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THE Annual Minutes of the Conferences of the Metho

3. Virginia Conference, at Salem, April 5. Philadelphia Conference, at Souders­ 10, 1804. burg, May 28, 1804. 4. Baltimore Conference, at Alexandria, 6. New-York Conference, in New­ J April 2i, 1804. y ork, June 12, 1804. ! •,.. • General Conference, in Baltimore, 7. New-England Conference, at Bux­ 1 May 6, 1804. ton, Province of Maine, July 15, 1804. F ~ ( F MINUTES Ji I!! TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST s II' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 11 FOR THE YEAR 1804. H D Quest. I. Who are admitted on trial 1 Stephens, Thomas Walker, Asa Cummins, G th Adjet M'Guire, William Pattison, An- William Hoyer, Wm. Hill, Henry \Vhite, B thony Houston, Joseph Oglesby, Abraham James Ridgaway, John Durbin, Nicholas Amos, John M'Clure, Fletcher Sullivan, Willis, Samuel Budd, Thomas Skeel, l.Ai­ 1< J ohn Johnson, Epps Tucker, \Vm. M'Ken- ther Bishop, Gershom Pearse, Elijah \Vil­ ny, Wiley Warwick, Samuel Mills, Ga- lard, Reuben Harris, Joel Winch, Dyer K i briel Christian, Benjamin Watts, David Burge, Ebenezer Fairbank, Andrew Ker­ l'; Dannelly, Jeremiah Lumsden, Daniel Kel- nagan, Phinehas Cook, Joel \Vicker, True ly, William Barnes, Joseph Tarply, Thos. Glidden, Ebenezer Easty~ Thomas Perry, E Sands, Isaac Ball, Archibald Alexander, Samuel Thompson, Daniel Dudley, David Wm. Owen,~- Blair, David M'Masters, Stimson, Noble W. Thomas, John Ro- Enoch Jones, James Jennings, Samuel bertson-46. King, Ira Ellis, James Boyd, Geo. Dil- Quest. 3. Who are admitted into full G lard, James Reid, J oho Richards, Simon connection 1 el Gillespie, Samuel PhilJips, J?~eph A. Elisha ,V. Bowman, John A. Grenade, D Shackelford, J a~es Watts, Philip Ken- Benjamin Young-, Meshach Boyce, Hugh R nerly, John I~attimore, Sampson Tram- Porter, James Hill, William Wright, Ro­ mell, Nathan Barnes., John Me.ek, John bert Carter, l,ose'2h...Toy James Smith, l

Holmes, James Davisson, Levi Towne, - Fielder Parker7 Fredtrfif Stier \Villiam R:obert Burch, Thomas Boring! Jesse Da- Ryland,Joseph Hays, Wm. Steel: Leonard Th vis, Manley Smallwood, Daniel. Ireland, Cassell, Thos. Church, Christopher Frye, Thomas Curren, Sylvester HilJ, John Robert R. Roberts, Andrew Hemphill Dickins, J?hn Collins, James B!indle, Edward Matthews, Samuel .Monett, Wm~ ~athan Smith, John Brown, Benom Har- Smith, Frederick '\Yoodward, Joseph '\ViJ­ ris, Parley Parker, Henry Stead, 'fhomas lis, John Walker, Andrew 1\f'Kain, Ebene­

Dunn, Henry Redstone, Zalmon Lyon, zer '\Vhite John Billinas 7 Thos. Stratton Sa~uel Cochran, ~enjamin Hill, Eben John Betbel, John Hu.sse1kus, Joseph Smith, Datus .Ensi~n, Cleme~t Parke!, Aydelott, Thomas Adams, Nehemiah U. James M. Smith, Moses Currier, Lewis Tompkins Sylvester Foster Paul Dustin Bates, James Y ~n~g, John Tinkha~, Asa Kent: Francis Ward, Nathan Bangs: D~xter Bates, Wilham Stevens, David Thomas Madden, Elias Vanderlip, Caleb Goodhue, Dan Young, Luther Chamber- Dustin, William Goodhue, Alfred Metcalf, Jain-78. David Batchelor, Philip Munger, Nehe- Quest. 2. Who remain on trial1 miah Coye, Dan Perry, Allen H. Cobb, Samuel Hillman, Daniel Ricker, Thomas Ja.cob Young, Wm. Crutchfield, Ralph Ravlin, Asa Pattie-54. Lotspeich, Jesse Walker, J... evin Edney, James Crowder, John M'V ean, John Gib- Quest. 4. Wlao ar(f tlae dtat:MU 1 hons, John C. Ballew, James Taylor, Tbose marked thua (•)were ordained this year. Richard Lattimore'. John Bell, Thomas John A. Grenade, Jesse Walker, James Budd, Edmund Henley, George Woolley, H. Mellard, Benjamin Jones, \Vm. Jones, John P. Weaver, Mitchell B. Bull, Joseph Hugh Porter,• James Hill,• Meahach a• Minutes for 1804. .J 15

