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THE Annual Minutes of the Conferences of the Metholume was early conceived by John Dickins, first book agent in this country, who, in 1794, issued a volume embracing all the Minutes from the commencement of Methodism in America, a period of about twenty-one or twenty-two years. In 1813 a volume was published by D. Hitt and 'f. Ware, book agents. But this work is out of print, and the de&ire of many to have the whole from the commencement to the present period seems to call for the publication now offered. In addition to the benefit of having at hand a work of reference to which resort may be had for.settling any disputed or doubtful question relating to the statistics of the church, the volume now offered to the public may be recom· mended as a useful reading book. The biographical sketches of deceased preachers, of which there are many in the work, are highly interesting, and cannot, we think, be read without profit. The readers of the Minutes should bear in mind, that they are dated, seve rally, at the time of their publication ; and the matters recorded in each relate to the year closing at that period. This is necessary to a\·oid mistakes in regard to dates. Minute$ for 1799. B3
Elizabethtown, James Tolleson, Samuel George Pickering, Presiding Elder. Thomas, Thomas Morrell. \Varren, John Brodhead. Flanders, J as. Campbell, David Bartine. Greenwich, Stephen Hull. ,_. Newburg, Robert Green. Providence, Joshua Hall. Sylvester Hutchinson, Prtsidirw Sandwich, Ep:iphras Kibby. f'I Elder. Martha's Vineyard, Joseph Snelling. New-York, Joshua Wells, G. Roberts, C. Provincetown, Smith Weeks. Stebbins. Boston, William Beauchamp Brooklyn, Andrew Nichols. Lynn, Ralph \\'illiston. Long Island, David Brown, John Wil Needham, Daniel Brumly. Exeter, John Nichols. son. . . " ! ,New-Rochelle, Joseph Totten, John Joshua Taylor, Presiding Eldtr. ' : '. Clark. Portland, Timothy Merritt. -Croton, Peter Vannest, Thos. Woolsey. Readfield, Joshua Taylor, Jesse Stone Dutchess, Jacob Rickhow, Billy Hibbard. man. Columbia, Peter Moriarty. Kennebeck, Roger Searle. Cambridge, Timothy Dewy, Lorenzo Dow. Bath and Union, Robert Yallaley, Aaron Vergennes, Joseph Mitchel], Abner Wood. Humphrey. Pittsfield, Joseph Sawyer, Reuben Hub- Penobscot, Enoch Mudge, John Finnegan. bard. Pleasant River, Peter Jayne. Granville, Ezekiel Canfield, Daniel Webb. Darius Dunham, Presiding Elder. Litchfield, Ebenezer Stevens, Truman Bay Quintie, Darius Dunham. Bishop. Oswegotchie, Samuel Coate. -Redding, William Thacher. Niagara, James Coleman, Michael Coate. Middletown, Augustus Jocelyn. Quest. 15. Where and when shall our r Shadrach Bostwick, Presiding Elder. next Conferences be held? I . , . "1 Tolland, Lawrence M'Combs. I. Charleston, Jan. 1, 1799. ~, !, I. New-London, Nathaniel Chapin, Shubal 2. Jones' Chapel, Va., April 9, 1799. Lamb. 3. Bethel Academy, Ky., May 1, 1799. Pomfret, Daniel Ostrander, Asa Heath. 4. Baltimore, May 1, 1799. Chesterfield, Elijah Bachelor. 5. Philadelphia, June 6, 1799. Vershire, Joseph Crawford. 6. New-York, June 19, 1799.
MINUTES
TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FOK THE YEAR 1799.
Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial 1 rick, Joshua Soule, Nathan Emory, Daniel Lewis Myers, Zachariah Maddox, Wm. G ossage--36. A-Yant, Moses Matthews, James Dillard, Quest. 2. Who remain on trial 1 ! r
· ~ Britton Capel, Jeremiah King, Dennet Thomas Mi1ligan, George Dougharty, \, Kendrick, Nathan Jarrett, John Moore, Thomas Shaw, Hanover Donnan, Samuel : . ~ William Algood, James Denton, Billy Hooser, John Evans, Josiah Philips, Col ' . : Corr, Thomas Fletcher, John Ellis, James lier Hill, John Turner, Stephen Ellis, Ba Quinn, Peter B. Davis, Nathan Swain, nister Meador, Joseph Dunn, Thomas William Mills, Barzillai Willey, David Doughaday, Thos. Smith, Wm. Vreden Dunham, Jamee Herron, Nathan Smith, burgh, Jesse Justice, Abner Wood, Asa Edward Lukins, John Stewart, Nicholas Heath, Billy Hibbard, Comfort C. Smith, Chambers. Benj. Bidlack, David James, Daniel '\Vebb, Elijah Bachelor, Lorenzo Reuben Jones, Alexander M'Lane, ~lijah Dow, Reuben Hubbard, Epaphras Kibby, Cbichea&er1 Elijah R. Sabin, John Mer- Truman Biehop, Lewis Hunt-27. . . .>.• . ·.: ;· •. "
;..• .-!t '·~ _• .;~.. ,~ " f'· '.~ !), , s . . 'J '·t ·j=•• ~; . I iJ • .• J .. 84 Minutes for 1799. Quest. Quest. 3. Who are admitted into full William Ormond, Salathiel Weeks, Ar 1kro!Jgh connection 1 cher Moody, Lewis Garrett, Roger Han cerns 1 cock, \V'illiam Early, James G. Martin, Thomas Nelson, Alexander M'Caine, Josias Samuel Douthet, Loammi Floyd, Robert William Kenyon, Humphrey Wood, Jo seph Pinnell, Thomas Mann, George ardPose) Gaines, "\Villiam 'Vest, John King, James Thomas Floyd, Llewellin Evans, N ath'l. Walker, M'Kenny, Samuel Ansley, Joseph Hill, Sands, ' William Atwood, Joseph Hill, Robert Thomas Wilkerson, James Ward, \Villiam Lamheth, John Sale, J osepb Everett, John El \Vilkerson, Solomon Harris, James Hun fiamson, ter, Joseph Stone, John Cullison, Abraham Philip Bruce, Daniel Hitt, Seely Bunn, Benton Riggin, Daniel Hall, John Blood Duke W Andrews, Caleb Kendall, Daniel Higby, Jones, E Johnson Dunham, John Leach, John ~ood, Lasley Matthews, Nathaniel B. Mills, Thornton Fleming, John Potts, Joseph Ruth, Thomas Dodson, Wm. P. Chand Humphr1 ler, Thomas Jones, Eber Cowles, Augus Morris Howe, Samuel Hitt, Nelson Reed, Rezin Cash, Thos. Lucas, Joseph Rowen, pin. Rob1 tus Jocelyn, Ebenezer Stevens, John diah Str: Nichols, John \Vilson, Joseph Snelling, James Smith, James Paynter, Robert Joseph Sawyer, Joseph Crawford, Peter Manley, Jonathan Forrest, Thomas Hay Quest. E Vannest, William Thacher, Thomas Al mond, Wilson Lee, Henry 'Villis, Hamil· Samu len-3i. ton Jefferson, Thomas F. Sargent, Curtis bert, W1 \Villiams, Stephen Timmons, Levin Moore, Quest. 4. Who are the deacons 1 Reed, R1 Charles Burgoon, Christopher Spry, Free Cavende Moses Black, Nicholas Snethen, Josiah born Ganettson, Thomas Ware, John Cole, Moses Wilson, Thomas Nelson, M'Claskey, Ezekiel Cooper, 'Vm. M'Len Quest Alexander M'Caine, Samuel Douthet, ahan, Richard Swain, Robert Green, Ro 1. J1 Rohert Gaines, Thomas Shaw, Benjamin bert Sparks, Robert M'Coy, Robert Bon ~ni:i, ac Matthews, John King, James Floyd, ham, Richard Sneath, John Smith, Lemuel 1790, ar Llewellin Evans, Nathaniel Walker, Wm. Green, Charles Cavender, William Har the citv Brittain, William Atwood, Robert Wilker destv, \Villiam Hunter, William Bishop, South C son, Hezekiah Harriman, Jacob Colbert, \Viliiam Colbert, Anthony Turck, Anning a variet· Thomas Lyell, James L. Higgins, John Owen, David