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MINUTES

OF THE

ANNUAL CONFERENCES

OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN

FOR THE YEARS

1773-1 828.

VOLUME I.

NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY T. MASON AND G. LANE, FOR THE METHODIST EPI8COPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE OFFICE, 200 MULBERRY-STREEt.

J. Collord, Printer.

1840. Minutes for 1810. 175

Sandwich and Scituate, Joseph Snelling, Portland Dist. Joshua Soule, P. . Benjamin F. Lambord. Durham, J. H. Hardy, J. Spalding, R. New-Bedford, Nehcmiah Coye. Hays. Nantucket, Jordan Rexford. • Scarborough, Enoch Jaques Newport, Daniel Webb. Falmouth, Joel Winch. Bristol and Warren, Samuel Menem. Conway, Philip Ayer. Somerset, Levi Walker. Bethel, Joshua Randle. Easton and Norton, John Tinkham. Livermore, Charles Virgin. , Elijah R. Sahin, Philip Munger. Poland, Samuel Hillman. Portsmouth, John Brodhead, Alfred Met- Portland, Epaphras Kibby. calf, Isaac Scarrett. Kennebece Dist. Oliver Beale, P. Elder. New-London Dist. , Readfield, David Kilbourn. P. Elder. Norridgwock, Jonathan Chaney. Tolland, Benjamin P. Hill, Wm. Hinman. Hallowell, Ebenezer F. Newell. Ashburnham, David Carr, Robert Arnold. Vasselborough, John Wilkinson. Needham, Ben. R. Hoyt, Nathan Hill. Union, John Williamson, Benj. Jones. Providence and Smithfield, Greenleaf R. Boothbay, Caleb Fogg. Norris, Pliny Brett. Georgetown, Henry Hawkins. East Greenwich, Theophilus Smith. Industry, Isaiah Emerson. Pomfret, Isaac Bonny, Samuel Cutler. Orrington, Joseph Baker. New- London, Elisha Streeter, John Liud- Hamden, Zachariah Gibson. sey. Bristol, William Frost. Dist. Thomas Branch,F. Elder. Penobscot, David Stimson. Athens, Solomon Sias. \ Quest. 16. Wh?re and when shall our next Wethersfield, Samuel Thompson, Stephen Conferences be held ? Bailey. 1. Western Conference, , Barnard, Eleazar Wells. September 30, 1809. Vershire, Joel Steel. 2. Conference, Charles Barre, Warren Banister, George Gary. ton, December 23, 1809. Danville, Nathaniel W. Stearns. 3. Conference, Petersburg, Stanstead, Squire Streeter. February 8, 1810. New-Hampshire Dist. Martin Ruter, 4. Conference, Baltimore, P. Elder. March 9, 1810. v Grantham, Thomas Asbury, PaulDustin. 5. (inference, Easton, Canaan, Ebenezer Blake. Maryland, April 20, 1810. Bridgewater. Leonard Frost. 6. New- York Conference, Pittsfield, Pembroke, L-cims Bates. Mass., May 20, 1810. Tuftonborough, Benjamin , Amasa 7. New- Conference, Winches Taylor. ter, New-Hampshire, June 6, 1810. Rochester, Hezekiah Field. 8. Genesee Conference, [composed of Centre Harbour, Abner Clark. Susquehannah, Cayuga, Upper and Lower Landau*, Joseph Peck. Canada districts,] to meet at Lyons, On Lunenburg, Benjamin Merrill. tario county, New-York, July 20, 1810.

MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

FOR THE TEAR 1810.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial ? Brown, Samuel Heliums, Charles Holli- WESTERN CONFERENCE. day, Samuel H. Thompson — 11. James Finley, Henry M'Daniel, Thos. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Nelson, John Manley, Samuel , John Rye, Frederick D. Wimberly, Francis Travis, Alex'r Cummins, John Alexander Talley, Alex'r M. M'Ewen, 176 Minutes for 1810.

Thomas Griffin, Alberton Jones, John William S. Talley, Nathan Kimball, Jennings, John B. Glenn, Andrew Gram- Lewis Hobbs, Anthony Senter, Nicholas bling, John Tarrant, Michael Durr, Powers, Jacob Rumph, Michael Burdge, John S. Ford, John Webb, John S. Ca Thomas D. Glenn, John Henning, Jo pers, James Capers, Henry D. Green, seph Saltonstall, William Capers, Urban Duncan King, Drury Powell, Whiteman Cooper— 14. C. Hill— 19. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. , Joseph N. Kilpatrick, C. Bell, Blackburn, Ro Joseph Leroy Joel Burgess, Samuel Duty, William bert Gilbraith, Erasmus Stimson, Josiah Compton, Jesse Brown, James Morris, Morton, Thomas M. Bacon, William Pin- Thomas Moore, Henry Hardy, Robert nell— 7. Griffith, Jacob Hill, Ethelbert Drake, BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. John Moore, William Goss, William W. John Davis, John White, John W. Hill, Thomas Burge, Caleb N. Bell— 17. Webster, Bond, James Stevens, Wesley BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Robert Wilson, William Monroe, , Asby Pool, Nathan Lodge, Tobi Joseph Frye, Simon Lauck, Beverly as Reiley, Ezra Grover — 12. Waugh, Richard Tidings, James Ewen, John J. Jacob, James M. Hanson, Joseph PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Lanston, William Lambden — 9. John Fernon, William Torbert, Law rence Lawrenson, Thomas Davis, John PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Price, William Williams, Samuel Grif Daniel Ashton, John Woolson, Thomas fith, , John Van Schoick — 9. Miller, James Quail, John Smith, Ste- Martindale, John Fox, James Laws, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. hen 5ohn Wilson, Thomas Drummond— 10. , Arnold Scolfield, John Haskins, Peter Bussing, Timothy Minor, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Tobias Spicer, Noah Bigelow, Samuel Marvin Richardson, Coles Carpenter, Bushnell, Justus Bying- Hugh Armstrong, Bela Smith, Robert Ephraim Sawyer, — ton, Stephen Richmond, Abner Chase, Hibbard, Jacob Beeman 6. James Sherwood, Heman Garlick — 14. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Samuel Cutler, Benjamin Bishop, Ben Ethen Stevens, Chandler Walker, jamin Jones, Stephen Bailey, Leonard Bennett, Francis Dane, John sey, William Frost, Isaiah Emerson, Jewett, Nathan Ashcraft, Artemas Steb- Squire Streeter, Daniel Wentworth, Eli- bins, Benjamin Sabin, David Crowell, sha Streeter, Amasa Taylor, George Orlando Hinds, Stephen Wingate, Joseph Gary, Edward Hyde, Ebenezer F. New Lull, Jonathan Worthen, Dennett, ell, Robert Hays, Benjamin R. Hoyl, Joseph — Eliaa Marble— 15. Robert Arnold 17. GENESEE CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Dan Barnes, Joseph Kinkaid, Pere Loring Grant, Joseph Gatchell, Wil grine Hallett, Samuel Thompson, Peter liam Brown, Elijah Metcalf, Thomas Covenhoven, Samuel L. Rawleigh, Jona Wright, George NV. Densmore, Isaac than Huestis, Benjamin G. Paddock, Ed Puffer— 7. ward Cooper, James H. Baker, Seth are admitted into — Quest. 3. Who full Mattison, Reuben Farley 12. connection ? Quest. 2. Who remain on trial? WESTERN CONFERENCE. WESTERN CONFERENCE. John Heninger, John Cragg, William William Young, John Bowman, Wil Lewis, Jedediah M'Minn, Jacob Turman, Winans, Lewis Anderson, John William Mitchell, Josiah Crawford, Tho liam — Lewis, Isaac M'Kowan, Richard Richards, mas Stilwell, Henry Mallory 9. William B. Elgin, John Johnson, Isaac SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, Lindsey, Moses Crume, Eli Truett, James Richmond Nolley, Charles L. Kennon, Watson, — 15. Blair, Gwinn Coleman Harwell, Samuel Harrison, Ben SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. jamin Dulany, Christian Rumph, Thomas Moses Andrew, Robert L. Kennon, Mison— 7. Minutes for 1810. 177 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Anderson,* Thomas Y. Cook,* Ewen Alexander Sale, James M. Arthur, Ed Johnson,* Thomas Neely,* John Hum mund Wright, Jesse Butler, James Smith, phries,* Edward Cannon,* James Har James Harris, James Medley, Thomas ris,* Robert Thompson, Charles Rountree, Anderson, Thomas P. Anderson, John Nathan Anderson, William W. Hendrick, Anderson, Thomas Y. Cook, Ewen John Joel Arrington, Robert Barnes, John son, Edward Cannon, Leroy Merritt — 14. Early, Henry Warren, Cannellem H. — BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Hines, Thomas J. Crockwell 25. Joshua Monroe, Eli Henkle, Daniel BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Stansbury, Jacob Snyder, Allen Green-^-5. Joshua Monroe,* Eli Henkle,* Daniel PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Stansbury,* Jacob Snyder,* Allen Green,* Rezin Hammond, Jacob Dowell, William S. Fisher, Samuel Talbott, John G. Watt, Samuel John Tho Thomas Neal, Avra Melvin, John Sharp- Montgomery, mas, William Butler, ley, Charles Reed — 6. Benedict Burgess, Benedict Reynolds, John Purden, James NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Reiley, John J. Jacob, Simon Lauck — 17. James Edmonds, Cyprian II. Gridley, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Lansford Whiting, Friend Draper— 4. William S. Fisher,* Thomas Neal,* NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Avra Melvin,* John Sharpley,* George John W. Hardy, David Kilboum, Wil Sheets, George Harmon, Peter P* Sand- liam Hinman, Abner Clark, Isaac Bon- ford, Jacob Hevener — 8. Leonard ney, Frost, Junius Spalding, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Joshua Randle— 8. James Edmonds,* Cyprian H. Gridley,* GENESEE CONFERENCE. Lansford Whiting,* Friend Draper;* Belt. Daniel Freeman, Henry Montooth, John" Smith,* Robert Hibbard,* missionaries; Kimberlin, John Rhodes', George Thomas, Isaac B. Smith, Phinchas Rice, Stephen Samuel Ross, Chandley Lambert, Joseph Sornborger, Jonathan Lyon, John Kline, Lockwood, William Jewett, John Rey Francis Brown, Lewis Pease, William — nolds 10. Swayze — 14.