Boyce,• Wm. ·'\Yright,• Robert Carter,• Algood, Josiah Philips, Jeremiah King,• Joab Watson, William Hubbard, Thomas Jesse Coe,• Samuel Garrard,• .T n. Game­ L. Douglass, Lewis Taylor, David B. well,• John Cox,• Joseph Toy,• William Mintz, Samuel King, Noah l!,idler, Joseph Knox,• William Page, elect; \\i~m. Wat­ Hall, Geo. Askin, James Smith,• Fielder ters, Daniel Hitt, John Simmons, Law­ Parker,• Frederick Steir,• Wm. Ryland,• rence M'Combs, Joshua \Velis, Jas. Ward, William Steel,• Leonard Cassell,• Thos. John Philips, Samuel Coate, Nathaniel B. Church,• Christopher Frye,• Robert R. Mills, Jonathan Forrest, Lasley Matthews, Roberts,• Edward Matthews,• Joseph Thornton Fleming, Seely Bunn, James Hayes,• Samuel Monett,• Andrew Hemp­ Paynter, Curtis Williams, Hamilton Jef­ hill,• Philip Kennerly, John BeJl, Wm. ferson, Benjamin Essex, John Potts, Jas. Smith,• John Walker,• Frederick Wood­ Hunter,' Daniel Fidler, Solomon Harris, ward, • And'w M'Kain,• Ebenezer White,• Enoch George, David Stevens, Learner John Billin~s,• Thomas Stratton,• John Blackman,• John vVest, Jesse Stoneman, Husselkus, • Thos. Adams,• Henry Boehm, James Quinn, Shadrach Bostwick, Peter Da\'id Best, Benjamin Iliff, James Aikins, B. Davis, John Pitts, Joseph Aydelott,• Griffin Sweet, Alexander Morton, Mat­ John Bethel,• Joseph \Villis, • C:ileb Mor­ thew Yanduzan, James Polemus, William ris,• Joseph Osburn,• Gideon A. Knowl­ Brandon, Asa Smith, Josiah VVilkinson, ton,• Jacob Gruber,* Richard Lyon,* Da­ John '\Viltbank, Nehemiah U. Tompkins,• niel Ryan,* Smith Arnold,* Thos. Ware, Sylvester Foster,• Paul Dustin,*' Asa John Smith, '\Villiam M'Lenahan, 'Villi am Kent,• Francis \\·ard,• Nathan Bangs,• Colbert, William Bishop, Joseph Everett, Thomas Madden,• Caleb Dustin,• Elias John Smith, William Hunter, Wm. Mills, Vanderlip, Isaac Candee, Phinehas Peck, David Dunham, Edward Larkins, Benja­ Ebenezer W a.sh burn, Luman Andrus, Jo-· min Bidlack, David James, James Herron, shua Crowell, Nathan Felch, Oliver Beaie, vVilliam Earlv, Eber Cowles, Zenas Co­ Samuel Draper, Elijah Hedding, Martin vel, Robert M;Coy, Joseph Totten, Roger Ruter, Seth Crowell, Thomas Branch, Benton,• Ezekiel Cooper, Ephraim Cham­ Samuel Howe, Alexander M'Lane, Wm. bers, Elijah 'Voolsey, Richard Sneath, Da­ Goodhue,• Alfred Metcalf,• David Batch­ niel Higby, vVilliam P. Chandler, Johnson elor,• Philip Munger,• Nehemiah Coye,• Dunham, Thomas Jones, Walter Fountain,

Dan Perry,• Allen H. Cobb,• Daniel David Bartine, James Moore, Robert Dil­ :' . Ricker,• Thomas Ravlin,• Asa Pattie• lon, John Crawford, Sam'l Thomas, Tho­ -88. mas Smith, James Lattomus, George Ro­ berts, John M'Claskey, Solomon Sharp, Quest. 5. Who are the elders J Laban Clark, Michael Coate, Ralph '\Vil­ Those marked thus·(*) were ordained this year. liston, Nathan Emory, Freeborn Garrett­ William M'Kendree, Thomas Wilker­ S<.,'n, Sylvester Hutchinson, Peter Moriar- son, John Watson, William Burke, Sam'l ty, James Campbell, Daniel Ostrander, Douthet, John Sale, He'lekiah Harriman, John Brodhead, Daniel Brumly, John Fin­ Lewis Garrett, Tobias Gibson, Benjamin negan, Joseph Crawford, Joseph Sawyer, .. . Lakin, Elisha W. Bowman,• Louther Tay­ \\'m. Thacher, John Wilson, Aaron Hunt, lc1r, Moses Ployd, Thomas Milligan, Mo­ Ezekiel Canfield, Billy Hibhard, Samuel ses Black, Benjamin Young,• Samuel Merwin, Elijah Chichester, Thomas Mor­ Cowles, Jas. Jenkin, Sam'l Ansley, Stith rell, Abner '\\-"' ood, Peter Vannest,. Thos. Mead, Hanover Donnan, Thomas Shaw, F. Sargent, Jas. Coleman, Sylvanus Kee­ George Dougharty, William Gassaway, ler, Cyrus Stebbins, John Gove,• William Lewis Myers, Nicholas \Vatters, William