Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church For

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. 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, Minutes for 18 It. 189

Daniel Brown, Samuel Jenkins, John S. Ford, John S. Capers, James Capers, Sewell, Reuben Tucker, John Campbell, Henry D. Green, Drury Powell, Whit Aaron Mattox, James Hutto, Samuel M. man C. Hill— 17. Meek, Thomas Dickinson, Andrew Pick- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. ins, Elias Stone, John Mullinex, Ashley Joseph C. Bell, Leroy Blackburn, Hewitt, James John Shrock — 20. Hays, Erasmus Stimson, Josiah Morton, Thomas VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. M. Bacon, Robert Gilbraith — 6. James Avent, Joshua Lawrence, James BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Sandford, William M. Elliott, Samuel John Davis, John White, John W. John Jesse Branch, Waggoner, Mallory, Bond, James Stevens, Wesley Webster, Henry Holmes, John Kelly, Samuel William Monroe, John Taylor, Asby Hunter, Hunter, John C. Traylor, Henry Pool, Nathan Lodge, Tobias Reiley, Ezra Abraham Trail, Lewis Kimbell — 14. Grover, Rob't Wilson, James Wilson — 13. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. John C. French, James M'Cann, Abel John Fernon, Wm. Torbert, Lawrence Robinson, Jacob Gorwell, Thomas Kin- Lawrenson, Thomas Davis, John Price, caid — 5. Wm. Williams, John Emory, John Van PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Schoick, Samuel Griffith — 9. Joseph Lybrand, Samuel P. Levis, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. John Hall, William Wickes, James L. John Russell, John Haskins, Timothy Smith, William Ryder, William W. Minor, Stephen Richmond, Justus Bying- Foulks, Force, Wm. Leonard, Manning ton, Ephraim Sawyer, Hugh Armstrong, Ross— 10. Hugh Arnold Scolfield, Peter Bussing, Samuel NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Bushnell, Heman Garlick — 11. John B. Matthias, Gilbert Lyon, Ben NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Griffen, Culver, John T. jamin Cyrus Ethen Stevens, Francis Dane, John Addnms, Sand ford, Samuel Wea Hawley Jewett, Nathan B. Ashcraft, Artemas ver, John Jesse Hunt, Reynolds, Elijah Stebbins, Benjamin Sabin, Orlando Hinds, Hibbard, David Lewis, John Finley, Al Stephen Wingate, Joseph Lull, Jonathan mond Dunbar, Samuel — 14. Luckey Worthen, Joseph Dennett, Elias Marble, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Leonard Bennett — 13. Aaron Lummus, James Jaques, William GENESEE CONFERENCE. Lewis, Thomas Norris, Da Marsh, John Dan Barnes, Peregrine Hallett, Jona Keith, Daniel vid Blanchard, Benjamin than Huestis, Edward Cooper, Seth Mat- Atwell, Fillmore, Cyrus Cummins, John tison, William Brown, iNoah — Bigelow, Harvey Morey 11. Samuel L. Rawleigh, Samuel Thompson, GENESEE CONFERENCE. Peter Covenhoven, Benjamin G. Pad Silas Hopkins, Enoch Burdock, Mar- dock, James H. Baker, Reuben Farley, maduke Pearce, Ralph Lanning, Palmer Joseph Kinkead, Abner Chase— 15. Roberts, Ira Fairbank, Orin Doolittle, Quest. 3. Who are admitted into Gillett, John Haz- full Elijah King, Truman connection ? zard— 10. WESTERN CONFERENCE. Who remaim on trial t Quest. 2. William Young, Lewis Anderson, Rich WESTERN CONFERENCE. ard Richards, John Johnson, Moses James B. Finley, Thomas Nelson, Crume, James Blair, John Lewis, William Samuel West, Alexander Cummins, Sa Winans, Isaac M'Kowen, William B. muel Heliums, Samuel H. Thompson, Elgin, Isaac Lindsey, Eli Truett, James Henry M'Daniel, John Manley, Francis Gwinn, William Lambden — 14. Travis, John Brown, Chas. Holliday— 11. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Moses Andrew, Robert L. Kennon, John Rye, Frederick D. Wimberly, Wm. S. Talley, Lewis Hobbs, Anthony Alexander Talley, Alex'r M. M'Ewen, Senter, Nicholas Powers, Jacob Rumph, Thomas Griffin, Albcrton Jones, John Thomas D. Glenn, Michael Burdge, Wil Jennings, John B. Glenn, Andrew Gram- liam Capers, Urban Cooper, Joseph Sal- bhng, John Tarrant, Michael Durr. John tonstall— 12. 190 Minutes for 181 1.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Benjamin Dulany, Christian Rumph, Tho Thomas Cooper, Joseph N. Kilpatrick, mas Mason — 18. Joel Burgess, Samuel Duty, Jesse Brown, VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. James Morris, Thomas Moore, Henry Thomas Cooper,* Joseph N. Kilpa Robert Griffith, Jacob Hill, Ethel- Hardy, trick,* Joel Burgess,* Samuel Duty,* bert Drake, William W. Hill, William William Compton,* Jesse Brown,* James John Thomas Compton, Moore, Burge, Morris,* Thomas Moore,* Henry Hardy,* N. 16. Caleb Bell— Robert Griffith,* Jacob Hill,* Ethelbert BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Drake,* William W. Hill,* John Moore,* Joseph Frye, Simon Lauck, Beverly Thomas Burge,* Caleb N. Bell,* Leroy Waugh, Richard Tidings, James Ewen, Merritt,* Alexander Sale, James M. Ar James M. Hanson— 6. thur, Edmund Wright, Jesse Butler, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. James Smith, Thomas Anderson, Thomas P. Anderson, John Anderson, Thomas Y. Daniel Ashton, John Woolson, Tho Cook, Ewen Johnson, Thomas Neeley, mas Miller, James Quail, John Smith, John Humphries, Edward Cannon, James Stephen Martindale, John Fox, James Harris— 31. Laws, John Wilson, Thomas Drummond —10. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Joseph Frye,* Beverly Waugh,* Rich- aid Tidings,* James Ewen,* James M. Marvin Richardson, Robert Hibbard, Hanson,* Joseph Lanston,* Joshua Mon Bela Smith, Coles Carpenter, Jacob Bee- roe, Eli Henkle, Daniel Stansbury, Jacob man — 5. Snyder, Allen Green, Simon Lauck — 12. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Benjamin Bishop, Benjamin Jones, Ste John Woolson,* Thomas Miller,* John phen Bailey, John Lindsey, Wm. Frost, Smith,* Martindale,* John Fox,* Isaiah Emerson, Daniel Wentworth, Ro Stephen James Laws,* Thomas Drummond,* Da bert Arnold, Elisha Streeter, Amasa Tay niel Ashton,* William S. Fisher, Thomas lor, George Gary, Edward Hyde, Ebene- Neal, Avra Melvin, John Sharpley — 12. xer F. Newell, Robert Hays, Benjamin R. Hoyt— 15. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Marvin Richardson,* Robert Hibbard,* Coles Jacob Beeman,* Wil Loring Grant, George W. Densmore, Carpenter,* liam Cyprian H. Gridley, Joseph Gatchell, Thomas Wright, Isaac Blagborne,* Friend Lansford James Puffer, Elijah Metcalf— 6. Draper, Whiting, Edmonds, Bela Smith — 10. Quest. 4. Who are the deacons? NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Those marked thus {*) were ordained this year. Benj. Jones,* Stephen Bailey,* John WESTERN CONFERENCE. Lindsey,* William Frost,* Isaiah Emer William Young,* Lewis Anderson,* son,* Daniel Wentworth,* Amasa Taylor,* William Lambden,* Richard Richards,* George Gary,* Edward Hyde,* Robert John Johnson,* Eli Truett,* Thomas Hays,* Benj. R. Hoyt,* John W. Hardy, Kirkman,* Wm. Winans,* John Lewis,* David Kilbourn, Wm. Hinman, Leonard Isaac M'Kowen,* William B. Elgin,* Frost, Abner Clark— 16. Isaac Lindsey,* James Blair,* Jedediah GENESEE CONFERENCE. M'Miitd,* Samuel John King, Cragg, Loring Grant,* Thomas Wright,* Isaac Josiah Crawford, Hezekiah Shaw, Mi Puffer,* Joseph Gatchell,* George W. Ellis, John chael Henninger, Jacob Tur- Densmore,* John Wilson,* John Kimber- man, Thomas Stilwell — 22. lin, George Thomas, Chandley Lambert, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. John Rhodes, Samuel Ross, William Jew- Moses Andrew,* Robert L. Kennon,* ett— 12. William S. Talley,* Lewis Hobbs,* An Quest. 5. Who have been elected and or thony Senter,* Nicholas Powers,* Jacob dained elders this year ? Rumph,* Thomas D. Glenn,* William Capers,* Urban Cooper,* Joseph Salton- WESTERN CONFERENCE. stall,* John Henning,* Charles L. Ken Moses Crume, Jas. Gwinn, John Travis, non, Richmond Nolley, Coleman Harwell, Sela Paine, Jas. King,Abbot Goddard,elect, Minutes for 1811. 191 Saul Henkle, William Mitchell, Henry Isaac M'Kowen, Abbott Goddard, Hector Mallory, Isaac Quinn, elect, John Clingan, Sandford, Jedediah M'Minn, Rich. John Brown Crane, Milton Ladd, Thos. Trower, ing— 10. elect, Thos. Heliums, elect, Hector Sand- SOUTH ford, elect — 16. CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Abda Christian, Eppes Tucker, James SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Hunter, Thos. Hearthcock, Chas. Fisher, Oaborn Rogers, Charles Fisher, Joseph Samuel Harrison, John Henning— 7. Travis, Wm. Scott, Robert L. Edwards, James Hunter, James Norton, Jesse Stan- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. cell—8. Nathan A nderson, Gray Williams, Thos. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. J. Crockwell, Bridges Arendell, Enoch Jones, John French, James — Robert Thompson, Charles Rountree, Medley 7. Nathan Anderson, William W. Hendrick, BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Joel Arrington, Robt. Barnes, John Early, Benedict Burgess, John Purden, Joseph Henry Warren, Cannellem H. Hines, Thos. Rowen, William G. Lowman —i. J. Crockwell— 10. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. William Colbert, Rezin Hammond, Jacob Dowell, John Thomas Drummond, Thomas Curren — 3. G. Watt, Samuel Montgomery, Jas. Saun ders, John Thomas, Wm. Butler, Benedict NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Burgess, John Purden, Jas. Reiley — 10. Mitchell B. Bull, Robert Dillon, Thos. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Woolsey— 3. George Sheets, Jacob Hevener, Joseph Bennett— 3. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Epaphras Kibby, Enoch NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Jaques, Ju nius Spalding, John Tinkham, Levi Walk Isaac B. Smith, Stephen Sornborger, er— 5. John Kline, Lewis Pease, Peter P. Sandford, Phinehns Rice, Jonathan Lyon, GENESEE CONFERENCE. Francis Brown, William Swayze —9. Dan'l Freeman, Henry Montooth, Benj. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Bidlack, Elias Pattie, Robert Perry, Mat thew Vanduzan— 6. Jos. A. Merrill, Nathaniel W. Stearns, Ebenezer Blake, Zachariah Gibson, Enoch Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary Jaques, elect, Chas. Virgin, Benj. Bishop, preachers ? Ebenezer F. Newell, Elisha Streeter, WESTERN CONFERENCE. Joshua Randle— 10. Caleb W. Cloud. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Elias Pattie, elect, Wm. Snow, Abra SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE ham Dawson, Charles Giles, George Jesse Richardson. Harmon, Isaac Teller— 6. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Quest. 6. Who are the bishops and super Thomas Neeley. intendents ? BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Francis Asbury, William M'Kendree —2. Morris Howe. •»• Doctor Coke, at the request of the British Conference, and by consent of our PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. General Conference, resides in : Europe Robert Sparks, Wm. M'Lenahan — 2. he is not to exercise the office of super intendent among us, in the United States, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. until he be recalled by the General Con Isaac Candee, Smith Arnold, Henry ference, or all by the Annual Conferences Eames, Jonathan Lyon, Datus Ensign — 5. respectively. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Quest. 7. Who have located this year? Elijah R. Sabin, Daniel Webb, Natha WESTERN CONFERENCE. niel W. Stearns, Pliny Brett, Joseph Peck, Abraham Amos, Anthony Houston, Jas. John Brodhead, Greenleaf R. Norris, King, Zadock B. Thackston, Wm. Lewis, Thomas Branch— 8. 192 Minutes for 181 1.

