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CHEROKEE MISSIONS NO. 2. .“ t \. N-.l ' BlJ ... - - • \ I 1-BY ItKV. A. T. OlIAMUISUUN. i |aiVillov. Gideon Blackburn, D. D., L|1(the tirsi Presbyterian missionary afc, among the CherOl cos, 1 oi’ii in Aligns- on ta county, Virginia, August 27, | rn 1772; . Was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Arbingdon, iii ,P7^2r-and—ordained by the same# - • iteirtIH)1Presbytery in 1794;y/'Aeeernpfltry mg a band* of—solcl i e r s 1sent to Te-cnfbi;ce several of the I ^ forts in East Tennessee, lie located. z » j . ' f * ■'* vnear lt;*»c on the present site ofM , , ..... r-r ■**«lt;*Ma /vdle in.Blount cm nty, and or- 1 ganizc'lya - church therl, ii$ several l)‘others in that vicinity. Soon hie at- ottention was drawn tlt; the Cherokoes, their neighbors, and vigor its, and ’ syi^ia^^dl'01-1? were commencedto evangel ize tliem. pIn 181© lie was a mqin.her of the clt;V ' ' I INGeneral, \sserelfly of the Presbyte-■ . •rian church, irom the Union Pres-' . 4__ I '.'I £ ^tcryjof -Kaat..*rmnic.ss.ee-tlicyo--1 lilt;: -Uwa jfppbinJAMl. to labor as a mission- r! lt;ai-y among the Cherokoes. , I ^lie established a Siohool on 1110 °i). * * e0 nAi-h1nnjwasseo river, and as early art 1806 Lvhad established a sdeond. • Klt;J VIn 1807 ho made a tour through Ulthe nor thorn rtltites, aud coUeoled j j* * I *■’’ *- I$5,250 in aid -of-i. his missionary jj§schools, besides a quantity of booksand clothing. ” PIn? 1808 ho made a tour of six c• -• - • ' Ioeks through, the Clierokee Nation, 11.7 .. . CT , 9 ‘ \{ind again in 1809 one of twelve j (weeks*- T*'• • i
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Indian Record
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Jul 01, 1886
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