Anson,• Daniel Pickett,• Henry Ryan,• \; West, Bennet Kendrick, Thomas Darley, Henry Eames,• Elias Vanderlip,* John " Zachariah Maddox, Britton Capel, Moses Robinson, T. Madden• and N. Bangs, mis­ I. Matthews, John Campbell,• Isaac Cook,• sionaries, George Pickering, Joshua Tay­ Levi Garrison,• Jeremiah Russell,• Bud­ lor, Peter Jayne, Joseph Snelling, Epa­ phras Kibby, Reuben Hubbard, Daniel dv W. Wheeler,• William Avant,• John 1 M'Vean, Jesse Lee, Philip Bruce, Jona­ Webb, Aaron Humphrey, Joshua Soule, '~ than Jackson, John Buxton, Samuel Rish­ Asa Heath, Joseph Baker,• Samuel Hill­ er, Daniel Hall, Joseph Moore, Humphrey man,• Comfort C. Smith-192. Wood, Nathaniel Walker, Christopher S. Quest. 6. Who are the bishops? i• . Mooring, Thomas Mann, Joseph Pinnell, , , Richard Alennder M'Caine, John Moore, William Whatcoat-3.

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Quest. 7. Who are under a location It was judged he had taken the ma1ignant through weakness of body or family con­ fever while upon his station at Norfolk, cerns 1 but his having been absent from thence John Page, Stephen Timmons, Ezeki­ about thirty days makes it somewhat el Burdine, Coleman Carlisle, Llewellin doubtful. He died happy in God, declar­ Evans, John Garv in, Joseph Dunn, James ing with his latest breath, his soul enjoy­ Hunt, James Patterson, Samuel S. Stew­ ed peace, peace, victory, victory, complete ard, James Denton, Christopher Spry, Na­ victory. To a friend he wrote, June 30th, than Swain, Barzillai "\Villy, Gamaliel Bai­ 1803, " I expect to continue upon my sta­ ley~ William Davis, Daniel Crouch, Wil­ tion, for it appears I cannot well leave it liam Johnson, Jeremiah Browning, Isaac at this time. I may as well die wiLh the Robbins, John Cullison, Joseph Rowen, fever as with any other affliction, and there John Philips, George Armstrong, Jesse is as direct a passage from Norfolk to Justice, Jonathan Newman, Thomas Jack­ heaven, as from any other part of the !!lobe. son, .Matthias Swaim, Geo. Moore, Smith I have no widow to weep over my lifeless Weeks, Archibald Foster, Timothy Dewy, body; no babes to mourn for a father: Caleb Kendall, Elijah Ward, Elijah Batch­ and I find this world is a dangerous and elor, August as Jocelyn, Elijah ·R. Sabin, troublesome place." He was called from Joseph Mitchell, Reuben Jones, Jn. Nich· his station to attend a committee in the ols, Thomas Lyell, Joseph Shane-42. country, on some special businesta, and was Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary, returning, when obliged to take his bed, superannuated, and worn out preachers 1 from which he never more arose. He has Jeft a legacy to the Conference, another Tobias Gibson, Joseph Pinnell, \Vi1son to build a house for God in the neighbour­ Lee, Thomas Lucas, Henry \Villis, Solo­ hood of his nativity ; the balance to his mon Langdon, Ebenezer Stevens, Roger relations, with particular instructions tha& Searle, Richard Swain, Aaron Humphrey a part of it be applied to the education of -10. their children. Quest. 9. lY!tat preachers hare ttJith­ So live

11ion, believing he is taken from the church of men's wisdom, but in demonstration of militant to the church triumphant. the Spirit and of power. But New-Ro • ./ The night before he departed, after ly­ chelle a11d Croton circuits, as they shared ing in an apparent state of insensibility for most of his lahours, were apparently the some time, he broke out in a rapture of most be11efited by them. There, under joy, and sung the following Jines : his administration, the blessing descended Ari11e.anJ shine, 0 Zion fair, as the dew, with a general overspread­ Behold thy light is come : ing influence that reached to every part The glorious conquering King is nigh, of the circuits, and neither the preacher To take his exiles home. who was then fostered by him, nor the And then in a few moments sweetly slept people, will forget his work of faith and in Jesus. Jabour of love, in the years 1797 and 1798. 