Bartine, Ephraim Cham bodv. · Pitts, Edmund Wayman, Shadrach John bers, James Tolleson, James Moore, Jas. and. jff son, Benjamin Essex, James Lattomus, Campbell, John Seward, Jacob Egbert, Jesus ( Jon a than Bateman, John Philips, Wesley Joseph Lovell, Joel Ketchum, Solomon lhoughl Budd, Solomon Harris, James Hunter, Sharp, Samuel Thomas, Samuel Fowler, was rai Joseph Stone, John Cullison, Abraham Thomas Everard, Thomas Jackson, Thos. time of Andrews, David Stevens, Archibald }'os Morrell, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Newman, ter, Roger Benton, James Stokes, Caleb He" Zenas Conger, Daniel Fidler, D:miel rng m ~ Kendall, Daniel Higby, Johnson Dunham, Crouch, Joseph Jewell, John Robinson, and opp J nhn Leach, John Ruth, Thomas Dodson, John Lackey, Michael Coate, Andrew my pl "\Villiam P. Chandler, John Finnegan, Nichols, ~yrus Stebbins, paniel. Ostran He was Peter Jayne, Ralph Williston, Timothy der, Damel Brumly, David Brown, Da God, ai Merritt, Augustus .Jocelyn, Ebenezer Ste rius Dunham, David Buck, Ezekiel Can !he cha vens, John Nichols, John Wilson, Joseph field, George Roberts, George Pickering, oor eon Snelling, Joseph Sawyer, Joseph Craw Joshua \V ells, Joshua Hall, Joseph Tot tions i1 ford, Peter Vannest, \Villiam Thacher, ten, Joseph Mitchell, Jacob Rickhow, which I John Page, John Watson, Henry Smith Joshua Taylor, John Clark, John Brod that h1 -61. head, Jesse Stoneman, J amea Cole.man, him, tc Quest. 5. Who are the elders 1 Lawrence M'Combs, Philip Wager, Peter ministe Moriarty, Roger Searle, Sylvester Hutch mav~ Jesse Lee, Jonathan Jackson, Benjamin inson, Shadrach Bostwick, Samuel Coate, Blanton, Rufus Wiley, Geo. Clark, Tobias Coiifer Stephen Hull, Thomas Woolsey, Timothy 2. \\ Gibson, James Douthet, John Simmons, Dewy, William Beauchamp, Francis Poy James Jenkin, Samuel Cowles, John ginia; thress, John Kobler, Valentine Cook, John eoooec Harper, Nicholas Watters, Jeremiah Nor Buxton, William Burke-156. man, James Patterson, Richard Wha.tcoat, his life William M'Kendree, James Rogers, Law Quest. 6. Who Aave httn ~«tetl hy the of lhe rence Mansfield, J oho West, Christopher unanimow 1Uffrages of tit~ Gnaeral Con. Tea? l S. Mooring, Pemberton Smith, John Ray, ferena to superintend tM Mttltio,ist E,,U iious j Stith Mead, Samuel S. Steward, Joseph copal Clturch i• America 1 ~Iv Moore, John Bonner, Samuel Risher, Thomas Coke, Francia Asbury-2. ~~ !rlinutes for 1799. 85
Quest. 7. l-l"lw are under a locatinn began, either in his mental or constitu tlarough wealmeu of body or family con tional feelings, that his sickness was unto cems 1 death : in consequence thereof, he mani Josias Randle, Charles Ledbetter, Rich fested no desire for men or means, in that ard Posey, Henry M. Gaines, Mark Moore, case. Upon his death-bed he made a Thomas Humphries, "Tilliam Moss, Philip recitation of his experience and labours. Sands, \\"illiam Bellamy, Anthony Sale, He was, from all that we could discover John Ellis, Jonathan. Bird, Nathan \Vil in his Jife and death, a good ministerial Jiamson, John Hussell, Edmund Ellis, and Christian character, and had the ap Duke \V. Hullum, Jeremiah Munday, Jas. pearance of a man both living and dying : ( · .: ··' j .• . Jones, Enoch George, Robert Hutchinson, in the Lord. He had been owned and • ··)i'. Joseph Whitby, John Milburn, Aaron honoured by the great Head of the - ~ Humphrey, Enoch Mudge, Nathaniel Cha church, and his brethren, as an elder and pin, Robert Yallaley, Smith Weeks, Oba witness of Jesus. diah Strange, Jeremiah Lawson-29. 