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THE Annual Minutes of the Conferences of the MethoMethodism •;. in this country derive much satisfaction from perusing these documents; and, as a source of authentic information respecting many things connected with the history, polity, and usages of the church, they are inJispensabh~. But being published in pamphlet form, they are liable to be lost ; anJ it requires no small trouble, when a. consecutive series is needed for any purpose, to procure one. For these reasons the idea of publishing them in a v<>lume was early conceived by John Dickins, first book agent in this country, who, in 1794, issued a volume embracing all the Minutes from the commencement of Methodism in America, a period of about twenty-one or twenty-two years. In 1813 a volume was published by D. Hitt and 'f. Ware, book agents. But this work is out of print, and the de&ire of many to have the whole from the commencement to the present period seems to call for the publication now offered. In addition to the benefit of having at hand a work of reference to which resort may be had for.settling any disputed or doubtful question relating to the statistics of the church, the volume now offered to the public may be recom· mended as a useful reading book. The biographical sketches of deceased preachers, of which there are many in the work, are highly interesting, and cannot, we think, be read without profit. The readers of the Minutes should bear in mind, that they are dated, seve­ rally, at the time of their publication ; and the matters recorded in each relate to the year closing at that period. This is necessary to a\·oid mistakes in regard to dates. Minutes for 1802. 101

~NEw-LoNDON D1sT. John Brodhead, P. PaoVINCE OF MAINE D1sT. Ralplt Willis- Elder. ton, P. Elder. Tolland, Augustus Jocelyn, Henry Eames. Portland, Reuben Hubbard. New-London and Pomfret, Peter Vannest, Readfield, Asa Heath, Oliver Deale. Phinehas Peck, James Annis. llath an

Landaff, Elijah H. Sabin, Nathan Felch. Bethel, John Gove...... _ - ·' Barnard, Joseph Crawford. Quest. Wltere and when shall ou1· ne:rt ' 14. ' ·~ BosTON D1sT. Joslttta Taylor, P. Elder. Conferences be held l ' ,f .. . Nantucket, J oshna \,Yells. I. Kentucky Conference, in Tennessee, Provincetown, Solomon Langdon. at Ebenezer, Oct. 1, 1801. Sandwich, Joshua Soule. 2. South Carolina Conference, at Cam­ Warren, Greenwich, and Rhode Island, den, Jan. I, 1802. John Finnegan, Daniel Fidler. 3. Virginia Conference, at Salem, in Needham, Joseph Snelling. Mecklenburg county, March 1, 1802. Hoston, Lynn, and Marblehead, George 4. Baltimore Conference, April 1, 1802. Pickering, Thos. F. Sargent, to change 5. Philadelphia Con., May l, 1802. every two weeks. 6. New-York Con., June I, 1802. Merrimack, Daniel \V ebb. 7. New-England Con., at Monmouth, Hawke, John Merrick. Province of Maine, July I, 1802.