3. Rezin Cash,-a native of the West­ He lived a man and a preacher of peace, ern Shore of Maryland, Montgomery coun­ and in peace he died. The terrible pains ty. He was admitted into the travelling he had to endure under the dyse11tery, connection in 1i94, and desisted and died which, in fourteen days brought him to his in 1803. He was a man of great solemn­ end, were so tempered with grace as to ity of mind and goodness of heart; blame­ produce, even in the sharpest conflicts, a less in life, and attentive and steadfast in peace uninterrupted by any complainings. the duties of his ministerial and Christian Yet would grace so prevail, as occasion­ calling. He lingered and languished away ally to raise the river of peace in his soul his life, but died in peace, between thirty into a flood-tide of joy ; and thus tri­ and forty years of age. umphantly entered the servant into the 4. David Brown,-born in February, joy of his Lord. The words mentioned 1i60, in the county of Down, Ireland : to us as the last he spoke were-" The came from thence, recommended as a lo­ Lord's will be done : my anchor is cast cal preaeher, entered the itinerant connec­ within the veil." He died at Ashgrove, tion in 1794, and finishp,d his course on on Cambridge circuit, in the 44th year of the fifth of September, 1803. There have his age. been few, even among the best of men, who have lived so generally beloved, and Quest. 11. Who have been expelled this died so regretted as this holy man. His year! unaffected piety commanded esteem. His William Kenyon, Edward \Vhittle-2. cheerfulness, seasoned with all the gen­ tleness of humble Jove, won upon the af­ Quest. 12. lVere all the preachers' charac­ fections : and his meek wisdom and even ters examined before the Conference J stability sealed to him the friendship, as Thi:; was strictly attended to by caaing well as love of all who had the happiness over their names, one by one, before their of his aequaintance. He had a peculi:u respective Conferences. excellence in reproof. The edge of it Quest. 13. What numbers are in Society? was so keen and so tempered, as to give at the time rather pleasure than pain ; WESTERN CONFERENCE. yet so directed as to produce with uner­ Hfllston District. Kentucky District. ring certainty its effect; and generally, Whites. Col. Whites. Col. after his departure, his supposed plea­ Holston 780 52 Limestone 940 26 santry was first perceived to have had a Nollichuckie 636 31 Hinkstone 500 30 serious meaning--but he lost no love by French-Broad 648 14 Lexington 115 36 New-River 299 55 Danville 627 53 his reproofs. Thus graced and quali­ Clinch 500 53 Salt River 284 7 iied of hie God, he could not go where Powell's Val- Shelby 545 22 his endeavours were not blessed. Dis­ ley 70 f ' cord fled before him, for the God or peace 3311 174 2933 205 was with him, and a uniting harmony Ohio District. Cumberland Distrtct. Guyanrlott 25 brooded over the face of the circuit. · He Nashville 63i 87 Muskingum travelled nine years in Dutchess, Columbia, Red River 289 20 and Little Croton, New-Rochelle, Long Island, Red­ Barren 224 Kanawha 163 5 ding, Litchfield, and Cambridge circuits; Wayne 292 8 Hockhocking JOO and it is trusted, that from them all Livingston 101 2 Scioto 406 10 Natchez 100 2 Miami 501 5 witnesses will arise in the great day, that his preacbiog was not with enticing words 1643 119 1195 20 118 Minutes for 1804.

