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. 338 Minutes for 1820.

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

FOR THE YEAR 1S20.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial? NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. John OHIO CONFERENCE. Robert Seeny, Daniel Kilby, Clark, John Moriarty, Nathan Ruggles John Manory, Isaac C. Hunter, Abner —5. Gough, James Gilbeuth, Thomas R. Ruckle, Josiah Foster, Peter Warner, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. James Murray, John Kinney, Henry Fe- Jotham Horton, Moses Saunderson, nandees, Andrew Kanier, Adbel Cole James P. Harvey, William M'Coy, Mark man, Benjamin T. Crouch, Moses Hinkle, Fifield, Phinehas Crandel, Charles Baker, Thomas Hitt, William H. Raper, Robert David Culver, Ella Dunham, Joseph Kil- Delap, Isaac Collord, Horace Brown, lam, Ezra Kellogg, Ezra S. Goodwin, David Dvke, John P. Keach, John P. Gilman Moody, Samuel Plummer, Abra Durbin, Francis Wilson, Nathaniel Har ham Halloway, True Page, Samuel Ba ris—24. ker— 17. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. William Harned, Isaac N. Piggott, Josiah Kies, Ira Brownson, Elihu Nash, Scott— 3. James Hiram Moore, Caleb Kendall, jr., David TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. C. Spore, Kenneth M. C. K. Smith, William Peter, Elijah Kirkman, John Manly Tooker, Richard Wright, William Bradfield, Merideth Reneau, Jacob Whit- H. WiHiams, Philander Smith, Roswell worth, Richard W. Morris, Ellison Tay Parker, Jasper Bennet, Joseph Baker, lor, Moses Smith, Martin Flint, Samuel Robert Parker, Philetus Parkus, Francis Patton, William Gunn, Josiah Browder, Hamilton, John B. Gilbert— 18. Thomas W. Norwood, Cheslea Cole— 14. Quest. 2. Who remain on trial ? MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. Daniel De Vinne. Samuel Adams, James Smith, Samuel SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Brockunier, Edward Taylor, Dennis God- Elliot, Thomas Za- Thomas Samford, Benjamin Gordon, dard, Charles M'Clary, Connel, Greenbury Jones, Henry Jesse Wall, Thomas Clinton, Barnet chariah Wells, Sworm- Smith, Robert Adams, Nathaniel Rhodes, Mathews, James T. Leroy stedt, Arthur W. Elliot, Andrew M'Clane, Aquila Norman, Stephen Bass, Benjamin Hoskins, T. Simmons, John Joseph S. Farrow, Burwell Spurlock, L. Anthony — H. Tradewell, Thomas Mabry, Robert Hezekiah Holland, Josiah Whitaker 18. Wilkinson— 14. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Thomas Tennant, Washington Orr, Jas. Moses Brock, Thos. R. Brame, Richard Lowry, William Medford, John Wallace G. Neiper, John Thompson, Benjamin —5. Mason, Edward Rowsey —6. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. George Brown, Joshua Butcher, jr., Charles B. Tippet, Mordecai Barrv, John Kesterson, John Brook, Samuel Charles Cook, William C. Pool, John Harwell, Samuel D. Sansom, Ancil Alemong, Amos Smith, James Avis, Richardson, Robert Paine, Hartwell H. George A. Bain, John F. Andrew, Geo. Brown, Sterling C. Brown, Geo. Locke, W. Morris, William Hank, John Hendry, Thomas Maddon, Robert Hooper, Elisha William Brandeborry, Barlow De Forest, Simmons, Abraham Still, David Adams. John Hail, Bazil Dawsy, David Steele, Obadiah Freeman, Lewis S. Marshall George Wells— 18. —18. 88» Minutes for 1820. 339

