The Beginnings of St. Paul's Church & First Presbyterian Church As early as 1750 the gentlemen of Augusta built "a handsome and convenient chuch," opposite one of the curtains of the fort, and so near that guns afforded ample protecton. This little wooden temple indicated the furthest advance the Church of England had thus far made into the Indian territory. In order to attract a minister the inhabitants of this town promised to erect a parsonage, cultivate the glebe lands, and contribute 20 lbs. a year toward his maintenance. The Rev. Jonathan Copp, a native of Connecticut and a graduate of Yale college, having in December 1750, been ordained in England as a deacon and priest by Dr. Sherlock, Bishop of London, came to Augusta the following year and there entered upon his ministry. His congregation numbered nearly one hundred. Among them were eight communicants. The parsonage, however, had not been erected, the glebe lands were uncultivated, and the hope of receiving prompt payment of the stipend of 20 lbs. appeared uncertain. "Separated from any brother clergyman by one hundred and thirty miles of wilderness," on the frontier of civilization, in proximity to the Indian territory, and