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Whites. Col. Whites. Cot Baltimore 1J73 684 Northumber- 9 Georgia District. Whites. Col. Baltimore land 430 3 Whites. Col. Columbia 55 2i2 Carlisle ! 599 53 circuit 1120 564 39 Appalachee ---- Harford 625 305 Huntingdon 260 B Oconee 832 290 3110 1103 ---- Lyttleton 413 5 ! St. Mary's 100 1 Camden District. \I 277 4606 4i55 Juniatta 40 Ogeechee 5 Susquehannah District. D 72 14 Sandy River 300 20 Augusta Wyoming 446 · 2153 41 s Little River 938 144 Union 584 69 Broad River 871 122 Santee and PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. 397 Catawba 769 Chesapttake District. Jerar:y Di•trict. Little Pee 3689 635 Philadelphia. 821 647 Flan

Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Lexington, Learner Blackman. Wethersfield Needham 143 2 Lexingtontown, Thomas Wilkerson. and Wood- Salisbury 43 stock 384 Hawke 74 Danville, Benjamin L:ikin. Barnard 245 Salt River, Adjet M'Guire. Athens 171 1~56 29 Shelby, Fletcher Sullivan. Whitingham 296 2 Di~trict of M£iine. Danville 73 Falmouth 2G2 OHlo D1sT. William Burlce, P . Elder. Stanatead 18 Poland 121 Muskingum and Little Kanawha, George - Bethel 46 Askin. 2525 4 Readfield 381 Hockhockin, James Quinn, John Meek. ·, i Bo•tOft Diatrict. Hallowell 150 Scioto, \,Y m. Pattison, Na than Barnes. I I Boston 199 20 Norridgwock 204 : _; ~ Lynn 126 Bowdoinham 74 1 Miami, John Sale, Joseph Oglesby. > Marblehead 53 Union 163 Guyandott, Asa Shinn. Nantucket 90 2 Bristol 188 SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Sandwich 50 Penobscot 400 . ' Provincetown l 00 Uniori River 112 GEORGIA D1sT. Samuel Cowles, P. Elder. ,. I Bristol 8t - Appalachee, Benj. \'Vatts, Eppes Tucker. Providence 294 5 2101 1 Oconee, Josias Randle, Isaac Cook. B.ECA.PITULA. TION. St. Mary's, Levi Garrison. Whites. Col. Ogeechee, Lewis Myers, Samuel Mills. Western Conference • 9082 518 Augusta, Stith Mead, Britton Capel. South Carolina Conference 11064 3446 Virginia Conference • 13382 3757 Little River, Moses Matthews, Jeremiah Baltimore Conference • 16769 6877 Lumsden. Philad<' lphia Conference 20270 "8442 Broad River, John Campbell, James Hill. New-York Conference 11271 432 SELEUDA DisT. Geo. Dougharty, P. Elder. 7765 59 New-England Cunfcrence • Enoree and Sandy River, "\Vm. Gassaway, 89603 23531 Hanover Donnan, Daniel Asbury, after 23531 three months. Bush River and Keewee, Buddy \V. Total 113134 Total last year 104070 Wheeler, William M'Keuny, David Dannelly. Inciease this year 9064 Orangeburg and Edisto, Thomas Darley, Preachers 400. 'Villiam West, Gabriel Christian. Quest. 14. lYhere are the preachen sta- Charleston, Bennet Kendrick, Nicholas tioned this year J . Watters. WESTERN CONFERENCE. CAMDEN D1sT. James Jenkin, P. Elder. HoLSTON DIST. John WatJon, P. Elder. Santee, Catawba, and 'Vateree, Samuel Holston, Thomas Milligan's station was Ansley, John M'Vean. changed last year to Clinch. Little Pee Dee and Anson, Thos. Shaw, M. Boyce, \V. Avant, W. \Varwick, Nollichuckie, Samuel Douthet. 4 to change after six-m'Oriths'. , !'· French-Broad, John Johnson. I New-River, Elisha "\V. Bowman. Georgetown, James H. Mellard. Clinch, J oab \\. atson. Bladen, Benjamin Jones, Hugh Porter. Powell's Valley, Moses Black. Wilmington, Jeremiah Russell. \\' ilderness, Jacob Young. SwANINO DIST. Jonathan Jackson, P. CUMBERLAND D1sT. Lewis Garrett, P. Elder. Elder. Swanino, James Taylor~ . I Nashville, Levin Edney. Morganton, Joseph Tarpley. Red River, Ralph Lotspeich. Union, Jesse Ric hard son, '\\rilliam Jones. Seleuda, J a.mes Crowder. ~) Barren, Anthony Houston. f ,-.• ~ _\\r ayne, William Crutchfield. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Livingeton, Jesse Walker. SALISBUR\. DIST. Alexander M'Caine, Natchez, Moses Floyd, H. Harriman; A. P. Elder. ·. ~ Amos, Tobias Gibson, supernumeraries. Caswell, Samuel Garrard, Ira Ellis. . ~ Illinois, Benjamin Young, missionary. . f Guilford, Wm. Hubbard, George Dillard. :i: KENTUCKY DIST. William M'Kendree, Salisbury, John Moore, James Boyd. P. Elder. Franklin, Samuel King, Enoch Jones. Limestone, LoutherTaylor, John M'Clure. Haw River, Josiah Philips. ·.. ;~ . ll Hiokstone, John A. Grenade. Yadkin, Jeremiah King, \Vm. Owen. .· ~ '... ..'i · • r ., . : ; '. . ' 1 ~. ~ ~: ~ ~ • ~ · , I · ( .·.~ ) .ill 120 Minutes for 1804.