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Smith, John L. Jerry, Chas. Betts, John Jas. Dannelly, Barnabas Pipkin, Jesse Dix— 15. Sinclair, Matthew Raiford, John Mul- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. liniz, John Schroebel, John Chappel, Chas. L. Cooley, Peter Doub, Thomp Christian G. Hill, John Howard, Thomas son Garrard, George M. Anderson, Heze- Gardner, Thomas Craven — H. kiah G. Lee, William Eastwood, Exnm VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Chapman, Ira Parker, Geo. W. Charlton, Francis A. Ward, Williams Harris, Archibald Robinson, Joakim Lane, Curtis Enoch Johnson, Henry Alley, Miles Hooks, Amos C. Treadway — 13. Nash, , George'C. Ches- BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. ley—7. Yelverton Peyton, Jesse Lee, John BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Tanyhill, William Hamilton, Robert S. Edward Oram, Dennis Battee, Thomas Vinton, James Moore, Samuel Cushen, Dorsey, Richard Armstrong, Thos. Rice, Peregrine Buckingham, Lawrence Ever- Jacob I,arkin, James Sansoin, John Mil hart— 9. ler, — George Erwin, Bennet Dowler 10. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Charles Pittman, James Long, Samuel Henry G. King, John Talley, Edward Grace, William Wright— 4. Stevenson, Joseph Cary, Benjamin Col NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. lins, William Allen —6. Nich. Morris, Ebenezer Brown, Henry NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Hatfield, Harvey De Wolf, Cyrus Silli- John Bangs, Orin Pier, George Coles, man, Noah Levings, Seymour Landon, __ — Nathan Rice, Samuel D. Ferguson —5. James Quinlan 8. f NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Edward Taylor, Isaac Stoddard, Elijah Isaac Jennison, Jesse Fillmore, Ephraim Spear, Benjamin Aver, James Bishop, Wiley, John S. Ayer, Peter Burgess, Wil Samuel Norris — 6. bur Fisk, Damon Young, Squire B. Has- kel, — GENESEE CONFERENCE. Sullivan Bray, Wm. M. Gray 10. Thos. Demorest, Horace Agard, Henry GENESEE CONFERENCE. Peck, James Brown, Franklin Metealf, Truman Dixon, Calvin N. Flint, Ed- Belus Shepherd, Chester Adgate, Elijah mond O'Fling, Dana Fox, Jas. G. Peele, Boardman, Enoch Barnes, James Brown- Samuel Belton, Russel Downing, Hiram son, John Beggarly — 11. G. Warner, Robert Jeffers, William W. Rundall, Zachariah Paddock, Quest. 3. Who are admitted into full Jas. Wilson, connection ? Alansnn Gifford, Andrew Peck, Timothy Goodwin, Michael Seager, Jeter Foster, OHIO CONFERENCE. Parker Buel, Cyrus Story, Benaijah Wil Ira Eddy, Allen Wiley, Peter Stephens, liams, Gleason Fillmore —21. Calvin Ruter, Philip Green, John Stew art, Job Baker, John P. Taylor, Richard Quest. 4. Who are the deacons ? — Corwine 9. . Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. William Townsend. Ira Eddy,* Allen Wiley,* Peter Ste TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. phens,* Calvin Ruter,* Philip Green,* Ezra Booth, Thomas A. Morris, William Jas. Witten, John Daver, Jesse Green, Westlake, Thomas Carr, Samuel Baker, George Taylor — 4. John Stewart,* Job Baker,* Jno. P. Tay MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. lor,* Rich. Corwine,* John Brook, Wm. Wiley Ledbetter, John Booth —2. Holdman, Samuel Demint, Joseph Carper, — SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Samuel Chenowith 19. Jas. Dunwody, Elisha Calloway, Raleigh MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Green, Robert Flournoy, Jeremiah Free Alexander M'Allister, Chas. Slocumb, man, Thomas L. Winn, Hugh Hamil, Samuel Glaize, John C. Harberson, John Nicholas Ware, Asbury Morgan, Benj. Harris, William Townsend,* Thomas Da Rhodes. John L. Greaves, Thomas A. vis—7. 340 Minutes for 1820. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. James Witten,* Jesse Green,* John Alvin Torry, John B. Alverson, James Daver,* George Taylor,* Benj. Peoples, Jackson, Ezra Adams, Reuben A. Ayles- Win. Allison, Thomas Stringfield, Lewis worth, John Dempster, Thomas M'Gee, Garrett, William S. Manson, Ebenezer Truman Diron,* Calvin N. Flint,* Ed Hearn, Edward Ashley, Simon Peter, mund O'Fling,* Dana Fox,* James G. John Hutcheson, George Brown, David Peal,* Samuel Belton,* Russel Downing,* Goodner— 15. Hiram G. Warner,* Robeit Jeffers,* Wil MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. liam W. Rundall,* Zachariah Paddock,* James Wilson,* Alanson Gifford,* Andrew Wiley Ledbetter,* John Booth*— 2. Peck,* Timothy Goodwin,* Michael Sea- SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. ger,* Jeter Foster,* Parker Bnel, Cttus James Dunwody,* Elisha Calloway,* Story, Benaijah Williams,* Gleason Fill Raleigh Green,* Robert Flournoy,* Jere more— 38. miah Freeman,* Thos. L. Winn,* Hugh Quest. 5. Who have been elected and or Hamill,* Nicholas Ware,* Asbury Mor dained elders this year ? gan,* Benj. Rhodes,* John L. Greaves,* OHIO CONFERENCE. Thos. A. Smith,* John L. Jerry,* Chas. Hamilton, Betts,* Josiah Evans,* Thomas A. Rosa Cornelius Springer, Samuel Wm. Bacon, Kurris mond,* William Hankins;* , Cunningham, Sadosa Westlake, Tevis, Hartwell Spain, John Dix— 20. John John P. Kent, Benjamin Lawrence —8. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Charles L. Cooley,* Peter Doub,* Dan'l M'Henry, elect, Josiah Patterson, "Thompson Garrard,* Geo. M. Anderson,* Philip Davis — 3. Hezekiah G. Lee,* William Eastwood,* Exum Chapman,* Ira Parker,* George TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. W. Charlton,* Archibald Robinson,* Joa Andrew Monroe. chim Lane,* Curtis Hooks,* Amos C. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Treadway,* William D. Barrott, James John Seaton, elect. Smith, Isaiah Harris — 16. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. James Bellah, Daniel F. Christenbury, Yelverton Peyton,* Jesse Lee,* John Andrew Hamill, Zaccheus Dowling, Za William Hamilton,* Robprt S. Tanyhill* chariah Williams, Tillman Snesd—6. Vinton,* James Moore,* Samuel Cushen,* Peregrine Buckingham,* Henry Furlong, VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. William Barnes, Thomas Jamison, Ji.cob William Richards, Russel B. Foster, L. Bromwell, Samuel Kennerly, Richard William H. Starr, James Reid, John H. M'Allister— 14. Boyd, William Peebles —6. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Charles Pittman,* James Long,* Sam'l Thomas Beaks, James Taylor, George Grace,* William Wright,* Wiluara Quuin, Brown, Lawrence Everhart— 4. — Bartholomew Weed 6. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. John Creamer, Watters Burrows, Ed John M. Smith, Fitch Reed, Nicholas ward Page—3. Morris,* Ebenezer Brown,* Henry Hat NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. field,* Harvey De Wolf,* John J. Matthias, Jas. Covel, David Miller, Ibri Cannon, , Cyrus Silliman,* Noah Le- John Lovejoy, Horace Weston —5. vings,* Seymour Landon,* Jas. Quinlan* —12. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Zalmon Stewart, Jeremiah Marsh, Dan'l Dorchester, Wm. M. Gray, Moses Fifield, Benjamin Keith, John Briggs, Eleazer Isaac Jennison, Ephraim Wiley— 7. Steel, Jesse Fillmore,* John S. Ayer,* Peter Burgess,* Sullivan Bray,* Amasa GENESEE CONFERENCE. Cowles, Joel M'Kee, Daniel Plumley, Alpheus Davis, elect, Joseph M'Creary, Wilbur Fisk,* Damon Young,* Squire B. Isaac Grant, George Ferguson, Daniel Haskel*— 13. Shepherdson, Geo. Peck, Wm. Jones — 7. Minutes for 1820. 341

Quest. 6. Who are the bishops and super NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. intendents ? Eleazer Wells, Benjamin Keith, John William M'Kendree, Enoch George, W. Hardy, William Marsh— 4. Robert R. Roberts— 3. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Quest. 7. Who have located this year? Seth Mathison, John Kimberlin, David — OHIO CONFERENCE. Yeoman 3. Lemuel Lane. Quest. 9. Who are the superannuated MISSOURI CONFERENCE. or worn-out preachers ? Thomas Heliums, John Cord — 2. OHIO CONFERENCE. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Leroy Cole, Abbot Goddard, John Sale, Atkins, Moses Crume, Benjamin Lakin, David George Clinton Tucker, James — Simmons, Wm. Hart, Thos. Stanley — 5. Young 6. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Alexander Talley. Benjamin Malone. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. John Simmons, Philemon Ogletree, Ben William B. Barnett, JohnGamewell — 2. jamin Wofford, James L. Belin —1. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Benjamin Stephens, Hezekiah M'Lel- — William Richards, Stephen Rowe, Wm. land, Philip Bruce 3. M. Elliott, Browder, Hugh Thomas A. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. M'Cain, David Bruwder, William Jones, John Pitts, Joseph Bunn, John Doyle —8. Toy, Seely Nelson Reed, Asa Shinn— 5. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Jacob Snyder. James Polemus, Joseph Scull, Robert PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. M'Coy, Wm. M'Lenahan, Nathan Swain, John Fox. Thomas Everard— 6. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Aaron Pearse, By ington, Beards- James — Coleman, Isaac Candee, Zalmon ley Northrop 3. Lyon, Luman Andrus, Cyprian H. Grid- NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. ley, Earl Bancroft, Oliver Sykes, Timothy Benedict, Ezekiel Canfield, John Craw Benjamin Sabin, Salmon Winchester, ford— 10. Thomas C. Pierce, Orin Roberts—i. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Zenas Adams, Richard Emery — 2. Joshua Beebe, Michael Burdge, Benja min G. Paddock, John Hamilton, Joseph GENESEE CONFERENCE. Hickcox—5. William Cameron, Thomas Whitehead, David Culp, Benjamin Bidlack, John Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary Dempster, Alpheus Davis, Wm, Brown preachers ? —7. OHIO CONFERENCE. Quest. 10. Who have been expelled — from William Knox, Henry M'Daniel 2. the connection this year ? MISSOURI CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE Jacob Whitesides. William Hunt. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. MIS30URI CONFERENCE. James Dixon. William R. Jones. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. John Latimore. Joseph Crawford. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Quest. 11. Who have withdrawn from the William Hunter, Peter Vannest, Joseph connection this year ? Osborne — 3. None. 342 Minutes for 1820.

Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' charac which put a period to his earthly exist ters examined before the Conferences ? ence on the 29th, a little after seven o'clock he This was strictly attended to, by calling in the evening. From the time was over their names before their respective taken ill till the day of his departure, Conferences. (with very little variation,) he firmly be lieved that his sickness was unto death. 13. Who have died this Quest. year? All necessary medical aid was called to 1. John T. Brame,— the subject of the his assistance, to save, if possible, our following memoir, was horn of respectable friend and brother from the cold hand of parentage, in Caroline county, Virginia, death. But neither the aid of his physi in August, 1792, and being brought under cians, nor the prayers and tears of his serious awakenings, through the instru presiding elder and friends, who were pre mentality of the Methodists, was happily sent, could stay the hand of the king of converted to God in the fourteenth year terrors. of his age. His subsequent life, while a For several days, during his affliction, private member of the church, was marked he was thrust sorely at by the enemy of with piety ; so that by his exemplary de souls, who strove to wrest from him his portment (though at this time but a youth) confidence ; but so far from yielding to his he evinced to beholders the soundness of suggestions, he was almost constantly en- his conversion, and the sincerity of his re paged in prayer, when in his right mind : ligious profession. for such was the violence of his fever, that Having been previously convinced that he was frequently delirions ; but even then God had called him to the ministry, he (as his presiding elder affirms) the voice came forward in the twenty-third year of of prayer never failed to call him to his ►his age, and offered himself to the Vir right mind. But at length, while the pre ginia Conference as a candidate for the siding elder and others were engaged in itinerancy ; and being admitted on trial, supplicating the throne of grace in his be he was sent in 1815 to Tar River circuit; half, light broke into his soul, so that he in 1816 to Williamsburg; in 1817 he was was enabled to rejoice in hope of future ordained a deacon, and appointed to Cam glory ; and continued in this state of ec den and Edenton ; in 1818 he was ap stasy and triumph till the cord of pointed to Newbern station ; in 1819 he life, which connected soul and body, broke, was ordained an elder, and sent back to and the immortal spirit took its flight to Newbern, where, in the 27th year of his the paradise of God. Thus lived, laboured, age, he terminated his labours and life. and died brother Brame, who has left a In all these stations he had the satisfac disconsolate widow to lament the loss of tion to see the pleasure of the Lord pros an affectionate husband; they having lived per in his hands ; and there are many, together but a few months. And in him where he has laboured, who speak of him the church has lost a valuable and useful in exalted terms, and have cause to member. But while we, who survive bis praise God in eternity for the benefit they dissolution, deplore our loss, he is, we be derived from his Christian and ministerial lieve, mingling his voice with happy an exertions. gelic myriads around the throne. O that, As to his manners and disposition ; in like him, he was affable and ; conversation edifying " Without a lingering groan, serious, but not sad ; cheerful, but not sub I may the welcome word receive ; ject to levity. My body with my charge lay down, cease at once to work and He was blessed with a good natural mind, And live." which he did not fail to cultivate. His 2. George Burnett, —the subject of the studies were principally confined to the following memoir, was a native of Virginia, Bible, and such books as tend to the know born in Pittsylvania county, December 8, ledge and love of God. And, therefore, 1789. In early life the duties and import " his preaching was not with enticing ance of religion were inculcated on his words of man's wisdom, but in demonstra mind ; and having been brought under tion of the Spirit and of power, that the serious awakenings, through the influence " faith of his hearers should not stand in the of divine grace, he fled for refuge to lay- wisdom of men, but in the power of God." hold on the hope which was Bet before On the 21st of September he was at him," and was soon enabled to testify that " tacked with a remittent bilious fever, God has power on earth to forgive sins.'" Minutes for 1820. 343

Not long after this, he felt his mind im Whites.

Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Catawba District. Madison 345 16 Green River 421 49 TTnion 614 79 Salt River 412 24 Barren 666 35 Whites. Col. Lincoln 518 83 Shelby 326 40 UpperFrench- Sugar Creek 215 57 Jefferson 622 76 3932 250 Broad 521 43 Rocky River 581 93 Franklin 179 1 Holston District. Black Moun Montgomery 551 40 Louisville 87 30 Abingdon 277 46 tain 341 19 Clinch 332 18 Morganton 370 16 3711 430 2709 292 Carter's Val- Green River District. ley 294 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. 'Christian 548 161 Holston 487 Yadkin District. Bertie 527 118 Livingston 307 11 Lee 371 Franklin 448 29 Sussex 640 78 Henderson 357 36 Tazewell 331 38 Guilford 695 94 Washington, Hartford 398 51 Ashe 125 Salisbury 707 29 Swift Creek, Breckenridge 349 33 Iredell 464 26 & Albemarle Dixon 290 36 2217 219 Yadkin 365 35 Sound 330 100 Dover 425 45 French-Broad District. Caswell 745 106 Red River 444 129 Nollichuckie 773 63 Haw River 468 139 4113 2435 Little River 577 57 —— . Meherrin District. 3118 502 Knoxville 507 53 3892 458 Greensville 594 312 Cumberland District. Powell's Val Neuse District. Mecklenburg 313 34 Fountain ley 337 16 Newbern 127 662 Petersburg 99 65 Head 892 48 Sequatchy 228 8 MattAmuskeet Amelia 564 76 Goose Creek 637 77 Tennessee and Banks 275 47 Cumberland 332 37 Roaring River 378 12 Valley 356 38 Beaufort and Brunswick 338 191 Wayne 389 19 Straits 240 230 Buckingham 433 17 Somerset 549 10 2778 235 New-River 235 267 Bedford and Black River 456 217 Lynchburg 467 85 MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Raleigh city Mississippi District. Washita 61 6 and circuit 619 227 3190 817 •Natchez cir. 265 140 Tar River 603 178 James River District. Wilkinson 326 76 151 32 Roanoke 500 237 Richmond and Amite 300 27 Alabama District. ' Manchester 194 87 Pearl River 160 14 Tombeckbee 517 100 3055 2065 Hanover 362 45 Whiteaand Norfolk District, Williamsburg 473 57 1051 257 oircuit 186 24 Norfolk 314 294 Gloucester "1152 44 Chickasawhay265 48 Portsmouth 193 129 Culpepper 172 19 Louisiana District. Suffolk 581 361 Columbia 638 73- Attakapas 90 26 968 172 Princess Ann 882 628 Amherst 385 30 SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Camden and Edenton 646 727 3376 355 Athens District. Whites. Col. Broad River Cypress 735 600 BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. circuit 810 104 Orangeburg 747 470 Baltimore District. Greenbrier District. Grove 479 27 Bush River 593 143 Fell's Point 691 232 Rockingham 606 158 428 103 Keewee 745 66 Appalachee Baltimore Staunton 154 116 907 169 Congaree 179 77 city 2556 1411 Bottetourt 266 104 5U1 240 Black 193 131 Sparta Swamp Baltimore cir. 743 229 New-River 584 54 Cedar Creek 833 212 Great Falls 726 204 Monroe 408 14 3739 3586 Montgomery 708 539 Greenbrier 645 81 4104 945 Broad River District. Severn 720 781 Pendleton 510 81 Oconee District Enoree 957 285 Pr. George's 303 775 Alleghany 252 96 Washington :w7 75 Sandy River 498 245 Washington South Branch 239 33 Oakmulgfe 408 55 Wateree 613 230 city— Little Oak- Reedy River 605 87 Foundry 196 60 3664 737 mulgee 124 5 Santee 523 327 Ebenezcr 165 116 Carlisle District. Ohoopee 256 73 Camden 85 357 Harford 920 291 Satilfa and Columbia 135 165 6808 4347 York 104 4 St. Mary's 176 85 Potomac District. Carlisle 678 11 3416 1696 Berkley 1120 230 Juniatta 182 1361 293 Pes Dee District. Winchester 686 178 Aackwick 620 18 Ogseehee District. Lynch'sCreek423 112 Loudoun 653 213 Huntingdon 154 10 Little River 5-S0 151 Black River 394 370 Stafford 362 51 Bedford 235 10 Warren 705 242 Little PeeDee678 210 Fairfax 377 188 Chanibersburg533 210 Louisville 231 49 Bladen 273 340 Lancaster 787 159 Frederick cir. 833 3-26 Augusts, 133 100 Deep River 217 182 Westmore Fredericktown 97 119 Savannah 52 95 Brunswick 773 484 land 186 11 — — Georgetown 125 1395 Alexandria 286 172 4794 1012 . 1701 637 Fayetteville 160 300 Fredericks Monongahela District. Edisto District Wilmington 146 768 burg 101 5 Washington 307 4* Charleston 330 1663 Greenfield 755 3 Cooper River 217 436 3189 4161 4558 1207 Redstone 1016 50 Minutes for 1820. 345

