs. Sallie ; wife of Freeland. 
 
 Hilliard, Simeon. 
 
 Hof stetter, Howard McP. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 Hof stetter, Mrs. Ollie M. ; wife of Howard McP. 
 
 Holton, E. W. 
 
 Holton, Mrs. E. W. 
 
 Howard, W. M. D. ; elder. 
 
 Howard, Martha F. ; wife of W. M. D. 
 
 Howard, Miss Cecelia ; married Capt. E. J. Kirksey. 
 
 Howard, H. A. 
 
 Howard, Mrs. Laura Moore ; wife of H. A. 
 
 Howard, Miss Leah Moore. 
 
 Howard, H. A., Jr. 
 
 Howard, Miss Helen. 
 
 Howard, Miss Hattie. 
 
 Howard, Samuel Ben. 
 
 Howard, Laura Cornelia. 
 
 Houck, Dr. A. S. 
 
 Houck, Mrs. Margaret. 
 
 Houck, Miss Amelia. 
 
 Huet, Florence Marshall. 
 
 Huet, Barclay. 
 
 Hull, Mrs. L. M. 
 
 Hunt, Mrs. Elizabeth. 
 
 Hunt, Miss Atwood. 
 
 Hunt, Mrs, Bessie Pearson. 
 
 Ingold, A. M. ; deacon. 
 
 J arret, Mr. 
 
 Jarret, Mrs. 1 — 
 
 Janes, Mrs. Elzira. 
 
 Jeter, Mrs. Nannie Fleming ; wife of Dr. I. P. Jeter. 
 
 Johnson, Charles. 
 
 Johnson, Mrs. Mary T. 
 
 J ohnson, Miss Elsie. 
 
 Johnson, Miss Nellie B. 
 
 Johnson, Luther. 
 
 Johnson, Charles E. 
 
 Johnston, Mrs. F. H. 
 
 Johnston, Miss M. Grace. 
 
 Jones, Nancy. 
 
100 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Keever, Mr. 
 
 Keever, Mrs. — 
 
 Kellog, Miss Elizabeth. B. 
 
 Kibler, Mrs. Jane Duckworth; wife of Martin Kibler; daughter 
 
 of John Duckworth. 
 Kistler, Mrs. Edna Bartholdt. 
 Kistler, Andrew. 
 Kistler, Mrs. Andrew. 
 Knight, Miss Emma. 
 
 Lackey, Mrs. Fannie Warlick. 
 
 Lafayette, Lawrence. 
 
 Laxton, Lucy. 
 
 Leslie, W. A. 
 
 Linfleld, Miss Virginia. 
 
 Lindsay, Miss Corrie. 
 
 Lovin, Mr. 
 
 Lovin, Mrs. 
 
 Mabe, W. P. 
 Mabe, Mrs. Eliza. 
 Mabe, Isaac. 
 
 McAlpine, Miss Hope ; married E. J. Galloway. 
 
 McAlpine, Miss Grace ; married E. L. Bell. 
 
 McAlpine, Mrs. Susan Moore ; wife of A. J. McAlpine. 
 
 McCampbell, Mrs. Maggie T. ; wife of Dr. John McCampbell. 
 
 McConnaughey, Mrs. Anna Erwin. 
 
 McC'onnaughey, Miss Minnie. 
 
 McConnaughey, Miss Laura. 
 
 McConnaughey, Miss Kate. 
 
 McConnaughey, William E. ; deacon. 
 
 McConnaughey, Joseph ; son of W. E. 
 
 McConnaugliey, William E., J r. 
 
 McCormick, Mrs. Mary Craige Pearson. 
 
 McCoy, V. P. 
 
 McCoy, 
 
 McCutclian, Rev. John ; pastor. 
 
 McCutchan, Mrs. Elizabeth ; wife of Rev. J ohn. 
 
 McDowell, Mrs. Grace Greenlee ; wife of Col. Chas. McDowell. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 101 
 
 McDowell, General Joseph. 
 
 McDowell, Mrs. Margaret Moffitt ; wife of General Joseph. 
 McDowell, Hugh. 
 
 McDowell, Mrs. ; wife of Hugh McDowell. 
 
 McDowell, John. 
 
 McDowell, Mrs. McD. ; wife of John. 
 McDowell, Miss C. A. ; wife of M. Patton. 
 McDowell, Dr. John C. 
 McDowell, Miss Margaret. 
 