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TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, J'OR THE YEAR 1802. t. . £ Quest. 1. 'H'lw are admitted on trial 1 hanks, D:ivid Batchelor, Philip Mun11er, John A. Grenade, Meshach Boyce, Nehemiah Coye, Nathan Bangs, D:rn Hu~h Porter, James Hill, Samuel Mills, Perry, Thomas Madden, Allen H. Cobb, William Johnson, James Smith, David Samuel Hillman, Daniel Ricker, Daniel B. Mintz, Robert Carter, l<"'ielder Parker, Jones-67 . .,/ Frederick Stier, .T o_se~ Toy, \Villiam ' Quest. 2. 'H'ho remain on trial J Ryland, Joseph trays, Wnham Sted, Benjamin Young, \Villiam Marsh, Tho- Leonard Cassell, J nemiah Browning, mas Darley, James H. Mellard, Benjamin Thomas Church, Lewis Sutton, Thomas Jones, \Vm. Jones, Joah \Vatson, James Doxey, Christopher Fr)'e, Robert R. Ro- Chappell, \Villiam Hubbard, Thomas L. berts, John '\Valker, \Villiam Smith, So- Douglass, Banks M. Burrough, Lewis )omon Covington, Samuel Howe, Frede- Taylor, David M. Hume, Jesse Coe, Ed­ rick Woodward, J ost>ph Willis, Andrew ward Whittle, George A.skin, John Kewly, M'Kain, Ebenezer '\Vhite, John Billing-s, Noah Fidler, Joseph Chieuvront, Asa Sharon Booth, Hugh M'Curdy, Elias Shinn, Joseph Hall, Henry Boehm, Zenas Vamlerlip, Stephen G. '\\"''hitehead, 'rhos. Covel, Henry Clark, David Best, Benja­ Stratton, John Bethell, Samuel Budd, min Iliff, James Aikins, Griffin Sweet, Jame1 Lewis, Thomas Aclams, John Alexander Morton, Matthew Vanduzan, Hasselkus, Thomas Skeel, Thomas Rav- Josiah \Vilkinson, Moses l\forg-an, Sam'l lin, Thomas Carpenter, Samuel Gorsline, Rose, James Polemus, John \Viltbank, Joel Wicker, George Dougharty, Nehe- \Yilliam Brandon, Asa Smith, Isaac Can­ miah U. Tompkins, Svlvester Foster, dee, Oliver Hall, Phinehas Peck, Ebene­ Francis Ward, Edwitni ·Matthews, Paul zer \Vashhurn, Elijah \Vard, J as. Annis, .:·. ~ Dustin, 'Villiam Goodhue, Asa Pattie, Samuel Draper, Elijah Hedding, Luman ;... r.. -t Alfred Metcalf, Asa Kent, Orin Fair- Andrus, Martin Ruter, Laban Clark, ~} t •~ 1' •

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Joshua Crowell, Seth Crowell, Nathan thress Thoma& N clson, John Harper, Felch, Thos. Branch, Oliver Beale-53. Samu~! Cowles, Tobias Gibson, James Quest. 3. Who are admitted into full con- Jenkin, Moses Black, Samuel Ansley, nection 1 Stith Mead, JosiaS" Randle, Coleman Ezekiel Burdine, John Campbell, lsaa.e Carlisle,• Thomas l\lilligan, • Hanover Donnan,* Thomas Shaw,• George Dough­ Cook Levi Garrison, Jeremiah Russell, ( Budd~ W. \Vheeler, John Cox, James arty,• Wm.Gassaway,•LlewellU. Evans,• Jesse Lee, Philip Bruce, Jonathan Jack­ 1 Hunt; Samuel Garrard, John Gamewell, J, William Davis, Daniel Ross, Thomas son, J a.mes Douthet, Lawrence l\Iansfield, \.Yilliam Ormond, John Buxton, Samuel 1 Fletche.r, John Ellis, \Villiam Knox, Isaac {. Robbins, Joseph Shane, Louth er Taylor, S. Steward, Sjlllluel Risher, Daniel Hall, Joseph Moore, John \Yest, Hu_mphrey I Daniel R yan1 Learner Blackman, Joseph b Osburn, Gideon A. Knowlton, Jacob Gru­ \Vood \\'-illiam Kenyon, Benjamm Mat­ ber, George Armstrong, Sm,ith ArnoJ_d, thew.,' James Patterson, John King, Na­ thanie1l Walker, Christopher S. Mooring, Richard Lyon, Alexander M Lane, \"\ ~­ liam Anson, Daniel Pickett, Caleb Morns, Joseph Dunn,• Daniel Asbury, 1,'ho1!1as Henry Ryan, Henry Eames, Samuel Mer­ Mann,Joseph Pinnell, Alexande_r M Came, win, Solomon Langdon, John Gove, Jo­ John Philips, Solomon Harris, Joseph seph Baker-36. Stone, John Cullison, \Villiam \Vatters, \Vilson Lee, John Simmons, Lasley Mat­ Quest. 