NEWBERN D1sT. Philip Bruce, P. Elder. Montgomery, Solomon Harris, Sampson Le Newbemtown, Jesse Coe. Trammell. St. Newbern, Goshen, and Contentney, John Frederick, Robert R. Roberts, Jam es Kc Gamewell, James Jennings. Smith, Henry \Yillis, Thomas Lucas, An Pamlico, David B. Mintz. sup. Roanoke, John C. Ballew. Fredericktown, John Pitts. So Tar River, John Gibbons. GREENBRIER D1sT. James Ward, P. Elder. Mattamuskeet and Banks, Vv-r m. Algood. Bottetourt, Leonard Cassell, John Latti- Do NoRFOLK D1sT. Daniel Hall, P. Elder. more. Ca Brunswick, Richard Lattimore, William Greenbrier, Frederick Stier, Edmund Mi Barnes. Henley. fo Greensville, Thomas L. Douglass, Daniel Pendleton, Joseph Hays. Fh Kelly. Rockingham, Philip Kennerly, Samuel fr, Mecklenburg, William Wright. Philips. , Sussex, Humphrey Wood, \Vm. Blair. Alleghany, J. Paynter, Joseph Stone, Tr Amelia, James Chappell. James Reid. El Bertie, Thomas Mann. Edenton, Joseph Moore. MoNONGAHELA DrsT. Thornton Fleming, P. Elder. BG Camden, Christopher S. Mooring, \\..,.. Gl· Atwood. Redstone, James Hunter, Simon GiHespie. Pittsburg, 'Villiarn Page, William Knox. Sa Portsmouth cir., Nathaniel Walker, John Ca Cox. Shenango, Joseph Hall. Erie, Andrew Hemphill. Portsmouth and Norfolk, John Potts, G1 Deerfield, Shadrach Bostwick. Thomas Jones. Ch Petersburg, Jesse Lee. \Vest Wheeling, Lasley Matthews. Ohio, Thomas Daughaday, J. A. Shekel- w RrcH&IOND D1sT. John Buxton, P. Elder. ford. Bedford, Robert Carter, Archibald Alex- Clarksburg, Noah Fidler, John Holmes. Ot ander. Greenfield, Jesse Stoneman. p, Cumberland, Lewis Taylor. .Amherst, Daniel Ross. SusQUEHANNAH D1sT. James Smith, P . C: Gloucester, Samuel Risher, Thos. Shands. Elder. 0 Williamsburg and Hanover, Isaac Hall. Wyoming, Morris Howe, Robert Burch. Orange, Joseph Pinnell, David M'Mas- Northumberland, Thomas Adams, Gideon ters. Draper. Richmond, Peter B. Davis. Carlisle, Jacob Gruber, \Vm. Brandon. Huntingdon, Daniel Hyan, Thos. Curren. BALTIMORE CO:NFERENCE. A1 Lyttleton, David Best, Nicholas 'Yillis. Bl BALTIMORE D1sT. Enoch Geor!fe, P.~lder. Juniatta, ../ Federal, ose h To Levi Towne. Prince Geo s, aniel Fidler. PHIL.ADELPHIA CONFERENCE. \\' Calvert, Thos. Church, John Richards. CHESAPEAKE D1sT. William Colbert, P. Annapolis, Ralph Williston. Elder. H Baltimore city, George Roberts, John Philadelphia, Joshua \Vells, S. Sharp, Si Bloodgood, Thomas F. Sargent. \Villiam Bishop. Baltimore cir., Lawrence M'Combs, Na­ Bristol, David Bartine, David James. thaniel B. Mill!. Chester, \Vm. Hunter, Jos. Osburn, J. Harford, William Ryland, C. Frye, .T. Stephens. Campbell. Dauphin, Anning Owen, Henry Boehm. ALEXANDRIA D1sT. Daniel Hi'tt, P. Elder. Cecil, Richard Sneath, Daniel Ireland. Winchester, Henry Smith, Samuel Mo- Kent, James Polemus, John '\Viltbank. nett. Chestertown. John M'Claskey. Berkley, Fielder Parker, Thomas Budd. Queen Ann's, Joseph Aydelott, J oho Ruth. Fairfax, Hamilton Jefferson, John Bell. Talbot, Thomas Smith, '\Valter Fountain. Stafford, David Stevens, William Steel, DELAWARE D1sT. lVilliam P. Chandler,) J. Watts. P. Elder. Lancaster, Edward Matthews. Duck Creek, Thomas Everard, Thoma.a Alexandria, William Watters, John West. Stratton. Georgetown and Washington city, Seely Dover, Ephraim Chambers, Edward Lar­ Bunn. kins. Minutes for 1804. 121

