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. 302 Minutes for 1818.

Chenango Dist. Geo. Harmon, P. Elder. Ancaster, Isaac B. Smith. Pompey, Wm. Cameron, Joseph M'Creary. Young-street, David Culph. Cato, Joshua Bebee. Duffin'e Creek, James Jackson. Scipio, Zenas Jones, Alven Torrey. Niagara, John W. Byem, George Fergu Cayuga, James Kclsey, John Kimberlin, son. sup. Lower Canada Dist. William Case, Owego, Ebenezer Doolittle. ■ P. Elder. Broome, Joshua Rogers, John Tooke. Montreal, William Barlow. Courtlandt, Elisha Bebins, Geo. Peck. Ottawha, Peter Jones. Chenango, Dan Barnes, Paul Stowel. Augusta, Isaac Puffer. Lebanon, George W. Densmore, Elijah Bay Quintie, Thomas Madden, Nathaniel King, sup. Reeder. Genesee Dst. Jonathan Huestis, P. Elder. Hallowell, Wyatt Chamberlain, Ezra Lyons, William Snow. Adams. Seneca, Ralph Lanning, John B. Alvenson. Bellville, Israel Chamberlain. Ontario, Orin Doolittle, James H. Harris. St. Lawrence, Andrew Prindle, Thomas Bloomfield, Palmer Roberts. M'Gee. Caledonia, William Jones, Reuben Ails- Cornwall, William Brown. worth. Quest. 16. Where and when shall our next Ridgeway, Daniel Sheperson. Conferences be held ? Clarence, Davis, Hamilton. Alpheus John 1. Ohio Conference, Zanesville, Sep Eden, James Hall. tember 3, 1817. Crooked Lake, Loring Grant. 2. Missouri Conference, Goshen, Bethel Canandaigua, Benjamin G. Paddock. meeting-house, October 6, 1817. Newtown, 3. Tennessee Conference, Franklin, Susijuehannah Dist. Marmaduke Pearce, Williamson county, Tenn., Oct. 30, 1817. P. Elder. 4. Mississippi Conference, Midway, Bald Eagle, Renaldo Everts, James Gil- Wilkinson county, Mississippi Territory, more, sup. November 7, 1817. Lycoming, John Thomas, John Rhodes. 5. Conference, Louis Shamokin, Abraham Dawson. ville, Georgia, January 27, 1818. Northumberland, Benjamin Bidlack, Pe 6. Conference, Norfolk, Feb ter Baker. ruary 26, 1818. Wyoming, Elias Bowen. 7. Baltimore Conference, Baltimore, Canaan, Isaac Grant. March 26, 1818. Bridgewater, Israel Cook. 8. Philadelphia Conference, Philadel Wyalusing, John Griffin. phia, April 22, 1818. Tioga, Michael Burdge. 9. New- York Conference, New- York, Upper Canada Dist. Henry Ryan, May 14, 1818. P. Elder. 10. New-England Conference, Hallo- Detroit, Gideon lanning. well, District of Maine, June 4, 1818. Thames, Elijah Warren. 11. Genesee Conference, at Lansing, Westminster, David Youmans, Caleb (formerly Genoa,) Cayuga county, New- Swazy. York, July 16, 1818.

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

FOB THE TEAS 1818.

Peter Stephens, Calvin Ruter, P. Greene, Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial? John Stewart, Job Baker, John P. Taylor, OHIO CONFERENCE. George Atkins, Thomas Lowry, Richard Bennet Dowler, Ira Eddy, Allen Wiley, Corwine — 12. Minutes for 1818. 303

MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Gifford, Andrew Peck, Alba Beckwith, Rucker Tanner, Othniel Tolbert, Wil Timothy Goodwin, Enoch Barnes, James liam Townsend —3. Heath, Michael Segar, Jethar Forster, Parker Buel, Cyrus Aurora TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Story, Segar, Benajah Williams, John Beggarly, James Thomas Stanley, George Taylor, James Brownson, Gleeson Filmore —29. Witten, John Daver, Jesse Green— 5. Quest. 2. Who remain on trial ? MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. OHIO John Booth, Wiley Ledbetter —2. CONFERENCE. James Simmons, Ezra Booth, Thomas SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. A. Morris, Wm. Westlake, Thomas Carr, James Dunwody, Elisha Callaway, Ra Samuel Glaze, Samuel Baker, John Brooke, leigh Green, Robert Flournoy, Jeremiah William Holdman, Samuel Demint, Simon Freeman, Thomas Winn, John M'Vean, Peter— 11. Hamill, Jeremiah Moser, Nicholas Hugh MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Ware, Asbury Morgan, Benjamin Rhodes, William R. Jones, John Harris, Absalom W. Phillips, John L. Greaves, Charles Slocumb, James M'Cord, Thomas A. Smith, Anthony Simons, John Alexander M'Al- lister— 5. L. Jerry, John Dix, Wm. Connell, Henry T. Fitzgerald, Charles Betts— 21. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Ebenezer Hearn, Clinton Tucker, Wm. Allison, Wm. S. Manson, Charles L. Cooley, Peter Doub, Thomp Lewis Garrett, Thomas Stringfield, son Garrard, George M. Anderson, Wm. Timothy Carpenter, Edward — Eastwood, Hezekiah G. Leigh, John W. Ashley, Benjamin Peeples 9. Kirby, Exum Chapman, Ira Parker, Geo. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. W. Charlton, Archibald Robinson, Joachim — Josiah Evans, John Taylor, Thomas Lane, Curtis Hooks, A. C. Treadway 14. Roseman, Benjamin Wofford, William BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Hankins, Hartwell Spain—6. Yelverton Payton, Jesse Lee, J. Tany- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. hill, William Hamilton, Robert S. Vinton, Johnson Duckson, William D. Barrett, James Moore, George Erwin, Samuel James Smith, Richard R. Carson, Isaiah Cushen, Peregrine Buckingham, Thomas Harris—5. Beauchamp — 10. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Henry Furlong, William Barnes, Thos. William Abells, Chas. Pittman, Samuel Jamison, Jacob L. Bromwell, — Lawrence Grace, James Long 4. Everheart, Samuel Kennerly, Richard NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. M'Allister— 7. Nicholas Morris, Eben. Brown, Henry PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Hatfield, Harvey De Wolf, Aurora Seager, Eliphalet Reed, William Quinn, Edward Cyrus Sillirnan, Noah Levings, Seymour Page, Bartholomew Weed — 4. Landon, James Guinlin — 9. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. John M. Smith, Fitch Reed, Timothy Isaac Jennison, Jesse Fillmore, Ephraim Benedict, John J. Matthias, Jacob Hall, Wiley, William Granville, John S. Aver, Jeremiah M'Daniel — 6. Peter Burges, Wilder Mack, Wilbur Fisk, Samuel Norris, Damon Young, Squire B. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Hascall, William Wright, Sullivan Bray, John Briggs, Benjamin Keith, Isaac James B. Ambler — 14. Ames, Eleazar Steele, Amasa Cowles, William GENESEE CONFERENCE. M'Gray, Joel M'Kee, Daniel Plumley —8. Tmman Dixon, Calvin N. Flint, Ed mund O'Fling, Dana Fox, James G. Peal, GENESEE CONFERENCE. Samuel Belton, Russel Downing, Ara Wil Alvin Torrey, John Tuke, John B. AI- liams, Hiram G. Warner, Robert Jeffers, verson, James Jackson, Paul Stowel, Ezra William W. Rundel, Zechariah Paddock, Adams, Reuben Ailsworth, John Dempster, Edward Paine, James Wilson, Alonson James M'Gee —9. 304 Minutes for 1818.