Quest. 4. Who are the ? NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year. John W. Hardy,* David Kilboum,* WESTERN CONFERENCE. William Hinman,* Abner Clark,* Leonard John Heninger,* John Cragg,* William Frost,* Joshua Randle,* Junius Spald Lewis,* Jedediah M'Minn,* Jacob Tur- ing,* Joseph A. Merrill, Nathaniel W. man,* William Mitchell,* Josiah Craw Stearns, Ebenezer Blake, Zachariah Gib ford,* Thomas Stilwell,* Henry Mallory,* son, Enoch Jadues, Charles Virgin, Ben James King, Abbott Goddard, Hezekiah jamin Bishop, Ebenezer F. Newell, Eli- Shaw, Sela Paine, Hector Sandfbrd, Mil sha Streeter— 16. ton Ladd, John Travis, Joseph Bennett, GENESEE CONFERENCE. Isaac Quinn, John Watson, John Cling- an, John Crane, Thomas Trower, Saul Henry Montooth,* John Kimberlin,* Henkle— 23. John Rhodes,* George Thomas,* Samuel Ross,* Chandley Lambert,* Joseph Lock- SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. wood,* William Jewett,* John Reynolds,* Richmond Nolley,* Charles L. Ken- Elias Pattie, William Snow, Abraham non,* Coleman Harwell,* Samuel Harri Dawson — 12. * son Benj. Dulany,* Christian Rumph,* Quest. 5. Whit have been Thomas Mason,* Osborn Rogers, Charles elected and or dained elders this ? Fisher, Joseph Travis, William Scott, year Robert L. Edwards, James Hunter, James WESTERN CONFERENCE. — Norton, Jesse Stancell 15. Thomas Heliums, Samuel Sellers, Da vid — VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Young, John Holmes i. SOUTH; Alexander Sale,* James M. Arthur,* CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Edmund Wright,* Jesse Butler,* James William M. Kennedy, Robert Porter, Smith,* James Medley, elect, Thomas James E. Glenn, Samuel Dunwody, Abda Anderson,* Thomas P. Anderson,* John Christian, Thomas Heartlicook, Hilliard' 178 Minutes for 1810.

Judge ; John W. Kennon, John Collins- BALTIMORE CONFERENCE worth, missionaries — 9. John C. Green, Nicholas Willis, Adam VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Burge, Thomas Adams— 4. Pleasant Thurman, Charles Callaway, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Gray Wiliams, Benj. Devany , Wm. M'Mas- John Bethel, Samuel Talbott, Henry ters, Bridges Arendell, Thomas Pinnell, White, Jeremiah Jeffries, Edward Lar- Horatio E. Hall, Nathan Weedon— 9. kins, Joseph Aydelott, Joseph Jewell, — BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Nathan Swain, Jeremiah Browning 9. Gerard Morgan, Job Guest, Abraham NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Daniels, William G. Lowman, Robert Bol Ebenezer Washburn, Samuel Coate, ton, Alfred Griffith, James Charles, John Zenas Covel — 3. Swartzwelder, John Meek — 9. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Joseph Snelling, David Carr, Paul Charles Reed, Peter Beaver, James Dustin, Isaac Scarrett, Alfred Metcalf —5. Bateman, Thomas Elliott —1. GENESEE CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. — Cephas Hulburt, Joseph Sawyer, Geo. William Keith, elect, Oliver Sykes 2. Lane, Amos Jenks, David Dunham, Be- NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. noni Harris — 6. Isaac Pliny Brett, Philip Bonney, Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary R. Norris, Jonathan Ayer, Greenleaf preachers t Chaney, Eleazar Wells, Solomon Sias, BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Theophilus Smith, Joel Steel, Thomas F. Lambord, John Joseph Stone, David Stevens, Thomas Asbury, Benjamin — Wilkinson, William Hunt, elect— 13. Daughaday, Jesse Pinnell 4. GENESEE CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Andrew Prindle, James Kelsey, James William P. Chandler. Mitchell— 3. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Quest. 6. Who are the and super James Coleman, Smith Arnold —2. intendents ? NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. , Wm. M'Kendree— 2. John Brodhead, Epaphras Kibby, Pliny Doctor Coke at the reqnest of the •»* Brett— 3. British Conference, and by consent of our General Conference, resides in Europe : GENESEE CONFERENCE. lie is not to exercise the office of superin John P. Weaver, Matthew Vanduzan tendent among ns in the , —8. until he be recalled by the General Con 9. Who are the superannuated ference, or by all the annual Conferences, Quest. and worn-out ? respectively. preachers WESTERN CONFERENCE. Quest. 7. Who have located this year ? Elisha W. Bowman. WESTERN CONFERENCE. Thomas Milligan, Nathan Barnes, Mo BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. ses Ashworth, William Virmillion, Thos. Thos. Lucas, Hezekiah Harriman — 2. Edmund Church, Joseph Oglesby, Wilcox, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Joshua Oglesby, Joseph Williams — 9. Thomas Ware, Robert M'Coy, John SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Smith, Robert Sparks —4. . Samuel Ansley, Jas. H. Mellard, Benj. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Gordon, Britton Capel, Jas. Jennings — 5. Samuel Thomas, William Keith —2. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. C. Jones, John William Murphrey, John Husselkus. Pleasant Thurman, Horatio E. Hall, Erasmus Hill, William M'Masters, Thos. Quest. 10. Who have been expelled from Shands, Joseph Pinnell, William Owen, the connection this year? Daniel Kelly— 10. None. 12« Minutes for 1810. 179