3. Hezekiah C. Wooster,-He was ad mitted upon trial as a preacher in the year Quest. 8. Wlao are the supernumeraries J 1793-after travelling in a few circuits in Samuel Hitt, Morris Howe, Jacob Col Massachusetts, New-York, and New-Jer bert, Wilson Lee, Henry Willis, Nelson sey, he offered himself a. missionary for Reed, Robert Bonham, John Smith, Chas. Upper Canada, where he was owned and Cavender, David Buck-10. honoured of God in a peculiar manner. Quest. 9. Who have died this year 1 He was a man of zeal, grace, and under standing, but of a slender habit of body, 1. John N. Jones,-a native of Vir and could not endure all the hardships of ginia, admitted upon trial in the year travelling, and great exertions in preach 1790, and departed this life in 1798, in ing, which zeal, attended with a great the city of Charleston, in the state of revival o( the work of God, exposed him South Carolina, worn out with pain and to; but it was his happiness to live to a variety of weaknesses and afflictions of preach, and to die in the Lord Jes us. \Ve body. He appeared to have an unshaken admit the testimony of his father to be and joyful confidence in God, through Jesus Christ. The witnesses of his death true, that his son made haste in his Chris thought this man of affliction and pain tian and ministerial course. His father wrote to the yearly conference, when sit was rapt up in the vision of God at the ting in Philadelphia, as followeth : time of his departure. He was a man of great zeal, not want "April 9th, 1799. ing in sound understanding, for his time " Dear Brethren :-These lines are to and opportunities; a fervent preacher, and inform you, that my son, Hezekiah C. .J very plain in hie address and manners. Wooster, returned home from Canada last He was unwilling to leave the work of June, sick with the consumption ;-he God, and when unable to ride, through lived till the 6th of November, and then the changing seasons in the south part of died strong in the faith and love of Jesus. t I . our continent, he consented to take sta He was an example of patience and re ·I tions in Georgetown and Charleston, in signation to the will of God, and express .. ..'I}j . which ptaces he manifested himself, to all ed to enjoy much of the love of God in .... that had any special acquaintance with all his sickness. \Vhen I thought he was him, to be a Christian and a Christian almost done speaking, I asked him if his minister. The various stations he filled confidence was still strong in the Lord may be seen in the yearly Minutes of our he answered, Yes, strong ! strong! A Conferences. short time before the day of his death, 2. WilJiam Wilkerson,-a native of Vir when his bodily strength failed fast, he ginia ; he was admitted into the travelling said, the nearer he drew to eternitv, the connection in the year 1793, and closed brighter heaven shined upon him. · bis life and labours, in Gloucester county, "The following lines were found among "'·\ of the same state, in the latter end of the his papers after his death :- A year 1798, by a short illness with a bil- "Hezekiah Calvin 'Vooster was born . lious fever. It may be seen upon the May 20, 17il; convicted of sin, October yearly Minutes where he travelled. He 9, 1791 ; born again. December 1, 1791 ; had strong intimations when his afflictions sanctified: February 6, 1792. 86 Minutes for 1799.