Quest. 3. Who are admitted into full John Waterman, Shadrach Ruark, Henry connection ? Baker, William P. Finley, Russell Bige- low— 18. OHIO CONFERENCE. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Daniel Davidson, Cornelius Springer, Samuel Hamilton, Samuel Chenowith, Joseph Pownal, John Scripp, John C. Thomas Benjamin Lawrence, Boroughs Westlake, Harbison, Daniel M'Henry,* John Tivis, John P. Kent, Absalom Hunt, Davis,* Jacob Whitesides, Josiah Patter Davis,* — 9. William Hunt, William Cunningham — 11. son,* Philip Joseph Piggott MISSOURI CONFERENCE. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Nace Overall, John Daniel M'Henry, Thomas Davis, Wm. George M'Nelley, Smith, John Seaton,* Josiah Daughtry,* Stevenson, Philip Davis, Jos. Piggott — 5. John Hutchinson,* John Bloom, elect, TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Henry B. Bascom, Sadosa Bacon, Wil John Seaton, Josiah Daughtry, John liam Adams, Jabez Bowman—11. — Hutchinson, John Bloom 4. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Thomas Owens. James Bellah, David Garrison, Daniel SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. F. Christenberry, Zachariah Williams, James Bellah,* David Garrison, John Tillman Snead, Andrew Hamill, Zaccheus Mote, John W. Norton, Bryan Gause, Dowling — 7. William Kennedy, John Simons, Travis VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Owen, Nicholas M'Intyre, John Scott, George Burnett, Wm. Richards, Russell Daniel F. Christenberry,* Zachariah Wil Foster, William H. Starr, Solomon liams,* Tillman Snead,* Andrew Hamill,* Day, — James Reid, Stephen Rowe, John H. Boyd, Zaccheus Dowling* 15. Wm. Peebles, Ebenezer W. Ward — 10. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. John F. Wright, Thomas Browder, Da vid Browder, Joshua Featherston, Thack- Mordecai Gosnell, Thomas Beeks, Jas. er Muire, John T. Brame, Allen R. Ber Taylor, Joseph Carper, George Brown, nard, Benjamin S. Stevens, George Bur Morris Covert—6. nett,* William Richards,* Russell Foster,* PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. William H. Starr,* James Reid,* Ste John Creamer, Watters Burrows —2. phen Rowe,* John H. Boyd,* Solomon Day,* William Peebles,* Ebenezer W. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Ward, elect — 18. James Covel, David Miller, Ibri Can BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. non, John Lovejoy, Isaac Hill, Horace Baker, Basil Robert Cad- Western — 6. Henry Barry, den, Robert Boyd, James Sewell, Morde NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. cai Gosnell, Thomas Beeks,* James Tay Zalraon Stewart, Jeremiah Marsh, Dan lor,* Joseph Carper,* George Brown,* iel Dorchester, Moses Fifield — 4. Morris Covert* — 11. GENESEE CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Abraham Lippet, Joshua Bebee, Daniel Richard W. Petherbridge, Jacob Moore, Shepherdson, Alpheus Davis, Joseph William Lummis, Edward Stout, William M'Creary, George Peck, Isaac Grant, Ross, John Creamer,* Watters Burrows,* William Jones, George Ferguson —9. —7.

Quest. 4. Who are the deacons I NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. James Covel,* David Miller,* Rwi Can Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year. non,* John Lovejoy,* Isaac Hill,* Horace OHIO CONFERENCE. Weston,* Aaron Pierce, Shermon Minor, Josiah Bowen, James Youngs, Heman Daniel' Davidson, Cornelius Springer,* Bangs, Smith Dayton, Earl Bancroft, Phi- Samuel Hamilton,* William Cunningham,* nehas Doan— 14. Samuel Chenowith,* Benjamin Lawrence,* Curtis Goddard, Samuel Browne, Francis NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Landrum, Boroughs Westlake,* John Ti John Lord, Josiah A. Scarritt, Nathan vis,* John P. Kent,* William Hunt,* Paine, Salmon Winchester, Thomas C. Minutes for 1818. 305

Pierce,ZalmonStewart,* Jeremiah Marsh,* GENESEE CONFERENCE. Daniel Dorchester,* Moses Fifield* — 9. Wyatt Chamberlain, James Hazen, GENESEE CONFERENCE. William Barlow, John Hamilton, John Elias Bowen, William Cameron James H. Harris, Joshua Rogers, John Griffing, —7. Arnold, Alpheus Davis,* Joseph M'Crea- ' ry,* Isaac Grant,* George Ferguson,* Pe- Quest. 6. Who are the and super ter Baker, Abraham Lippet,* Joshua Be- intendents ? bee,* Daniel Shepherdson,* George Peck,* William M'Kendree, Enoch George, William Jones*— 13. Robert R. Roberts —3.

Quest. 5. Who have been ordained elders Quest. 7. Who have located this year ? this i year OHIO CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. Robert C. Hatton, Archibald M'llroy, Jacob Hooper, David Sharp, John Solo- Thomas Sewell, Isaac Pavey, Elijah Tre- — man, Absalom Hunt 4. wit — 5. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. William Stevenson, John Shrader— 2. John M'Gee, John Bowman, Ivy Walke, Isaac Quinn, John Dew, Hardy M. Cryer, TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Jabez Bowman, John Bloom, Hugh Hardy M. Cryer, Joshua Butcher, Wil M'Phail— 9. liam Stribling, Moses Ashworth, Nicholas MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Norwood — 5. Elisha Lott, Peter James, Elijah Gen . MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. try—3. Lott John Menefee, John Lane, Elisha SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. —3. John Sewell, Benjamin C. Scott, Tho SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. mas W. Stanley, Wm. L. Winningham, William Winningham, elect, Elijah Bird, Aquila Leatherwood, West Williams, Wm. Hilliard, Aquila Leatherwood, David Dan Collinsworth — 7. iel John Murrow, John M'Clen- Monaghan, VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. don, John S. Ford, James Parsons, Sam Jean, Canellem H. Hines, Ro uel Johnson — 10. William bert Griffith, Samuel Hunter, Elijah CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA Sparks, Abraham Trail, Samuel B. White, William Jones, Waddell Johnson, Pey Charles Moseley, Bowen Reynolds, Daniel ton Anderson, James M'Aden, Charles Day, Ebenezer W. Ward — 11. Moseley, Bowen Reynolds, elect, Hugh A. M'Cain—7. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Everhart, Ez BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Zachariah Mitchell, John ra Grover, Daniel Stansbury, Caleb Leach Richard Hunt, Samuel P. V. Gillespie, —5. Samuel Davis, Thomas Larkin, John Bear, William C. Morrison — 6. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. John Sharpley, Samuel P. Levis, Henry Kunzelman, Thomas Walker— 4. Phinehas Price, Daniel Moore, elect, John Potts, William Prettyman, Joseph NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. — Russling 5. Eleazar Phelps, Caleb Dustin, Noah NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Bigelow, Joseph Lull—i. Buel Goodsell, Daniel Brayton, Charles GENESEE CONFERENCE. William M. Stilwell, Daniel I. Northrop, Elijah Warren, William Snow— 2. Wright, Eli Harnett, Samuel Eighmy, — Moses Amedon, Beardsley Northrop 9. Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. preachers ? Zenas Adams, elect, Shipley W. Wil OHIO CONFERENCE. son, Orrin Roberts, elect, Job Pratt, Jo John Sale, Benjamin Lakin — 2. seph B. White, Henry True, Bartholomew Otheman, John F. Adams, Benjamin Ha- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. zelton—9. Joshua Featherston. 20 306 Minutes for 1818.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. over their names before their respective William Hunter. Conferences. CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK Quest. 13. Who have died this year? Freeborn Garrcttson, Earl Bancroft, Lu- I. William Patridge, — who was born in man Andrus, William Thacher — 4. Sussex county, in the year 1754. He NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. was brought up to industry, and from his Benjamin Hazelton, Van Rensellaer childhood was strictly moral. About the Osbom, Elisha Streeter, William Marsh, 21st year of his age he embraced . Joseph B. White — 5. His name appears on the Minutes of 1780, GENESEE CONFERENCE. as a travelling preacher, and so continued for about nine He then retired, and George Harmon, Elijah King, James years. Gilmore, Israel Chamberlin— 4. continued a local preacher about twenty- five years, during which time his wife, a Quest. 9. Who are the superannuated or pious woman, died, and left two children- worn-out preachers ? He continued to keep house with them, OHIO CONFERENCE. until they were grown and provided for. William Burk, Le Roy Cole, Abbot He had frequently expressed a desire to labour and to die in the connec Goddard, Moses Trader, David Youngs — 5. travelling tion ;— an opportunity now offered : he TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. embraced it, and was stationed in 1814 on James Dixon. Keewee circuit; in 1815 and 1816 on Al- SOUTH CAROLINA. CONFERENCE. eovi ; and in 1817 in Sparta, where he died As a citizen, he James L. Belin. on Jhe 17th of May. respected the rights of man with a nicety VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. seldom equalled, never surpassed. Though Philip Bruce. surrounded by those who held slaves, he BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. would have none. As the head of a it be said, 8eely Bunn, John Pitts, Thos. Lucas, family, may industry, piety, were the Joseph Stone—4. peace, and harmony, motto of his house. As a Christian, numbers CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA have proj essed , but he lived Asa Smith, James Polemus, Robert it. One intimately acquainted with him, M'Ooy, Joseph Aydelott, Richard Sneath, writes thus: — "I have lived a near neigh William M'Lenahan, Thomas Everard, bour to brother Patridge for upward of — Nathan Swain 8. twenty years, and can with satisfaction NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. »ay, that he was the greatest example of James Coleman, Samuel Fowler, Lewis piety I have ever been acquainted with." Pease, Isaac Candee, Zalmon Lyon, Phine- As a minister of the , he knew the has Cook, Justus Byington, Oliver Sykes, strength of his abilities, and never appeared Stephen Jacob, John Crawford — 10. to soar above them. In preaching, he was experimental, practical, and plain ; and NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. none were at a loss to understand him. Oliver Beale, Richard Emery, Eleazar He drew his divinity out of the Bible, and Wells, John — 4. Brodhead read authors but little : but the Scripture GENESEE CONFERENCE. was his constant study, and he was profit John Kimberlin, Wm. Brown, Robert able to many. He deeply lamented the Minshall, Thomas Whitehead— 4. growing departure, among us, from primi tive Christian simplicity, and earnestly 10. Who have been expelled Quest. from warned the societies among whom he la the connection this year ? boured against it. His labours and life he None. wished to close together. His last sermon " was on these words : Walk in wisdom Quest. 11. Who have withdrawn from the connection this year ? toward them that are without." That None. evening he was taken ill, (14th May,) his ilness increased ;—physicians were Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' charac procured, but in vain. His colleague ters examined before the Conferences ? asked him whether he was ready for the " This wu strictly attended to, by calling final summons. He said, Yes ; for roe ao« Minutes far 1818. 3TJ7