Quest. 11. Who have withdrawn from the that we should make honourable mention connection this year ? of their names, and give public testimony NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. of their pious and faithful service to God and his church, and a record of their Reuben Hubbard. by memories show to the present, and trans GENESEE CONFERENCE. mit to future generations, some account Clement Hickman. of such characters, as an example for oth ers to follow them as Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' charac they have followed Christ. ters examined before the Conferences ? Our late father and brother, Joseph This was strictly attended to bv calling Everett, was born in Queen Ann's county, over their names, one by one, before their state of Maryland, on the 17th day of respective Conferences. June, 1732. His parents were of the Quest. 13. Who have died this year ? Episcopal , and his re 1. Moses Black, aged 40 years, —a na ligious education was in the form and cere tive of South Carolina, born in or near the monies of that Church ; but, as he himself city of Charleston, and died on Carter's related, he was brought up a perfect stran Valley circuit, the 3d day of February, ger to the spirit and power of , or 1810. He told one of his attendants, (not even the form of godliness, excepting as long before he departed this life,) that he far as used in the public congregation on an unshaken confidence in God. sabbath days at church. He early learned Sossessedust before he bid the world adieu, he was the practice of vice and dissipation, and very restless in consequence of a violent lived many years a stranger to God and attack of the cholic ; he requested his vital religion. friends to move him and open the windows After he became a married man, and " and doors ; he then cried out, Behold ! about the time that how beautiful every thing looks; 1 shall travelled and preached through this coun soon go now." In a few minutes he left try, he went to hear those who were the inclement clime of human life, appa called the New Lights, and was awakened rently with great peace and tranquillity of to a sense of his lost .condition by nature soul. and by practice ; he then applied himself It may be said with great propriety that to reading the Scriptures, to , and our beloved brother Moses Black is taken reformation of his life ; the great deep of from the evil to come ; but in a moment his heart was broken up, he became a pe death delivered him from all his misery, nitent ; and in this situation, for some time, dispersed the gloom, and opened the bright he had no rest, day nor night ; he cried to scenes of eternity to his departed soul. the Lord with importunate prayer, till he 2. Joseph Everett. —He died in the tri obtained an interest in the blood of atone umph of faith, at Dr. Edward White's, in ment, by faith in Christ ; which the town of Cambridge, Dorchester county, was, according to his own account, in on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the June, 1763, when he first knew that there 16th day of October, 1809, in the 78th year was redemption and forgiveness of sins in of his age, and 30th of his ministry ; after our Lord Jesus Christ. He then became a long and painful illness, which he bore a member of the Presbyterian Church, or with great patience and resignation. New Lights, as they were then called ; and The closing scene of* his long and use he was for some time a zealous member of ful life was very remarkable. On the thaf denomination ; but at length his love night of his death, about 12 o'clock, he grew cold, and the pride of his heart, self- awoke from a gentle slumber, and imme , anger, and other evil passions, gained diately his devout and pious soul entered an ascendency over him, and he fell away into an uncommon ecstasy of joy ; and as a poor wretched backslider from God and with exclamations of praise and adoration, religion, and became an open offender " in raptures he shouted, Glory ! Glory ! against the divine law. This at first gave Glory!" and continued about twenty-five him some alarm ; but being at that time a minutes, and then ceased to shout and predestinarian, and believing in particular ceased to breathe at once. election, and the unconditional perseve It is a tribute of respect due to the me rance of the saints, and that it was impos mory of the faithful servants of God, (who sible to fall from justifying grace ; and are to be in everlasting remembrance,) also that it was impossible to live without 180 Minutes for 1810. sinning, and that sin would not be imputed through Maryland, part of Virginia, Dela to the believer, nor could be done away ware, , and New-Jersey. from the elect, till the article of death ; In 1786 he was ordained a ; in this doctrine, unfortunately, had a most 1788 he was ordained an elder; in 1789 pernicious effect upon his heart and life. he was appointed as presiding elder ; in " In plain truth, (said he,) indeed I had 1804 he became superannuated, and so shamefully fallen ; and thus I fear thou worn out that he was not able to fill or sands deceive themselves." take charge of a district, circuit, or sta He continued in this backslidden state tion ; however, he continued in the strict for many years. In the commencement est union with his brethren in Conference, of the revolutionary war, being a zealous firmly established in the doctrine and whig, he early entered as a volunteer in discipline of the Methodist Episcopal the service of his country in the Maryland Church. militia. On his return from the army, Wherever he travelled and laboured, he the Methodist preachers were preaching was like a flame of fire, proclaiming the in the neighbourhood where he lived, and thunders of Sinai against the wicked, and with high prejudices he became a warm the terrors of the Lord against the un opposer and persecutor of the Methodists godly ; few men in the ministry were ever and their doctrine, calling them false pro more zealous and laborious ; he was bold, phets and deceivers of mankind ; but in undaunted, and persevering in the dis the year 1778 he ventured to go and hear charge of his various ministerial duties, Francis Asbury, the general superintend and the Lord prospered his labours, and ent of the Methodist societies, who gave him seals to his ministry ; he was preached at Mr. Edward White's ; from abundant in labours as long as his strength that time his prejudices were bo far re endured ; his manner and usefulness are moved, and his mind so far convinced, well known to thousands. He feared the that he frequented the Methodist meetings face of no man, but sought the good of and ministry ; his particular friend, Doc all. tor E. White, (a member of the Method In 1788 be wrote an account of his ist society,) improved every opportunity of own life, which was published in the se conversing with him on the subject of re cond volume of (he Arminian Magazine, ligion ; he also put into his hands the to which we refer the reader for a more writings of Mr. Wesley and Mr. Fletcher, particular relation of the events of his life to show him the difference between Me up to that period. In the last few years thodism and ; he was soon con of his life he could labour but little, being vinced of the truth of the Methodist doc superannuated and much afflicted ; but he trines, and penitently acknowledged him maintained his integrity to the last. We self to be fallen from grace and from God had him long among us : he spent his into the pall of bitterness and bond of ini time, his talents, his strength, and his all quity. He sought the Lord with all his in the service of the connection. He heart, and by grace through faith was re fought the good fight, he kept the faith, stored from his backslidden state to the he finished his course, and henceforth mercy and favour of God ; he joined soci there is laid up for him a crown of right ety, and became a zealous, faithful mem eousness, which God the righteous Judge ber ; and soon after began to exhort and will give him in that day. warn others to flee from the wrath to It is worthy of notice, that he started come. " as a travelling preacher from the house In the year 1780 he became an itine of Doctor White, and at Doctor White's rant preacher. On the first day of October house he died. He set out to travel in in the Bame year, he set out from the house the month of October, and in the month of Doctor White, (in whose neighbourhood of October he died. The first circuit he he had lived, and at whose house he had met travelled was Dorchester, and in Dor in class,) and went to Dorchester circuit ; chester he died ! from this time till his death he continued His last expiring breath, his last articu in the itinerant connection. By a refer lation with the quivering, exhausted lamp ence to the annual Minutes of the Con of life, were devoutly employed and closed ferences, it may be seen where he la in the solemn and pious exercise of giving boured, and what stations he filled from honour, and praise, and glory to God ; in time to time. He travelled extensively the same important moment, his life, hi* Minutes for 1810. 131 breath, and his shouts were hushed in the of his dissolution. In 1804 the General solemn silence of death, while his enrap Conference chose and appointed him to tured spirit took its flight from the tene aid in the management of the Methodist ment of clay, or earthly tabernacle, to the Book Concern, for which he was well quali habitation above, the house not made with fied. By the General Conference in 1808 hands, eternal in the heavens. Thus ended he was appointed first in charge in that the warfare and sufferings of our venera Concern ; in which he continued with ho ble father and brother in Christ, Joseph nour and dignity to himself, and usefulness Everett — who, like an old veteran soldier, to thousands, till the day of his death. worn out in the service had borne the He was conversant with the Greek and burden and heat of the day with firm Roman classics : carrying with him his ness and perseverance. He endured the Greek Testament, he spent many of his trials, hardships, and sufferings of many leisure hours in the perusal thereof. He perilous and fatiguing campaigns; but now made great progress in polemical, experi the struggle with him is over, the war mental, and practical . He was fare is past, the victory is gained, and the an enlightened, able, and Scriptural divine. scene is closed in triumphant shouts : he In penmanship, for perspicuity and swift has gone home to Zum to obtain joy and ness ; in correctness of accounts, and ac gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee curacy of calculation in business, he could away. Well done, good and faithful ser be exceeded by but few. vant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. His of faith, his patience of May we die the death of the righteous, and hope, his modest humility, his resignation, may our last end be like his! his zeal and ardour of love, his integrity, His languishing head is at rest, and his generous and well directed boun Its thinking and aching are o'er ; ties, form a superior example, worthy our His quiet, immoveable breast, imitation. His bereaved widow and mourn Is heaved by affliction no more : family can bear witness to his dili His heart is no longer the seat ing Of trouble and torturing pain ; gence in duty, submission under sufferings, It ceases to flutter and beat, his amiable tempers, his cheerful, instruct it never shall flutter again. ive, and holy conversation : all which were 3. John Wilson, — who was born February expressive of his innocence and purity of 13, 1763, at Poulton.in Old England, where heart. he received a religious education ; and by In the service of the sanctuary, the bis virtuous parents was early taught the ministry of the through him was fear of the Lord. He became a member unadulterated and powerful, and, being of the Methodist society in his native faithfully dispensed, was crowned with country. He came to New- York in the success : often have sinners and backsli year 1793, recommended by the' preacher ders heard his monitory voice, and trem then stationed in Liverpool. In 1795 he bled at the sight of their impending and returned again to England on business, threatening danger : often have mourners after the accomplishment of which, and in Zion rejoiced at the consolation he returning again to New-York, he expe brought them through the gospel, and rienced some extraordinary manifestations embraced their gracious Saviour by faith, of the love and presence of the Lord on the while he opened to them the riches of passage. From a very acceptable mem redeeming love. His most pleasing theme ber of society in New- York, he graduated was ; in this, his word was to class-loader, exhorter, and preacher, all made the power of God unto the full and which stations he filled with respectability immediate salvation of numbers. His and usefulness. He became a travelling exercise of discipline was characterized by preacher in the year 1797, and with great mildness, united with strictness and very zeal and usefulness he filled the following close attention. stations : in the year 1797, New Rochelle ; Our well beloved and dear brother Wil in the years 1798 and 1799, Long Island ; son conversed and prayed with his family in the years 1800 and IS01, New Rochelle on the evening of the 28th of January, and Croton ; in the years 1802 and 1803, and at five o'clock the next morning, being the city of New- York. About this time unable to discharge the phlegm which rose he was severely attacked with an obsti in his throat, he was at once suffocated : nate asthma, which greatly restricted his and when his happy spirit was fled to God, ministerial labours, and laid the foundation the most placid serenity was expressive in 182 Minutes for 1810. his countenance. He is gone ! Such were Whiles. Col. Whites. Col. Bush River 512 89 Bladen 170 his excellences, that even envy itself must 135 Keewee 531 36 Brunswick 757 468 be turned into and malice and praise, hatred Reedy River 524 51 Wilmington 53 617 into love and Veneration. Enoree 706 129 Fayetteville 110 87 May the great Shepherd and Bishop of Congaree 446 101 immortal souls, who raised him up to us, Columbia 117 104 3111 3490 —— Catawba District. and blessed us with him and through him, 4780 2827 Buncombe 223 7 supply the vast loss the church has sus Morganton 315 25 Camden District. tained ; a loss none can repair but he who Union 556 37 has all power in heaven and in earth. Santee 667 1038 Lincoln 585 95 Georgetown 44 774 Wateree 565 194 Quest. 14. What numbers are in Society? Great Pee Rocky River 375 48 WESTERN CONFERENCE. Dee 466 294 Montgomery 544 55 Pee Holston District. Mississippi District. Little Dee 844 77 3163 461 Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Holston 364 20 Natehex 65 52 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Watauga 170 31 Washataw & Norfolk District. Raleigh 502 97 Nollichuckie 449 18 Appalousas 30 Norfolk 243 203 Neuse 211 53 French-Broad 442 31 Wilkinson 77 Portsmouth 143 132 MattamnskeetSOO 15 Clinch 642 42 Claiborne 91 Camden 602 353 Banks and Powell's Val Bertie 592 243 Islands 276 69 ley 239 26 263 97 Sussex 816 318 South side of Carter's Val- Suffolk 1309 577 Neuse 241 85 Indiana District. ley 206 19 Edenton 15 60 Newbern 135 365 Illinois 354 Petersburg 100 60 Valley 375 6 Missouri 102 4222 2079 Maramack 354 3820 1946 Yadkin District. 2887 Cold Water 75 193 James River District. Rocky Mount 224 27 Cumberland District. White Water 479 Franklin 394 75 Richmond 145 45 Nashville 982 133 Creek 234 Caswell 472 51 Hanover 487 115 Red River 364 CapeGirardeau52 Guilford" ul"u™ 747 68 Williamsburg 456 58 ,,., ,„.J Barren 571 Vincennes 42 H"w Rtver 313 123 Gloucester 854 51 Roaring River 419 Salisbury 626 42 Orange 434 58 Livingston 388 1692 >;"!km 345 Green Moun. 65 Hartford 210 Iredell 639 62 Miami District. tain 548 115 Duck River 237 Cincinnati 618 Amherst 582 129 Elk 198 3760 513 Mad River 826 Bedford 496 225 Dizon &S7 Meherren Scioto 744 District. Henderson 147 Grecnsv'"e °48 453 Deer Creek 784 4042 796 Flint 175 402 Hockhocking 818 Mecklenburg 72 Newbern District. Cumberland 319 26 White Oak 766 4378 398 Trent 850 7.45 Buckingham 329 49 Kentucky District. Straits 321 40 Amelia 836 47 4756 28 Limestone 500 58 Pamlico 353 42 Brunswick 486 171 District. Licking 212 14 Muskingum Roanoke 532 347 — — Lexington 700 53 Fairfield 579 6 Tar River 601 221 3020 816 Danville 654 44 Wills Creek 201 BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Salt River 315 9 West Wheel- Baltimore District. Lancaster 618 131 Shelby 600 78 ing 806 4 Baltimore cir. 638 191 Alexandria 278 183 Green River 484 33 Marietta 149 Great Falls 676 226 Georgetown 192 97 Wayne 394 13 Little Kana Fell's Point 300 150 Montgomery 617 620 Cumberland 114 4 wha 376 5 Baltimore Frederick and Hinkstone 818 66 60 Ouyandott city 1170 750 Frederick- Fleming 692 26 LeadingCreeklOO Severn 501 601 town 618 336 Annapolis 115 237 5513 404 2271 15 Pr.George'soc 4702 1049 SOUTH CAROLIN A CONFERENCE. St. Mary's 386 799 Greenbrier District. Oconee District. Ogecchec District. Calvert 750 1553 Appalachee 1238 259 Broad River 1036 192 Washington Rockingham 622 130 Millcdgeville 576 108 Little River 1222 250 city 113 46 Staunton 195 76 Alcovi 436 44 Augusta, Lou Bottetourt 514 99 Sparta 768 295 isville, and 4649 4553 Greenbrier 400 25 Washington 415 59 Savannah 594 149 Potomac District. Monroe 400 15 Oakmulgie 129 5 Winchester 510 161 New River 273 32 St. Mary's 68 21 2852 591 Berkley 700 100 Randolph 366 6 Ohoopee 131 27 Saluda District. Fairfax 803 269 Alleghany 750 112 Tombeckbee 71 15 Charleston 145 1808 Stafford and Pendleton 315 15 Cypress 1006 326 Fredericks- 3882 833 Edisto 793 183 burg 366 52 3835 510 Minutes for 1810. 183

