One year previously some members of the congregation had indeed made an application to the Legislature of Georgia. In it they requested permission for certain individuals, as trustees, to incorporate a Presbyterian church in the name of "Christ Church," said church building to be erected on a lot on the Commons of Augusta. In 1808 an Act was passed authorizing and requiring the conveyance of such a lot to the seven trustees and their successors. "This Act is signed by Benjamin Whittaker, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Henry Mitchell, president of the Senate, and approved December 16th, 1808, by Jared Irwin, Governor." The following per- sons were named as trustees: John Taylor, James Pearre, John Wilson, Sr., Thomas Gumming, John Campbell, John B. Barnes, and William White. The Act of incorporation bears date of one year later, and on May 3d, 1809, the necessary papers were turned over to the trustees. The Building Committee consisted of Dr. John Murray, Messrs. David Reid, Robert Cresswell, Oswell Eve, and Ferdinand Phinizy. The plans for the church were furnished by Mr. Robert Mills, of Philadelphia. The building when finished was to measure 170 feet long by 70 feet wide; two large doors were to open east and west, near the south end of the church. The main entrance is unchanged today. The steeple and the pews in the galleries were added in 1818; the steeple was not called for by the original design of the church. Two large stoves were to constitute the heating apparatus,