 McDowell, Miss Kate ; married D. Y. Newland. 
 
 McDowell, Miss Lizzie. 
 
 McDowell, John C, Jr. 
 
 McDowell, Mrs. Ettie; wife of J. C, Jr. 
 
 McDowell, William B. 
 
 McDowell, Frank. 
 
 McDowell, Miss Annie ; married Dr. E. M. Gayle. 
 McDowell, Elizabeth ; married E. L. Abernathy. 
 McDowell, Miss Margaret ; married Marcus Erwin. 
 McElrath, John ; deacon. 
 
 McElrath, Mrs. McDowell ; first wife of John. 
 
 McElrath, Mrs. Mary Patton Bouchelle ; second wife of John. 
 McElrath, Robert J. 
 
 McElrath, Margaret McDowell ; wife of Robert J. 
 McElrath, David A. 
 
 McElrath, Viney (colored) ; servant of John McElrath. 
 McElrath, Hannah. 
 
 McGimpsey, Miss Cornelia ; married William Avery. 
 McGimpsey, Miss Ophelia ; married Dan Carter. 
 McGuire, John 
 
 McGuire, Cynthia Erwin ; wife of John McGuire. 
 
 McGuire, Edward. 
 
 Mclntire, William. 
 
 Mclntire, Mrs. Clara Erwin. 
 
 Mclntire, Viney (colored). 
 
 McKenzie, Donald ; deacon. 
 
 McKenzie, Mrs. Mary Minerva Happoldt ; wife of Donald McK. 
 McKesson, James. 
 
 McKesson, Mrs. Maria ; wife of James. 
 
 McKesson, Mrs. Margaret McD. ; wife of W. F. McKesson. 
 
102 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 McNeely, Robert. 
 McNeely, Miss Nancy. 
 McNeely, Mrs. Naomie. 
 McRae, Miss Emma. 
 Mallard, J. C. ; elder. 
 
 Mallard, Mrs, Lucy A. ; wife of J. C. Mallard. 
 
 Mallard, William S. 
 
 Mallard, Miss Ida. 
 
 Mallard, Miss Sarah. 
 
 Mallard, Miss Mary S. 
 
 Mallard, Miss Delia. 
 
 Marsh, Mrs. Caroline. 
 
 Martin, Mrs. Lizzie. 
 
 Martin, J ohn. 
 
 Massinger, James R. 
 
 Massey, Mrs. Adeline Lucinda. 
 
 Michaels, Sally. 
 
 Michaux, Eichard. 
 
 Middleton, Miss Virginia. 
 
 Miller, Robert Crayton. 
 
 Miller, Hugh. 
 
 Miller, Mary. 
 
 Miller, Mrs. ; died April 4, 1831. 
 
 Miller, Mrs, Robert C. 
 Miller, Mrs. Edward Bryson. 
 
 Miller, Mrs. Mabel B. Fisher ; first wife of John Miller. 
 Miller, Mrs. Edna B. ; second wife of John Miller. 
 Milne, Miss Elizabeth; married William B. McDowell. 
 Mills, Miss Julia. 
 Mitchell, Mary. 
 
 Mitchell, Mrs. ; died April 4, 1831. 
 
 Miller, Barah. 
 
 Mooney, Mary. 
 
 Moore, W. S. ; elder. 
 
 Moore, Mary A. 
 
 Moore, Mrs. Mary Summers. 
 
 Moore, Mrs. Margaret Montgomery. 
 
 Moore, E. P. ; elder. 
 
 Moore, Mrs. E. P. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 103 
 
 Moore, Samuel B. 
 Moore, Mrs. Ann Wiley. 
 Moore, Charles Anderson. 
 Moore, W. M. 
 
 Moore, Miss Laura ; married Hugh Howard. 
 Moran, Dr. George H. ; elder. 
 
 Moran, Mrs. Sarah Erwin ; wife of Dr. G. H. Moran. 
 Moran, Miss Annie. 
 Moran, Miss Mary. 
 Moran, Erwin. 
 Murphy, Dr. P. L. 
 
 Murphy, Mrs. Betty Bumgardner ; wife of Dr. P. L. Murphy. 
 Murphy, Miss Mae. 
 Morrison, Thomas. 
 