Monongahela District. Carlisle District Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Nantucket 146 8 Redstone 525 17 Pembroke 130 Harford 553 284 Newport 55 412 16 Tuftonbo- Pittsburg Carlisle 576 54 Bristol and Shenango 283 rough 229 Lyttleton 323 Warren 112 Erie 706 Juniatta 154 Rochester 86 Somerset 57 Centre Har Ohio 500 37 Bedford 71 2 Eeston and bour 205 Monongahela 730 22 Huntingdon 357 1 Norton 111 Landaff 274 Greenfield 520 4 Auckwhick 198 3 Boston 306 24 Lunenburg 160 Portsmouth 260 3676 96 2232 344 1673 2083 39 PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Portland District. Schuylkill District. St. Martin's New-London District. Tolland 388 2 Durham 292 1 Philadelphia 1544 933 and Snow Ashburnham 265 Scarborough 132 Bristol 431 100 Hill 1150 740 Needham 264 Falmouth 201 Lancaster 459 37 Accomack 857 571 I Providence Conway 71 Dauphin 313 5 Annamessex 846 670 and Smith- Bethel 87 Antalany 42 Somerset 978 531 field 190 Livermore 283 Canaan 223 Dorchester 861 547 East Green Poland 203 Wilmington 132 134 Cambridge 844 756 Portland 159 3 Chester 421 103 wich 114 2 Pomfret 209 7110 4522 New-London 632 17 1428 4 3565 1312 Jersey District. Chesapeake District. Asbury 644 7 Kenneheck District. 2062 22 Cecil 760 459 Freehold 866 78 Readfield 200 Vermont District. Kent 643 551 Trenton 475 80 Norridgwock 130 Athens 196 Queen Ann's 821 817 Elizabeth- Hallowell 162 416 Talbot 1019 916 town and Wethersfield 1 Vasselbo- Barnard 380 Caroline 998 359 Staten Is rough 166 Vershire 248 Dover 889 562 land 718 26 Union 269 Barre 335 Smyrna 856 691 Burlington 925 41 Boothbay 21 Danville 169 1 Gloucester 982 92 Georgetown 56 Stanstead 129 2 5986 4355 Sale 890 185 Industry 224 Delaware District. Cumberland 814 16 Orrington 318 Milford BOO 356 1873 4 Hamden 310 Lewistown 774 351 6314 525 NeW'Hampshire Diet. Bristol 205 Grantham 221 Penobscot 72 NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Canaan 170 Ifew- York District. Fletcher Bridgewater 205 2032 New-York 1710 490 Dunham New-Ro- Grand Isle GENESEE CONFERENCE. chelle 510 74 Plattsburg 3 Susquehannak District. Westmore ' Croton 579 21 Saratoga 5 Courtlandt 602 19 Lyons 514 10 land 601 Redding 667 5 3950 22 Ontario 670 15 487 Middletown 397 17 Albany District, Holland Pur- Scipio 417-' 1 Cayuga 400 Long Island 779 84 Albany city 101 13 rhit.se 260 8 Brooklyn 170 85 Albany cir. 688 5 Caneatio 222 4109 Schenectady 452 6 Lycoming 557 14 15 5414 795 Montgomery 492 2 Northumber XTpper Canada District. Rhinebeck District. 688 land 586 Delaware 4 Cornwall 40 Dutchess 956 29 Ulster 464 4 Wyoming 363 St. Lawrence 64 3 Chatham 541 6 450 Tioga 393 Newburg 4 Augusta 404 Pittsfield 618 7 New-Wind- Seneca 361 1 Bay Quintie 618 4 385 1 Whitingham sor 523 13 Smith'sCreek 125 Buckland 120 3926 40 Haverstraw 285 28 Young-street 111 Granville 352 3 Cayuga District. Ancaster 320 399 Litchfield I 4143 79 Chenango 383 Niugara 657 Pownal 502 4 Lower Canada District. Otsego 478 3 Long Point 180 Quebec 40 Herkimer , 421 1 Detroit 78 3873 51 Three Rivers 8 Black River 579 1 Ashgrove District. Montreal 28 Western 343 1 2597 Cambridge 672 1 Ottawha 116 Brandon 644 1 RICAPITITLATION. Charlotte 454 6 192 Whites. Col. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Western Conference - . 21760 1144 Boston District. Salem 279 1 South Carolina Conference . 17788 8202 Lynn 245 Harwich 156 Virzinia Conference 18864 6150 Marblehcad 112 Sandwich Baltimore Conference • 19094 7452 Salisbury, and Scituate 176 6 Philadelphia Conference 22975 10714 Poplin, and New-Bedford 50 New- York Conference • 17572 942 184 Minutes for 1810.

