Andrew Erwin

"He is the man to whom Bishop Asbury referred as 'chief man.' He was born in Virginia about 1773 and died near the War Trace in Bedford county, Tenn. in 1833.  When seventeen years old he entered the employment of the late James Patton, afterwards becoming his partner as inn-keeper and merchant at Wilkesborough.  In 1800-01 he was a member of the House of Commons from Wilkes.  He was Asheville's first postmaster.  In 1814 he moved to Augusta, Ga." (1914. Arthur, John. Western North Carolina: A History..., p.153.)