"These lines are from your loving bro- DeltJWare. Connecticut. Ma ther in Chri~t, Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Ne " EDWARD WOOSTER." Dover 762 538 Litchfield 297 4 pl( Milford 680 316 Middletown 220 2 fe: Quest. 11. Are all the preachers blame- Wilmington 73 46 New-London 300 10 Up less in life and conversation 1 Pomfret 167 1515 900 Redding 276 Their characters were Tolland 220 1 strictly exam- PenMYlvania. Total II\ ined, one by one, before the Conference. Bristol 137 66 1480 17 Carlisle 204 8 Quest. 12. What numbers are in Society 1 Rhode blarul. Quest. Chester and Greenwich 73 Geor,gia. Whites. Col. Strasburg 435 11 Warren 122 1 Whites. Col. Greenbrier 164 5 Greenfield 519 5 Augusta 29 l Greensville 714 292 Huntingdon 202 195 l Jesi Northurnber· Burke 290 22 Hanover 385 61 Maua&lnuett•. Eze Richmond 548 115 Williamsburg 257 81 land 229 Pittsburg 204 Boston 63 11 1 Washington 451 78 Holston 247 11 Granville 319 Lancaster 23\) Philadelphia 411 211 66 Lynn 97 1318 216 Mecklenburg 163 29 Redstone 298 8 Be1 Tioga 191 Marblehead 30 South Carulina. New-River 118 21 Martha's Vine· Broad Ri \"er 590 48 Norfolk and Wyoming 170 Augu1 yard 24 BurkE Bush River 348 23 Portsmouth 125 120 70 74 3000 309 Merrimack Charleston 420 Northampton 375 219 Needham 13C St. M Edisto 525 110 Ohio 415 12 New-Jersey. Pittsfield 421 OconE Georgetown 7 181 Orange 367 24 Bethel 741 27 Provincetown 167 Great Pee- Pendleton 117 Richn 4 Burlington 569 30 Sandwich 71 Dee 189 52 Portsmouth 527 251 Wash Elizabeth- the\ Little Pee- Rockingham 286 32 town 201 7 1398 11 Dee and Russell 117 11 Flanders 215 4 New-Hamp1hire. Charl1 Anson 779 74 Stafford 297 18 Freehold 328 29 the: Sussex 459 Chesterfield 131 Santee and 125 Salem 504 57 Edist1 Catawba 467 211 Winchester 304 106 Trenton 167 13 Province of Maine. Seleuda 509 50 ---- Bath and latt ---- 10520 2312 2725 167 Union 119 Rash 3488 1169 Tenne:11ee. Kennebeck 196 New- }~ork. na North Carolina. Cumberland 216 30 Pleasant Rinr 73 Albany city 40 Sele1 Banks & Mat- Green 364 21 Penobscot 207 Albany cir. 560 5 tamuskeet 213 22 222 liae> Brooklyn 48 Portland Bertie 401 129 580 51 25 Readfield 300 Broa Bladen 450 200 Kentucky. Cambridge 680 Bl; Camden 311 351 Danville 299. 21 Cotumbia 224 l Delaware 439 1117 Unio1 Ca.~well 465 67 Hink stone 342 Vln'IMlnt. Contentney 160 Lexington 284 19 Dutchess 318 6 doi 50 Essex 110 Goshen 235 3 Limestone 363 13 Herkimer 482 SantE Long Island 408 38 Yergennes 273 ) Guilford 710 21 Salt River and Vershire 165 ma Haw River 308 Shelby 286 11 Mohawk 118 65 Whitingham 55 Newbern 280 243 Miami 91'.1 l Newburgh 316 6 Grea 222 New-Rochelle426 12 Co Pamlico 12 603 l Roanoke 335 312 1672 65 Croton 274 11 Littl1 Salisbury 496 IO Maryland. New-York 646 li2 U~r CGlllld&. Oneida 28 Bay Quin&.ie 409 l Br Swanino 273 8 Annamessex 204 115 Blad1 Tar RiYer 601 119 Annapolis 62 192 Saratoga 409 Niagara lM Union 342 27 Baltimore cir. 471 129 Seneca 265 Oswegotchie 300 Yadkin 459 20 Baltimore- ---- town 631 327 5681 276 863 3 Yadl 6261 1659 Calvert 451 825 Virginia. Caroline 474 194 Rl:CAPITULATION. Safa Alexandria 62 51 Cecil 351 2"43 Whites. Col. Gui! Alleghany Dorcheste1 627 5U Georgia . 