Whites. Col. Whiten. Col. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Monongahela Ohio 507 58 and Randolph670 22 Short Creek 132 15 New-London District. Whites. Col. Harrison 705 19 EaatWheeling285 Whites. Col. Stanstead and Preston 145 Connelsville 464 New-London 310 11 St. Francis 200 Somerset 283 7 New-London 3598 139 Mahoning 77 circuit 963 48 2341 4 8 Pittsburg District. — Pomfret 323 New-Hampshire Dist. Tolland 315 4 PitUtmrg 584 13 2332 93 Landaff 520 Springfield 77 PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Stratford 310 Ashburnham 359 4 Schuylkill District. Dorchester 859 622 Conway 216 1 Needham 300 — Somerset 690 484 Tuftonbo- Philadelphia Bristol 386 22 Annamessex 882 570 rough 128 St.George's 1760 93 Mansfield and Accomack 970 442 Rochester 255 Union 457 Somerset 383 Snow Hill 642 625 Pembroke 194 St. John's 291 Rhode Island 178 Lewistown 950 338 Bridgewater 145 Kensington 166 Providence 191 30 Milford 1017 399 Canaan 139 Bristol 544 19 Warwick 132 3 Dauphin 434 4 Sandwich 125 8835 4086 Lancaster 637 21 3917 130 Chester 776 84 New-Jersey District. 2032 Boston District. Wilmington 305 74 Trenton 234 3 Portland District. Boston and Trenton cir. 416 35 Portland 180 Charleston 579 40 5370 295 Burlington 633 109 Scarborough 460 Dorchester 19 Gloucester 843 8 Poland 400 Chesapeake District. Maiden 267 Cumberland 906 16 Buxton and Smyrna 894 631 Lynn 274 Salem 891 83 Gray 324 Dover 1181 589 Marblehead 106 New-Mills 679 17 Bethel 144 Caroline 940 303 Poplin 250 Freehold 542 30 Livermore 500 Talbot 938 600 Salisbury 110 Rendfield 286 Queen Ann's 871 719 ^"e?.u.St*"o« New-Market 74 K..n, 977 Jen Isliuld 945 Durham 276 Kent 359in 277 r, ,.,., Portsmouth & ""gen "8 i» Bath 85 Cecil 1006 383 Greenland 200 P™t P„„ an k Asbury 490 9 Rock Run Scituate 166 _86_6 Sussex 469 2 2655 4 Hamburg 367 3 Sandwich 103 6275bo7* 3508-tsna Kennebeck District, Newark* 139 g Falmouth 77 Delaware District. Vineyard 108 Industry 363 Cambridge 825 606 8092 390 New-Bedford 100 Norridge- NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Harwich 157 vvoek 256 Wellfieet 347 Unity 326 New-York Distrii K. Montgomery 661 11 Nantucket 282 14 Hallowcll 405 Now-York 2440 88 Saratoga 790 5 Pittstown 204 Zion and As Chatham 663 3 3219 78 Bristol 113 bury 690 Leyden 325 3 Vermont District. Union 451 Brooklyn 202 125 Pittstown 305 6 Wethersfield 292 Penobscot 184 New-Ro- Pownal 33G 4 Unity 221 Orrington 300 chelle 520 40 . i — Barnard 3aG Hamrfen 394 CourtUndt 632 13 4125 47 Yershire 190 St. Croix 121 Croton 480 14 Champlain District. Barre 404 Exeter 107 Stamford 25G 7 Brandon 737 Athens 209 Columbia 40 Suffolk 432 17 Middlebnry 100 1 Danville 389 Sag Harbour 66 1 Charlotte 470 2 Craftsbury 110 3357 Jamaica 564 148 St. Alban's 444 2 Stowe 482 1 GENESEE CONFERENCE. 5592 1143 Dunham 240 3 Rhinebeck District. Grand Isle 217 Oneida District. Pompcy 693 Dutchess 551 36 Plattsburg 574 5 Westmore Cato 294 Rhinebeck 543 14 Ticonderoga 212 land 570 Scipio 455 Pittsfield 400 1 Chazy 67 Western 611 Ithaca 301 Granville 532 2 — Otsego 460 Cayuga 616 Middletown 88 8 3543 14 Litchfield 317 Broome 525 Durham 412 2 Hudson River District. Herkimer 504 Lebanon 536 Burlington 332 2 Albany 192 19 Black River 429 Couitlandt 515 Goshen 413 1 Albany cir. 528 11 Sandy Creek 340 Chenango 685 New-Haven 125 33 Schenectady 181 13 Watertown 320 Stratford 393 6 Schenectady Paris 131 5088 15 Redding 554 6 circuit 502 1 Utica 133 Ontario District. Otis 20 Sharon 719 3 Canajoharie 308 Seneca 438 Delaware 763 2 Cooperstown 155 Catharine 445 4453 Ill Newburg 577 15 Otsego 222 Lyons 374 Ashgrove .District. New-Wmds<>r458 7 Crooked Cambridge 466 9 Sullivan 427 5 4530 26 Lake 374 Troy 250 6 . — Chenango District. Prattstown 242 Warren 270 4352 76 Marcellus 468 2 Canandaigua 72 16 346 Minutes for 1820.

