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Gilmore, Thomas Griffin, Cornelia Griffin, Leonedus Griffin, John M. Boon, Harrison Harrison, F. B. Morrison, John R. Harmon, William W. Penington, William Harper, W. B. Harper, W. N. Straughn, T. Freddie Johnson, Graham Johnson, P. M. Johnson, Freddy Tilley, C. T. Johnson, C. M. Clegg, Joseph Hannock, C. J. Petty, Mary Petty, Claudius Gilmore, Savannah Williams, Betty Petty, Emma Tilly, Viola Tilly, Fannie Tilly, Martha Pendergrass, Mattie Gilmore, George Harmon, Mary Harmon, Edward Gilmore, Albert Manfield, Alexander Jones, Emily J. Williams, Isaac N. Petty, Fratis B. Petty, Everett Petty.
Now comes Christmas of 1881, with a tree all dressed in the north-east corner, or the women’s Amen corner, John A. Hornaday, leader. The names of the scholars: First, L. Clegg, C. M. Clegg, C. J. Petty, Samuel Hunt, Robert L. Hornaday, Freddy Johnson, Savannah Williams, Thomas C. Cox, W. B. Harper, Joseph Harmon, Mary Harmon, Henry C. Crutchfield, Annie Hunt, Andrew N. Hunt, Viola Tilly, Bettie Petty, Adellade Ellis, Mattie Tilly, Annie Tilly, Lillie Harmon, Bettie G. Harmon.
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CHAPTER IX
INCIDENTS OF THE YEARS
While Gattis was pastor there was a great stir about tearing away the old church. Now we will tell about the moving of Mt. Zion, Chatham and Province to put all in one church on the road that led from Pittsboro to Haywood. Well, it was agreed to let each church have a right to have something to say. When it came to Mt. Zion, Gattis had a short sermon. It was allowed that members could have a say. He had talked himself and a few had said something. Mr. Gattis was for putting the three in one. Lucy Gean, one of the oldest members, asked permission to speak. It was given and she did. She said in one of her talks, that she would not ever give up for Mt. Zion to be torn down. “My father,” she said, “haulded with his wagon and team the first sills and sleepers to start the foundation of this church, and my father and mother never failed to help support it in any way, and both of their bodies are resting in this sacred ground. I will never give up.” Addie Clegg sat behind Lucy and more than once would say, “Talk on Lucy, I am to your back if I cannot talk, I am with you, and if they tear
