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William Elder, Sr.

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Around 1743, William Elder, Sr., named this land Mount Saint Mary's and established his home, Pleasant Level, and the Elder Cemetery on the plain below. On October 24, 1793, his family deeded this mountain land for a church, in respect for the living God and in honor of their Elder forebears.
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