William Smith states that Orson Hyde ordained William McCary.
"O. Hyde's Slanders," Melchizedek and Aaronic Herald (February 1850): 1
No man that we know of in these parts has fewer friends or is less deserving of friends. Mr. Hyde's ordination of the Lamanite prophet, alias, the Negro Christ Adam, &c., the marriage of this black Adam with his white Eve, alias--Virgin Mary is well understood here. Can Mr. Hyde tell how many wives this negro has altogether black and white?