 Morrison, Sallie Duckworth ; wife of Thomas Morrison, and 
 
 daughter of John Duckworth. 
 Morrison, Betsy; married Elijah Hicks. 
 Morrison, Robert. 
 Morrison, Polly. 
 
 Morrison, Sally; married Hemphill. 
 
 Morrison, William ; member of Legislature ; Sheriff who had 
 John Sevier in custody when Sevier escaped at Morganton. 
 
 Morrison, Mrs. ; wife of William Morrison. 
 
 Morrow, Miss Nora. 
 Moses, Miss Mary. 
 
 Mil, William, Sr.; died May 11, 1821. 
 Weill, Mrs. William. 
 Weill, James. 
 
 Weill, Mrs. — ■ Duckworth ; wife of James. 
 
 Weill, ; married Robert . 
 
 Weill, Thomas ; elder. 
 
 Weill, Mrs. ; wife of Thomas. 
 
 Weill, William, Jr. 
 Weill, Thomas. 
 Weill, Sarah H. 
 Weill, Harriet. 
 Weill, Elizabeth. 
 Weill, Miss Maggie. 
 
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 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Newland, Miss Margaret McDowell. 
 Nicol, Miss Marguerite. 
 
 O'Neill, Mrs. ; mother of J. McK. O'Neill. 
 
 O'Neill, Elizabeth ; wife of J. McK. O'Neill. 
 
 Parsons, Mrs. Cora. 
 Parsons, Miss Eva. 
 Parsons, Miss Annie. 
 Patton, Joseph. 
 
 Patton, Mrs. Mary Erwin ; wife of Joseph Patton. 
 
 Pearsall, Miss Kate. 
 
 Perry, Miss Florence. 
 
 Pearson, Elizabeth. 
 
 Pearson, Jane Selina. 
 
 Pearson, Harriet. 
 
 Pearson, Mary Cecelia. 
 
 Pearson, Dr. Robert C. 
 
 Pearson, Mrs. Delia Emma ; wife of Dr. R. C. Pearson. 
 Pearson, Mrs. J ane Sophronia ; wife of R. C. Pearson, Sr. 
 Pearson, Samuel T. 
 
 Pearson, Nannie Anderson ; first wife of S. T. Pearson. 
 
 Pearson, Mrs. Esther Ervin ; second wife of S. T. Pearson. 
 
 Pearson, Miss Bessie ; married Atwood Hunt. 
 
 Pearson, Miss Ann Elizabeth. 
 
 Pearson, Laura ; married Capt. Neill W. Ray. 
 
 Pearson, Gaither. 
 
 Pearson, Robert C. ; son of Dr. R, C. 
 Pearson, William H. ; elder. 
 Penland, Robert ; elder. 
 
 Penland, Mrs. Elizabeth Brank ; wife of Robert Penland. 
 Penland, Henry ; son of Robert. 
 
 Penland, Leah ; daughter of Robert ; married John Saulman. 
 Perkins, Miss Eliz. ; married Edwin Williams of Georgia. 
 Perkins, Melissa Lavender ; wife of J oseph Perkins. 
 Perkins, Alfred ; elder. 
 
 Perkins, Mrs. Mary Caldwell ; wife of Alfred. 
 Perkins, Miss Jane Eliza. 
 Perkins, Capt. E. A. ; elder. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 Perkins, Robert C. ; elder. 
 
 Perkins, Miss Mary ; married Harry Kent. 
 
 Perkins, Miss Lizzie ; married R. L. McConnaughey. 
 
 Perkins, Miss Emma ; married Robert Forney. 
 
 Perkins, Miss Susie Gordon. 
 
 Phifer, Dr. E. W. 
 
 Phifer, Mrs. Sudie Presnell ; wife of Dr. E. W. Pbife: 
 
 Phifer, Maude. 
 
 Phifer, Isaac Avery. 
 
 Pbifer, Moulton Avery. 
 
 Pbifer, Waightstill. 
 
 Pbifer, Robert. 
 
 Pbifer, Mary. 
 
 Powell, Catherine. 
 
 Powell, Cornelia. 
 
 Presnell, Miss Mary ; married Logan Carson. 
 Presnell, Robert K. ; elder. 
 Presnell, Mrs. Susan ; wife of R. K. 
 Presnell, Miss Annie ; married J. H. Reid. 
 Presnell, J obn. 
 Presnell, Robert G. 
 