1318 216 K, and Bath 292 26 Federal 515 390 South Carolina • . 3488 ll69 Haw Amelia 346 46 Frederick 219 41 North Carolina • . 6261 1659 Amherst 389 106 Harfo.nl 270 93 Virginia • 10520 2312 Frar Hedford 4og 111 Kent 265 278 Tennessee 580 51 Casi Berkley 417 57 Montgomery 423 227 KentuckI . 1672 65 se Bottetourt 300 13 Prince Marylan . 6568 fD19 Tar Brunswick 456 194 George's 141 620 Delaware . 1515 900 Gos! Clarksburg 188 Queen Ann's 572 447 Penn~lvania . . 3000 309 Cumberland 325 22 Somerset 434 116 New- ersey . 2725 167 JE Fairfax 328 47 Ta.lboi 458 347 New-York . 5&H 276 ~on· Franklin 346 52 --- Connecticut . )480 11 Pa11 Gloucester 995 93 6568 5079 Rhode-lslawl . 195 1 M11 ~linutes for 1799. 87
Whites, Col. Roanoke, Nathaniel Walker, Collier Hill Massachusetts • 1398 11 French-Broad, Thomas Mann. New-Hampshire 131 Province of Maine 1117 Swanino, Nathan Jarrett. Vermont - 603 1 Richard 'Vhatcoat, Presiding Elder. Upper-Canada • 863 3 Cumberland, Joseph Pinnell. . 49,115 12,236 Amelia, J oho West, Joseph Hill. Total whites and coloured, • • • • 61,351 Greensville and Mecklenburg, Christian Preachers 272. S. Mooring, Bennet Kendrick, James
Patterspn. . \. ·. ' Quest. 12. Where are the preachers sta Brunswick, Pemberton Smith, Jn. Moore. tioned this year 1 Sussex, William Kenyon, Billy Corr. Jesse Lee travels with Bishop Asbury. Portsmouth, Lewis Garrett, Thomas Flet- cher. Ezekiel Cooper, Editor and General Book Steward. Bertie, Samuel Ansley, William Algood. Camden, Wm. Brittain, James G. Martin. Benjamin Blanton, Presiding Elder. Norfolk, Alexander M'Caine. Augusta, Stith Mead. Jonathan Jackson. Presiding Elde1'. Burke, Loammi Floyd, Thomas Nelson. Greenbrier, James Ward. St. Mary's, George Clark. Bottetourt, Archer Moody, John Turner. Oconee, George Dougharty. Bedford, Joseph Dunn. Richmond, Samuel Cowles, Wm. Avant. Orange, Samuel S. Steward, John Ellis. Washington, 'Vm. Ormond, Samuel Dou- Amherst, John King. thet. Williamsburg and Hanover, Humphrey Charleston, John Harper, Nicholas Sne Wood, Josiah Philips. then. Gloucester, John Bonner. Edisto, J. Jenkin, M. Matthews, J. Dil Richmond, Thomas Lyell. lard. 