About 1758 he began to preach at the "Barbacue Church,"--the building not erected until about the year 1765. It was at this church where Flora MacDonald worshipped. The first elders of this church were Gilbert Clark, Duncan Buie, Archibald Buie, and Donald Cameron. [Illustration: BARBACUE CHURCH, WHERE FLORA MACDONALD WORSHIPPED.] Another of the preaching stations was at a place now known as "Long Street." The building was erected about 1766. The first elders were Malcolm Smith, Archibald McKay and Archibald Ray. There came, in the same ship, from Scotland, with Reverend John McLeod, a large number of Highland families, all of whom settled upon the upper and lower Little Rivers, in Cumberland county. After several years' labor, proving himself a man of genuine piety, great worth, and popular eloquence, he left America, with a view of returning to his native land; having never been heard of afterwards, it was thought that he found a watery grave. With the exception of the Reverend John McLeod, it is not known that Reverend James Campbell had any ministerial brother residing in Cumberland or the adjoining counties, who could assist him in preaching to the Gaels. Although McAden preached in Duplin county, he was unable to render assistance because he was unfamiliar with the language of the Highlanders. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 21: North Carolina Colonial Records, Vol. IV, p. 931.] [Footnote 22: _Ibid_, p. 447.] [Footnote 23: _Ibid_, p. 490.] [Footnote 24: _Ibid_, p. 533.] [Footnote 25: _Ibid_, p.453.] [Footnote 26: See Appendix, Note C.] [Footnote 27: _Ibid_, Vol. VIII. p. 708.] [Footnote 28: _Ibid_, Vol. IX. p. 79.] [Footnote 29: _Ibid_, p. 544.] [Footnote 30: _Ibid_, Vol. VIII, p. XXIII.] [Footnote 31: _Ibid_, Vol. X. p. 577.] [Footnote 32: _Ibid_, p. 173.] [Footnote 33: See Appendix, Note D.] [Footnote 34: _Ibid_, p. 45.] [Footnote 35: _Ibid_, p. 325.] [Footnote 36: _Ibid_, p. 190.] [Footnote 37: _Ibid_, p. 266.] [Footnote 38: _Ibid_, p. 326.] [Footnote 39: _Ibid_, p. 595.] [Footnote 40: _Ibid_, Vol. XI. p. 403.] [Footnote 41: _Ibid_, p. 324.] [Footnote 42: American Archives, 4th Series, Vol. IV, p. 84.] [Footnote 43: See Appendix, Note E.] [Footnote 44: North Carolina Colonial Records, Vol. X, p. 65.] [Footnote 45: _Ibid_, p, 117.] [Footnote 46: American Archives, 4th Series, Vol. IV. p, 981] [Footnote 47: _Ibid_, p, 982.] [Footnote 48: _Ibid_, p. 983.] [Footnote 49: _Ibid_, p. 1129.] [Footnote 50: N.C. Colonial Records, Vol. XI, pp. 276-279.] [Footnote 51: _Ibid_, Vol. X, p. 485.] [Footnote 52: _Ibid_, pp. 594-603.] [Footnote 53: See Appendix, Note H.] [Footnote 54: _Ibid_, Vol. XI. p. 294.] [Footnote 55: _Ibid_, Vol. X. p. 743.] [Footnote 56: American Archives, Fourth Series, Vol. V, p. 69.] [Footnote 57: _Ibid_, Vol. V, p. 1317.] [Footnote 58: _Ibid_, p. 1320.] [Footnote 59: _Ibid_, Vol. VI, p. 663.] [Footnote 60: _Ibid_, p. 613.] [Footnote 61: _Ibid_, Fifth Series, Vol. II. p. 1330.]