The First Families Project - GA - Richmond County At the death of Mr. McKnight the membership of the church consisted of the following thirteen persons: Mrs. Elizabeth McKinne, Mrs. Mary Herbert, Mrs. Mary Montgomery, Mrs. Ann Murray, Mrs. Eliza Reid, Mrs. Mary Murren, Mrs. Stallings, Mrs. Naylor, Mrs. Priscilla Sims, Miss Susan Bird, Dr. John Murray, Mr. Thomas Sandwich, and Mr. John Taylor. At the date of the election of the new elders the membership of the church had increased to twenty-seven by the admission of the following persons: Mrs. Mary Hobby; Mr. Thomas Cumming, Mrs. Ann Cumming, his wife; Mr. Oswell Eve, Mrs. Ann Eve, his wife; Mr. Augustus Moore, Mrs. Keziah Moore, his wife; Mrs. Margaret Sandwich, Mrs. Ann Barrett, Mrs. Ann Gardner, Mrs. Catharine Stiles, Mrs. Catharine Watkins, Mrs. Rebecca Moore, Miss Catharine Course. In Mr. Thompson's day the church, no doubt, may have been uncomfortably filled, for it is known that one of the Presbyterian elders had been advising his brethren in the faith to "colonize." As there were only thirteen actual members, we suppose the attendance of persons who were not members must have been large. As the trustees, however, had issued their mandate, the Presbyterians could no longer reign supreme in St. Paul's. Their office bearers seem to have shown spirit and energy in the emergency. They made a canvass of the community, stating their case and their inability to pay their pastor's salary. The amount was soon collected, and then a subscription list was opened for the purpose of building a Presbyterian church.