Ontario 670 1 Tioga 484 Chetauque, John Summerville. Danville 513 Muskingum Dist. Jonathan Stamper, P. 3026 22 Elder. 3128 19 Upper Canada District. 65 1 Barnesville Joseph Carper, Samuel Adams. Genesee District. Detroit Thames 185 Bloomfield 664 24 Zanesville, Thomas A. Morris, Samuel 1 Caledonia 208 Westminster 300 Brockunier. Ancaster 596 2 Sweden 332 Duck Creek, Charles Elliot, James Young-street 211 Gil- Ridge way 351 617 beuth. Clarence 353 Niagara 2 York 43 Little Kenawha, Abel Robinson. Buffalo and Black Rock 80 2 Long Point 511 Marietta, Jacob Hooper, James T. Wells. Eden 418 Athens, Cwtus Goddard. 2528 30 Olean Point 37 Letart Falls, Lower Canada District. John P. Kent. 22 Burlington, Peter Warner. 2533 3 Montreal Attawa 89 Lancaster Dist. Charles Waddle, Susquehannah District. Augusta 855 P. Elder. Bald 373 Eagle BayQuintie 722 Fairfield, Abner Lycoming 413 Hallowell 404 1 Gough, Henry Matthews. Shamokin 138 St. Lawrence 349 Grenville, Shadrach Ruark, Edward Tay Northumber Cornwall 113 lor. land 470 Bi'llvillo 156 Knox, Thomas Carr, John Solomon. Wyoming 300 10 Malone 85 Mansfield, Josiah Foster, Thomas M'Clary. Canaan 223 Smith'sCreek 203 Brid°ewater 308 Tuscarawas, , Wm. Knox, Wyalusing 257 2998 'sup. RECAPITULATION. Cuyahoga, Ezra Booth, James Manory. Grand River, Ira Whites. Col. Total. Eddy. Ohio Conference 34286 770 35056 Huron, Dennis Goddard. Missouri Conference 5338 185 5523 Scioto Dist. John Collins, P. Elder. Tennessee Conference 21244 1920 23164 Columbus, John Tevis, Peter Stevens. Mississippi Conference 2170 461 2631 South Carolina Conference 21221 11748 32969 Pickaway, Daniel Davidson, Michael Ellis. Virginia Conference 17626 6130 23756 Salt Creek, William Westlake. ♦Baltimore Conference 25754 7535 33289 Hockhocking, Andrew Kanier. Philadelphia Conference 26572 8279 34851 Deer Creek, John Brown. New- York Conference 22065 1391 23456 Chillicothe, Adbel Coleman. New-England Conference 17521 218 17739 Genesee Conference 23831 116 23947 Scioto, Greenbury R. Jones, Moses Hinkle. Brush Creek, Leroy Swormstedt. Total 217628 38753 256881 Lebanon Dist. James B. Total last year 240924 Finley, P. Elder. Paint Creek, Andrew M'Clain. Increase this year 15957 Mad River, Russel Bigclow, Robert W. Travelling Preachers 904. Finley. Piqua, John P. Taylor, Thomas Hitt. Quest. 15. Where are the preachers sta Union, John Strange, William M. P. tioned this year ? Quinn. OHIO CONFERENCE. M^illford, Burroughs Westlake, Horace Ohio Dist. William Swayze, P. Elder. Brown. West Wheeling, Jacob Young, Oak, Francis Landrum. R. Ruckle. Strait Creek, William P. Finley. Cross Creek, John C. Brook, James Smith. Loudoun, Sadosa Bacon. Steubenville, Cornelius Springer. Miami Dist. Walter Griffith, P. Elder. Beaver, William Cunningham, James C. Cincinnati, James Quinn, Truman Bishop. Hunter. Miami, William Dixon, Robert Delap. Mahonan, James M'Mahon. Oxford, Allen Wiley, Benjamin T. Erie, Philip Green. Crouch. Lake, Robert C. Ration. Greenville, John P. Durbin. White Water, Arthur Elliot, Samuel *The following circuits, viz., Georgetown, Brown. Annapolis, and Culvert, were not returned in the Lawrenceburg, Benjamin Lawrence, Hen minutes of manuscript Baltimore district ; but ry Fenandees. allowing the numbers to be the same this as year Madison, last, which is the only data we have to guide us, Henry Baker, William H. Ra- they amount to 3409, which, added to the above, per. will make an increase of 19366. Hamilton and Rossville, Samuel West. Minutes for 1820. 347

Kentucky Dist. Alexander Cummins, Cany Fork, David Goodner, Jacob Whit- P. Elder. worth. Newport, Samuel Baker. Bedford, Joshua Butcher, sen., Ellison Licking, Josiah Whitaker. Taylor. Lexington, Nathaniel Harris. Richland, Samuel D. Sansom. Mount Sterling, Samuel Chenowith, He- Duck River, Lewis Garret, Moses Smith. zekiah Holland. Buffalo, John Cragg. Hinkston, Win. Hollman, John R. Keach. Stone's River, Lewis S. Marshall, Elijah Limestone, Absalom Hunt, Isaac Collord. Kirkman. Fleming, Sam'l Dcmint, Zach. Connell. Tennessee River Dist. Thomas D. Por Little Sandy, Joseph Farrow. ter, P. Elder. Guyandotte, Burwell Spurlock. Flint, Wm. M'Mahan, Hartwell H. Georgetown, Henry M 'Daniel, to change Brown. with N. Harris. Limestone, Thomas Stringfield. Lexington circuit, John Ray, David Dyke. Shoal, Thomas Stilwell^ John's Creek, John Kinney. Cotaco, Thomas Madden. Big Kenawha, Francis Wilson. Marion, Ebenezer Hearn. Martin Ruter, book agent at Cincinnati. Tuscaloosa, Itobert Paine. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Cahawba, Meredith Reneau. Indiana Dist. Samuel Hamilton, P. Elder. Green River Dist. Marcus Lindsey, Silver Creek, Calvin Ruter, Job Baker. P. Elder. Indian Creek, John S/irader, John Ever- Breckenridge, John Smith. hart. Hartford, Jesse Green, William Allison. Blue River, John Steward, Joseph Pownal. Henderson, William Gunn. Patoka, John Wallace. Livingston, Joshua Butcher, jun. Vincennes, Daniel M'Henry. Christian, Peter Cartwright, Martin Flint. Illinois Dist. David Sharp, P. Elder. Dover, George Brown. Illinois, Samuel H. Thompson. Dixon, Benjamin Peeples. Okaw, James Lowry. Red River, George M'Neely. Cash River, Josiah Patterson. Salt River Dist. Barnabas M'Henry, Wabash, Thomas Davis. P. Elder. Mount Carmel, Charles Slocomb. Cumberland, James Witten. Missouri Dist. Jesse Haile, P. Elder. Madison, Richard Corwine. Missouri, A. M'Allister. Danville, William Slribling. Boonslick and La Moine, John Scripps, Salt River, John Watson.- John Harris. Shelby, William Adams. A Bceuf and Cold Water, J. N. Piggot, Jefferson, James G. Leech. Thomas Wright. Franklin, Richard W. Morris. Bellevue and Saline, Joseph Piggot, John Louisville, Henry B. Bascom M'Farland. Cumberland Dist. Charles St. Francis, Philip Davis. Holliday, P. Elder. Cape Girardeau, Samuel Glaize. Goose Creek, William Allgood. New-Madrid, William Townsend. Fountainhead, John Dever, Samuel P. V. Black River Dist. William Stevenson, Gillespie. P. Elder. Boling Green. Andrew Monroe. Spring River, William Medford. Barren, Simon Peter, William Peter. Arkansas, Washington Orr. Green River, Timothy Carpenter. Hot Springs, William Hamed. Somerset, George Taylor. Mount Prairie, William Stevenson. Wayne, Samuel Harwell, Cheslea Cole. Pecon Point, Thomas Tennant. Roaring River, Ancel Richardson. Jesse Walker, missionary. Holston Dist. Jesse Cunningham, TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. P. Elder. Nashville Dist. Thomas L. Douglas, Lee, John Kesterson. P. Elder. Clinch, David Adams. Nashville, John Johnson. Tazewell, Abraham Still. Nashville circuit, Sterling C. Brown. Abingdon, James Porter. - Lebanon, John Brooks. Ash, Obadiah Freeman. 348 Minutes for 1820.