New-England Conference 11151 Washataw, Hezekiah Shaw. Genesee Conference - 10G32 Indiana Dist. Samuel Parker, P. Elder. Illinois, Abraham Amos. Missouri, John Crane. Maramack, David Young, Thos. Wright. Total 174560 Cold Water, Isaac Lindsey. Total last year 163033 Cape Girardeau, Jesse Walker. William Winans. Increase this year 11527 Vincennes, Miami Dist. John Sale, P. Elder. 15. Where are the preachers sta Quest. Cincinnati, Solomon Langdon, Moses tioned this year? Crume. names in Italic. The elders' are printed Mad River, Saul Henkle, Hector Sandford. WESTERN CONFERENCE. Scioto, George Askin, Alex'r Cummins. Holston Dist. Frederick Stier, P. Elder. Deer Creek, John Collins, Francis Travis. Holston, James Axley, John Brown. Hockhocking, Bern. Lakin, John Manley. Saltville, James King. White Oak, John Johnson. Nollichuckie, William Pattison. White Water, Thomas Nelson, Samuel French-Broad, Thomas Trower. H. Thompson. Clinch, William B. Elgin. Muskingum Dist. James Quinn, P. Elder. Powell's Valley, Lewis Anderson. Fairfield, Ralph Lotspeich. Carter's Valley, John Bowman. Wills Creek, James B. Finley. William Young. Tennessee Valley, West Wheeling, Jacob Young, William Cumberland Dist. Learner Blackman, Lambden. P. Elder. Marietta, John Holmes. Nashville, Thomas Hellums, Jas. Gwinn. Little Kanawha, William Mitchell. Red River, Isaac M'Kowen. Guyandott, Joseph Bennett. Roaring River, Jacob Turman. Letart Falls, John Clingan. Livingston, Peter Cartwright. Knox, Robert Cloud. Hartford, John Cragg. Thomas Lasley travels with Bishop Duck River, John Lewis. M'Kendree this year. Elk, Josiah Crawford. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Dixon, Thomas Stilwell. Pierce, P. Elder. Henderson, . Oconee Dist. Lorick C. Harwell, S. Ford, J. Flint, Jedediah M'Minn. Appalachee, J. B. Glenn. Kentucky Dist. James Ward, P. Elder. Broad River, Osborn Rogers, Duncan Limestone and Fleming, Anthony Hous King. Truitt. ton, Eli Aloovi, John Henning, Moses Andrew. Licking, Abbott Goddard. Lexington, Milton Ladd, Henry Mallory. Sparta Dist. Joseph Tarpley, P. Elder. Hinkstone, Richard Richards, Samuel Sparta, James Hunter, John S. Capers. Heliums. Milledgeville, Samuel Mills, Alexander Lexingtontown, Caleb W. Cloud. M. M'Ewen. Sandy River, Benjamin Edge. Washington, Charles Fisher. Green River Dist. , Oakmulgee, Benjamin Dulany. Collinsworth, P. Elder. St. Mary's, John Drury Green River, John Travis. Powell. Barren, Zadok B. Thackston. Ohoopee, Joseph Saltenstall. Tombeckbee, Michael John W. Wayne, John Watson. Burdge, Cumberland, Richard Browning. Kennon. Danville, Charles Hdliday. Ogeechee Dist. Lewis Myers, P. Elder. Salt River, Henry M'Daniel. Warren, Eppes Tucker, Henry D. Green. Shelby, James Blair, Samuel West. Little River, Jas. Russell, John Jennings. Silver Creek, Sela Paine. Augusta, Abda Christian. Mississippi Dist. JohnM'Clure, P. Elder. Louisville, Hilliard Judge, John TarTant. Natchez, William , Miles Harper. Savannah, John M'Vean. Wilkinson, Isaac Quinn. Seutuda Dirt". Reddick Pierce, P. Elder. Claiborne, Samuel Sellers. Charleston, William M. Kennedy, T. Ma Appalousas, John Henninger. son, R. Nolley. Minutes for 1810. 185