4. Who are the deacons J thews, Nathaniel B. Mills, Joh~ Blo~d­ Those with this mark( ... ) were ordained this good Thornton Fleming, Daniel H1tt, year. Geo;ge Roberts, Lawrence M'Combs, Benj. Lakin, Ezekiel Burdine, Lewis James Ward, Thomas Lyell, Seely Bunn, Hunt, Lewis Myers, \Villiam \Vest, Zach­ Joseph Rowen, Thomas. Lucas, __ J~mes ariah Maddox, Britton Capel, John Gar­ Paynter, Rezin Cash, Curtis "ilhams, vin, Moses Matthews, John Campbell,• Hamilton Jefferson, Edmund 'Vayman, Isaac Cook,* Levi Garrison,• Jeremiah Benjamin Essex, John Pitts, J uhn Potts, Russell,* Buddy \V. \\'~ heeler,* \Villiam David Stevens, Nicholas \Yatters, Henry Avant,• John Cox,• James Hunt,* Samuel Willis, Jonathan Forrest, J a.mes Smith, Garrard,* John Gamewell,• William Da­ James Hunter, Nicholas Snethen, John vis,• Daniel Ross,• Jeremiah King, Ben­ Smith, 'Vm. M'Lenahan, Richard Swain, net Kendrick, N 'lthan Jarrett, John Moore, Thomas \Vare, \Villiam Colbert, Robert \Villiain Algood, James Denton, Billy M'Coy 'Vm. Hunter, Rob't Sparks, Solo­ Corr, John Ellis,• William Knox,• Isaac mon Sharp, Joseph Totten, \Y m. Bishop, Robbins,• Joseph Shane,• Joseph Chieu­ Anthony Turck, Caleb Kendall, Daniel vront, Peter B. Davis,• James Quinn, High\·, Johnson Dunham, John Leach, Joseph Tov, Nathan Swain, \Villiam Mills, Thori'ias Dodson, \Villiam P. Chandler, Barzillai \\Tilly, David Dunham, Edward Thomas Jones, \Valter Fountain, David Larkins, Benjamin Bidlack, David James, Bartine, Samuel Coate, John Robinson, James Herron, \Villiam Early, Gamaliel James Moore, Daniel Crouch, Stephen Baily, Louther Taylor,• Daniel Ryan,• Timmons, Anning Owen, Sam'l Thomas, Learner Blackman,• Caleb Morris,• Jo­ James Lattomus, Archibald Foster, Rich­ seph Osburn,• Gideon A. Knowlton,• Ja­ ard Sneath, Thomas Everard, Thomas cob Gruber,*' George Armstrong,• Smith Morrell, Thos. \Yoolsey, Joseph Everett, Arnold,*' Richard Lyon,• \Villiam Anson,• Ezekiel Cooper, Ephraim Chambers, Jona­ Daniel Pickett,• Henry Ryan,• Samuel than Newman, Christopher Spry, Elijah Merwin,• Caleb Morris,• Henry Eames,• \Voolsey, Cyrus Stebbins, Thomas Jaefc. Reuben Jones, Elijah Chichester, Joshua. son, :Matthias Swaim, George Moore, Soule Nathan Emorv, Solomon Lang­ Smith \Veeks, \Vm. Vredenburgh,• Jesse don,• 'John Gove,• Joseph Baker*'-69. Justice,* Thomas Smith,• Joseph Jewell, Quest. 5. Who are the elders J Joseph Sawyer, Sylva.nus Keeler, John Those marked thus (*)have been ordained Nichols, Joseph Crawford, El>enezer Ste­ this year. -rens, Peter V a.nnest, ,,-illia.m Thacher, William M'Kendree, Thomas 'Vilker­ AuD"ustus Jocelyn, John \Vilson, "F'reeborn son, John Watson, John Page, Samuel Ga;rettson, John M'Cla.skt>y, Sylvester Douthet \Villiam Burke, John Sale, He­ Hutchinson, David Buck. James Camp­ zekiah Harriman, Henry Smith, Lewis bell, David Brown, Peter Jayne, Peter Garrett, James Hunter, Franciss Poy- Moriarty, Aaron Hunt, James Coleman, Minutes for 1802. 103

Roger Searle, Ez~kiel Canfield, Michael Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Coate, Joseph Mitchell, Shadrach Bost­ Great Pee Dec Frederick 520 224 wick, John Brodhead, Daniel Brumly, and George­ Calvert 430 1182 town 265 444 Annapolis 133 207 Daniel Ostrander, Timothy Dewy, Tho­ Banks and Baltimorecity 814 432 mas F. Sargent, J ushua \V ells, Daniel Mattamus­ Fell's Point 249 93 Fidler, Elijah Batchelor,• Truman Bish­ keet 453 5 Baltimorecir.1081 233 op,• Abner Wood,• Billy Hibbard, John Bertie 360 201 Harford 556 224 Finnegan, George Pickering, Joshua Tay­ Bladen 513 217 Cecil 787 460 Camden 365 500 Kent 390 424 lor, Ralph Williston, Aaron Humphrey, Caswell 465 59 Queen Ann's 630 460 Timothy Merritt, Joseph Snelling, Com­ Contentney 102 11 Talbot 1139 912 for' C. Smith,• Daniel Webb,• Reuben Goshen 2:l5 3 Dorchester 657 592 ' f Hubbard,• Asa Heath,• Epaphras Kib­ Guilford 615 25 Somerset 985 416 Haw River 288 52 Annamessex 163 200 by•-1s2. Morganton 220 16 St. Martin's 726 487 Quest. 