Lewistown, James Moore, Henry White. Dutchess, Billy Hibbard, Datus Ensign. St. Martin's, John Bethel, James Aikins. Hhinebeck, Freeborn Garrrttson. Northampton, Hichard Lyon, \\Tm. Smith. Redding, Peter Moriarty, Sylvester Fos- Annamessex, James Herron, Thomas ter. Boring. AsHGROVE DtsT. Daniel Brumly, P. Elder. . ! . Somerset, Johnson Dunham, James Ridg- Lebanon, Elijah Chichester, Nehemiah U. I a way. Tompkins. Dorchester, James Brindle, John Collins; Adams, La.ban Clark. Caroline, \Vm. Early, Thomas Walker. Cambridge, Elias Vanderlip, Phinehas Milford, R. Sparks, Manley Smallwood. Cook. J ERSEV D1sT. Thomas Ware, P. Elder. Brandon, Seth Crowell. Flanders, "\Villiam Mills, Henry Clark. Vergennes, James M. Smith Freehold, William M'Lenahan, Samuel Fletcher, Sam'l Draper, Gershom Pearse. Thomas. Grand Isle, Samuel Cochran. Trenton, Joseph Totten, Geo. \Voolley. Plattsburg, Henry Ryan, Dexter Bates. ... Elizabethtown, Thomas Morrell, B. Iliff, UPPER AND Low ER CANADA D1sT. Samuel Samuel Budd. Coate, P. Elder. Burlington, Peter Vannest, John Brown. Nia~ara and Long Point, Daniel Pickett, Gloucester, David Dunham, Asa Smith. Luther Bishop. Salem, John Walker, John Durbin. Bay Quintic, Sylvanus Keeler, Reuben Cape May, Caleb Morris. Harris. Ga:NESEE D1sT. Joseph Jewell, P. Elder. Home District, \Villiam Anson. Chenango, John Husselkus, Benoni Har- Oswegotchie, Thomas Madden. ris. Ottawha, Samuel Howe. Westmoreland, Eber Cowles, John Dea- Montreal, Martin Ruter. kens. River Le French, Nathan B:i.ngs. Otsego, Ilenj. Bidlack, John P. Weaver. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERE~CE. Pompey, Ebenezer \Vhite, N1.than Smith. V rmM·o-NT D1sT. Joseph Crau.fvrd, P. Cayuga, \Yilliam Hill, Thomas Dunn. Elder. Ontario, Frederick Wood ward, \Yilliam l\fagog, Ebenezer Fairbank. Hoyer. Danville, Phinehas Peck, Andrew Ker- Seneca, Roger Benton, Sylvester Hill. nagan. Tioga, Jo_hn Billings, Parley Parker. Barre, Oliver Beale. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Vershire, J oho Robertson, David Goodhue. ALBANY D1sT . . Elijah Woolsey, P. Elder. Barnard, Paul Dustin, Moses Currier. Black River, Griffin Sweet, Asa. Cum­ \Vethersfield and Woodstock, Luther mins. Chamberlain. '\\r estern, Joseph Willis, Matthew Van­ Athens, Asa Kent, James Young. duzan. \Vhitingham, John Tinkham. Herkimer, Alexander Morton. NEW-HAMPSHIRE D1sT. John Brodhead, Saratoga, John Finnegan, Mitchell B. P. Elder. Bull. Lunenbur~, Joel \Vinch. Montgomery, Smith Arnold, Jesse Davis. Landaff, Thomas Skeel, William Stevens. Albany, John Crawford, Gideon A. Knowl- Bridgewater, Caleb Dustin, Lewis Bates. ton. Hanover, Elijah Hedding. Delaware, Henry Stead, Andrew M'Kain. Grantham, Elijah \Villard, Dan Young. Ulster, \Vm. Vredenburgh, Zenas Covel. N .:w-LoNDON D1sT. Daniel Ostrandu, P. (1 I Newburg, Robert Dillon, Isaac Candee. Elder. ~ : Albany city, Ezekiel Canfield. Rhode Island, A. M'Lane, D. Burge, NEw-YoRK D1sT. Wm. Thacher, P. Elder. Clement Parker. ' i New York, Nicholas Snethen, M. Coate, New-London, Abner Wood, Benj. Hill. ; S. Merwin; Ezekiel Cooper, editor and Pomfret, Thomas Branch, Noble W. .. . I' general book , John \Vilson, as­ Thomas. • sistant editor and general book steward. Tolland, John Gove. Brooklyn, Cyrus Stebbins. Granville, Joshua Crowell, Luman An­ Long Island, F. \Vard, H. Eames, Henry drus. Redstone. Middletown, Ebenezer Wash burn, Nathan Croton, Joseph Sawyer, Nathan Felch. Emory.