to die is gain." His speech left him, and His first appointment was to the Great on Saturday night after he was taken, he Pee Dee circuit, A. D. 1809; in 1810, breathed his last. Thus he lived — thus Bladen circuit; in 1811, Little Pee Dee " he died. The memory of the just is circuit ; 1812, Buncombe circuit ; 1813, blessed." Sparta circuit ; in 1814, he was stationed 2. Anthony Senter,— who was bom in in Georgetown ; 1815, stationed in Charles Lincoln county, , January ton ; 1816 and 1817, presiding eider of the 28, 1785 : died at Georgetown, South Ca Broad River district. rolina, December 23, 1817. Of out dear brother Senter we may Until eighteen years old he lived with confidently say, that as a man he deserved his parents, whose circumstances in life the respect of all ; as a Christian, he was necessarily occupied that time in manual without offence ; and as a minister, he was labour which it is to be regretted they blameless. were not able to improve in the education A strong mind, and a benevolent heart ; of such a son. a single eye, and a steady purpose to glo At eighteen years old he was appren rify God ; an unwavering faith, fervent ticed in the blacksmith's business ; and as love, and burning zeal — these were the with his parents he had been remarked for exalted attributes of this good man. industry and filial duty, so with his mas While able to labour in the word and ter : indefatigable in his business, sober doctrine, he was abundant and indefatiga and moral in his general conduct, he ble 'in the work ; and even when so im merited and had the praise of those who paired by the fatal consumption as scarcely knew him. to be able to preach at all, still did he tra In our happy country such a young vel from circuit to circuit ; and, as though man must succeed — so did Anthony Sen unwilling that any thing but death should ter. His trade acquired, and he set up in separate him from his work, when his business : he soon surmounted the early strength was so exhausted as to render difficulties of life, and saw his way direct him unable to preach, he would at least to ease and affluence. But what was a assemble the official members of his charge, gain to him, he gladly counted loss for and instruct them in their duty, and en Christ. courage them to their work. We have no information of his early At last even this was denied him. As convictions, nor can we say any thing of the veteran soldier retiring from the field, his religious feelings until after his esta faint and exhausted by wounds and fatigue, blishment in life. The pious walk and yet only now retiring because he can do godly conversation of one of his neigh no more, so with our beloved brother : bours first led him to examine, with rest unable even for the smallest labour, and less concern, into the nature of vital reli almost dead, he reluctantly gave up the gion, and he became gradually convinced toil, and retired to his house in George " that he yet lacked that one needful town, whence, after a few weeks, he was " thing." taken to the house not made with hands, It was some time in the year 1806, at eternal in the heavens." a meeting in the Enoree circuit, that it The writer of these remarks lived his pleased the Lord to give him an over nearest neighbour, and was daily, inti whelming conviction of sin. He went mately, and most affectionately conversant away from that meeting weeping and pray with him until death separated them. In ing. On his way home (so overwhelmed his beloved brother he witnessed the faith was he with the sense of his lost state) he of the gospel unshaken in the wreck of cither alighted or fell from las horse, and nature. Reduced to a living skeleton, was found late in the evening, lying by the feeble as a child, and just falling into the load-side in the utmost agony, pleading grave, his heart could not be separated with God for mercy. From this time he from the work of God ; he still charged gave himself wholly to the great concerns himself with its interests, and felt its cares. of salvation ; nor was it long before he Indeed, with death before him, and the " found the pearl of great price" — th« for awful glories of the invisible world just giveness of sins. He joined the church, ready to be unfolded, like Jacob, gather became a class-leader, and soon after en ing- up his feet, composed, collected, and tered upon the all-important work of the without dismay or dread, he fell asleep. ministry. 3. Henry Padgett, —a native of Charles 308 Minutes for 1818. county, Maryland. He was born Decem the spiritual and eternal interest of those " ber, 1791, and was converted to God about committed to his pastoral care, O my the eighteenth year of his age, and soon poor circuit ! who shall take care of my felt a deep solicitude for the salvation of poor circuit ?" Some time after, when he souls. He was licensed to exhort in was told that he was recovering, he re " March, 1813 ; and being fully persuaded plied with a smile, I would rather you that he was called of God to the work had said I was dying, for I had rather die of the ministry, he entered the travelling than live." Every breath was and connection in 1814, and was appointed to praise. Redstone circuit ; in 1815, to Rocking On Wednesday morning, being the day ham. In 1816 he was received into full on which he died, he was heard shouting connection, and appointed to Lancaster the praises of God while alone in his circuit, where, with his worthy colleague, room: and upon brother F.'s entering the he had the pleasure of seeing three or room, he looked steadfastly on him, and " four hundred souls brought to God. In said, Brother F., my work is done ; I 1817 he was reappointed to the same cir am dying happy and resigned." In the cuit, and again received with the warmest evening he asked who were in the cordiality, and had the happiness of seeing room : it was told him, no person but the " " the prosperity of the work of God. family. Oh, yes !" said he, who are On the second day of September he these in white ? they are waiting to re reached the house of the Rev. William ceive my spirit ; I shall soon be gone." A " Forrester, in Richmond county, where he little after, he said, 0 death ! welcome had an appointment the following day. death ! farewell my brother ; I bid you all He complained of being somewhat nnwell ; farewell. I am not dead, but living. O but when the hour came he proceeded to yes ! living in heaven." A few moments meet the congregation, and preached his after he fell asleep in the arms of Jesus, at last sermon, from the 21st verse of the half past five o'clock, on the evening of " Epistle of Jude, Keep yourselves in the the very day which he had before said he love of God." At night he prayed with should be employed in singing the praises the family, as usual, and retired to bed. of God in heaven. On the morning following he found his Henry Padgett was a good minister of disorder increasing ; a physician being Jesus Christ ; his preaching was evan sent for, on his arrival he pronounced it gelical, and his life was holy. Through to be a bilious fever. his instrumentality many were brought to On seeing the family weeping by hie the knowledge of the truth. A goodly bed-side, when his disease had become number of the seals of his ministry are, we serious, he begged them not to weep for trust, now with him in heaven. Some had him, but rather rejoice that he was going gone before, others have followed after. to heaven. On a friend's calling to see It was observed by brother F., that him, he asked him to pray with him, and during the period of nearly eighteen to read the last chapter in the Revelation, months preceding his death he never had observing that he wished to hear the holy heard him speak an improper word, or city talked of. While he was reading, he seen him do an improper action. He had shouted, Glory, glory! and exclaimed, "I just views of Christian discipline; he en feel no condemnation, all is peace ; give forced strictly, but mildly, that of the my love to the brethren, and to all who church of which he was a minister. know me, and tell them to meet me in Toward the conclusion of the period of heaven." He asked what day of the his ministerial labours he appeared to month it was : on being told the eighth, preach as if each sermon were to be his " he then rejoiced, and said, On the tenth last. The announcement of the death of day of September I shall be singing in our beloved Padgett produced a general heaven. By faith, I see Elijah's chariot mourning throughout the circuit. Indeed ready to convey my soul to glory. Glo their Christian fellowship and warm affec rious period ! welcome messenger ! a few tion had been reciprocal. But their loss more lingering hours in the flesh, and I is his infinite gain. He rests from his shall be in yonder paradisiacal state." Soon labours, and his works shall follow him. after was witnessed a deeply interesting 4. Hezekiah Harryman. — He was a na scene by all present : he exclaimed, in the tive of Baltimore county, Md. His pa fulness of his impassioned solicitude for rents were among the first fruits unto Minutes for 1818. 309