Holston, John Bowman., Josiah Browder. Edisto Dist. Lewis Myers, P. Elder. Carter's Valley, George Ekin. Charleston, Wm. M. Kennedy, H. Bass, French-Broad Dist. James Axley, J. Murrow. P. Elder. Cooper River, Charles Betts. Nolliehuckie, William Manson. Cypress, John Taylor, John Schroebel. Powell's Valley, George Lock. Orangeburg, Allen Turner, Thos. Gard Tennessee Valley, Benjamin Edge, Eli- ner, Stephen Bass. sha Simmons. Congaree, Travis Owen. Sequachee Valley, Samuel Patton. Black Swamp, Jeremiah Freeman. Little River, John Bradfield. Savannah, William Capers. Knox, Robert Hooper. Broad River Dist. Daniel Asbury, Knoxville, James Dixon. P. Elder. Nicholas Norwood has no station this Reedy River, John Mullenix, Thomas year. Craven. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Enoree, Griffin Christopher, J. B. Chap- Mississippi Dist. Samuel Parker, pel. P. Elder. Sandy River, Samuel Dunwody. Natchez, John Lane, John Seaton. Columbia, Isaac Smith. Wilkinson, John M Lendon. Camden, Whitman C. Hill. Amite, John Booth. Santee, John Boswell, Elisha Calloway. Pearl, Miles Harper. Wateree, James Dunwody, Robert Ad ams. New-Orleans, John Manifee. Coleman Carlisle, L. Jerry. Louisiana Dist. Ashley Hewit, P. Elder. Newbury, J. Attakapas, Ashley Hewit, Dan'l De Vinne. Pee Dee Dist. Joseph Travis, P. Elder. Washataw, Thomas Owens. Lynch's Creek, Christian G. Hill. Alabama Dist. Thos. Griffin, P. Elder. Black River, Elijah Bird. Whitesand, Wiley Ledbetter. Little Pee Dee, Nicholas Ware, John Chiekasawhay, John I. E. Bird. Dix. . Alabama, Thomas Nixon. Brunswick, David Hilliard, A. T. Sim Tombeekbee, N. M'Intyre, J. Clinton. mons, A. Norman. Bladen, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Jeremiah Norman. Deep River, James Dannelly. Athens Dist. Joseph Tarpley, P. Elder. Georgetown, John Howard. Appalachee circuit, Reuben Tucker, Ra Fayetteville, Hartwell Spain. leigh Green. Wilmington, Nicholas Talley. Grove, Thomas A. Smith. Broad River, David Garrison, Benjamin Catawba Dist. Jesse Richardson, Rhodes. P. Elder. Alcovi, Jesse Sinclair, Thos. Samford. Morganton, Hugh Hammill. Sparta, Thomas Darley, Josiah Evans. Black Mountain, Thomas L. Winn. Cedar Creek, Jas. Bellah, Roh't Flournoy. Upper French-Broad, Andrew Hamill, T. Mabry. Oconee Dist. James Norton, P. Elder. Union, Barnabas Pipkin, B. L. Hoskins. Washington, James Hutto. Lincoln, Zechariah Williams, J. L. Oakmulgee, Gorden, Matthew Benjamin Greaves. Ray ford. Sugar Creek, Zaccheus Dovtling. Little Oakmulgee, Jesse Wall. Rocky River, Jacob Hill, J. H. Trade- and Darien, Ohoopee Asbury Morgan, well. Nathaniel Rhodes. Montgomery, Daniel F. Christenbury. Satilla and St. Mary's, Williams Hankins. Missionaries to Mississippi, Nicholas Ogeechee Dist. Samuel K. Hodges, M'Intyre, Thomas Clinton. P. Elder. Augusta, James O. Andrew. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Louisville, Charles Dickinson. NorfolkDist. Ethelbert Drake, P. Elder. Warren, Tillman Snead, George Hill. Norfolk, Daniel Hall. Little River, AndersonRay,Wm. Kennedy. Portsmouth, Amos C. Tread way. Saluda. Robert L. Edwards. Princess Ann, Russell B. Foster, Exum Keewee, John Mote, Barnet Smith, Tho Chapman. mas A. Rosamond. Suffolk, Benjamin Devany. Minutes for 1820. 349

Bertie, Allen R. Bernard, Joshua Law Fell's Point, Beverly Waugh, Henry rence. Smith. Camden and Edenton, Joakim Lane. Baltimore cijy, T. Burch, R. Tydings, Sussex, William Peebles, Isaiah Harris. F. Stier. James River Dist. Edward Cannon, Baltimore circuit, Eli Hinlcle, Yelverton P. Elder. Peyton. Richmond, James M'Aden. Montgomery, Hamilton Jefferson, Basil Williamsburg, George M. Anderson. Dawsy. Gloucester, Hezekiah G. Leigh, Moses Severn, John French, Joseph Rowen. Brock. Annapolis, John Emory. Hanover, Jacob Hill, Edward T. Rowzie. Calvert, William Butler, Jacob Larkin. Culpepper, Joshua Featherston. Prince George's, Richard Hunt, Robert Amherst, Samuel Garrard, George G. S. Vinton. Chesley. Ebenezer, George Wells. Columbia, William Compton. Foundry, William Ryland. Meherrin Dist. John T. Weaver, Georgetown, John Davis. P. Elder. Mordecai Gosnell without a station. Greensville, Waddell Johnson, Thomas Potomac Dist. Christopher Frye, R. Brainc. P. Elder. Mecklenburg, James Reid. Alexandria, Joshua Wells. Bedford, Thomas Mann, Peter Doub. Fairfax, Richard M'Allister. Buckingham, James Smith, Miles Nash. Jefferson, James M'Cann, C. B. Tippet. Cumberland, George W. Charlton. Berkley, James Payntei, William Pool. Petersburg, Henry Hardy. Winchester, Reiley, William Ha Amelia, John H. Boyd, John F. Andrew. milton. Brunswick, Matthew M. Dance, G. A. Loudoun, James M. Hanson, John Ale- . Bain. mong. Stafford, John G. Watt, Thomas Roanoke Dist. Christopher S. Mooring, Dorsey. P. Elder. Fredericksburg, Thomas Thornton. Westmoreland, Samuel Cushen, Roanoke, William D. Barrett, John Lot- Charles Cook. timore, sup. Lancaster, James Setcel. Washington, Thacker Muire. Henry Furlong, Swift Creek, Thompson Garrard. Greenbrier Dist. Louis R. Fechtig, Albemarle Sound, Curtis Hooks P. Elder. Banks and Islands, Ira Parker. Alleghany, James Taylor, Edward Mat Neuse Dist. Lewis Skidmore, P. Elder. thews. Tar River, Enoch Johnson. South Branch, Jesse Lee, James San- Haw River, Francis A. Ward, Richard som. Pendleton, James Watts, Mordecai G. Napier. Barry. Samuel Amos Raleigh city, Peyton Anderson. Greenbrier, Montgomery, Smith. Raleigh circuit, Charles L. Cooley. Monroe, Jacob Bromwell, James Black River, Benjamin Mason. L. Avis. New-River, Archibald Robinson. New-River, S. Kennerly, T. Rice, G. W. Morris. Newbern, John F. Wright. Bottetourt, Barnes. Beaufort and Straits, William Harris. William Staunton, Gerard Morgan, Wm. Hous Yadkin Dist. James Patterson, P. Elder. ton, sup. Franklin, Samuel Hunter, Robert Wil Rockingham, Robert Boyd, John Miller. kinson. Dist. P. Elder. Yadkin, Henry Alley. Carlisle Joseph Frye, Iredell, William H. Starr. Harford, James Reed, Edward Oram. York, Andrew Salisbury, William Eastwood. Little Hemphill. Guilford, Thomas Howard. Carlisle, William Prettyman, Jas. Riley. Juniatta, John Caswell, Lewis Kimball, John Thompson. Hendry. Auckwick, B. Barry, R. Cadden, G. Er- BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. win. Baltimore Dist. Stephen G. Roszel, Huntingdon, Gideon Lanning, P. Buck P. Elder. ingham. Great Falls, Job Guest, John Childs. Bedford, James Moore, B. De Forrest. 350 Minutes for 1820.