 Presnell, Jennie Weeta ; married F. O. Gee. 
 
 Presnell, Miss Margaret ; married Moore. 
 
 Presnell, Miss Mary Burgin. 
 Presnell, Miss Julia. 
 Potts, Miss Julia. 
 
 Query, L. H. 
 
 Ramseur, George ; elder. 
 
 Ramseur, Mrs. Annie Forney. 
 
 Reid, E. F. 
 
 Reid, J. H. 
 
 Rich, Miss Virginia. 
 
 Ross, Berry; died 1843. 
 
 Ross, Betsy. 
 
 Ross, Stephen. 
 
 Ross, W. A. ; elder. 
 
 Ross, Mrs. Fannie Kistler ; wife of W. A. Ross. 
 
106 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Ross, Earl. 
 
 Ross, Dr. Charles E. 
 
 Ross, Miss Katherine. 
 
 Ross, Miss Martha. 
 
 Ross, Charles. 
 
 Ross, Robert Alexander. 
 
 Ross, Miss Alice. 
 
 Ross, William J. 
 
 Ross, Miss Rosa ; married Shotwell Sudderth. 
 
 Ross, Miss Annie Lewis. 
 
 Rusmisell, Mrs. Mary McKenzie Reeves. 
 
 Scott, Mrs. Rebekah. 
 Scott, J ohn. 
 Scott, Mrs. John. 
 Scott, Miss Sarah M. 
 Scott, Helen H. 
 Seigle, Miss Rosa. 
 Seigle, Lila J ane. 
 
 Sharpe, Mrs. Catharine Reese; wife of Col. ¥m. Sharpe; died 
 
 at Belvidere May 26, 1826, aged 80. 
 Sheetz, Rev. W. C. 
 
 Sheetz, Mrs. L. Morton ; wife of Rev. W. C. Sheetz. 
 Sheetz, Miss Mortie ; married Drew Collins. 
 Sheetz, Miss Julia ; married E. F. Reid. 
 Sheetz, Miss Catherine ; married W. C. Ervin. 
 Sherman, Mrs. Mary J. 
 Sherman, Miss Claude. 
 Sherman, Miss Martha. 
 Shuping, Alexander. 
 Silliman, Rev. John ; pastor. 
 
 Silliman, Mrs. Julia ; wife of Rev. John Silliman. 
 
 Silver, Alphonso C. 
 
 Simpson, Mrs. Mahala. 
 
 Smallwood, Ann. 
 
 Smith, Miss Maud. 
 
 Smith, Merle. 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Lula Ethel. 
 
 Smythe, Mrs. Jane Caldwell ; married Major J. C. Smythe. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 107 
 
 Spainhour, Mrs. Laura Forney. 
 Spainhour, Ed. 
 Spainhour, Ralph. 
 Sprague, Henry. 
 Sprague, H. B. 
 Sprague, Mrs. H. B. 
 Sorrels, Nancy. 
 Starke, James Edward. 
 
 Starke, Mrs. Betsy Sharpe ; daughter of Col. ¥m. Sharpe. 
 Stevelie, John H. ; elder. 
 
 Tate, Miss Elizabeth; died 1842. 
 Tate, Miss J ane Sophronia ; married R. C. Pearson. 
 Tate, Mrs. Elizabeth; wife of Dr. Samuel Tate. 
 Tate, Margaret. 
 
 Tate, Fatima E. ; died December, 1855. 
 
 Tate, Elizabeth ; died February 29, 1841. 
 
 Tate, Sarah. 
 
 Tate, Dr. W. C. ; elder. 
 
 Tate, Dr. William S. 
 
 Tate, Miss M. C. 
 
 Tate, Miss Catherine. 
 
 Tate, Miss Morton ; wife of W. S. 
 
 Tate, Col. Samuel McD. 
 
 Tate, Mrs. Jane S. ; wife of Col. S. McD. Tate. 
 
 Tate, Miss Claude. 
 
 Tate, Miss Susan. 
 
 Tate, Miss Wilhelmina. 
 
 Tate, Miss Irene. 
 
 Tate, Gordon. 
 
 Taylor, Mrs. Sue W. 
 
 Taylor, Mrs. Laura, 
 
 Taylor, Miss Eloise. 
 
 Taylor, Erasmus. 
 
 Taylor, Miss Elizabeth. 
 