6. Who are the bishops 1 Newbern 308 242 Caroline 658 220 Pamlico and Bristol 208 12 Thomas Coke, Francis Asbury, Rich­ Roanoke 410 273 Chester and ard Whateoat-3. Salisbury 36i 32 Strasburg 504 32 Swanino 93 Northumber· Quest. 7. Who are under a location Tar River 497 72 land 175 through weakness of body or family con­ Union 500 77 Philadelphia 721 456 cerns 1 Wilmington 56 376 Academy 102 Yadkin 441 16 Tioga 185 Jeremiah Norman, Pemberton Smith, Russell 151 16 Unidilla 125 William Brittain, William Atwood, Isaac New-River 117 27 Wyoming 315 3 Lunsford, Nathaniel Greaves,Jesse Stone­ Amelia 515 70 Dauphin 97 man, Thomas Daughaday-8. Amherst 308 93 Dover 1407 824 Be

Whites. Col. Woodstock 83 Ogeechee, James II. Mellard. Wilbraham 105 Barnard 161 Augusta, Levi Garrison. . Granville 234 Rhode Island, Little River, Josias Randle, Briton Ca~l. I Boston 60 6 Greenwich, ( Lynn 82 and Warren 306 6 Broad River, Thomas Milligan, Jeremiah Marblehead 36 Falmouth 139 Russell. 1 Merrimack 46 Poland 101 St:LEUDA DIST. Geo.Dougharty,P. Elder. I Needham 155 Bethel 50 Broad River, Lewis Myers, Buddy W. ,. ( Jllantucket 84 l Readfield 327 · ~ } Province- N orridgwock 1iO Wheeler. ••:, town 127 Hallowell 100 Seleuda, Coleman Carlisle, Meshach 1 Sandwich 60 Bath 28 l lr \ Boyce. . :~ Chesterfield 205 Union 169 Bush River and Keewee, Zachariah Mad­ ( Landaff 164 Penobscot 232 .~ f Hanover 258 Union River 98 dox, James Hill, William Avant. • Hawke 38 Niagara and Edisto and Orangeburg, Hanover Don­ .',1 Bridgewater 10 Lon~ Point 620 nan 'rhos. Darley, Hugh Porter. Brandon 290 2 Bay (.,tuintie I Vergennes 187 and Home Charl~ston, John Garvin, Benj. Jones. Fletcher 418 2 District 525 6 CAMDEN D1sT. James Jenkin, P. Elder. I Lunenburg 58 Oswegotchie 300 4 Union, Samuel Ansley. l Whitingham 200 1 Ottawha 47 · Santee and Catawba, William Gassaway, 1 Athens 132 Vershire 395 6807518659 William Jones. Wethersfield 186 2 Little Pee Dee and Anson, Thos. Nelson, '1 Total whites and coloured 86734 William West. Total for the year 1801 was • • - • 72874 Great Pee Dee, Thomas Shaw. Georgetown, Llewellin Evans. Increase this year 13860 Bladen, Moses Matthews, Samuel Mills. Preachers 358. Quest. 13. Where are the preachers sta­ VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. tioned this year J SALISBURY D1sT. Jas. Douthet, P. Elder. Caswell, Joseph Pinnell. Thomas Coke, Francis Asbury, and Guilford, John Moore. Richard Wha.tcoat, are elected by the Franklin, J as. Patterson, Wm. Joh11son. General Conference to superintend the Morganton, \Vi!Jiam Davis. Methodist Episcopal Church in America. Swanino, Thomas L. Douglass. Thomas Coke, by consent of the Gene­ Salisbury, William Ormond. ral Conference, is in Europe. Yadkin, Daniel Asbury, Thos. Fletcher. WESTERN CONFERENCE. · Haw River, \Yilliam Algood. KENTUCKY D1sT. WilliamM'Kendree, P. NEWBERN D1sT. Jonathan Jaclr.sm, P. Elder. Elder. Natchez, Tobias Gibson. \Vilmington, Bennet Kendrick. Scioto and Miami, Benjamin