God of the Methodist ministry in that bably have been the spot of his dissolution ; part of the country. They taught him in from which attack he never fully re early life the fear of the Lord ; of whose covered. This, with a combination of " instructions he speaks thus : I hare other diseases, terminated in his dissolu been thankful to God for the many useful tion. Through the whole period of his lessons which they taught me when but a last illness he testified that he had no child." He soon became a subject of the fear of death. awakening grace of God ; which convic His wife and family lay with consider tions, under a variety of circumstances, able weight on his mind ; but he was soon continued to increase ; and after a painful enabled to resign them into the hands of struggle on the day of his conversion, sus his heavenly Father. A few days pre tained until the hour of midnight, the Lord vious to his dissolution, when visited by manifested himself to his soul, and gave a friend, he found his mind serene and him an evidence of the pardon of his sins, tranquil ; and a few moments before his on the first day of August, 1790, and about death he gave to a relative the most satis the twentieth year of his age ; after which factory evidence of his preparation for the he soon began to warn sinners to flee from important change, and bid the world a the wrath which is to come. He entered final adieu. the travelling connection at a Conference Hezekiah Harryman was sound in the held at Baltimore city, Oct., 1795, and faith ; a good and useful minister of the was appointed to Bath circuit ; in 1796, to gospel of Jesus Christ. He has left be Berkley ; in 1797, was received into full hind him an affectionate companion and connection, and appointed to Pittsburg cir five small children to lament their loss. " cuit; in 1798, to Stafford ; in 1799, again Blessed are the dead who die in the to Stafford ; in 1800, to Lancaster, and Lord." also 1801, from which he was removed 5. Gad Smith. —He was born in Go to Danville, Ky. ; in 1802, Salt River and shen, Litchfield county, state of Connecti Shelby ; in 1803 he received an appoint cut, A. D. 1788. He experienced religion ment at the Kentucky Conference to Nat in his nineteenth year, and joined the chez, which he reached in November, church in 1807 ; was approved of as an and continued to labour there, and in its exhorter, 1810; in September, 1811, was vicinity, until March, 1805; at which time licensed as a local preacher on Litchfield he embarked for Philadelphia, extremely circuit. He was received into the itine debilitated ; and on his arrival was ap rancy on trial at the Albany Conference, pointed to Harford circuit, in Maryland ; June, 1812, and appointed to Middletown on which circuit he married. In 1806 he circuit, where he laboured with general was appointed to Federal (now Severn) acceptance and usefulness (God giving circuit ; in 1807 to Baltimore circuit, him souls as seals to his ministry) six where he was suddenly seized with a pa months, and was then removed to Litch ralytic stroke, under the following circum field circuit. In 1813 he was appointed stances :— back to Litchfield circuit, but was soon When on his way from a friend's house removed to New-Haven. In 1814 he to one of his appointments, he met a boy, was stationed again at Hew-Haven, where of whom he attempted to ask the way to he laboured with success, having favour his appointment, and found his tongue both with God and man. And though ha refused obedience to his volitions, whereby be dead, he will long live in the grateful »

Soon after this he took a violent cold, that Whites. Col. Whites. Coi. Scioto 717 18 Lexington 727 160 settled on his lungs, and deprived him of Columbus 636 6 Hinkstone 929 114 his voice. He, however, so far recovered Brush Creek 790 Big and Little as to be able to visit some of his friends, Suit Creek 552 7 Sandy 428 22 though he was unable to speak a loud Deer Creek 933 6l Fleming 579 44 Limestone 539 67 word. His complaint terminated in a. 5195 92 Guyandotte 294 20 scrofulous swelling on each side of his. Kentucky' District. neck, which was supposed to be the proxi Licking 385 3881 427 of mate cause of his death, on the 24th MISSOURI CONFERENCE. 1817. . September, Illinois District. Missouri District. Our dear brother Smith was a man of Illinois 495 Boonslick 198 2 deep piety, and good natural and acquired Okaw 91 Missouri 95 1 abilities, sound and acceptable preaching Cash River 105 Cold Water I6O 20 Big 167 Bellevue 197 19 talents. He was diligent and successful Bay Wabash 150 Saline 113 11 where he was stationed. In in all places Patoka 121 St. Francis 111 34 visiting from house to house, and exhort Vincennes 203 Cape Girar ing and praying with the people, he was Harrison 95 deau 148 8 equalled by few. In this work he de Blue River 440 New-Madrid 134 11 Silver Creek 707 10 Hot Springs 104 4 lighted, and in this work he did prevail. Little Pidgeon 93 Spring River 78 4 He was gentle and conciliating in his manners, very sincere and faithful in his 2657 22 1368 114 friendships. Though he was naturally TENNESSEE CONFERENCE a timid make, ardent zeal made of yet Salt River District. Green River District him bold in the cause of his God. Danville 470 51 Christian 539 t His warm affection for the cause of Cumberland 236 Livingston 300 Christ, and the friends of Jesus, with his Madison 374 25 Henderson 172 Jefferson 732 104 deep concern for sinners, were peculiarly Breckeu- Salt River 4CO 23 manifest in all his public exercises. Nor ridge 2S6 12 Shelby 49t 32 Dover 508 38 weaken, or his zeal did his faith grow Dixon 328 50 cold ; but through the mighty grace of 2766 235 Hartford 335 39 God, which wrought within him, he Ntxshville District. Nashville 485 100 forward, until feeble nature sunk 2468 258 pushed Stone's River 458 28 beneath the weight. He was patient, Lebanon 697 97 Holsfon District. resigned, and triumphant in death, and is Cany Fork 561 60 Abingdon 259 37 Clinch 345 30 gone, we believe, to receive a crown of Elk River 679 172 Richland 552 51 Carter's Val- blessedness. He has left a wife and Flint River 600 45 lev 281 20 to mourn their two small children heavy Duck River 578 CO Holston 552 43 loss. Lee 264 16 4610 613 Tazewell 323 3G 14. Wfiat numbers are in Society? Quest. Cumberland District. Ashe 100 OHIO CONFERENCE. Red River 395 116 Fountain 2124 191 Whites. Col. Ohio District. Head 479 32 French-Broad District. Whiles. Col. Marietta 832 6 Goose Creek 542 29 Nollichuckie 747 46 316 Bnrncsville 1008 Shenango Roaring Little River 592 58 148 Mansfield 334 Huron River 370 20 Knox 550 55 626 Erie Wayne 410 22 Powell's Val Mahonan and 4944 Somerset 331 12 ley 432 30 625 Miami District Grand River Barren 402 15 Tennessee West Wheel Cincinnati 441 Green River 374 19 Valley 490 42 ing 425 8 Miami 802 500 Lawrenceburg596 Chatauque 3303 271 2811 231 Steubenville 1011 9 Milford 614 Tuscarawas 41 1 White Water 670 MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Beaver 307 Oxford 592 Natchez and Chickasawha 194 3S Union 812 Claiborne 207 143 Attakapas 54 8 4369 17 Mad River 812 Wilkinson 3 14 70 Rapids 30 12 Muskingum District. White Oak 984 Amit 325 4H VVashataw 54 3 Letart Falls 370 Fiqua 450 Pearl River 182 13 Little Kana Tombeckbee 233 05 1623 430 wha 480 15 6773 40 Fairfield 846 5 Scioto District. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Zanesvillc 550 Pickaway 813 Oconee District. Onkmulgee 528 65 Knox 524 Paint Creek 754 Sparta 626 357 Alcovi 997 162 Minutes for 18 18-. 311 Whites. Col- Whites. CoL BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Cedar Creek Watcree 565 240 Baltimore District. Whites. Col. and Milledge- Enoree 798 204 Whites. Col. Monroe 243 10 ville 779 234 Reedy River 541 74 Fell's Point 974 344 Greenbrier 270 28 Washington 337 211 Santee 811 997 Baltimore Pendleton 238 1& Ohoopee 271 86 Camden 93 313 city 2638 1322 Alleghany 631 113 Satilla and Columbia 121 128 Baltimore cir. 663 105. St. Mary's 185 94 Great Falls 712 222 2621 507 3581 2318 670 592 3723 1209 Montgomery Carlisle District. Pee Dee District. Severn 567 659 Ogeechee District. Harford m 2G8 Lynch'sCreek453 101 Annapolis 175 223 Broad Ri«r 734 167 Carlisle 714 33 Black River 452 475 782 1330 AppaUchec 619 98 Calvert LittlePeeDee760 262 P, George', a*. Grove 422 33 M j™^ Bladen 380 386 J» Little River 640 157 Bedfo"l 195 Deep Ritrer 227 49 7441 S577 Warren 509 153 . . , Somerset 368 11 Brunswick 765 230 Potomacd . District.n J Louisville 360 130 Auckwiok 594 Georgetown 80 1380 Berkley 978 217 I Augusta 83 58 Chambers- Fayetteville 153 367 774 251 Savannah 34 94 Winchester 566 191 Wilmington 178 770 Loudoun ™ Fredrick 762 399 Stafford 277£5 28 3401 800 3448 4070 Lancaster 603 161 Edisto District. 4494 921 385 204 Charleston 354 1323 Catawba District. Fairfax ,, , , „ Alexandria 330 183 Monong ahela District. Cooper River 133 257 Upper French- Georgetown 336 253 Monongahela Cypress 736 564 Broad 390 Foundry 133 43 & Randolph 452 13 Black Swamp 217 54 Black Moun Washington 160 96 Harrison 694 11 Saltketcher 269 231 tain 294 Fredericksburg64 Greenfield 620 14 Orangeburg 546 229 358 Morganton East Wheel- Bush River 657 152 Union 604 4646 1640 ing 365 Keewee 607 37 Lincoln 532 Greenbrier District. Ohio 612 96 Sugar Creek 221 Rockingham 385 112 Pittsburg 320 50 3519 2847 Rocky River 419 Staunton, 113 79 Connelsville 258 Broad River District. Montgomery 477 Bottetourt 285 83 Mahoning 139 Congaree 224 142 New-River Redstone 582 30 Sandy River 428 220 3293 380 & Walker's VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Creek 456 67 4042 222 Roanoke District. Sussex 672 157 PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Roanoke 444 202 Delaware District. 4257 2214 Schuylkill District. Washington 131 77 Cambridge 796 573 Meherrin District. Swift Creek 60 44 Philadelphia — Dorchester 569 464 Greensville 550 330 Albemarle St.George's 1730 76 Somerset 793 460 Mecklenburg 350 30 Sound 140 8 Union 540 Annamessex 931 722 Petersburg 101 150 Mattamuskeet Kensington 181 Accomack 889 459 Amelia 559 73 & New-Cur- St. John's 375 Snow Hill 1007 697 Cumberland 319 23 rituck HI 32 Bristol 472 32 Lewistown 782 421 Banks and Isl Brunswick 271 67 Northampton 93 1 Milford 715 330 Buckingham 518 37 ands 222 36 Antalany 37 Bedford 364 55 Dauphin 392 7 6482 4146 Lynchburg 123 44 1108 399 Lancaster 680 39 New-Jersey District. Chester 620 91 Burlington 618 92 Neuss District. 3155 809 Wilmington 212 67 Trenton 665 46 James River District. Ncwbem 81 350 Asbury 553 8 Richmond 218 93 New-River 238 132 5232 313 Sussex and Hanover 374 38 Beaufort and Hamburg 721 8 Williamsburg 487 80 District. Straits 168 150 Chesapeake Bergen 445 10 Gloucester 1117 48 Black River 411 122 Smyrna 831 595 Essex and Orange 265 44 Raleigh city Dover 951 521 Staten Island 524 21 Columbia 356 42 and circuit 578 202 Caroline 670 295 Freehold 581 37 Amherst 491 60 Tar River 698 210 Talbot 757 680 New-Mills. 748 23 Queen Ann's 729 726 Gloucester 841 20 3308 405 2174 1166 Kent 367 376 . Cumberland 688 28 Yadkin District I Cecil 521 District. 270 Salem 998 96 Norfolk Franklin 469 77 Norfolk 330 239 Guilford 712 105 4826 3463 7382 387 Portsmouth 187 141 Salisbury 731 27 Suffolk and Iredell 501 44 NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Princess Yadkin 425 45 Croton 545 23 Ann 1419 711 New- York District. Haw River 490 134 Stamford 223 3 Camden and Caswell 804 122 New-York 2195 963 Suffolk 526 33 Edenton 1000 828 ___ New-Rochelle515 41 Sag Harbour 38 1 Bertie 649 138 4135 554 Courtlandt 545 16 Jamaica 499 150 312 Minutes for 1818.

Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Brooklyn 189 82 Pownal 375 5 Hallowell 300 Union 376 Pittstown and Hamden 361 5275 1312 3528 39 Bristol 295 St. Croix Rhmebeck District. Champlain District. Industry 221 River 107 Poughkeepsie Brandon 712 3 Orrington and At Dutchess 594 38 Middlebury 79 Penobscot 474 2340 Rhinebeck 622 13 Charlotte 438 3 GENESEE CONFERENCE. Pittsfield 389 3 St. Albans 436 4 Granville 510 3 Stowe and Oneida District. Newtown 388 Middletown 128 8 Dunham 680 1 Westmore Durham 380 2 Grand Isle 238 land 519 3 4872 9 Burlington 331 2 Plattsburg 500 3 Western 636 Susovehannah District. Goshen 419 1 Ticonderoga 161 Otsego 551 4 Bald Eagle 275 New-Haven 67 25 Herkimer 389 2 Lycoming 407 10 Stratford 461 6 3244 14 Litchfield 668 3 Sbamokin 166 Redding 559 5 Hudson River District. Black River 569 3 Northumber Albany 160 23 Sandy Creek 580 land 456 4460 106 Albany cir. 483 8 Paris 135 Wyoming 302 Ashgrove District. Schenectady 54 Utica 116 2 Canaan 183 Cambridge 424 1 Schenectady Bridgewater 287 Troy 233 6 circuit 330 1 4163 17 Wyalusing 200 I Thurman 238 Sharon 536 3 Tioga 373 Montgomery 539 12 Delaware 663 2 Chenango District. Saratoga 538 5 Newburg 706 11 Pompey 696 6 2649 11 Chatham and New-Wind Cato 304 Upper Canada District. Hudson 668 4 sor 438 8 Scipio 670 5 Detroit 40 Lyden 315 2 Owego 140 2 Thames 214 Pittstown 198 4 3370 56 Broome 428 6 Westminster 324 Ancaster 280 NEW-ENGLAND Courtlandt 432 CONFERENCE. Cayuga 769 2 Young-street 140 New-London District. Danville 377 3 Chenango 820 3 Duffin'sCreek201 Unity 284 Lebanon 307 4 Niagara 796 Tolland 376 4 Stanstpad and Ashburnham 358 4 St. Francis 1995 Ncedham 278 4566 28 River 124 Lower Canada District. Providence 104 16 Genesee District. Montreal 27 Mansfield 284 3 2206 7 Lyons 594 Augusta 822 Warwick 107 3 Seneca 690 3 Oltawha 95 Bristol and New-Hampshire Diet. Ontario 700 3 755 Rhode Island 214 11 Bay Quintie Bloomfield 616 472 Somerset 118 2 Landaff 424 Hallowell Caledonia 594 Belleville 165 New-London 845 43 Stratford 167 Ridgeway 246 St. Lawrence 290 Pomfret 276 Bridgewater 262 Pembroke 194 Clarence 263 Cornwall 50 Eden 216 Malone 60 2960 66 Conway 133 Tuftonboro' 152 Crooked Lake415 1 Boston District. NorwayPlains298 2 Canandaigua 120 2 2736 Lynn 398 Canaan 71 RECAPITULATION. Boston 403 33 Marblehead 64 1701 2 Whites. Col. Salisbury 135 1 Ohio Conference • - 25162 Portland District. 602 Poplin 233 Missouri Conference - 4025 136 Portsmouth 86 Portland 177 4 Tennessee Conference - 18082 1799 New-Bedford 51 1 Durham 294 1 Mississippi Conference - 1623 430 Scituate 58 Scarborough 330 South Carolina Conference 20965 11714 Falmouth 164 Buxton ana Virginia Conference . 18137 5547 Harwich 13C North Yar Baltimore Conference - 23244 8867 Wellfleet 164 mouth 3G0 Philadelphia Conference 23922 8309 Nantucket 284 14 Poland 450 New-York Conference - 20301 1527 Martha's Vine Bethel 127 New-England Conference 14035 154 yard 95 5 Readfield 302 Genesee Conference - 20981 65 Livermore and 2276 54 Vienna 442 190477 39150 Bath 70 39150 Vermont District.