 Taylor, Miss Sarah Cole. 
 
 Taylor, Jordan (colored). 
 
 Thomason, J. T. 
 
 Thompson, Alice. 
 
108 
 
 Presbyterian Churches at 
 
 Thompson, Mrs. Mary Martha. 
 Throgmorton, Martha. 
 Tull, Elizabeth. 
 Tull, Miss Julia. 
 Tull, John. 
 Tull, Joseph. 
 
 Tull, Miss Julia ; married Mr. Walker. 
 Tull, Isaac. 
 Tull, John, Jr. 
 Tull, Charles W. 
 Turner, Mrs. Fred. 
 
 Vance, David; elder. 
 
 Wade, Thomas. 
 Walker, Mrs, Nancy J. 
 Walton, Thomas. 
 Walton, Martha. 
 Walton, William E. 
 
 Walton, Mrs. Mamie Moore ; wife of W. E. Walton. 
 
 Walton, Harry Moore. 
 
 Walton, Miss Eva. 
 
 Walker, Leonard Hayes. 
 
 Warlick, Capt, P. A. 
 
 Warlick, Catherine K. ; wife of P. A. 
 
 Webb, Mrs. Lloyd E. 
 
 Webber, Louis J. 
 
 Webber, Mrs. Louis J. 
 
 Whisenhant, Sophia. 
 
 Whisenhant, Harvey T. 
 
 Whisenhant, Sarah E. 
 
 Whisenhant, Mrs. F. Emma. 
 
 Whisenhant, Michael ; elder. 
 
 Wilson, Pev. J. McKenzie ; pastor. 
 
 Wilson, Mrs. Mary Erwin ; wife of Rev. J. McK. Wilson. 
 Wilson, Pev. D. A. ; missionary. 
 Wilson, John. 
 
 Wilson, Pev. J. M., Jr. ; pastor. 
 
 Wilson, Mrs. Delphia Fox ; wife of J. M., Jr. 
 
Quaker Meadows and Morganton 
 
 109 
 
 Wilson, Miss Mary Ann ; married Dr. Robert Tate. 
 Wilson, Mrs. Louisa ; wife of J. W. Wilson. 
 Wilson, Miss Mary Willis; married Major Bomar. 
 Wilson, Miss Alice ; married Herbert Battle. 
 Wilson, Miss Louise ; married Dr. Gibbon. 
 Wilson, Miss Beulah; married Jenkins Hutcbinson. 
 Wilson, Miss Cora ; married Mr. Massey. 
 Wilson, Miss L. E. 
 Wilson, Alexander. 
 
 Wilson, Mrs. Hallie; wife of A. L. Wilson. 
 
 Wilson, Claudia Cordelia. 
 
 Wilson, George W. 
 
 Worth, Stevie G. 
 
 Worth, Mrs, Lovie. 
 
 Wortman, Mrs. J. R. 
 
INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Alexander Family 90 
 
 Alexander, Samuel, sketch of 73 
 
 Alexander, James, sketch of 82 
 
 Alexander, Davis, mentioned 74 
 
 Anderson Family 91 
 
 Anderson, Rev. R. B., sketch of 38 
 
 Anderson, Mrs. Jennie T., mentioned 40 
 
 Anderson, Rev. R. C, mentioned 66 
 
 Avery Family 91 
 
 Avery, Waightstill, mentioned 89 
 
 Avery, Alphonso C, sketch of 87 
 
 Avery, Alphonso C, ordained elder 44 
 
 Avery, I. T., ordained elder 65 
 
 Avery, I. T., ordained deacon 51 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Harriet E., mentioned 37 
 