Cypress, Thomas Hearthcock, Robert L. Williamsburg, Cansellem H. Hines, T. J. Kennon. Crockwell. Edisto, William Scott, Urban Cooper. Gloucester, James Harris, Joseph C. Bell. Bush River, J. Porter, Christian Rumph, Orange, John Anderson, Joel Burgess. M. Durr. Green Mountain, John C. Ballew. Keewee, Robert L. Edwards. Amherst, Stith Mead, Thomas Pinnell, Reedy River, Charles L. Kennon. J. Smith. Enorco, Jesse Stancell, Frederick D. Bedford, Alexander Sale, Thos. Burge. Wimberly. Newbern Dist. Philip Bruce, P. Elder. Congoree, James E. Glenn, Nicholas Beaufort. Bridges Areml ell, Wm. Compton. Powers. New- River, Caleb N. Bell. Columbia, Joseph Travis. Straits, James Morris. Camden Dist. Daniel Asbury, P. Elder. Black River, Christopher S. Mooring. Santee, John Hill, James Capers. Neuse, Charles Rountree, John Moore. Georgetown, Samuel Dunwody. Newbern, Enoch Jones. Great Pee Dee, Thomas D. Glenn, Wil Pamlico, Edward Cannon, Samuel Duty. liam Capers. Mattamuskeet, Robert Griffith, Robert Little Pee Dee, William S. Talley, Na Gilbraith. than Kimball. Banks and Islands, John French. Bladen, Anthony Senter. Yadkin Dist. Samuel Garrard, P. Elder. Brunswick, Alberton Jones, John Rye. Rocky Mount, John Humphries, William Wilmington, James Norton. Pinnell. Fayetteville, Matthew P. Sturdevant. Franklin, Wm. Jean, Erasmus Stimson. Catawba Dist. Jonathan Jackson, P. Guilford, Joel Arrington. Elder. Salisbury, John Lattimore, Thomas M. Buncombe, Robert Porter, Alexander Bacon. • Talley. Iredell, John Owen, Thomas Moore. Morganton, Jesse Richardson. Yadkin, Josiah Philips, William Goss. Union, Samuel Harrison, Lewis Hobbs. Meherren Dist. Jesse Lee, P. Elder. Lincoln, William Gassaway, Andrew Petersburg, Benjamin Devany. Grambling. Greensville, William Barnes, Thomas An Wateree, Wiley Warwick, John Webb. derson. Rocky River, Jacob Rumph, Whiteman Mecklenburg, Thomas Y. Cook. C. Hill. Cumberland, Gray Williams. Montgomery, John Gamewell, Thomas Buckingham, Hezekiah M'Lelland. Griffin. Amelia, Edmund Wright, Tbos. Cooper. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Brunswick, Nathan Anderson, Josiah Norfolk Dist. James Boyd, P. Elder. Morton. Edenton, Robert Thompson. Sussex, Thomas Mann, H. Hardy, L. Norfolk, Charles Callaway. Blackburn. Portsmouth, William W. Hill. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Suffolk, John Weaver, Ewen Johnson. Baltimore Dist. Nelson Reed, P. Elder. Camden, Humphrey Wood, Jacob Hill. Baltimore ci*., , Robert Bertie, William W. Hendrick, Robert Bolton. Barnes. Great Falls, Joseph Toy, Eli Towne. Raleigh Dist. John Buxton, P. Elder. Fell's Point, Robert R. Roberts, to change Haw River, James M. Arthur, Jesse with A. Shinn after eight months. Brown. Baltimore city, Asa Shinn, N. Snethen, Caswell, John Early, Ethelbert Drake. Robert Burch. Tar River, Henry Warren, Jas. Medley. Severn, Lasley Matthews, Simon Gil Roanoke, Nathan Weedon, Thos. Neely. lespie. Raleigh, Thomas P. Anderson, Leroy Annapolis, John Pitts. Merrit. Calvert, Alfred Griffith, John W. Bond. James' River Dist. Thomas L. Douglass, Prince George's, Andrew Hemphill, James P. Elder. Stevens. Richmond, Richard Lattitnore. Potomac Dist. Hamilton Jefferson, Hanover, Jesse Butler, Joseph N. Kil- P. Elder. patrick. Winchester, Wm. Butler, Ezra Grover. 186 Minutes for 1810.