Chambersburg, Caleb Reynolds, William Somerset, Avra Melvin, Wm. P. Early. Monroe. Annamessex, Lawrence Lawrensoti, John Frederick eir., A. Griffith, John Mackle- Tally. fresh. Accomack, Alward White, Wm. Wright. Pittsburg Dist. Thornton Fleming, Snow Hill, Joseph Aydelott, Wm. Lum- P. Elder. mis. Pittsburg, Sani'l Davis, Thos. Kennerly. Lewistown, Edward Page, Wm. Quinn. Greenfield, Henry Baker, John Watson. Milford, John Smith, Joseph Cary. Redstone, Amos Barnes, David Steel. Jersey Dist. Lawrence M'Combs, Brownsville and Union, Dennis H. Battee. P. Elder. Somerset, Asbi/ Pool, David Stevens. Burlington, John Walker, John Potts. Connelsville, , John Connelly. Trenton city, Solomon Sharp. Mahoning, Richard Armstrong. Asbury, Watters Burrows, John Creamer. Sussex, David Best, Samuel Budd. Monongahela Dist. Daniel Hitt, Daniel Ireland, Col P. Elder. Hamburg, Benjamin lins. Washington, . Bergen, Charles Pitt- Ohio, Thomas Beaks, William Brande- George Banghart, man. berry. Newark, Joseph Lybrand. Short Creek, George Brown. Essex and Staten Island, Asa Smith, Bar East Wheeling, Thomas Jamison. tholomew Weed, James Long. Monongahela and Randolph, Nathaniel B. New-Brunswick, Jacob Moore. Mills, John Haile. Trenton circuit, Sylvester G. Hill. Harrison, John Tanyhill, Wm. Hank. Freehold, John Price, James Aikins. Preston, Bennet Dowler. New-Mills, John Finley, Peter Vannest. Lawrence Everhart, German mission- Gloucester, David Bartine, R. W. Pe- . ary. therbridge. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Cumberland, Edwd. Stout, Daniel Fidler. Schuylkill Dist. James Bateman, Salem, Thomas Ware, Thomas Neal. P. Elder. NEW-YORfc CONFERENCE. Philadelphia — Nathan Bangs and Thomas Mason, St. George's, James Smith, sen., Eze- book agents. kiel James Smith, of Balti Cooper, Nicholas Morris, Principal of the Wes- more. leyan Seminary. Union, Robert Burch, Samuel J. Cox. Dist. Peter St. John-street, John Robertson. New-York P. Sandford, Elder. Kensinsrton, Richard Sneath. P. Garrettson, Bristol, Manning Force, Phinehas Price. Freeborn supernumerary. William Phabus, Dauphin, Jacob Gruber, Henry G. King. missionary. New-York, Hunt, Joshua Soule, Lancaster, Wm. Hunter, John Woolson, Aaron Wm. Ross. Billy Hibbard, Tobias Spicer, Elijah Chester, Wm. Jjeonard, Thos. Davis. Hebard. Jamaica, Cochran, Noble W. Tho Wilmington, Joseph Rusling. Samuel mas. Chesapeake Dist. William Bishop, Suffolk, Reuben Harris, Samuel D. Fer P. Elder. guson. Smyrna, Wm. Williams, Wm. Torbert. New-Rochelle, Samuel Bushnell, Marvin Dover, Wm. Rider, Joseph Osborn. Richardson. Caroline, James Moore, John Collins. Croton, Elijah Woolsey, John B. Mat Talbot, James Smith, William Allen. thias. Queen Ann's, George Woolley, Jos. Ridg- Courtlandt, John Reynolds, Gilbert Lyon. away. Stamford, Elisha P. Jacob, John M. Kent, Stephen Martindale, Thos. Smith. Smith. Cecil, Samuel J. Griffith, Thos. Miller. Brooklyn, Alexander M'Caine. Rock Run, John Goforth. Zion and Asbury, William M. Stilwell. Delaware Dist. Henry Boehm, P. Elder. Rhinebeck Dist. Ebenezer Washburn, Cambridge, David Daily, Samuel Grace. P. Elder. Dorchester, Charles Reed, Edward Ste Rhinebeck, Samuel Howe, Jesse Hunt. venson. Pittsfield, Theodosius Clark, Dan'l Kilby. Minutes for 1820. 351

Granville, Coles Carpenter, Robt. Seeny. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Middletown, William Jewett. New-London Dist. Erastus Otis, Durham, Cyrus Culver, Henry Eames. P. Elder. Burlington, Dolus Ensign, Nathaniel New-Londnn, Elijah Hedding. Ruggles. New-London circuit, Lewis Bates, L. Goshen, Nathan Emery, Smith Dayton. Bennett. New-Haven, William Thacher. Springfield, Moses Fifield. Stratford, Bela Smith, David Miller. Tolland, Ebenezer Blake. Redding, Laban Clark, Phinehas Cook. Pomfret, Amasa Cowles. Dutchess, James M. Smith, Smith Ar Needham, V. R. Osborn, N. Paine, J. nold. M'Kee. Otis, Lewis Pease. Mansfield and Somerset, Thomas W. Ashorote Dist. Daniel Ostrander, Tucker. P. Elder. Rhode-Island, Daniel Dorchester. Montgomery, Friend Draper, Noah Le- Bristol and Warren, Isaac Bonny. vings. Providence, Bartholomew Otheman. Saratoga, Samuel Eighmy, Peter Bus Warwick, Francis Dane: sing. Ashburnham, Amasa Taylor. Pittstown, Sherman Miner, John Lovejoy. Boston Dist. Geo. Pickering, P. Elder. Troy, William Ross. Marblehead, Zalmon Stetoart. Chatham, Wm. Anson, Daniel Drayton. Lynn Common, Enoch Mudge. Leydon, John J. Matthias, John Clark. Wood End, Timothy Merritt. Pownal, Andrew M'Cain, Orin Poer. Maiden, Ephraim Wiley. Cambridge, David Lewis, Dan 11. Wright. Boston, D. Kilbourn, B. R. Hoyt. Warren, Jacob Hall. Charlestown, Wilbur Fisk. Champlain Dist. John B. Stratten, Scituate and Dorchester, Benjamin Ha- P. Elder. zelton, Jotham Horton. Wellfleet, Edward Brandon, Samuel Draper, Jacob Beeman. Hyde. Harwich and Barnstable, Isaac Middlebory, James Youngs. Jennison. Falmouth and Charlotte, Almon Dunbar, Harvey De Sandwich, Edward T. Tay Wolf. lor. Nantucket, Asa Kent. St. Albans, Nicholas White, Seymour Landon. Vineyard, Eleazer Steel. New-Bedford, Stowe, Phinehas Doane, Moses Amedon. Shipley W. Wilson, Jesse Dunham, lbri Cannon. Fillmore. Grand Isle, Eli Barnett. Vermont Dist. John Lindsey, P. Elder. Plattsburg, Cyrus Silliman. Wethersfield, Elisha Streeter, M. Saun- Ticonderoga, James Covel. derson. Chazy, Buel Goodsell. Unity, John Lord. Hudson River Dist. Eben Smith, Barnard, Joel Steel, Benjamin Keith, sup. Vershire, P. Elder. Eleazer Wells, sup., William Albany, Samuel Merxoin. M'Koy. Barre, Haskel, Coeymans, Gershom Pierce, John D. Mo- Squire B. Ella Dunham. Athens, riarty. Abraham Halloway. Danville, Leonard Schenectady, Samuel. Luckey. Frost. Lyndon, Daniel Schenectady circuit, Henry Stead, Geo. Fillmore. Coles. Craftsbury, Isaac Stoddard. Stanstead and Sharon, Horace Weston, John Bangs. St. Francis, Phinehas Crandell. Delaware, John Finnegan, Jas. Quinlan. Newburg, Samuel Fowler. New-Hampshire Dist. Jacob Sanborn, Newburg circuit, Arnold Scholefield, Jo- P. Elder. siah Bowen. Portsmouth, Josiah A. Scarritt. New-Windsor, Phinehas Rice, Heman Newmarket and Kingston, Joseph A. Bangs. Merrill, John Brodhead. Sullivan, Henry Hatfield, Nathan Rice. Poplin, Orlando Hinds, J. P. Hervey. Ebenezer Brown, missionary to Louis Rochester, John F. Adams. iana. Rochester circuit, Samuel Norris. Fitch Reed, missionary to Canada. Tuftonborough, 352 Minutes for 1820.