Young, Eli· Newbern, Samuel Hisher. sha lrV. Bowman. Goshen, John Gamewell. Limestone, Henry Smith,. Lewis Hunt. Contentney, James Chappell. Hinkstone, Benjamin Lakin. Pamlico, Christopher S. Mooring. Lexinoton, 'Vm. Burke, Lewis Garrett. Roanoke, Samuel Garrard. Danviile, John Sale, \Yilliam Marsh. Tar River, Benj. Matthews, Jas. Hunt. Salt River, Hezekiah Harriman. Mattamuskeet and Banks, John Ellis. Shelby, Gabriel lrVoodfilJ. Cumberland, John Page, Thos. Wilkerson. NoRFOLK D1sT. Jesse Le~. P. Elder. Cumberland, Daniel Ross, Lewis Taylor. HoLSTON D1sT. John Wat.son, P. Elder. Brunswick, Nathaniel \Valker, Banks M. Green, Moses Floyd, John A. Grenade. Burrough. . Holston, Samuel Douthet. Greensville, Joseph Moore, Dav1J M. Russell, James Hunter, six months, L. Hume. Blackman. MecklenburO', Samnel S. Steward. New-River, Ezekiel Burdine, Louther Sussex, Th~mas Mann, John King. Taylor. Amelia, James Denton, J oab Watson. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Bertie, Humphrey \Vood. GEORGIA D1sT. Stith Mead, P. Elder. Portsmouth, \Villiarn Hubbard. Appalachee, Isaac Cook. • Camden, James Smith. Oconee, Samuel Cowles, Moses Black. Norfolk, Lawrence Mansfield, to change St. Mary's, John Cantpbell. quarterly. Afinutes for 1802. 105

Portsmouth, John Buxton, to change quar- Milford, Rich'd Sneath, Joseph Aydelott. terlv. llroadkiln, David Best, Samuel Budd. RICHMOND D1sT. Philip Bruce, P. Elder. Somerset, Geo. Armstrong, Rich'd Lyon. Greenbrier, Josiah Philips. Annamessex, Davi

' Cayuga, Joseph Willis, Matthew Van- CA.NADA D1ST. Joseph Jewell, P. Elder. duzan. Niagara, John Robinson, Daniel Pickett. Seneca, Smith Weeks, John Billings. Long Point, Thomas Madden. Tioga and Unidilla, Joseph Osburn, Sha- Bay Quintie and Home District, Joseph ron Booth. Sawyer, Peter Vannest, Nathan Bangs. Delaware, :\fatthias Swaim, S. G. White- Oswegotchie and Ottawha, S. Keeler, head. Seth Crowell, Nehemiah U. Tompkins.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. NEW-ENGLAND CO~FEREXCE. NEW-YORK DIST. Freeborn Garrettson, BosTON DIST. Joshua Taylor, P. Elder. P. Elder. Boston and Lynn, Thomas Lyell, John New-York, T. Morrell, T. F. Sargent,J. Bloodgood. Wilson. MarLlehead, Epaphras Kibby. L Brooklyn and Long Island, Peter Jayne, Provincetown, Edward \Yhittle. L David Buck, John Finnegan. Sandwich, David Batchelor. ~ New-Rochelle and Croton, \Vm. Thacher, Nantucket, Joseph Shane. \' Geo. Dougharty, Henry Cla.rke, Fran­ Greenwich and \Varren, Reuben Hub­ 1 cis Ward. bard, Caleb Morris, Allen H. Cobb. ~ Dutchess and Columbia, David Brown, Needham, Joshua Soule, Dan Perry. It Sylvester Foster, Billy Hibbard. Salisbury and Hawke, George Pickering, J Redding, J a.mes Coleman, Isaac Candee. Daniel Webb. SI Litchfield, James Campbell, Luman An­ East Kingston and Poplin, Thos. Ravlin, c drus. Orin Fairbank. f. Middletown, Abner Wood, James Annis. \I PITTSFIELD DIST. Shadrach Bostwick, P. MAINE D1sT. Ralph Williston, P. Elder. n Elder. Falmouth, Asa. Heath, Oliver Hall. I Pittsfield, Moses Morgan, Elias Van- Poland, Philip .Munger. ( derlip. Bethel, Daniel Jones. Adams, Samuel Merwin. Read.field, Josept1 Snelling, Samuel Hill­ Cambridge, Roger Searle, Smith Arnold. man. Brandon, Eben'r Stevens, Joshua Crowell. Hallowell, Comfort C. Smith, Aaron V1rgennes, Elijah Chichester. Humphrey. Fletcher, Henry Ryan, Elijah Hedding. Norri