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100 Mr. AdrewAndrew [sic] McClure. It was ordered that both calls be presented to Mr. McClure. He accepted the one from Roan-Oak, The congregation of the north and south forks of Roan-Oak having signified their earnest desire to have Mr. McClure ordained as soon as conveniency would admit, Rev., 22:4 was assigned him for his trial sermon."

"The first church in Bourbon County was Presbyterian, organized in 1787 at Paris by Rev. Andrew McClure, who had been preaching in the place occasionally for three years."—Collins' Vol. II, p. 72.

He was present, a charter member, and the first clerk of Transylvania Presbytery, the first Presbytery of Kentucky, organized in the court house at Danville, Ky., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1786. See Collins', Vol. II, p. 457, and Minutes of Transylvania, Vol. I, p. 96.

In the minutes of the meeting of October 1, 1793, held at Cane Run Church, we find, "The Rev. Andrew McClure departed this life Aug. 25, 1793, in the 12th year of his ministry and the 39th of his age."

He was buried in Paris, Ky.; his grave unmarked.

In a family Bible, now owned by Mr. Edward Frazer, Lexington, Ky., we find the following:


 * "Commencement of matrimony August 29th, 1782, between And. McClure and Rebeckah Allen.
 * James Allen McClure was born Nov. 20th, 1783.
 * Eleanor Wright McClure was born November 25th, 1785.
 * Polly McClure was born January 5th, 1788.
 * Andrew McClure was born Sept. 5th, 1790."

His wife, Rebeccah Allen, was a daughter of James and Mary Allen, of Augusta Co., and is mentioned in his will written April 28, 1788. The other children were Margaret Bell, Agnes Shields, Elizabeth McNair, Mary, Francis and James Allen, Jr.

In Dr. Jos. A. Waddell's Address at the 150th Anniversary of Augusta Stone Church Oct. 18, 1899, we read:

"One of the first elders was Captain James Allen, who lived near the place called Willow Spout. The earliest