Berkley, Joseph Rowen, John Taylor. Dauphin, Thomas Boring, John Fernon. Loudon, Edward Matthews, Joseph Stone. Antalany, William Colbert. Fairfax, Benedict Reynolds, Joseph Frye. Wilmington, William M'Lenahan. Stafford, Caleb Reynolds, Rich'd Tidings. Chester, Richard Sneath, John Fox. Fredericksburg, Henry Smith. Peter Beaver, German missionary. Lancaster, /. Carson, Benedict Burgess. Chesapeake Dist. Jos. Smith, P. Elder. Alexandria, Seely Bunn. Cecil, Thomas Smith, George Sheets. Georgetown, Stephen G. Roszel. Kent, Asa Smith, James Laws. Washington city, James Saunders. Queen Ann's, James Ridgaway, Thomas Montgomery, Daniel Hall, James Smith. Elliott. Frederick, William Ryland, Eli Henkle. Talbot, John M'Claskey, Avra Melvin. Hagerstown, James Paynter. Cambridge, William Torbert, Lawrence Greenbrier Dist. Christopher Frye, Lawrenson. P. Elder. Dorchester, John Wiltbank, John Price. Rockingham, Gerard Morgan, Jn. White. Caroline, David Best, John Emory. Staunton, Rezin Hammond. Dover, John Sharpley, Stephen Martin- dale. Bottetoart, George Askin, John G. Watt. Greenbrier, . Smyrna, Sylvester Hill, Wm. Williams. Monroe, James Reiley. Delaware Dist. Solomon Sharp, New-River, Abraham Daniels, Robert P. Elder. Wilson. Milford, Thomas Miller, James Quail. Alleghany, /. Watson, J. J. Jacob, J. Lewistown, Thos. Walker, John Wilson. Davis, N. Lodge. St. Martin's and Snow Hill, Wm. Bishop, Pendleton, Samuel Montgomery. James Polemus, Daniel Ashton. Mononoahela Dist. Jacob Grubet, Accomack, George Woolley, John Smith. P. Elder. Annamessex, Thos. Curren, John Collins. Somerset, James Herron, Samuel Redstone, Thornton Fleming, Tobias Griffith. Reiley. Jersey Dist. Joseph Totten, P. Elder. Pittsburg, Wm. Knox, Joseph Lanston. Asbury, James Moore, C. Reed, J. Van Shenango, James Walts. Schoick. Hartford, James Charles, James Ewen. Freehold, William Smith, John Woolson. Indiana, Jacob Dowel). Trenton, Thomas Stratton, Thomas Neal. Erie, Joshua Monroe. Elizabethtown, William Mills, Jacob He- Ohio, , Jacob Young. vener. Monongahela, Allen Green, J. M. Hanson. Svaten Island, Thomas Drummond. Greenfield, John Meek, Wesley Webster. Burlington, Michael Coate, Thos. Dunn. Randolph, William G. Lawman. Gloucester, Peter Vannest, J. Osburn^ East Wheeling, Simon Lauck. T. Davis. Carlisle Dist. James Hun'er, P. Elder. Salem, , Joseph Bennett. Harford, Joshua Wells, NatKl B. Mills. Cumberland, SamV Budd, JPaniel , Carlisle, James Reid, Job Guest. Ezekiel Cooper, missionary. Littleton, Jacob Snyder, Wm. Monroe. Henry Boehm travels with Bishop As Juniatta, John Thomas. bury this year. Bedford, Jesse Pinnell. NEW-VORK CONFERENCE. Huntingdon, John Swartzwelder, John Daniel Hitt, book Purden. agent. Auckwhick, Morris Howe. New- York Dist. Joseph Crawford, Mishannon, Daniel Stansbury. P. Elder. New-York, Nathan Bangs, Eben Smith, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. J. Robertson, James M. Smith, Peter Schuylkill Dist. Wm. Hunter, P. Elder. P. Sandford. Philadelphia, Thomas F. Sargent, Tru New-Rochelle, Noble W. Thomas, Henry man Bishop, T. Budd, Thomas Burch, Eames. Thomas Everard. Croton, Luman Andrus, Stephen Rich Bristol, /. Aikins, W. S. Fisher, W. P. mond. Chandler. Courtlandt, Billy Hibbard, Ezekiel Can- Northampton, David Bartine. field. Lancaster, James Bateman, John Walker. Redding, Nathan Emory, John Russel. Minutes for 1810. 187