Quest. 9. Who are the superannuated the worth of souls lying near his heart, in and worn-out preachers t 1805 he again nnited himself to the itin WESTERN CONFERENCE. erant connection, from which he departed no more till the wheels of life stood still. Elisha W. Bowman, John M'Clure —2. Thomas Daughaday was a man of a SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. slender constitution, but great meekness and Reddick Pierce. of spirit, gentleness of manners, good ness of heart. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. He suffered much in the last year of his Robert Bolton, Hezekiah Harriman, life from a cough and pain in his breast, Thomas Lucas, Joseph Stone, Jesse Pin- and frequently spit blood. Nevertheless, nell— 5. he still exerted the feeble remains of dying PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. nature in proclaiming salvation through Jesus Christ to a lost and ruined world. John Smith, Robert M'Coy, William P. He bore his last illness with great pa Chandler, James Polemus— 4. tience and resignation. He saw death ap NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. proaching with rapid strides; but, through Samuel Thomas. the promises of the gospel and the con solations of the Spirit, he was enabled to GENESEE CONFERENCE. meet the king of terrors without dismay. Jphn P. Weaver, John Ilusselkus — 2. And even when death had nearly com pleted his conquest over all in him that 10. Who have been expelled Quest. from was mortal, his reason still maintained its the connection this year ? empire, and the last words which he was PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. heard to articulate were, "Glory! glory!" Joseph Stephens. And then, like an expiring lamp, or the setting sun without a cloud, he fell asleep. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. He has left a widow and two children to Benjamin P. Hill. mourn the loss of an affectionate husband : and the name of Quest. 11. Who have withdrawn from the and tender father Daugh connection this year t aday will long be dear to many in the cir None. cuits where he travelled. 2. Thos. Budd,— a native of New Mills, Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' charac Burlington county, state of New-Jersey. 19, 1783; and about ters examined before the Conferences ? He was born February the 1800 was converted to God, and This was strictly attended to by calling year attached himself to the Methodist Church. over their names, one by one, before their He was received as a travelling preacher respective Conferences. at the Philadelphia Conference in 1803, Quest. 13. Who have died this year? and appointed to Redstone cirouit. He 1 . Thomas Daughaday. — He was born in travelled Berkley in 1804, Clarksburg in Baltimore county, in the state of Maryland, 1805, Greenbrier in 1806; he was ap 1777, and departed this life in Uniontown, pointed to Fell's Point and Fell's Point Fayette county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 12th, circuit in 1807, Montgomery in 1808, 1810. In the morning of his life he was Burlington in 1809, and stationed in Phila brought (through the instrumentality of the delphia in 1810, where he ended his days Methodist preachers) to experience the in peace, July 10, in the 28th year of his knowledge of salvation, by the remission age, and the seventh of his ministry. of sin. He became a member of the Meth He died of a pulmonary affection, a odist Episcopal Church, at Taylor's meet complaint to which he was constitution ing-house, near Baltimore city, and was ally predisposed ; it was sudden in its admitted on trial, as a travelling preacher, attack, and progressed rapidly to a fatal in May, 1798. He travelled and preached, termination. Thomas Budd was a young with approbation and usefulness, in Mary man of good natural and improved abili land, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, until ties; he was both acceptable and useful 1802, at which time he received a location as a preacher, and deservedly esteemed on account of affliction of body. But, not in all the stations he filled ; he was a man withstanding he continued extremely debi of good moral character, and pious in his litated, yet his mind not being tranquil, and life and conduct ; he was open and free in Minutes for 18 11. 193

his manners, a stranger to dissimulation, task. After many severe exercises and capable of warm attachments and friend sore conflicts, he, in the year 1798, and trem ship, exceedingly candid and frank in entered blingly the work of the ministry ; his general character. In the first of his and it was soon seen that he was in the illness his mind was much depressed, oc order of God, by the visible fruits of his casioned by the doubts he entertained of labour in the Lord. This year he was his acceptance with God ; but it pleased stationed on Albany circuit. "Having the Lord that that state of mind " should to ride," says he, three hundred miles not long continue, for the cloud suddenly in four weeks, and preach fortv-three burst, and his soul was filled with joy and times, and sometimes travel on foot through peace in believing; and although he was storms and snows, I was so worn out, frequently harassed with temptations af that in the month of April, 1799, I re terward, yet at intervals he in rejoiced turned home unable to ride any more." the God of his salvation, and proclaimed According to his own account, after de he felt Jesus to be precious, and appealed sisting from travelling, to though he main those that were present if they did not tained the form, and supported an unspot also experience the same consolation. ted character as to his outward deport He was asked, some few hours before ment, he insensibly lost the inward life his dissolution, whether he knew his end and power, of religion in a was considerable approaching, and also, whether he felt degree. Some of the preachers, seeing ready to meet it. He answered, he had his danger, reproved him in too harsh a no presentiment that death was very near; manner : instead of reclaiming him, it but that if it was the will of God, he had tended to prejudice his mind against them, rather go at that time, unless he had the and to sink him into dejection, so that in fullest assurance that at a future period the autumn of 1801 he withdrew from he should feel his mind in the same the happy connection.* While in this state he frame it then was. The day after his visited various denominations, by some of death, his remains were taken to New- whom he was solicited to join himself as Mills, accompanied by a number of a his minister ; but to this he could not con friends, and interred within four rods of sent. After about a year and a the half, he place of his birth. A sermon was saw it his duty to return to the people preached on the occasion one of by his from whom he had withdrawn. On this colleagues, to a large and affected deeply occasion he says, "As soon as I con congregation, on these words of the " cele sented to bear the cross, and join the Me brated apostle St. Paul, I have fought a thodists again, I felt a return of the favour good fight, I have finished my of course, I God, and could truly say, My Jesus is have kept the faith : henceforth there is mine, and I am his." He laboured as a laid up for me a crown of local righteousness, preacher about two years, when he which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall again entered the itinerant connection, give me at that day," 2 Tim. iy, 8. 7, in which he continued until his death. In 3. William Keith, — who was born in the the years 1806 and 1807 he was station town of Easton, Massachusetts, ed Septem on Newburg circuit, and in 1808 on ber 15, 1776. By the account which he Montgomery, at which places, and, indeed, has left of himself, he had serious exer wherever he was stationed, he was re cises of mind from the time he was eight ceived by the people as a messenger of years old ; but by the influence of bad ex God ; for his ministerial labours were ample, he was kept under to bondage sin, blessed to many. In 1809 he was sta until some time in the month of May, tioned in New- York, where he ended his 1794, in his eighteenth year, when in a days, September 7, 1810, aged 33 years, love-feast he found the peace of God to 11 months, and 23 days. He wasted his soul. He soon after joined the Me away, by slow and almost imperceptible thodist Church, and was faithful in the degrees, with the consumption ; but pa discharge of his duty as a private mem tience was made perfect in his sufferings. ber. It was not long, however, before he The writer of this memoir lived under the felt his mind exercised about preaching same roof with him for about two months the gospel of the Son of God. He felt of his last illness, and therefore had an that reluclanee to the work which is com opportunity of observing him attentively. mon to those who are sensible of its im #see his portance, and Experience, written by himself, paxes their own inadequacy to the 20 and 21. 13 194 Minutes for 1811.