Sandwich, Ezra Kellogg. St. Lawrence, W. W. Randall, Josiah Pembroke, Damon Young, Ezra Good Kies. win. Malone, William Jones. Bridgewater, Charles Baker. Chenango Dist. Charles Giles, P. Elder. Canaan, Joseph Killam. Chenango, Wyat Chamberlin,! . D. Gilbert. Landaff, Daniel Plumly, M. Fifield. Lebanon, Ebenezer Doolittle, Ira Brown- Lancaster, David Culver. son. Portland Dist. A. Heath, P. Elder. Courtlandt, Orin Doolittle, M. Tooker, /. Portland, Solomon Sias. Kimberlin, sup. Scarborough, Caleb Fogg. , Zenas Jones, Edmund O'Fling. Arundell, James Jaquis. Manlius, George Harmon. Buxton, Peter Burgess. MarceWas, John Arnold, Francis Hamilton. Gray, James Bishop. Auburn, Joseph Baker. Poland, Joshua Randall. Scipio, Russel Downing, Seth Mattison, Bethel, Job Pratt. sup. Livermore, Daniel Wentworth, John W. Cayuga, James Kelsey, Russel Parker. Hardy, sup. Ithaca, George W. Densmore. Readfield, Philip Munger. Ontario Dist. Abner Chase, P. Elder. Durham, B. Ayer, E. Spear. Canandaigua, John B. Alverson. Conway, Benjamin Burnham. Ontario, Thomas Wright, Elihu Nash. Kennebeck Dist. David Hutchinson, Lyons, Loring Grant, John Beggarly. P. Elder. Seneca, Andrew Prindel. Industry, William M. Gray. Ovid, Jonathan Huestis. Norridgewock, Gilman Moody Catharine, Joseph AfCreary. Dansville, Andrew Peck, Robert Parker. Unity, Sullivan Bray. Hallowell, Henry True. Plattsburgh, Chester Adgate. Pittstown, John Atwell. Crooked Lake, Isaac Grant, Jos. Gillmore. Bristol, Samuel Baker. Genesee Dist. Gideon Draper, P. Elder. Union, John Briggs. Bloomfield, Wm. Snow, Reuben Ailsworth. Hampden, Oliver Beale. Caledonia, James Brownson. Exeter, True Page. Sweden, Nathan B. Dodson. Bath and Phippsburg, Charles Virgin. Ridgeway,Pf(er7oi>e*,Benaijah Williams. Penobscot Dist. Benj. Jones, P. Elder. Buffalo and Black Rock, Micah Seager. Orrington, Jeremiah Marsh, elder elect. Rushford, Cyrus Story. Penobscot, Joseph Lull. Eden, Parker Buel, Richard Wright. Columbia, Joshua Nye. Clarence, Gleason Fillmore. St. Croix, John S. Ayer. Batavia, James Hall, Zechariah Paddock. Vinal Haven, John Lewis. Chetauque, Philetus Parkus. Thomastown, Samuel Plummer. Lake, John Summerville. Olean, Bennett. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Jasper Oneida Dist. George Gary, P. Elder. Susquehannah Dist. Geo. Lane, P. Elder. Westmoreland, Dan Barnes, Henry Peck. Wyoming, Elisha Bebins. Western, Alanson Gifford, James Brown. Canaan, George Peck. Litchfield, Ira Fairbank. Broome, Joshua Rogers, Caleb Kendal. Herkimer, Goodwin Stoddard, Dana Fox. Spencer, Jeter Foster. Warner, Otsego, James Hazen. Tioga, Hiram G. Hiram Moore. Paris, Ralph Lanning. Wyalusing, Asa Cummins, Horace Agard. Utica, Elijah King, sup. Bridgewater, John Griffing. Canajoharie, Charles Northrop. Upper Canada Dist. William Case, Cooperstown, Elias Bowen. P. Elder. Black River Dist. R. M. Everts, Thames, Ezra Adams. P. Elder. Westminster, Isaac B. Smith, Samuel Watertown, Israel Chamberlin. Belton. Sandy Creek, Enoch Barnes. Long Point, James Jackson, W. H.- Wil Oswego, Chandley Lambert. liams. Cato, Palmer Roberts. Ancaster, Alvin Torry, George Ferguson. Black River, Nathaniel Reeder, Jos.Willis. Niagara, Isaac Puffer. Minutes for 1821. 353

Lyons Creek, Daniel Shepherdson. Quest. 16. Where and when shall our Young-street, G. Peal, J. T. Demarest, next Conferences be held ? D. Youmans, sup. 1. Ohio Conference, at Chillicothe, Au Lower Canada. Dist. Henry Ryan, gust 8, 1820. P. Elder. 2. Missouri Conference, Shiloh Meet Montreal, Truman Dixon. ing-house, St. Clair county, September Attawaj 13, 1820. Cornwall, Elijah Boardman. 3. Tennessee Conference, Hopkinsville, Augusta, Timothy Goodwin, K. M'K. Kentucky, October 4, 1820. Smith. 4. Mississippi Conference, Mid way, Wil Rideau, Calvin N. Flint. kinson county, November 17, 1820. 5. South Carolina Bay Quintie, Robert Jeffers, D. C. Spore. Conference, Colum Hallowell, Jas. Wilson, Franklin Metcalf. bia, South Carolina, January 11, 1821. Bellville, Thomas Madden. 6. Virginia Conference, Raleigh city, Smith's Creek, Philander Smith. North Carolina, February 23, 1821. York, Fitch Reed. 7. Baltimore Conference, Baltimore, 'Northumberland, John Rhodes, Israel March 16, 1821. Cook. 8. Philadelphia Conference, Milford, *Shamokin, Marmaduke Pearce. state of Delaware, April 12, 1821. 9. New- *Lycoming,/oAn Thomas, Rob'l Menshall. York Conference, Troy, state of New- York, *Bald Eagle, Thomas M'Gce, Abram May 30, 1821. Dawson. 10. New-England Conference, Bane, Vermont, June 20, 1821. * The above are set off to the Baltimore Con 11. Genesee Conference, Paris, state ference. of New-York, July 19, 1821.

MINUTES

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

FOB THE YEAR 1821.

1. Who Quest. are admitted on trial ? John Denham, Joseph B. Wyms, Joseph OHIO CONFERENCE. Williams, Elias Tidwell, Henry Gregg, Alfred Brunson, Wm. Crofford, Charles W- P- Kendrick, James Cumming, Thos. Thorn,horn, Jas. Collord, James Jones, Daniel Payne> Jonn Paulsaul, Wyley B. Peek, Limrick, Chas. Truscott, Nathan Walker, Benj. M. Drake, Aquilla Sampson, Alson Waters, A. Crawford, B. P. William I. Kent, Wm. Simmons, Henry J. I. Seawell, Wm. B. Knapp, Zarah Costio, Jas. Havins — 13. Carpenter, Jacob Sullivan, Sam'l Hyneman, Isaac Reynolds— 31. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Wm. L. Hawley, Elias Stone, Samuel P. Cook, Nicholas Bassett, Francis Moore, William Cravens, Henry T. Snead— 2. John M'Cord, W. W. Rodman, H. Vre- SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. denburgh, David Chamberlain, George V David Riley, Henry Seagrest, James Archi- Simms Isaac Br^nelV, bald Purify ^ho™ *&££ LevmHester^Green, Henry Stevenson, «B Gilbert Glenn, John Robertson, Daniel G. M'Da- uiaru— 15. nieli Elias Sinclair> r^-t T Wardj Elija|x TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Sinclair, John I. Triggs, Noah Lancy, Milton Jameson, Wm. Young, Edward BodJ Eng)isn. M. M'Pherson, John Rey- Stevenson, , William Martin no,(,s, Livy Stancell— 16. Esau 5aJ**jw% Simmons, Allen B.' VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. B^"M-MAR^n0lJdsVJ-,W-M-Rey- Samuel Harre". J^n W. M. Kifby, nolds,m!it Blatchley C. Wood, Luke C. Allen, Thomas Crowder, Wm. Leigh, Archibald 23