 Avery, Mrs. Cornelia, mentioned 35 
 
 Archer Family 91 
 
 Archer, T. V., ordained elder 65 
 
 Bell Family 92 
 
 Bell, E. L., ordained deacon 64 
 
 Beall, Dr. L. G., ordained deacon 65 
 
 Branck, Peter, mentioned 71 
 
 Branck, Mrs. Elizabeth, mentioned 71 
 
 Black Family 92 
 
 Boger Family 92 
 
 Boger, J. Derr, ordained deacon 65 
 
 Bynum, John G., ordained elder 47 
 
 Camp Family . 93 
 
 Carter Family 93 
 
 Carter, Miss Ophelia, mentioned 64 
 
 Causby Family 93 
 
 Chaffee Family 93 
 
 Chambers Family 93 
 
 Chapman Family 93 
 
 Colton Family 93 
 
 Cornelson, Rev. Dr., mentioned 66 
 
 Corpening Family 94 
 
 Dickson Family 94 
 
 Dickson, J. A., ordained deacon 47 
 
 Dickson, J. A., ordained elder 65 
 
 Doak, Rev. , mentioned 66 
 
 Duckworth Family 94 
 
 Duckworth, John, sketch of 70 
 
 Duckworth, John, mentioned 69 
 
 Edge Family 94 
 
 Edge, Rev. Walter W., sketch of 60 
 
 Eddy, Rev. Chauncey, sketch of 14 
 
 Eddy, Rev. Chauncey, ordained to the ministry 15 
 
 Eddy and Silliman School, sketch of 17 
 
 Ervin Family 95 
 
 Ervin, Samuel J., ordained elder 65 
 
Index 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Erwin Family 95 
 
 Erwin, Mrs. Sarah Robinson, mentioned 73 
 
 Erwin, Arthur, mentioned 75 
 
 Erwin, William W., sketch of 75 
 
 Erwin, Adolphus L., sketch of 79 
 
 Erwin, Edward Jones, sketch of 80 
 
 Erwin, Edward Jones, ordained elder 31 
 
 Erwin, George Phifer, sketch of 85 
 
 Erwin, George P., ordained elder 47 
 
 Fife, Elder W. P., mentioned 48 
 
 Fleming Family 96 
 
 Foister Family 96 
 
 Forney Family 96 
 
 Forney, Walter, deacon 97 
 
 Forney, Charles D., ordained deacon 65 
 
 Fox Family 97 
 
 Fox, L. C, deacon 97 
 
 Gaither Family 97 
 
 Gaither, Mrs. Catharine, mentioned 33 
 
 Gash Family 97 
 
 Giles Family 97 
 
 Giles, John, elder 97 
 
 Gilmer Family 97 
 
 Gilmer, John A., ordained elder 47 
 
 Grady Family 97 
 
 Grady, Elijah, ordained elder 31 
 
 Gregory, Rev. C. E., sketch of 67 
 
 Gregory, Mrs. C. E., mentioned 67 
 
 Greenlee Family . , 98 
 
 Guerrant, Rev. Dr., mentioned 50, 57 
 
 Happoldt Family 98 
 
 Harbison Family 98 
 
 Harbison, John, elected elder 23 
 
 Harbison, John, ordained deacon 31 
 
 Henson Family 98 
 
 Hoffstetter Family 98 
 
 Hollingsworth, Rev. W. F., sketch of 62 
 
 Hollingsworth, Mrs. W. F., mentioned 64 
 
 Howard Family 98 
 
 Howard, W. M. D., elder, removed to Drusilla 38 
 
 Howard, Mrs. Laura 99 
 
 Houck Family 99 
 
 Ingold, A. M., ordained deacon 65 
 
 Jacobs, Rev. Thornwell, sketch of 55 
 
 Jarret Family 99 
 
 Jeter Family 99 
 
 Johnson Family 99 
 
 Johnston, Rev. T. D., mentioned 60 
 
 Keever Family 100 
 
 Kerr, Rev. James, sketch of 30 
 
 Kibler Family 100 
 
 Kistler Family 100 
 
 Lackey, Mrs. Fannie Warlick 100 
 
 Lawrence, Lafayette 100 
 
 Laxton, Lucy 100 
 
 Leslie, W. A 100 
 
Index 
 
 PAGE 
 
 List of Members 89 
 
 Mabe Family 100 
 
 Marion, Rev. J. P., sketch of 47 
 
 McAlpine Family 100 
 
 McCampbell Family 100 
 
 McConnaughey Family 100 
 
 McConnaughey, William E., deacon 100 
 
 McCoy Family 100 
 
 McCutchan Family 100 
 
 McCutchan, Rev. John C, sketch of 22 
 
 McDowell Family 100 
 
 McElrath Family 101 
 
 McElrath, John, ordained deacon 31 
 