For some time previous to his death he virtues, and so prepare to join him in was unable to articulate loud, so that he praising God and the Lamb for ever. could converse but little. Though he He left a widow and three children ; frequently expressed his want of sensible and the people of New- York have shown consolation, and a desire for greater mani their love for the dead, while living, by festations of God's joyful countenance, their benevolence to the widow and fa yet no murmuring word was heard to drop therless. from his lips, nor any consciousness of 4. William Hunt, —who was born at condemnation. A pleasant, smiling coun East Sudbury, Middlesex county, Massa tenance, visibly indicated the inward sere chusetts, June 9, 1787. At an early pe nity of his mind. riod he manifested a mild and amiable A few days before his happy spirit de temper of mind, united with a strong hi' " parted, he said, The fear of death and clination to reading and close thinking. hell is wholly taken away, and I have a But from the unhappy circumstance of hope of immortality." He also said, that reading books, and hearing conversation his views of the plan of salvation were the tending to invalidate the Christian religion, same as they had been since he embraced he not only doubted the truth of, bat en the religion of Jesus Christ; and that we tertained strong prejudices against, the might tell his friends, that he died in the Scriptures. Lord. When about fifteen years old he first One distinguishing trait in the charac attended the preaching of the Methodists, ter of William Keith was humility. Per where he first received those religious im haps no man ever possessed more real ex pressions which brought him to the know cellence, and at the same time had a less ledge of himself and Jesus Christ his Sa opinion of himself. Perhaps this was viour. Convinced of the depth, extent, one cause of that dejection of mind which and consequence of sin, with a penitential was sometimes visible, and which, no heart he approached, to the Redeemer, doubt, prevented him from enjoying him and received the witness of pardon in his self as well as he otherwise might have blood. done. Another peculiar excellence with From the time of his conversion, he which the great Head of the Church en manifested an unusual attachment to the dued him was clearness of conception, Holy Scriptures ; and notwithstanding readiness of utterance, and comprehen his intense application to academical siveness in argument. It has often been studies, he was accustomed to read, col remarked that he possessed the happy art late, and commit to memory, certain por of expressing much useful matter in a few tions of the sacred writings daily. well chosen words. Sound in doctrine, He was licensed to preach in 1805, and deep in experience, and uniform in prac admitted on trial as a travelling preacher tice, he was able to look a congregation in 1806 ; and was appointed to Orrington inthe face while he denounced the terrors circuit. In 1807 he was stationed on of the law to sinners, and administered the Conway ; in 1808 he was appointed to promises of the gospel to mourners and Bridgewater, New-Hampshire, in which to believers. The unction of the Holy station he obtained the sanctifying grace Spirit, which anointed his word, more of God, and was made the happy instrument than compensated for his want of a clas of this salvation to others; and here the sical education, which, though good in its disorder of which he died formed its first can never supply the absence of a permanent seat in his feeble constitution. Elace,eart-felt experience of divine truth. His next appointment was Marblehead, The happy, and sometimes astonishing, where he continued but a few months be effects of his ministry, demonstrated that fore his consumptive complaint became so he was sent by Jesus Christ to declare deeply fixed, as to afford sufficient convic unto mankind the awful truths of Heaven, tion that his dissolution was nigh. Una and to beseech sinners to be reconciled to ble longer to continue his ministerial la- God. He had failings, no doubt, but as lours, he left his station and retired to bis the writer of this was unacquainted with parents at Penobscot, with whom he died. them, he cannot tell what they were. But As a Christian, in the profession both he is no more in this world. He is gone of justifying and sanctifying grace, be was to reap the reward of those who continue a pattern of devotion. As a scholar, few faithful to death. May we emulate his have excelled him in the branches of lit is* Minutes for 181 1. .95

erature he pursued. As a minister, he Immediately after his return from the was sound in doctrine, and well read in Genesee Conference, which was held in the Holy Scriptures. He possessed cor Lyons, July, 1810, he was seized with a rect views of gospel order and discipline, violent fever, that continued to increase and was in his life a comment upon them. till it terminated in death. Through the He possessed, in a large measure, the course of his illness he manifested an en grand principle of ministerial oratory, the tire resignation to God, and frequently ex power of the Holy Ghost. pressed an enjoyment of his forgiving love. His last illness was a continued scene While enduring the last agonies of dis of severe affliction, great patience, and solving nature he frequently exclaimed, " much divine consolation. He retained his How sweet is pain when Christ is near !" senses to the last. With the deepest hu A few days before his death he called his mility, modesty, and triumph, he said, wife and two daughters to his bed, and " I have fought a good fight, I have finish after having clasped each by the hand, he " ed my course, I have kept the faith ; bid them all farewell. You have often," " henceforth there is laid up for me a crown said he, looked and wished for my return of life." home ; I am now going to my eternal He sat in his chair till a few moments home : be faithful, and we shall meet before he died. He then desired to be again to part no more for ever." In con laid on the bed ; then he desired to be put sequence of the violence of his fever, in on his knees, in which position he expired the last three days before his exit, he was on the 17th day of June, 1810, with all that frequently delirious ; however, the day tranquillity and holy triumph which the before he died, he said to his physician, " consideration of a life devoted to God, a in the most confident manner, / know sense of the divine presence, and a prospect that my Redeemer liveth." Having thus of an eternal weight of glory are calcu given satisfactory evidence of his confi lated to inspire. dence in God, he closed his eyes in death ; It is a circumstance worthy of observa and no doubt made his flight to the abodes tion, that so many of our brethren in the of peace. ministry have fallen into the arms of death Our late brother Knowlton, we believe, in the morning of life, and in the midst was a deeply experienced Christian; a of usefulness. The most promising flow plain, practical, and useful preacher. And ers have been suddenly taken from earth ; such was his faithfulness in attending his but, we trust, to be transplanted in a richer appointments, that it became proverbial in " soil, and more favourable clime. While stormy weather, It isKnowlton's appoint we behold with wonder, let us adore with ment, he will be there ; we must attend." trembling the government of Jehovah, He is taken from a world of toil and pain whose footsteps are in the great deep, and to reap his great reward in heaven ; for, " his ways past finding out. J. S. blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the N. B. It is not altogether on the tes Spirit, that they may rest from their la timony of others, that I have given to our bours ; and their works do follow them." dear brother Hunt the above character ; I have been intimately acquainted with Quest. 14. What numbers are in Society? him, and can say with propriety, I have WESTERN CONFERENCE. known but few in whom so many Chris Holston District Whites. Col. Whites. tian and ministerial excellences were Col. Roaring River 497 44 Nollichuckie 430 7 Livingston 458 45 S. united. J. French-Broad 599 30 Hartford 352 22 Clinch 803 63 Duck River 401 16 Knowlton, —a 5. Gideon A. native of Holston 410 30 Elk. 289 61 Connecticut, born in East Haddam, who Powell's Dixon 730 95 departed this life in Whitestown, N. Y., Valley 370 27 Henderson 184 Saltville 258 35 the 15th of August, 1810, aged 51 years. Flint 276 12 Carter's Gideon Knowlton became an itine A. Valley 180 16 4890 486 rant preacher in 1800, and was stationed Tennessee Kentucky District. on Cayuga circuit; in 1801, on Tioga; Valley 420 30 Limestone 539 26 1802 and 1803, on Ulster : 1804, Albany ; Licking 242 20 3475 230 Lexington 552 48 1805, Saratoga ; 1806 and 1807, Montgo Cumberland District. Lexington- mery ; 1808 and 1809, Western; and Nashville 1229 133 town 53 8 1810, Mexico. Red River 364 58 Huikstone 760 103 196 Minutes for 1811.

Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Eagle Creek 69 14 Massack 15 Hanover 516 129 Salisbury 682 38 Fleming 613 22 New-Madrid 30 Williamsburg 623 73 Yadkin 340 50 Sandy River 64 Cape Girar Gloucester 1057 50 Iredell 663 49 deau 100 . Orange 424 56 2892 241 Vincennes 122 3 Green 3106 293 Green River District. Mountain 508 118 Meherrtn District. Amherst 551 101 Green River 542 30 974 35 Greensville 611 392 510 186 Barren 603 30 Miami District. Bedford Mecklenburg 399 83 442 17 Wayne White Water 633 5 Cumberland 318 11 119 4 4381 760 Cumberland Cincinnati 945 5 Buckingham 317 50 800 97 Newbern District. Danville Mad River 969 9 Sussex 776 288 Salt River 364 9 Beaufort 533 591 Scibto 907 4 Amelia 806 45 808 88 New-River 496 350 Shelby Creek 801 24 Petersburg 95 72 Deer Pamlico 541 123 Silver Creek 395 2 Brunswick 489 163 Hockhocking 767 Black River 230 98 White Oak 1047 1 176 72 4073 277 Neuse 3811 1104 District. Mattamus- Mississippi 6069 48 District. Natchez 110 70 keet, Banks, Norfolk Wilkinson 110 8 Muskingum District. and Islands 282 70 Edenton Claiborne 97 41 Fairfield 422 Newbern 121 250 Norfolk Washataw Wills Creek 324 Portsmouth 1554 Suffolk and Appalou.- West Wheel 2379 sas 30 ing 1005 Yadkin District. Camden Orleans Ter Marietta 365 Rocky Mount 246 14 Bertie ritory 43 Tuscarawa 79 Franklin 423 76 Little Ka Guilford 752 66 3002 1613 390 119 nawha 382 BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Indiana District. Knox 358 Baltimore District. Staunton 181 72 341 Guyandott 67 Illinois Bottetourt 506 111 Missouri 137 4 Letart Falls 196 Baltimore cir. 706 210 Greenbrier 314 27 149 21 Great Falls 680 225 Maramnck Monroe 285 10 80 7 3218 31 Fell's Point 359 191 Cold Water 42 Baltimore New-River 300 118 SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. city 1233 800 Alleghany 755 Pendleton 257 16 Oconee District. Bush River 810 167 Severn 494 02'J Broad River 1034 178 Keewee 573 23 Annapolis 148 276 523 Appalachee Reedy River 500 31 Prince 3289 Monongahela District. and Jack- Enoree 571 156 George's At Redstone 620 32 son 1002 180 Congaree 504 113 St. Mary's 336 625 Pittsburg 508 16 Alcovi 756 97 Columbia 143 121 Washington city 88 42 Shenango 306 Erie 501 2792 455 5088 3500 Calvert 741 1457 Ohio 515 36 District. Camden District. Sparta Monongahela 790 18 727 320 Santee 738 1052 4790 4455 Sparta Greenfield 584 8 657 132 Georgetown 68 772 District. Milledgeville Potomac Randolph 330 6 Washington 341 34 Groat Pee Winchester 530 188 Hartford 334 3 265 19 Dee 733 384 705 Oakmulgeo Berkley East Wheel St. Mary's 124 24 Bladen 542 174 483 Loudoun ing 197 Ohoopee 156 20 Little Pee Dee 700 61 Fairfax 330 Tombeckbee 102 14 Brunswick 677 399 315 Stafford 4685 119 Wilmington 61 640 Fredericks Carlisle District. 2372 563 Fayetteville 125 120 63 5 burg Harford 536 273 District. 632 139 Ogeeckee Lancaster Carlisle 606 46 Little River 754 236 3644 3602 254 160 Alexandria Lyttleton 348 42 Warren 617 154 Catawba District. 200 118 Georgetown Juniatta 150 3 64 19 Buncombe 328 22 573 624 Augusta Montgomery Bedford 116 Louisville 507 77 Morganton 344 29 674 316 Frederick Huntingdon 298 9 7 Union 636 49 Savannah Auckwhick 192 Lincoln 542 117 1970 4759 Mishannon 42 557 153 1951 493 Wateree Greenbrier District. Saluda District. Rocky River 572 91 Rockingham 589 121 2288 371 Charleston 226 2223 Montgomery 578 55 Cypress 975 447 — PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Edlsto 786 219 3557 516 Schuylkill District. Chester 558 101 Philadelphia 1629 1061 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Bristol 375 94 3737 1450 Raleigh District Haw River 397 115 Northampton 179 Chesapeake District. Roanoke 602 378 Lancaster 456 52 Cecil 747 435 Caswell 509 86 2666 908 Dauphin 338 5 Kent 614 599 Raleigh 541 103 James River District. Antalany 65 Queen Ann's 801 726 Tar River 617 226 Richmond 192 47 Wilmington 137 137 Talbot 987 859 Minutes for 1811. 197

Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Vermont District. Whites. Col. Caroline 905 321 Cambridge 717 677 Whites. Col. Scarborough 124 Dover 776 465 Athens 201 Falmouth 240 Smyrna 940 650 6586 4303 Wethersfield 416 2 Conway 72 Jersey District. Barnard 360 As bury 775 8 Bethel 106 5770 4055 Vershire 230 Freehold 786 53 Livermore 259 Barrc 318 Delaware District. Trenton 483 79 Poland 203 Danville 274 1 Elizabeth- Portland 159 Milh.nl 756 351 Stanstead 196 4 town and Lewistown 755 331 Statenlsland729 37 1474 St. Martin's 1995 7 and Snow Burlington 866 32 Kemebeck District. Gloucester 938 23 New-Hampshire Dist. Hill 1050 710 Salem 825 202 Grantham 256 Readfield 209 Accomack 770 538 913 3G Canaan and Norridgewock 125 Annamessex 855 685 Cumberland Camden 114 76 Bridgewater 337 Hallowell 153 Somerset ma 485 Pembroke 158 Vasselbo- Dorchester 817 520 6434 546 Tuftonbo- rough 140 NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. rough and Union 239 Rochester 326 Boothbay 39 New- York District. Dunham 335 Centre Har Georgetown 59 New-York 1924 530 Grand Isle 274 bour 216 Industry 250 New-Ro- 68 Ticonderoga Landaff 404 Orrington 305 chelle 490 Plattsburg 496 Lunenburg 210 Hamden 300 Croton 511 Manchester 130 Bristol 236 Courtlandt 500 Saratoga 478 1937 1 Penobscot 83 Redding 70!) Malone 61 Portland District. Middletown 406 Durham 314 1 2118 1 Suffolk 326 4057 20 .Jamaica 530 Hudson River District Brooklyn 133 GENESEE CONFERENCE. Albany city 116 13 Albany cir. 604 6 Cayuga District. Tioga 443 4 5649 844 Holland Pur Rhinebeck District. Schenectady 507 7 Chenango 560 517 Otsego chase 365 Dutchess 496 21 Montgomery 9 494 Delaware 652 Canestio 225 Chatham 547 6 3 Westmore Ulster 433 Ontario 687 12 Rhinebeck 476 10 land 634 Newbura 434 4 Lyons 641 10 Pittsficld 566 3 Pompey 513 New-Wind Scipio 404 Seneca 479 2 Whitingham 387 1 - sor 503 8 Canaan 273 Buckland 126 Cayuga 432 Haverstraw 24 Granville 323 5 331 Black River 610 4540 30 Litchfield 455 1 St. Lawrence 84 4127 68 Pownal 550 7 Western 276 Upper Canada Dist.rid. Lower Canada District. Mexico 257' Augusta 450 Herkimer 430 BayQuintie 655 3926 54 Quebec 26 120 . Ashgrove District. Three Rivers 18 Smith'sCreek 4694 19 05 Cambridge 656 12 Montreal 35 Young-street Niagara 527 Thurman 177 Ottawha 116 Susquchannah District. Brandon 408 Ancaster and St. Francis 428 Charlotte Lycoming 2 Lone Point 569 396 River 47 Northumber Middlebury 60 Detroit 130 4 land 622 Fletcher 518 242 Wyoming 377 2516 NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Boston District. Martha's XECAPITULATION. Lynn 246 Vineyard 73 Marblehend 112 Salisbury and Whites. Col. Poplin and Greenland 213 Western Conference - - 25681 1467 Salem 243 South Carolina Conference - 19404 9129 Harwich 184 2255 40 Virginia Conference - - 19345 6232 Sandwich and Baltimore Conference - 19802 7438 Scituate 138 New-London District. Philadelphia Conference - 22527 10354 New-Bedford . 49 Tolland 375 3 New-York Conference - Nantucket 18001 9S6 150 Axhhiirnham 270 1 New-England Conference - Bristol, War 11795 73 Needbam 247 Genesee Conference - - 11780 53 ren, Somer* Providence & set, and Smithfield 138 14RS35 35732 Newport 211 East Green 35732 Easton and wich 154 2 Norton 97 Pomfret 213 Total 184567 Boston 301 24 New-London 619 14 Total last year 174560 Portsmouth 72 Falmouth 106 2016 20 Increase this year 10007 198 Minutes for 1811.

