During the five years in which the Presbyterian congregation worshiped in St. Paul's Church the pew rents supplied all financial demands, i. e., the minister's salary and current expenses. In 1808 we find the following statement: " Pastor's salary, $800.00; Clerk of the church, $100.00; Sexton, Zachariah Bell, $50.00." We also find the following entry: "Session then proceeded to appoint a person to lead the musick, and Mr. Isaac Jarvis was chosen, with a salary of $100.00 a year."
Here is a list of the first members of First Presbyterian Church as organized for the years 1804 - 1807.
John Taylor
William Few (listed as William FEE in the original)
George Watkins
Mrs. Elizabeth McKinnie
Mrs. Mary Herbert
Mrs. Mary Montgomery
Mrs. Ann Cumming
Mrs. Ann Murray
Mrs. Eliza Reid
Mrs. Mary Murren
Mrs. Stallings
Miss Susan Bird
Mrs. Priscilla Sims
Mrs. Naylor
Dr. John Murray