Middletown, Oliver Sykes, Jonathan Lyon. Salisbury, Poplin, and Salem, Asa Kent, Suffolk, Henry Redttone, Coles Carpenter. Benjamin Sabin, John Jewett. Jamaica, Francis Ward, Isaac- Candee. Harwich, Joseph A. Merrill. Brooklyn, William Thacher, to change Falmouth, Erastus Otis, Benjamin F. once a month with Francis Ward. Lombard. Rhinebeck Dist. Aaron Hunt, P. Elder. Sandwich and Scituate, Stephen Bailey. Dutchess, E. Woolsey, Z. Lyon, Smith New-Bedford, Leoi Walker. Arnold. Nantucket, Jordan Rexford. Chatham, Peter Mortarty, John Haskins. Bristol and Portsmouth, Nehemiah Coy. Pittsfield, Seth Crowell. Somerset and Warren, John Lindsey. Hancock, Pkinehas Cook. Easton and Norton, John Tinkham. Whjtingham, Samuel Cochran. Boston, Elijah R. Sabin, Greenleaf R. Buckland, Friend Draper. Norris. Granville, Gershom Pearce, Marvin Rich Portsmouth and Greenland, John Wil ardson. liamson, Orlando Hinds, John Brod- Litchfield, Laban Clark, Reuben Harris. head. Pownall,- Win. Swayze, Lewis Pease. Newport, Daniel Webb. Troy, William Phoebus. New-London Dist. Elijah Hedding, Freeborn Oarrettson, missionary. P. Elder. Ashgrove Dist. Wm. Anson, P. Elder. Tolland, Joel Steel, Samuel Cutler. Cambridge, Samuel Draper, Sam'! Howe. Ashhurnham, Philip Munger, Stephen Thurman, Lansford Whiting. Wingate. Brandon, Daniel Brumly, Tobias Spicer. Needham, Isaac Bonney, Robert Arnold. Charlotte, Stephen Sornborger, A. Scol- Providence and Smithfield, Pliny Brett, field. Elisha Streeter. Middlebury, Phinehas Peck. East Greenwich, Benjamin P. Hill. Fletcher, Francis Brown. Pomfret, Theophilus Smith. Dunham, Heman Garlick, Timothy Minor. New-London, Joel Winch, E. Marble, A. Grand Isle, Justus Byington. Stebbins. Andrew M'Kain, Peter Bus Plattsburg, Vermont Dist. Thos. Branch, P. Elder. sing. Athens, Samuel Thompson. Saratoga, Mitchell B. Bull, Jn. Finnegan. Wethersfield, Solomon Sias, Chandler Hudson River Dist. Henry Stead, Walker. P. Elder. Barnard, Lewis Bates, Joseph Dennett. Albany city, Daniel Ostrander. Vershire, Nathaniel W. Steams. Albany cir., Jn. Crawford, Sam'l Merwin. Barre, Eleazar Wells, Squire Streeter. Schenectady, Isaac B. Smith, Hugh Arm Danville, Benj. R. Hoyt, Robert Hays. strong. Stanstead, David Kilbourn. Montgomery, Dolus H. Ensign, Cyprian New-Hampshire Dist. Martin Ruter, Gridley. P. Elder. Delaware, John Kline, Abner Chase. Grantham, Philip Ayer, Leonard Bennett Ulster, Thos. Woolsey, James Edmonds. Canaan and Bridgewater, Warren Banis Newburg, Phinehas Rice, Eph. Sawyer. ter, Joseph Lull. New-Windsor, Samuel Fowler, Samuel Pembroke, Abner Clark. Bushnell. Tuftonborough and Rochester, Hezekiah Haverstraw, RoVt Dillon, Jas. Sherwood. Field, Francis Dane, Jonathan Worthen. Lower Canada Dist. Joseph Samson, Sandwich, Leonard Frost. P. Elder. Landaff, Joseph Peck, David Crowell. Quebee, James Mitchell. Lunenburg, Amasa Taylor. Three Rivers, Joseph Samson. Portland Dist. Joshua Soule, P. Elder. Montreal, Joseph Scull. Ottawha, Thomas Madden. Durham, Wm. Frost, Nathan B. A sheriff. St. Francis' River, Robert Hibbard. Scarborough, Junius Spalding. Falmouth, Ebenezer Blake, Benj. Bishop. NEWENGLAND CONFERENCE. Conway, Charles Virgin. Boston Dist. Geo. Pickering, P. Elder. Bethel, William Hinman. Lynn, William Stevens. Livermore, Samuel Hillman, John W. Marblehead, Thomas Asbury. Hardy. 188 Minutes for 1811.

Poland, Enoch Jaques. Mexico, Gideon A. Knowlton, S. L. Raw- Portland, Epaphras Kibhy. leigh. Kennebeck Dist. Oliver Beale, P. Elder. Western, Asa Cummins, Jas. H. Baker. Westmoreland, Readfield, Caleb Fogg, Edward Hyde. L. Bishop, W. B. Laey, Norridgwock, Ebene'zer F. Newell. John P. Weaver. HaJlowell, Zachariah Gibson. Pompey, James Kelsey, Isaac Teller. Vasselborough, Isaiah Emerson. Scipio, Elijah Batchelor, Reuben Farley. Boothbay, John Wilkinson. Cayuga, Anning Owen, Peregrine Hallett. Georgetown, Ethen Stevens. Upper Canada Dist. Henry Ryan, Industry, Joshua Randle. P. Elder. Orrington, Joseph Baker. Cornwall, Bela Smith. Hamden, Jonathan Chaney. St. Lawrence, Edward Cooper. , Bristol, Daniel Wentworth. Augusta, Elias Pattie. Penobscot, Benjamin Jones. Bay Quintie, Thomas Whitehead, P. Co- Union, David Stimson, George Gary. venhoven. Smith's Creek, John GENESEE CONFERENCE. Reynolds. Young-street, Joseph Lockwood. Susquehannah Dist. Gideon Draper, Ancaster, Daniel Freeman. P. Elder. Niagara, Ana"w Prindle, Joseph Gatchell. Lyons, Benjamin Bidlack, Benjamin G. Long Point, Robert Perry. Paddock. Detroit, Ninian Holmes. Ontario, George Thomas, Geo. W. Dens- more, Noah Bigelow. Quest. 16. Where and when shall our Holland Purchase, John Kimberlin, Wm. next Conferences be held? Brown. 1. Western Conference, at the New- Canestio, Henry Montooth. Chape), Shelby county, Ky., Nov. 1, 1810. Lycoming, Timothy Lee, Samnel Ross. 2. South Carolina Conference, at Co Northumberland, Abraham Dawson, Isaac lumbia, S. C, Dec. 22, 1810. Puffer. 3. Virginia Conference, at Raleigh, Wyoming, Thos. Wright, Elijah Metcalf. N. C, Feb. 7, 1811. Canaan, Geo. Harmon, Sam'l Thompson. 4. Baltimore Conference, Baltimore, Tioga, Loring Grant, Joseph Kinkead. March 20, 1811. Seneca, John Rhodes, Dan Barnes. 5. Philadelphia Conference, at Phila Cavuga Dist. William Case, P. Elder. delphia, April 20, 1811. Shenango, Ebenezer White, Chas. Giles. 6. New- York Conference, New- York, Otsego, W. Jewett, S. Mattison, M. Van- May 20, 1811. duzan. 7. New-England Conference, at Bar Herkimer, Wm. Snow, Jonathan Huestis. nard, Vt., June 20, 1811. Black River, Joseph Willis, Chandley 8. Genesee Confer., at Paris, Oneida Lambert. county, N. Y., July 20, 1811.

MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

FOB THE TEAR 1611.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial ? Daniel Fraley, John Strange, James WESTERN CONFERENCE. M'Mehan, Michael Ellis, Joseph Piggot, Vivian Daniel, Caleb J. John M'Farland, John Page, Matthew Taylor. Isaac Pavey, Marcus Nelson, Baker Wrather, James Dixon, Lindsey, George A. Col bert, Nathan Pullurh— 26. Jacob Mills, Thomas Wright, James G. Leach, Joseph Haines, Stephen Tim- SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. mons, Walter Griffith, Thomas A. King, Solomon Bryan, John I. E. Byrd, Jehu Samuel Griffin, Sam'l King, John Phipps, Postell, Lewis Hatton, John Boswell,