Quest. 15. Where are the preachers sta Washataw, John Jennings. tioned this year ? Attakapas, William Winans. The elders' names are printed in Italic. Indiana Dist. Samuel Parker, P. Elder. WESTERN CONFERENCE. Illinois, Daniel Fraley. Missouri, Holston Dist. Frederick Stier, P. Elder. Thomas Wright. Maramack, John M'Farland. Holston Thomas Trower. Cold Water, A. Saltville, Jusiah Crawford. George Colbert. Cape Girardeau, Jesse Walker. Nollichuckie, Samuel H. Thompson. French-Broad, William Pattison. Miami Dist. Solomon Langdon, P. Elder. Clinch, Samuel Heliums. Cincinnati, Be njamin Lakin, Wm. Young. Powell's Valley, John Brown. Mad River, John Clingan. Tennessee Valley, Thomas Heliums. Union, John Collins. Carter's Valley, Richard Richards. Scioto, Saul Henkle, Stephen Tvnmons. Deer Creek, Cumberland Dist. Learner Blackman, Ralph Lotspeich, Joseph P. Elder. Haines. Enon, Nashville, William B. Elgin. Walter Griffith. Cummins, Red River, James Gwinn. Pickaway, Alexander James M'Mehan. Roaring River, Samuel King. White Oak, Isaac Pavey. Livingston, Peter Cartwright. White Water, Moses Crume. Hartford, Marcus Lindsey. Delaware, Robert Duck River, Lewis Anderson. Cloud. Elk, James Axley, Thomas A. King. Muskingum Dist. James Quinn, P. Elder. Dixon, John Manley. Fairfield, Francis Travis. Richland, John Cragg. Wills Creek, John Strange, Jacob Mills. Goose Creek, John Page. West Wheeling, William Lambden, Mi- Henderson, John Lewis. chael Ellis. St. Vincennes, Thomas Stilwell. Marietta, David Young, Vivian Daniels. Flint, John Phipps. Little Kanawha, John Holmes. Cash Creek, Thomas Kirkman. Guyandott, Jacob Turman. Kentucky Dist. John Sale, P. Elder. Letart Falls, Joseph Piggott. Limestone, Samuel S. Griffin, Matthew Knox, James B. Finley. Nelson. Tuscarawa, James Dixon. Fleming, Caleb J. Taylor. Detroit, William Mitchell. Licking, James Leach. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Lexington, C. Holliday, E. Truett, Caleb Oconee Dist. Lovick Pierce, P. Elder. W. Cloud. Jackson, Moses Andrew. Hinkstone, Henry M' Daniel, Henry Mot Appalachee, Osborn Rogers, Samuel M. ion/. Meek. Sandy River, John Johnson. Broad River, Jesse Stancell, Lewis Hobbs. Green River Dist. William Burke, Alcovi, Charles L. Kennon. P. Elder. Sparta Green River, John Travis, John Crane. Dist. Joseph Tarpley, P. Elder. Barren, Samuel Sellers. Sparta, Matthew P. Sturdevant, J. B. Wayne, Nathan Pullum. Glenn. Cumberland, Samuel West. Milledgeville circuit, Benjamin Dulany, Danville, Thos. Lasley, Baker Wrather. Andrew Pickins. Salt River, Benjamin Edge. Washington, Richmond Nolley. Shelby, James Ward, James Blair. Oakmulgee, Alexander Talley, Drury Silver Creek, Isaac Lindsey. Powell. St. Mary's, Joseph Saltonstall. Mississippi Dist. Miles Harper,? . Elder. Ohoopee, Michael Durr. Natchez and Washington, Isaac Quinn. Thomas Y. Cook. Wilkinson, William Houston. Milledgeville, Tombeckbee, John W. Kennon, John S. Natchez circuit, Scla Paine, Frederick Ford. D. Wimberly. Satilla, James Hutto. Claiborne, John Henninger. Amit, Hezekiah Shaw. Ooeechee Dist. Lewis Myers, P. Elder. Rapids, Thomas Nelson. Warren, John Tarrant, John I. E. Byrd. Minutes for 1811. 199

Little River, John Porter, Robert L. Ed Raleigh, C. H. Hines, L. Merritt, J. C. wards. Traylor. Augusta, Henry D. Green. James River Dist. Thomas L. Douglass, Louisville, James Russell, Whiteman C. P. Elder. Hill. Richmond, Richard Lattmore, Thomas Savannah, Urban Cooper. Moore. Black Swamp, John S. Capers. Hanover, Jesse Butler, Thomas P. An Warrenton, John Collinsworth. derson. Saluda Dist. William M. Kennedy, Williamsburg, John Owen, Joseph C. P. Elder. Bell. Charleston, Samuel Dunwody, Francis Gloucester, Hezekiah M'l^elland, Thomas Ward, Win. Capers, Wm. S. Talley. Cooper. Cypress, William Scott, Thos. Dickinson. Orange, John C. Ballew, Samuel Wag Edisto, James E. Glenn, Sam'l Jenkin. goner. Bush River, J. Capers, R. Tucker, S. Green Mountain, Alexander Sale. Bryan. Amherst, Thos. Mann, Leroy Blackburn. Keewee, Robert L. Kennon, John Sewell. Bedford, James Morris, Samuel Hunter. Reedy River, William Gassaway, An Hampton, Thomas Pinnell. drew Grambling. Lynchburg, John Weaver. Enoree, Elias Stone, Daniel Brown. Newbern Dist. Philip Bruce, P. Elder. Congoree, Hilhard Judge, John Muilinex. Beaufort, Robert Thompson. Columbia, Jacob Rumph. New-River, Robert Barnes. Camden Dist. Daniel Ashury, P. Elder. Straits, Robert Griffith. Santee, James Jenkin, John Boswell. Black River, John Humphries. Georgetown, Thomas Mason. Neuse, James Harris, Lewis Kimbell. Great Pee Dee, Thomas D. Glenn, Jehu Newbern, William W. Hill. Poatell. Pamlico, Jacob Hill, Thomas M. Bacon. Little Pee Dee, Anthony Senter, Ashley Mattamuskeet, Charles Rountree. Hewitt. Banks and Islands, Caleb N. Bell, Robert Bladen, Michael Burdge. Gilbraith. Brunswick, Thos. Griffin, Aaron Mattox. Washington, Edmund Wright. Wilmington, Joseph Trains. Yadkin Dist. Samuel Garrard, P. Elder. Fayetteville, James Norton. Rocky Mount, Josiah Philips, Josiah Camden, Samuel Mills. Morton. Catawba Dist. Jonathan Jackson, Franklin, Thos. Burge, James Sandford. P.Elder. Guilford, Edward Cannon, Erasmus Stint- Buncombe, John Hill, Nicholas Powers. son. Morganton, Coleman Harwell. Salisbury, Joel Burgess, Nathan Weedon. Union, John Gamewell, Jesse Richardson. Iredell, Joseph N. Kilpatrick, Ethelbert Lincoln, Robert Porter, John Shrock. Drake. Wateree, Wiley Warwick, John Campbell. Yadkin, Christopher S. Mooring. Rocky River, James Hays, John Rye. Meherren Dist. Wm. Barnes, P. Elder. Montgomery, Alexander M. M'Ewen, Petersburg, Thomas Anderson. Lewis II at ton. Greensville, John Early, Henry Hunter. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Mecklenburg, John Lattimore, Abraham Norfolk Dist. James Boyd, P. Elder. Trail. Edenton, Pleasant Thurman. Cumberland, James Smith. Norfolk, William Jean. Buckingham, Stith Mead, William W. Portsmouth, Joel Arrington. Hendrick. Suffolk, Henry Hardy, John Mallory. Amelia, Jesse Lee, William Compton. Camden, Henry Holmes, Joshua Law Brunswick, Jesse Brown, Samuel Duty. rence. Sussex, John Anderson, James Avant. Bertie, Humphrey Wood, W. M. Elliott. Nottaway, Benjamin Devany. Raleigh Dist. John Buxton, P. Elder. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Haw River, John Moore, Jesse Branch. Baltimore Dist. Joshua Wells, P. Elder. Caswell, Chas. Callaway, Ewen Johnson. Baltimore, Daniel Hall, Edward Mat Tar River, Jas. M. Arthur, Thos. Neely. thews. Roanoke, Henry Warren, John Kelly. Great Falls,GerarJ Morgan, John French. Minutes for 1811.