'Villiam M'Kendree, Presiding Elder. B~sh River, Robert Gains, Hanover Don nan. Fairfax, John Pitts, Joseph Stone. Seleuda, Nicholas 'Vatters, Thomas Mil Alexandria, James Tolleson. ligan. Stafford, Rezin Cash. Lancaster, John Lackey. Broad River, Jeremiah Norman, Moses . ~ Black. Berkley, Jonathan Forrest, John Philips. Union, Llewellin Evans, Zachariah Mad Alleghany, John Cullison, Peter B. Davis. dox. Rockingham, Curtis Williams, Benjamin Santee and Catawba, Rufus Wiley, Tho Essex. mas Shaw. Pendleton, Thornton Fleming. Winchester, Hamilton Jefferson. Grea.t Pee Dee and Georgetown, Josiah ., CQle, John Garvin. Daniel Hitt, Presiding Elder. Little Pee Dee and Anson, Tobias Gibson, Redstone, James Paynter, Charlea Bur- Britta.in Capel, Lewis Myers. goon. Bladen, John Simmons, Moses Wilson. Pittsburgh, James Smith. "° James Rogers, Presiding Elder. Little Kanawha, Robert Manley. . Ohio, Thomas Haymond, Jesse Stoneman~ Y adk.in, Thomas Wilkerson. Greenfield, Edmund Wayman~ Jas. Quinn. Salisbury, James Douthet, James Denton. Clarksburg, Shadrach Johnson. Guilford, Robert Wilkerson, George M'- Kenny, last six months. .T oseph Everett, Presiding Elder. Haw River, Samuel Risher. Federal, Solomon Harris, Thomas Daugh Franklin, Wm. Atwood, Stephen Ellis. aday. Caswell, Banister Meador, Samuel Hoo- Prince George's, Nathaniel B. Mills. ,· ser. Montgomery, Joseph Rowen, Wilson Lee, ·; , Tar River, John Ray. sup. Goshen and Newbern, William Early, Frederick, John Potts, Hezekiah Harri- Jeremiah King. man. C()ntentney, Benjamin Matthews. Carlisle, Seely Bunn. Pamlico, John Evans. Huntingdon, James L. Rig-gins. Mattamuskeet, Roger Hancock. Calvert, La&ley Matthews, Thomas Luca.s. SS Minutes for 1799. Annapolis, George Roberts. Brooklyn and Long-Islan Cumberland, John Paf?e. 3. Holston, Dunworth, 1st Fri MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FOR THE YEAR 1800. Quest. 1. l-Vho are admitted on trial J Hooser, John Evans, Josiah Philips, John Turner, Banister Meador, Joseph Dunn, John Campbell, Ezekiel Burdine, Levi Thomas Daughaday, Jesse Justice, \\"il Garrison. J ercmiah Russell, Moses Flovd, li:im Vredenburgh, Thomas Smith, Abner Buddy '\V. '\rheeler, John Cox, James Wood, Billy Hibbard, Elijah Batchelor, Hunt, Jesse Coe, Samuel Monett, Samuel Asa Heath, Comfort C . Smith, Daniel Garrard, " riley .Tones, Jesse Cole, John \Vebh, Reuben Hubbard, Epaphras Kibby, Gamewell, 'Villiam Davis, Daniel Ross, Truman Bishop-23. Isaac Hobbins, Louther Taylor, Daniel Hya.n, Asa. Smith, Learner Blackman, Quest. 4. Who are the deacons 1 Aaron Parven, Caleb Morris, Joseph Os burn, Gideon :\.. Knowlton, \Villiam \\"il- Those with this mark (*)were ordained this .Jia.ms, Smith Arnold. Henrv Clark, Robert year. Dyer, 8amuel .Merwin, °J:l.cob Gruber, Josiah Cole, Thomas Nelson, Samuel ( ~eorE?e Armstrong-, Richard Lyon, Daniel Douthet, Robert Gains, Llcwellin Evans, \V. Dickerson, \Villiam Anson, Henry Thomas J\lilligan,• Georg-e Dougharty,• Ryan, Henry ~ames, Solomon Lang