Carter County, Tennessee Church Histories Members of the first Presbyterian church in Elizabethton The first Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton was organized in 1825 by Rev. L. G. Bell. Members of the first congregation were: Alfred M. CARTER Benjamin BREWER Mary C. TAYLOR Elizabeth SMITH Ruth McLEOD Elizabeth BLAIR Evaline B. CARTER Sarah S. BREWER William D. JONES A. L. JONES Mary TAYLOR Mary A. TIPTON William MITCHELL Margaret BLAIR Ann L. McLIN Isaac TAYLOR James TAYLOR