Fell's Point, Asa Shinn. Juniatta, John G. Watt. Baltimore city, John Pitts, John Swartz- Huntingdon, William Monroe. welder, Thomas Everard, Joseph Frye. Bedford, Jacob Snyder. Severn, Simon Gillespie, James M'Cann. Auckwhick, Morris Howe. Annapolis; William Ryland. Mishannon, John Thomas. Lanston. Calvert, Joseph Toy, Joseph PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Prince George's, James Reiley, Nathan Schuylkill Dist. Wm. Hunter, P. Elder. Lodge. Philadelphia —St. George's, Ebenezer, Potomac Dist. Enoch George, P. Elder. and Zoar, Stephen G. Roszcl, Thomas Stephensburg, Eli Henkle. Burch. Winchester, Bunn. Seely Union and Kensington, Thomas F. Sar Berkley, Hamilton Jefferson, Thos. Kin- gent, James Moore. caid. Bristol, Thos. Boring, Wm. S. Fisher. Fairfax, John Watson, John W. Bond. Lancastertown, Thomas Ware. Stafford, Richard Tidings. Northampton and Antalany, Daniel Ash- Smith. Fredericksburg, Henry ton, W. W. Foulks. Lancaster, Samuel James Montgomery, Lancaster, J. Walker, H. Ross, R. Sparks. .Stevens. Dauphin, William Fox, John Van Schoick, Loudoun, Caleb Reynolds, John White. William M'Lenahan. Alexandria, Robert R. Roberts, Wilmington, James Saunders. Georgetown Dist. Nelson Reed, P. Chester, Richard Sneath, James Laws. Elder. Chesapeake Dist. Jos. Smith, P. Elder. Washington city, Beverly Waugh. Cecil, James Atkins, William Torbert. Montgomery, Griffith, Ja.i. Smith. Alfred Kent, Asa Smith, James Fredericktown, Andreio Hemphill. Quail. Ann's, William James Frederick, Rezin Hammond, Eli Towne. Queen Bishop, Alleghany, Lasley Matthews, Wesley Ridgaway. Talbot, John Thomas Miller. Webster. Sharpley, Cambridge, George Sheets, John Emory. Georgetown, Nicholas Snethen. Dorchester, David Best, John Smith. Greenbrier Dist. Christopher Frye, Caroline, John Willbank, William P. Elder. Ryder. Dover, Avra Melvin, William Leonard. Rockingham, Dan'l Stansbury, Asby Pool. Smyrna, Thomas Smith, Samuel Griffith. Staunton, George Askin. Bottetourt, Benedict Reynolds, John Davis. Delaware Dist. Solomon Sharp, Greenbrier, Nathaniel B. Mills. P. Elder. Monroe, William Butler. Milford, John Collins, Lawrence Law- New-River, James Charles. renson. Pendleton, Ezra Grover. Lewistown, Sylvester Hill,Wm. Williams. Randolph, James Paynter. St. Martin's, Thos. Walker, Thos. Davis. Mononoahela Dist. Jacob Gruber, Snow Hill, Stephen Martindale, William P. Elder. Wickes. Redstone, Jacob Young, James Wilson. Accomack, Thomas Elliott, James Smith. Pittsburg, James M. Hanson. Annamessex, James Herron, Joseph Ly- Shenango, Abel Robinson. brand. Erie, James Watts, James Ewen. Somerset, George Woolley, John Price. Ohio, Jacob Dowell. East Jersey Dist. Peter Vannest, Monongahela, John West, Abraham Da P. Elder. niels. Asbury, David Bartine, Manning Force. Greenfield, Thornton Fleming, Allen Sussex, Thomas Stratton, Chas. Reed. Green. Essex, James Bateman, Thomas Neal. Hartford, Wm. Knox, Joshua Monroe. Newark, John L. Hall. East Wheeling, Simon Lauck. Bergen, John Robertson, John Finley. Connellsville, John Meek, Jacob Gorwell. Staten Island, Jacob Hevener. Carlisle Dist. Robert Burch, P. Elder. New-Brunswick, Joseph Totten. Harford, Job Guest, Joseph Carson. Trenton, William Mills. Carlisle, James Reid, Peter Beaver, R. West Jersey Dist. Michael Coate, Wilspn. P. Elder. Littleton, James Hunter, David Stevens. Burlington, Joseph Osburn. Minutes for 1811. 201

Freehold, Nathan Swain, Sam'I P. Levis. Malone, John T. Addoms. New-Mills, Samuel Budd, Daniel Fuller. Plattsburg, Jacob Beeman, Heman Gar- Gloucester, John Fox, John Fernon. lick. Salem, William Smith, Daniel Ireland. Ticonderoga, John Haskins. Cumberland, Thos. Dunn, Joseph Bennett. Middlebury, Phinehas Peck. Camden, John Woolson. Hudson River Dist. Daniel John Oslrander, M'Claskey, Ezekiel Cooper, mis P. Elder. sionaries. Albany city, Lewis Pease. Henry Boehm travels with As- Bishop Albany eir., John Crawford, Ephraim this bury year. Sawyer. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Schenectady, Henry Stead, SWZ Merwin. Delaware, Daniel Hitt, book agent. Sam'I Fowler, Elijah Hibbard. Ulster, Bela Smith, John Russel. New- York Dist. Freeborn Garrettson, White Lake, William P. Elder. Jewett. Newburg, Nathan Emory, Jas. Edmonds. New-York, Nathan Bangs, Wm. Phcebus, New- Windsor, John Kline, Hawley Laban Clark, Wm. Sand- Blagborne, James ford. M. Smith, Peter P. Sandford. Lower Canada New-Rochelle, Eben Smith, W. Swayze, Dist. Joseph Samson, Henry Eames. P. Elder. Quebee, Scull. Croton, Phinehas Cook, H. Redstone, J. Joseph Lyon. Montreal, James Mitchell. Ottawha, Courtlandt, Joseph Crawford, Coles Car Samuel Luckey. penter. St. Francis River, Robert Hibbard. Suffolk, Ezekiel Canfield, Sam'I Bushnell. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Jamaica, Luman Aridrus, N. W. Thomas. Boston Dist. Geo. Pickering, P. Elder. Brooklyn, William Thacher. Lynn, Asa Kent, Greenleaf R. Norris. Boston and Marblehead, Elijah Rhinebeck Dist. Wm. Anson, P. Elder. Hedding, Erastus Otis, Elijah R. Sabin. Rhinebeck, Billy Hibbard, A. Dunbar, Salisbury and Isaac Candee. Greenland, Lewis Bates. Poplin and Salem, John Pittsfield, Samuel Cochran, Williamson, Or Cyprian H. lando Hinds. Gridley. Harwich, Benjamin F. Lombard. Buckland, Marvin Richardson. Falmouth, Stephen Whitingham, Reuben Bailey. Harris, Cyrus Cul Sandwich, ver. Aaron Lummus. Scituate, Edward Granville, Friend Draper, Jn. B. Hyde. Stratton. New-Bedford, Litchfield, James Nehemiah Coye. Coleman, Arnold Scole- Nantucket, field. William Stevens. Bristol and Portsmouth, Redding, Aaron Hunt, Oliver Jordan Rexford, Sykes, J. Daniel Webb. Reynolds. Somerset, Warren, and Newport, Middletown, Zalmon Lyon, Jesse Hunt. Thomas Asbury. New-Haven, Truman Bishop. Easton and Mansfield, Artemas Stebbins. AshorovkDist. Peter P. ilfon'arty, Elder. New-Market, Durham, and Portsmouth, Cambridge, Jn. Sam'I Finnegan, Weaver. John Brodhead, John Lindsey. Thurman, Gershom Pearce. Martha's Vineyard, William Hinman. Montgomery, Andrew M'Kain, Stephen Welfleet and Truro, Joseph A. Richmond. Memll. New-London Dist. Joel Winch, P. Saratoga, Datus Ensign, Benj. Griffen. Elder. Tolland, Philip Munger, Robert Pownall, Francis Brown, Smith Arnold. Arnold. Ashburnham, Joel Sieel. Manchester, Phinehas Rice. Needham, Isaac Bounty, Elias Marble. Chatham, Seth Crowell, John B. Matthias. Providence and Smithfield, Dutchess, Elijah Woolsey, Peter Pliny Brett, Bussing. Stephen Wingate. Champlain Dist. Sam'I Draper, P. Elder. East Greenwich, Elisha Streeter. Brandon, Samuel Howe, Justus Byington. Pomfret, Theophilus Smith. Charlotte, Thos. Madden, Gilbert Lyon. New-London, J. Chaney, B. Sabin, J. Fletcher, Daniel Brumly. Lewis. Grand Isle, David Lewis. Vermont Dist. Eleazar Wells, P. Dunham, Elder. Stephen Sornborger, T. Minor. Athens, Amasa Taylor. 202 Minutes for 1811.

Wethersfield, Benj. R. Hoyt, Benj. Bishop. Grant, Elijah Metcalf, Marmaduke Barnard and White River, David Kilbourn, David Blanchard. Ontario, T. Wright, P. Hallett, J. Kin- Vershire, Warren Banister. kead. Barre, Nathaniel W. Stearns, Jo. Jewett. Lyons, Geo. Harmon, Palmer Roberts. Danville, Ebenezer F. Newell, Benjamin Seneca, Anning Owen, Orin Doolittle. Keith. Cavuoa Dist. William Case, P. Elder. Stanstead, Joseph Dennett. Shenango, E. White, C. Giles, Abner New-Hampshire Dist. Solomon Sias, Chase. P. Elder. Otsego, Isaac Teller, Samuel Ross. Grantham, Charles Virgin, Jas. Jaques. Herkimer, Luther Bishop, Seth Mattison. Landaft", John W. Hardy, Joseph Peck. Black River, William Snow, Truman Lunenburg, Ethen Stevens. Gillett. Bridgewater, Abner Clark, Leonard Ben St. Lawrence, Isaac Puffer. nett. Mexico, Ira Fairbank, Reuben Farley. Sandwich, Francis Dane. Westmoreland, IV. B. Laey, Asa Cum Conway, Robert Hayes. mins, J. Huestis. Tuftonborough, Joseph Lull. Western, Chandley Lambert. Pembroke, Hezekiah Field. Pompey, James Kelsey, Dan Barnes. Norway Plains, Leonard Frost. Scipio, Joseph Willis, Sam'l L. Rhwleigh. Portland Dist. Joshua Soule, P. Elder. Cayuga, Elijah Batchelor, John Hazzard. Durham, Wro. Marsh, Cyrus Cummins. Upper Canada Dist. Henry Ryan, Scarborough, William Frost. P. Elder. Falmouth, Philip Ayer, Daniel Fillmore. Augusta, John Rhodes, John Reynolds. Bethel, Ebenezer Blake. Bay Quintie, Thomas Whitehead, Edward Livermore, Samuel Thompson. Cooper. Poland, Zachariah. Gibson. Smith's Creek, Joseph Gatchell. Portland, Martin Ruter. Young-street, Andrew Prindle. Kennebeck Dist. Oliver Scale, P. Elder. Niagara, Isaac B. Smith, Peter Coven- Readfield, Joseph Baker. hoven. Norridgwock, Benjamin Jones. Ancaster and Long Point, George W. Hallowell, Samuel Hillman. Densmore, Enoch Burdock. Vasselborough, Joshua Randle. Detroit, Ninian Holmes, Silas Hopkins. Boothbay, Daniel Wentworth. Quest. 16. Where and when shall our next Georgetown, Caleb Fogg. Conferences be held t Industry, Jonathan Worthen. 1. Western Conference, Cincinnati, Oct. Orrington, George Gary. 1, 1811. Hamden, Isaiah Emerson. 2. South Carolina Conference, Bristol, David Stimson. Camden, S. C, Deo. 21, 1811. Penobscot, John Wilkinson. 3. Conference, Union, Nathan B. Ashcraft. Virginia Richmond, Va., Feb. 20, 1812. GENESEE CONFERENCE. 4. Baltimore Conference, Leesburg.Va., Susquehannah Dist. Gideon Draper, March 20, 1812. P. Elder. 5. Philadelphia Conference, Philadel Lycoming, Geo. Thomas, Abraham Daw phia, April 18, 1812. son. %* General Conference, at New-York, Northumberland, B. G. Paddock, J. H. May 1, 1812. Baker, R. Lanning. 6. New- York Conference, Albany, June Wyoming, Noah Bigelow, Wm. Brown. 4, 1812. Canaan, John Kimberlin. 7. New-England Conference, Lynn, Tioga, John Wilson, Samuel Thompson. June 20, 1812. Canestio, Timothy Lee, Elijah King. 8. Genesee Conference, Niagara, July Holland Purchase and Caledonia, Loring 23, 1812.