 McEntire Family 101 
 
 McEntire, William, elected elder 23 
 
 McEntire, Mrs. Clara, mentioned 36 
 
 McGimpsey Family 101 
 
 McGuire Family 101 
 
 McKenzie Family 101 
 
 McKenzie, Donald, ordained deacon 51 
 
 McKesson Family 101 
 
 McNeely Family 102 
 
 Mallard Family 102 
 
 Mallard, J. C, elder 102 
 
 Marsh Family 102 
 
 Martin Family 102 
 
 Massey Family 102 
 
 Middleton Family : 102 
 
 Miller Family 102 
 
 Milne Family 102 
 
 Mitchell Family 102 
 
 Moore Family 102 
 
 Moore, W. S., sketch of 80 
 
 Moore, W. S., ordained elder 80 
 
 Moore, E. P., elder 102 
 
 Morganton Presbytery ' 27 
 
 Moran Family 103 
 
 Moran, Dr. George H., sketch of 84 
 
 Moran, Dr. George H, ordained elder 51 
 
 Morrison Family 103 
 
 Morrison, Sheriff William 103 
 
 Murphy Family 103 
 
 Neill Family 103 
 
 Neill, Thomas, sketch of 83 
 
 Neill, Thomas, ordained elder 31 
 
 Old Presbyterian camp-meetings 18 
 
 Old church used as auditorium for political discussions 21 
 
 Parsons family 104 
 
 Patton Family 104 
 
 Pearsall, Miss Kate 104 
 
 Pearson Family 104 
 
 Pearson, William H., ordained elder 47 
 
 Penland Family 104 
 
 Penland, Henry, mentioned 72 
 
 Penland, Robert, sketch of 70 
 
 Penland, Robert, mentioned as soldier 71 
 
Index 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Perkins Family 104 
 
 Perkins, Alfred, sketch of 78 
 
 Perkins, Capt. E. A., sketch of 81 
 
 Perkins, Robert C, sketch of 82 
 
 Perkins, R. C, ordained deacon 44 
 
 Phifer Family . 105 
 
 Plan and Scope of Sketches 69 
 
 Powell Family 105 
 
 Presnell Family 105 
 
 Presnell, Robert K., sketch of 88 
 
 Presnell, Robert K., ordained elder 42 
 
 Ramseur Family 105 
 
 Ramseur, George, elder 105 
 
 Reid Family 105 
 
 Reid, E. F., ordained deacon 47 
 
 Rose, Rev. Dr. J. McNeill, sketch of 51 
 
 Ross Family 105 
 
 Ross, W. A., ordained deacon 47 
 
 Ross, W. A., ordained elder 51 
 
 Ross, Dr. C. E., ordained deacon 64 
 
 Rusmisell, Mrs. Mary McK. R., mentioned 64 
 
 Scott Family 106 
 
 Sharpe, Mrs. Catharine Reese 106 
 
 Sheetz Family 106 
 
 Sheetz, Rev. W. C, sketch of 34 
 
 Sheetz, Mrs. Lavinia, mentioned 34 
 
 Sherman Family 106 
 
 Shives, Rev. , mentioned , 66 
 
 Shuping Family 106 
 
 Sketches of elders at Quaker Meadows and Morgan ton 69 
 
 Silliman Family 106 
 
 Silliman, Rev. John, sketch of 15 
 
 Silliman, Rev. John, further notice of labors of 20 
 
 Silliman, Mrs. John, mentioned 17 
 
 Smith, Family 106 
 
 Smythe Family : 106 
 
 Sorrells Family 107 
 
 Spainhour Family 107 
 
 Sprague Family 107 
 
 Stevelie, John H., sketch of 77 
 
 Tate Family 107 
 
 Tate, Col. Samuel McD., mentioned 42 
 
 Tate, Dr. W. C, sketch of 83 
 
 Taylor Family 107 
 
 Thompson Family 107 
 
 Thornwell, Rev. Dr., mentioned 56 
 
 Tull Family 108 
 
 Vance, David, sketch of 74 
 
 Walton Family 108 
 
 Walton, Thomas, mentioned 89 
 
 Whisenhant Family 108 
 
 Whisenhant, Michael, elder 108 
 
 Wilson, Rev. Dr. J. McKamie, Sr., sketch of 10 
 
 Wilson, Mrs. J. McKamie, Sr., mentioned..... 11 
 
 Wilson, Rev. John McKamie, Jr., sketch of 33 
 
 Wilson, Major James W., mentioned 42 
 
 Wright, Rev. Dr., Evangelist, mentioned 64 
 
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