Athens 229 2 2552 5 Total 229627 Wethersfield 326 2 Total last year 224853 Barnard 281 Kennebeck District. Venture 185 Norridgewock Increase this year 4774 Barre 400 and Unity 306 Preachers 748. Minutes for 1818. 313

Quest. 15. Where are the preachers sta MISSOURI CONFERENCE. tioned this year ? Illinois Dist. Samuel H. Thompson, P. Elder. OHIO CONFERENCE. Illinois, Joseph Pownal. Ohio Dist. James B. Finley, P. Elder. Okaw, Josiah Patterson. Beaver, Samuel Baker. Jacob Hooper, Cash River and Big Bay, Jacob White- Erie, John P. Kent, Ira Eddy. sides, William R. Jones. River and Mahonan, D. Davidson, Grand Wabash, Daniel M'Henry. Ezra Booth. Patoka, Charles Slocomb. Chatauque, Curtis Goddard. Little Pidgeon, Thomas Davis. Steubenville, Hamilton, William Samuel Vincennes and Harrison, John Shrader, Knox, Calvin Ruter. John M'Cord. M,Mahan. Tuscarawas, James Blue River, Othniel Talbert. Huron, John Brooke. Silver Creek, John Cord. Muskingum Dist. Jacob Young, P. Elder. Missouri Dist. Jesse Walker, P. Elder. Letart Falls, William Cunningham. Bnonslick, John Scripps, Win. Townsend. Little Kanawha, John Graham, John Buffalo, John C. Harbison. Stewart. Missouri, Philip Davis. Ellis, John Fairfield, Michael M'Mahan. Bellevue and Saline, Thomas Wright. Zanesville, John Tivis, Samuel Glaze. Cape Girardeau, Baker, Knox, Henry Philip Green. New-Madrid and St. Francis, Jos. Piggot, Marietta, Thos. A. Morris, Job Baker. Rucker Tanner. C. Bennet Dowler. Barnesville, Springer, Spring River, Alexander M'Allister. John Sommerville. Mansfield, Hqt Springs, William Stevenson, John Scioto Dist. John Collins, P. Elder. Harris. Pickaway, James Quinn. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Paint Creek, John Solomon, Thomas Salt River Dist. Marcus Lindsey, Carr. P. Elder. Scioto, William P. Finley, William West- Danville and Madison, William Adams, lake. Henry B. Bascom. Columbus, William Stvayze, Lemuel Cumberland, Lewis Garrett. Lane. Salt River, William F. King. Brush Creek, Charles Waddill. Shelby, Sadosa Bacon. Salt Creek, Boroughs Westlake. Jefferson, William Hart, Wm. Allison. Deer Creek, S. Ruark, R. W. Finley. Franklin, Andrew Monroe. Miami Dist. Moses Crume, P. Elder. Nashville Dist. Thomas L. Douglass, Cincinnati, Alexander Cummins. P. Elder. Miami, Benjamin Lawrence Nashville, Miles Harper. Lawrenceburg, Sam'l West, Allen Wiley. Stone's River, Thomas Stanley. White Water, William Hunt. Lebanon, Moses Ashworth. Oxford, Russell Bigelow, Samuel Brown. Cany Fork, Jedediah M'Minn. Union, William Dixon, John Waterman. Elk River, Joshua Butcher. Mad River, John Sale, John Strange. Flint River, Ebenezer Hearn. White Oak, W. Griffith, Jas. Simmons. Richland, John Seaton. Piqua, Samuel Chenowith, Peter Ste Duck River, phens. Cumberland Dist. Charles Holliday, Milford, David Sharp. P. Elder. Kentucky Dist. Sam'! Parker, P. Elder. Fountainhead, Wm. M'Mahon, William Limestone, Henry M'Daniel, John P. Stribling. Taylor. Goose Creek, George M'Nelley. Lexington, Absalom Hunt, George At Roaring River, Clinton Tucker. kins. Wayne, Timothy Carpenter. Hinkstone, J. Stamper, Richard Corwine, Somerset, Benj. Lakin, sup. Green River, John Hutchinson. Licking, Francis Landrum. Barren, George Taylor. Big and Little Sandy, Thomas Lowry. Green River Dist. James Axley, Fleming, William Holdman, Simon Peter. P. Elder. Guyandotte, Samuel Demint. Christian, Benjamin Maione, John Davar. 314 Minutes for 1818.

