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ever witnessed in this new county Uackson - Estab. 1828), and who attended to the exhibition of the Word with becoming decency and good order. Elder Howell opened the service of the clay on Eph. 2:8. Elder Webb followed on John 18: 36 with a power and eloquence rarely equaled in any country. Elder Kuykendall closed the service on Acts 15:30. The good of souls and the advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom seemed to the aim of these servants of God and we do hope that their labor may not be in vain."

From November to August the churches had baptized 31 people, received 19 by letter, dismissed 35, excluded 4 and lost 3 by death. The total membership now stood at 376. The body voted that the clerk have printed 400 copies of the minutes of our last meeting (1829) and include with this record the Constitution and the Articles of Faith. Elder Humphrey Posey was chosen to preach the sermon next year and the place of meeting to be with Locust Old Field (Can­ton First), Haywood Co., N.C., and the day before the third Sunday in August, A.D. 183!.

The Tuckaseigee Association has given birth to other Associations. The Haywood County Association was formed in 1886 by 14 churches from the Tuckaseigee. Haywood Association supported the Western Baptist Convention, Judson College (Hendersonville) and the "Western N.C. Baptist." The Macon County Association was organ­ized September 1, 1904, at the Franklin Baptist Church with mes­sengers from 24 churches dismised from the Tuckaseigee Association. The Macon Association cooperated with the Baptist State Conven­tion and maintained Macon County High School. The original terri­tory covered by the Tuckaseigee Association extended from Madison County, North Carolina, to Rabun County, Georgia.

A long roll of ministers have preached the Gospel of Christ and served as pastors (under-shepherds) of the flocks in this area. The following roll will suffice to illustrate the point:

l.Joshua Ammons - 2/14/1800 - 9/27/1877 2. Young Ammons - ca. 1802-1803 - 1884 3.James Blythe - 11/28/1808 - 12/14/1897 4. Elias D. Brendle - 6/30/1814 - 12/17/1886 5. Bailey Bruce - 12/26/1813 - 5/3/1886 6.Joseph Byers - ca. 1785 - After 1835 7.John Coffee ­8. Adam Corn ­9. Alfred Corn ­

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12/18/1813 - 1/2/1875 11. William Crawford - 1810 - 11 /2 7/1879 12. David Elder - ca. 1790 - 1854 13.Josiah Galloway - 4/26/1829 - 4/17/1899? 14. Samuel Gibson - 8/15/1794 - 6/16/1878

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Brown, Wm. Albert Gallatin (b. May 25,1830 - d. Aug. 23,1906) Buried: Fair View, N.C. Ordained:

Brevard,James A. (b. 1815 - d. 1875 (I880?]) Buried: Georgia Ordained:

Bruce, Bailey (b. Dec. 26, 1813 - d. May 3,1886) Buried: Ala. - DekaJb Co. Ordained: New Bethany, N.C. (Ruth. Co.)

Byers, Joseph (b. 1786 - d. After 1835) Buried: Ga. Ordained: Mud Creek, 1805

Cantrell, Jacob (b. 1780 - d. Before Aug. 1854) Buried: Georgia Ordained: 1830 - Ebenezer

Carter, Joseph E. (b. Feb. 6, 1836 - d. Feb. 24,1889) Buried: Murfreesboro Ordained: 6/30/1861

Capps, Matthew (b. 1800 - d. 1867) Buried: Capps Cem'y. - Hend. Co. Ordained: Holly Spgs., S.C., 1834

Chadwick, Lazarus (b_ 1794 - d. After 1850) Buried: in Ga. Ordained: Mud Creek, 1832

Corn, Adam (b. May 3, 1783 - d. Sept. 19,1881) Buried: Hiwassee, Ga. Ordained: Mud Creek, 1818

Corn, Adam Jefferson (b.June 6,1827 - d.July 18,1899) Buried: Little River Ordained: Friendship, Polk Co.

V" Corn, John (b. Oct. 18, 1813 - d.Jan. 3,1875) Buried: Hiwassee, Ga. Ordained: Macedonia Ch., Ga.

Corn, Noah P. (b.Jan. 25, 1802 - d. Oct. 9,1874) Buried: Ebenezer Ordained: Ebenezer, Aug. 30,1839

Corn, Noah W. (b.Jan. 12, 1840 - d. May 22,1917) Buried: Green River Ordained:

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among them was Shady Grove and Shooting Creek churches, but they went off by and by. So the Association now (1927) has only the churches of Towns County, Ga. I have searched through the minutes for an old account of the passing away of our great preachers. I find only two. That of Elder John Com (b. Oct. 18, 1813 . d. Jan. 3, 1875) will be found in the Minutes of the 26th session, and Elder Elisha Hedden's (b. Feb. 2, 1814 . d. Aug. 23, 1900) in the 51st session, held at Shooting Creek in the year 1900. I was very anxious to find the minutes that recorded the passing of Elders Joseph Burch, Elijah Kimsey, and Adam Corn but I could not."