Livingston, John Johnson. Little River, James B. Turner, Henry T. Henderson, Benjamin Peeples. Fitzgerald. Hartford, Nace Overall. Warren, Thomas Darky, Thomas Rosa Breckenridge, James G. Leach. mond. Dixon, John Cragg. Louisville, Wm. Kennedy, Absalom W. Dover, John Smith. PhilUps. Red River, Peter Cartwright. Augusta, Samuel Dunwody. Holston Dist. Jesse Cunningham, Savannah, Solomon Bryan. P. Elder. Edisto Dist. James Norton, P. Elder. Abingdon, George Ekxns. Charleston, Lewis Myers, Alex. Talley, Clinch, Edward Ashley. Henry Bass. Carter's Valley, William S. Manson. Cooper River, Zaccheus Dowling. Holston, Thomas D. Porter. Cypress, John Simmons, Bryan Gause. Lee, James VVitten. Black Swamp, John Scott. Tazewell, James Porter. Orangeburg, Jacob Hill, William Connell. Ashe, Jesse Green. Bush River, Eppes Tucker, Benjamin French-Broad Dist. John Henninger, Rhodes. Williams, Thomas P. Elder. Keewee, Zachariah Nolliehuckie, Nathan Barnes. Winn. Little River, Nicholas Norwood. Broad River Dist. Daniel Asbury, Knoxyille, Josiah Daughtry. P. Elder. Powell's Valley, Benjamin Edge. Congaree, John Bunch. Nicho Tennessee Valley, Thomas Stringfield. Sandy River, Griffin Christopher, las Ware. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Watereo, Daniel Monaghan, Anthony Mississippi Dist. Thos. Griffin, P. Elder. Simmons. Natchez and Claiborne, John Manifee. Enoree, Robert L. Edtcards, Asbury Wilkerson, Samuel Sellers, John Lane. Morgan. Amit, John Murrow. Reedy River, Benj.Woflbrd, Travis Owen. Pearl River, Wiley Lcdbetter. Santee, John Gamewell, Robert Flournoy. Chickasawhay, John Booth. Camden, William M. Kennedy. Tombeckbee, John M'Lendon, Thomas Columbia, William Capers. Owens. Pee Dee Dist. Joseph Travis, P. Elder. Louisiana Dist. Ashley Hewit, P. Elder. Lynch'* Creek, Elijah Bird. Attakapas, Thomas Nixon. Black River, James Parsons, William' - Washataw, Ashley Hewit. Hankins. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Little Pee Dee, John W. Norton, Josiah Oconee Dist. Joseph Tarpley, P. Elder. Evans Bladen, John Dicks. Sparta circuit, Nicholas Talley, James River, John Boswell. Dunwody. Deep Samuel Harrison, Andrew Oakmulgee, Hartwell Spain, Raleigh Brunswick, Green. Hamill. Vean. Aloovi, Anderson Ray, David S. M' Bride, Georgetown, John Af' C. James Bellah. Fayetteville, Whitman Hill. James O. Andrew. Appalachee, Wm. B. Barnett, Thomas Wilmington, A. Smith. Catawba Dist. Jesse Richardson, Cedar Creek and Milledgeville, John B. P. Elder. Glenn, Samuel Johnson. Upper French-Broad, Allen Turner, Hugh Washington, John Mote. Hamill. Ohoopee, Charles Dickinson, Jeremiah Black Mountain, John S. Ford. Freeman. Morganton, David Hilliard. Satilla and St. Mary's, James Hutto, Eli- Union, Nicholas MTntyre, John L. sha Calloway. Greaves. Oqeechee Dist. Samuel K. Hodges, Lincoln, John Taylor, Jeremiah Mozer. P. Elder. Sugar Creek, Reuben Tucker. Broad River circuit, David Garrison, Rocky River, Tillman Snead, Charles John L. Jerry. Betts. Grove, Philemon Ogletree. Montgomery, Daniel F. Christenberry. Minutes for 1818. 315 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Yadkin Dist. James Patterson, P. Elder. Baltimore Dist. Nelson Reed, P. Elder. Franklin, Russell Foster, Johnson Duck- Fell's Point, John Davis. son. Baltimore city, Joshua Wells, Christopher Guilford, John F. Wright, Archibald Frye, . Robinson. Baltimore cir., Richard Tydings, James Salisbury, Benjamin Stepheus, Charles Taylor. L. Coole.y. Great Falls, Henry Smith, James Reed. Iredell, Thomas Browder, Ira Parker. Montgomery, John Childs, John Mackle- Yadkin, John H. Boyd. fresh. Caswell, Allen R. Bernard, Rich'd Carson. Severn, Wm. Butler, Mordecai Gosnell. Haw River, Christopher S. Mooring, Annapolis, Job Guest. Peter Doub. Calvert, John C. French, Thos. Jamison. Neuse Diet. Lewis Skidmore, P. Elder. Prince George, Joseph Toy, Thomas Newbem, John T. Brame. Beauchamp. Mattamuskeet and Banks, Isaiah Harris. Potomac Dist. Joseph Frye, P. Elder. Beaufort and Straits, Stephen Rowe. Berkley, John G. Watt, Henry Furlong. New-River, William D. Barrett. Winchester, Thomas Kennerly, Wm. C. Black River, Waddill Johnson. Morrison. Raleigh city and circuit, Henry Hardy, Loudoun, Nicholas Willis, John Bear. Amos C. Tread way. Stafford, George Brown, Richard M'Al- Tar River, Thacker Muire, Thompson lister. Garrard. Lancaster, Thomas C. Thornton, Morris Roanoke, Thomas Moore. Covert. Norfolk Dist. Ethelbert Drake, P. Elder. Fairfax, Alfred Griffith. Alexandria, Caleb Reynolds. Norfolk, William Compton. Portsmouth, James M'Aden. Georgetown, Thomas Burch. Suffolk and Princess Ann, Wm. Jones, Foundry, John Emory. Richard Hunt. George W. Charlton. Washington, Camden, David Browder. Fredericksburg, Andrew Hemphill. Bertie, Solomon Day, Geo. M. Anderson. Greenbrier Dist. Gerard Morgan, Sussex, Peyton Anderson,Wm. Eastwood. P. Elder. Washington and Swift Creek, Wm. H. Rockingham, Tobias Riley, Wm. Barnes. Starr, James Reid. Staunton, Robert Cadden. Albemarle Sound, George Burnett. Bottetourt, James Paynter, Jesse Lee. New-River and Walker's Creek, Meherrim Dist. John T. Weaver, Basil P. Elder. Barry, John Tanyhill. Monroe, James Watts. Greensville, Joshua Lawrence, Joachim Greenbrier, Lane. Robert Boyd. Pendleton, John Watson, Jacob Mecklenburg. Matthew M. Dance. Brormvell. James M'Cann, Wm. Petersburg, Fletcher Harris. Alleghany, Monroe, S. Amelia, John Lattimore, Curtis Honks. Kennerly. Cumberland, Lewis Kimball, Jas, Smith. Carlisle Dist. Jacob Gruber, P. Elder. Brunswick, John Doyle. Harford, Eli Hinkle, John W. Bond. Buckingham, Thomas Mann, Joshua Fea- Carlisle, .Erftcord Matthews, Samuel Davis. therston,- sup. Huntingdon, Thomas Beaks, R. S. Vinton. Bedford, John C. Ballexo, Hezekiah Leigh. Juniatta, James Moore. Lynchburg, Thomas Burge. Bedford, James Sewell. James River Dist. Edward Cannon, Somerset, Jacob Snyder, James Wilson. P. Elder. Auckwick, Thos. Larkin, Wm. Hamilton. Richmond, Richard Lattimore. Chambersburg, Hamilton Jefferson, Frede Hanover, Wm. Richards, John W. Kirby. rick Stier. Williamsburg,7acoi Hill, Exum Chapman. Frederick, Stephen G. Roszel, Elberton Gloucester, Minton Thrift, Hezekiah Peyton, - M'Lelland. Mononoahela Dist. Asa Shinn, Orange, William Peebles. P. Elder. Columbia, Samuel Garrard. Monongahela and Randolph, Asby Pool, Amherst, Hugh A. M'Cam. Samuel Cushen. 316 Minutes for 1818.

Harrison, John Connelly, N. B. Mills. Essex and Staten Island, Geo. Woolley, Greenfield, John West, George Erwin. Richard W. Petherbridge. East Wheeling, John Waterman, Amos Bergen, Joseph Lybrand, Wm. Smith. Barnes. Asbury, Sylvester G. Hill, James Aikins. Ohio, Thornton Fleming, Joseph Carper. Sussex and Hamburg, Joseph Bennett, Pittsburg, Lewis R. Fechtige. Bartholomew Weed, Daniel Ireland. Connelsville and Mahoning, James Reily, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Henry Baker, Peregrine Buckingham. Redstone, Samuel Montgomery, S. P. V. Joshua Soule and Thomas Mason, book Gillespie. agents. Lawrence Everhart, missionary. New-York Dist. Samuel Merwin, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. P. Elder. Schuylkill Dist. Daniel Hitt, P. Elder. Freeborn Garrettson, supernumerary. Philadelphia — New-York, N. Bangs, Laban Clark, Seth St. George's, W. Ryland, James Crowell, Samuel Howe, Thos. Thorp. Smith, J. Russling. Zion and Asbury, Wm. Phoebus. Union, James Smith, John Potts. Brooklyn, Wm. Ross. St. John's, Joseph Totten. New-Rochelle, Daniel Ostrander, Coles Kensington, Thos. Davis. Carpenter. Bristol, John Robertson, John Price. Courtlandt, Aaron Hunt, Beardsley Nor Dauphin, Wm. Leonard, William Abells, throp. Samuel Grace. Croton, Eben Smith, Smith Arnold, Lancaster, Robert Burch, Phinehas Price, Stamford, John Reynolds. W. Hunter. Suffolk, Wm. Jewett, John M. Smith. Chester, John Goforth, Samuel Budd. Sag Harbour, Fitch Reed. Wilmington, Samuel J. Cox. Jamaica, Phinehas Rice, Nicholas Morris. Chesapeake Dist. Henry Boehm, Rhinebeck Dist. Ebenezer Washburn, P. Elder. P. Elder. Smyrna, James Moore, Edward Stout. Dutchess, Samuel Cochran, J. B. Mat Dover, Charles Reed, Thomas Miller. thias, Luman Andrus, sup. Caroline, James Ridgaway, Wm. Quinn. Rhinebeck, Noble W. Thomas, Henry Talbot, Wm. Williams, Joseph Scull. Eames. Queen Ann's, Thomas Ware, Stephen Pittsfield, Elisha P. Jacob, John J. Mat Martindale. thias. Kent, Lawrence M* Combs, Wm. Ryder. Granville, Cyrus Culver, Smith Dayton. Cecil, Wm. Torbert, John Woolson. Middletown, Marvin Richardson. Delaware Dist. Wm. , P. Elder. Durham, Reuben Harris, David Miller. Cambridge, Alward White, Avra Melvin. Burlington, Nathan Emery, Cyrus Silli- Dorchester, John Collins. man. Somerset, David Dailey, William Ross. Goshen, Datus Ensign, Ezekiel Canfield, Annamessex, Samuel J. Griffith, Elipha- Timothy Benedict. let Reed. New-Haven, Elijah ITebard. Accomack, Lawrence Lawrenson, William Stratford, Samuel Bushncll, Aaron Pierce. Lummis. Redding, James M. Smith, Theodosius Snow Hill, Jacob Moore, John For. Clark. Lewistown. John Smith, Wm. Prettyman. Ashorove Dist. Sam^l Draper, P. Elder. Milford, James Bateman, Joseph Osborne. Cambridge, Tobias Spicer, Sherman Mi New-Jersey Dist. Jas. Smith, P. Elder. nor. Trenton, Alexander M'Caine. Troy and Lansinghurg, Samuel Luckey, Trenton cir., George Banghart, Charles Earl Bancroft. Pittman. Warren, Daniel Brnyton. Burlington, Solomon Sharp, David Best. Montgomery, Samuel Eighmy, Daniel Gloucester, Peter Vanncst, James Long. I. Wright. Cumberland, Thos. Ncale, John Creamer. Saratoga, Friend Draper, John Lovejoy. Salem, John Walker, Edward Page. Chatham, Billy Hibbard, Peter Bussing. New-Brunswick, Thomas Smith. Lyden, Ibri Cannon, Noah Levings. New-Mills. David Bartine, Daniel Pidler. Pittstown, William Anson. Freehold, John Finley, Watters Burrows. Pownal, David Lewis, Jacob Hall. Minutes for 1818. 317

Champlain Dist. Henry Stead, P. Elder. Maiden, Orlando Hinds. Brandon, Isaac Hill, Phinehas Doan. Lynn, Elijah Hedding, James B. Ambler, Middlebury Cyprian H. Gridley. Marblehead, Jesse Fillmore. Charlotte, Nicholas White, Seymour Lan- Salisbury, John F. Adams. don. Portsmouth, Daniel Fillmore. St. Albans, John B. Stratten, Bud Good- New-Market, Martin Ruter. sell, Jeremiah M' Daniel. Poplin, Bartholomew Otheman, Joseph B. Stowe, Moses Amedon, Ebenezer Brown. White, sup. Dunham, James Covel. New-Hampshire Dist. David Kilburn, Grand Isle, Jacob Beeman. P. Elder. Plattsburg, G. Lyon, Harvey De Wolf. LandaflT, Lewis Bates, Samuel Norris. Ticonderoga, EU Barnett. Stratford, Job Pratt. Chazy, Almond Dunbar. Conway, John Lord. > , Malone, Charles Northrop. Tuftenborough, Daniel Plumley. Hudson River Dist. Peter P. Sandford, Rochester, Philip Munger. P. Elder. Pembroke, Benjamin Burnham. Albany, Joseph Crawford. Bridgewater, Orin Roberts, Damon Young Albany cir., Andrew M,Kain,Bela Smith. Canaan, John Paine. Schenectady, Wm. Thacher. Vermont Dist. Joseph A. Merrill, Schenectady cir., Wm. Af. Stilwell,Keary P. Elder. Hatfield. Wethersfield, Jacob Sanborn. Sharon, Gershom Pierce, James Guinlin. Unity, Amasa Taylor. Delaware, Arnold Scholefield, J. Youngs. Barnard, Thos. C. Pierce, Amasa Cowles. Newburg, Elijah Woolsey, Heman Bangs. Vershire, Salmon Winchester. New- Windsor, Jesse Hunt, J. Bowen. Varree, Leonard Frost. Sullivan, Horace Weston. Athens, Daniel Dorchester. Aurora Seager goes to the Genesee Danville, Josiah A. Scarrit, Squire B. Conference. Hascall. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Craftsbury, Wilbur Fisk. New-London Dist. Eraslus Otis, Stanstead and St. Francis, Zenas Adam«, P. Elder. Wilder Mack. New-London, Asa Kent. Portland Dist. Asa Heath, P. Elder. New-London cir., Edward Hyde, Zalmon Portland, Charles Virgin. Stewart. Scarborough, John Adams. Tolland, Leonard Bennett, Hezekiah Da Poland, Josiah F. Chamberlain. vis. Buxton and North Yarmouth, Josh. Ran Pomfret, Ebenezer Blake, Benj. Sabin. dall, Isaac Ames. Ashburnham, Joel M'Kee, Wm. Wright. Bethel, James Jaques. Needham, John Lindsey, Isaac Bonney. Livermore, Caleb Fogg. Providence, Solomon Sias. Readfield, Daniel Wentworth. Warwick, Jason Walker. Durham, John Lewis, Eleazar Steele. Bristol, Thomas W. Tucker. Bath, Wm. Marsh, sup. Rhode Island, Nathan Paine. Ke(jnebeck Dist. David Hutchinson, Somerset and Mansfield, Isaac Jannison, P. Elder. Elisha Slreeter, sup. Industry, John S. Ayre. Boston Dist. Geo. Pickering, P. Elder. Norridgewock, J. Marsh. Hew-Bedford, Benjamin R. Hoyt. Unity, Wm. M'Gray. Nantucket, John W. Hardy, V. R. Os- Hallowell, Benjamin Jones. born, sup. Pittstown and Bristol, John Briggs. Vineyard, Shipley W. Wilson, Union, Henry True. Falmouth, Benjamin Keith. Penobscot, Peter Burges. Sandwich and Barnstable, Benjamin Ha- Orrington, Sullivan Bray. zclton, sup. Hamden, John Atwell. Harwich, Moses Fifield. St. Croix, Ebenezer F. Newell. Wellfleet, Ephraim Wiley; GENESEE CONFERENCE. Scituate, _ Oneida Dist. George Garey, P. Elder. Boston and Dorchester, Timothy Merritt, Westmoreland, Seth Mattison, Joseph Enoch Mudge, William Granville. Willis. 318 Minutes for 1818.

Western, Ira Fairbanks, Dana Fox. Wyalusing, Elisha Bebihs, Elijah King, Otsego, Benjamin G. Paddock, John Ha sup. milton. Tioga, John Griffing, Andrew Peck. Litchfield, Peter Jones, Enoch Barnes. Wayne, Asa Cummins. Herkimer, James Hazen, Alonson Gifford. Upper Canada Dist. Henry Ryan, Prindle, Black River, Andrew Abraham P. Elder. Lippet. Detroit, Alpheus Davis. Creek, Lambert, Truman Sandy Chandler/ Thames, William Jones. Dixon. Westminster, Daniel Shepherdson. Watertown, John Dempster. Ancaster, Joseph Hickcox, Samuel Bcltnn. Paris, Goodwin Stoddard. You ng-street, James Jackson, William W. ' Utica, Barlow. Wm. Rundle. Chenango Dist. Charles Giles, P. Elder. Niagara, Isaac B. Smith, Geo. Ferguson. Manlius, George W. Densmore. York, David Culp. Pompey, Abner Chase, Joseph M'Creary. Long Point, David Yeoman, Alvin Torrey. Cato, Joshua Debee. Lower Canada Dist. William Case, Scipio, Zenas Jones, Palmer Roberts. P. Elder. Cayuga, James Kelsey, Edmund O'Fling. Montreal, Elias Bowen. Ithaca, George Harmon, sup. Otiawha, R. M. Everts, E. Adams. Owego, Hiram G. Warner. Chamberlin, Rob't Jeffers. Broome, Michael Burdge, Peter Baker. Augusta, Wyatt Quintie, Isaac Puffer, James Wilson. Lebanon, Dan Barnes, Russel Downing. Bay Hallbwell, Madden, Tuke. Courtlandt, John Arnold, James Heath. Thomas John Bellville, James G. Peal. Chenango, Joshua Rogers, Paul Stowel. St. Lawrence, Timothy Goodwin, Calvin Genesfe Dist. Jonathan Huestis, N. Flint. P. Elder. Cornwall, Nathaniel Reeder. Lyons, Ralph Lanning, Reuben Ailsworth. Malone, Charles Northrop. Seneca, Loring Grant, Nathan B. Dodson. Ontario, Orin Doolittle, Alba Beckwith, Quest. 16. Where and lohen shall our next I. H. Harris. Conferences be held ? Israel Chamberlin, Canandaigua, sup. 1. Ohio Conference, Steubenville, Au Hall, Bloomfield, James Benaijah Wil gust 7, 1818. liams. 2. Missouri Conference, at Mount Zi- Caledonia, Cyrus Story, Michael Segar. on M. H., in Murphey's Settlement, on Ridgeway, Parker Buel, Zechariah Pad the 10th day of September, 1818. dock. . 3. Tennessee Conference, at Nash Clarence, Aurora Seager, Jetar Forster. ville in Tennessee, October 1, 1818. Eden, James Brownson, Ara Williams. 4. Mississippi Conference, at Ford's Gil- Crooked Lake, John Beggarly, James M. H., Pearl River, Mississippi state, more, sup. October 29, 1818. Newtown, Thomas M'Gee, John B. Al- 5. South Carolina Conference, in Cam verson. den, S. C, December 24, 1818. Buffalo and Black Rock, Gleeson Filmore. 6. Virginia Conference, at Oxford, Susquehannah Dist. Marmaduke Pearce, Granville county, N. C, 10th Feb., 1819. P. Elder. 7. Baltimore Conference, at Alexandria, Bald Eagle, John Thomas. March 10, 1819. Lycoming, John Rhoads, Benj. Bidlack. 8. Philadelphia Conference, Philadel Shamokin, Israel Cook. phia, April 7, 1819. Northumberland, Gideon Lanning, Abra 9. New-York Conference, Troy, May ham Dawson. 6, 1819. Wyoming, George Peck. 10. New-England Conference, at Lynn, Canaan, Isaac Grant. June 2, 1819. Bridgewater, Ebenezer Doolittle, Edward 11. Genesee Conference, Vienna, On Paine. tario county, New- York, July 1, 1819.