Among the pioneer Baptist Ministers in the area of the Hiwassee Association was Elder Adam Corn, who was born in Virginia May 2, 1783 and died at Hiwassee, Georgia September 18, 1871. He is buried at Bell Creek Cemetery, about 3 miles northwest of Hiwassee. His marker reports that he spent 70 years in the Christian ministry. He was the oldest child of the 15 children, 10 sons and 5 daughters, of John Peter Corn (b. Mar. 12, 1751 . d. Oct. 14, 1843) and Elizabeth Parr Corn (b. June 16, 1764 . d. March 16, 1853). John Peter Corn was a Revolutionary soldier under George Washington in Virginia. Adam Corn married Hannah Heatherly about the year 1812. She ~as bornabout 1792 and died February 8, 1859. To them

--"7 were born seven children: .J.2!;.n, Alfred, Silas Andrew, Jesse, Jane, / Posey and Jacob Corn. .J4

Adam Corn was ordained by the Mud Creek Baptist Church, now located in Henderson County, N.C., in September 1818. The Presby. tery consisted of Elders Benjamin King, Jeremiah Taylor, and William Kimsey. Adam Com, Joseph Byers, and Humphrey Posey led in the constitution of the First Baptist Church in Waynesville, N.C. in the year 1822. On Saturday, May 4, 1822, Adam Corn and Stephen Vlhite led in the constitution of the First Baptist Church in Franklin, N.C., with 13 females and 7 males as charter members. On November 21, 1821, Elders Adam Corn and Joseph Byers, from the Crab Tree Church in Haywood County (constituted in 1814), served as the Presbytery in the constitution of the Unity (now Cullowhee First Baptist) Church with 10 charter members. These members had been regularly dismissed by the Locust Old Fields (First Church Canton) to become a constituted church. From the day of its constitution until December 7, 1839, Adam Corn served as pastor of the Unity (Cullowhee) Baptist Church, a period of 18 years. He then removed with his family to Hiwassee, Union County, Ga., where he with members of his family and other friends consti· tuted the Macedonia Baptist Church. In 1850 his son, Elder John Corn was pastor of this church with 112 members. At the same time he was serving as Moderator of the Hiwassee Baptist Association.

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Adam's sons, John and Alfred, both became very useful Baptist ministers. Elder John Corn was serving a term in the Georgia State Legislature at the time of his death on January 3, 1875. He had served a year as Captain in the Confederate Army. John Corn re­signed his Captaincy and his young son, John Heatherly Corn, only 18 years of age, volunteered for the Confederate Army and served for the duration of the war. Alfred Corn served as pastor of many churches, and for a long period was a Missionary to the Cherokee Indians. On November 6, 1829, Adam Corn and others led in the formation of the Tuckasiege Association made up of the following churches: (i) Locust Old Field (Canton First), (ii) Waynesville, (iii) Cullowhee, (iv) Mt. Zion, (v) Cowee, (vi) Franklin First, and (vii) Head of Tennessee (Dillard, Ga.). He served as the first Modera­tor. David Elder was Clerk. On June 6, 1836, the Lufty Baptist Church was constituted at the house of Dr. John Mingus (near the Cherokee Reservation) by Elders Adam Corn and David Elder. The following persons made up the charter membership.

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1. Robert Collins - Deacon 1. Sophia Mingus 2. Ephraim Mingus - Deacon 2. Sarah Mingus 3. Jacob Mingus 3. Rebecca Mingus 4. Abraham Mingus, Sr. 4. Elizabeth Collins 5. John Beck 5.Jane Beck 6. Jacob Beck 6. Cynthia Beck 7. Samuel Beck 7. Susannah Watson 8. Samuel Conner 8. Nancy Conner 9.John Watson 9. Massey Conner

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Every place he travelled it seems that a new Baptist Church sprang up in the wake of his footsteps. On August 6, 1836, by order of the First Baptist Church, Franklin, N.C., Brother Joshua Ammons (1800-1877) was set apart to the work of the Gospel Ministry_ Elders Adam Corn, Benjamin Stiles, George F. Cailor, and James Kimzey made up the ordaining council. Adam Corn was an active member of the Western North Carolina Baptist Convention from the year of its formation in 1845 until his death in 1871.

Beginning on Monday, Sepfember 15, 1860, and extending through Wednesday, November 7, 1860, a Protracted Meeting was in progress with Ebenezer Baptist Church of Henderson County, N.C. Elder Adam Corn (from Hiwassee, Georgia) did most of the preaching, d.uring which period 46 people made professions of faith in Christ Jesus as Saviour. Of these 11 bore the name Corn. These results must have brought great joy to the heart of the aged mountain preacher then about 77 ye3.rs of age. Mud Creek and Ebenezer