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Litchfield, Zalmon Lyon, Eben Smith. Norridgwock, Daniel Ricker. !Jl Ashburnham, Thomas Ravlin. Penobscot, \Villiam Goodhue. w BosToN D1sT. Geo. Pickering, P. Elder. Union River, Thomas Perry. Boston, Epaphras Kibby. Bristol, Samuel Hillman. Lynn, Peter Jayne. Union, David Stimson. Marblehead, Reuben Hubbard. Bowdoinham, Daniel Dudley. Nantucket, Truman Bishop. Provincetown, Alfred Metcalf. Quest. 15. Where and whe1l shall our nt.rt Sandwich, Joseph Snelling. Conferences he held ? N eedharn, N eherniah Coye, Joel \Vicker. 1. Western Conference, at Mount Ger­ Ha~ke, David Batchelor, Sam'! Thomp- rizim, Kentucky, October 2, 1804. son. 2. South Carolina Conference, Charles­ Salisbury, Daniel \Vebb, Ebenezer Easty. ton, January 1, 1805. Bristol, Alexander M'Lane, 3. Virginia Conference, Edmund Tay­ Providence, Asa Pattie, D. Burge, C. lor's, Caswell circuit, North Carolina, Parker. March l, 1805. D1sT. OF MAINE. Joshua Soule, P. Elder. 4. Baltimore Conferen~e, Winchester, bal Portland, Joshua. Taylor. Virginia, April 1, 1805. ~f' Falmouth, Philip Munger. 5. Philadelphia Conference, Chester­ Ira Poland, True Glidden. town, Maryland, May 1, 1805. Eo , Scarborough, Asa Heath. 6. New-York Conference, Ash grove, Readfield, Joseph Baker. June 12, 1805. Bethel, Allen H, Oobb. 7. New-England Conference, Lynn, Ri( Hallowell, Aaron Humphrey, Dan Perry. July 12, 1805. Sb Del hi Bu MINUTES

TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FOR THE YEAR 1805.

Quest. l. Who are admitted on trial J Jean, Joshua W. Kilpatrick, John Owen WESTERN CONFERENCE. -14. William Ellington, Sam'l Parker, Joshua BALTIMORE CO~FERE~CE. Ogleshy, William Thompson, Adbel Cole­ Jam es Saunders, Joseph Carson, Joel man, Wm. Houston, Richard Browning, Smith, \Villiam Ridgaway. Caleb Rey­ Peter Cartwright, Joseph 'Vi Ilia.ms, Miles nolds, Joseph Samson, Timothy Lee, Harper, Edmund Wilcox, JQshua Barnes, Jesse Pinnell, Adam Burge-9. James Axley, Joshua Riggin, Thomas PHILADELPHIA CONFERE~CE. Lasley, Caleb W. Cloud, Benjamin Edge, Obed Noland-18. 'Villiam B. Lacy, '\Villiam Fox, Joseph Scull, Charles Giles, Jeremiah Jeffries, SOUTH CAROLIN A CONFERENCE. L::iwrence Riley, Thomas Burch, George Reddick Pierce, Lovick Pierce, John Lane-8. Porter1 w·illiam Hardwick, Benj. Tread­ well, John Hill, James Boykin, James NEW-YORK CONFERE:'lCE. Russell, Francis Bird, Amos Curtis, Wil­ \Villiam Case, Richard Flint, SPymour liam W. Shepperd-I I. Ensign, Robert Perry, George Powers, Nathaniel Gage-6. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Hezekiah M'Lelland, John Pinner, \Vil­ NEW-ENGLA~D CO:\FERE:'.'\CF.. liam Shands, William Arendell, Dempsey Hezekiah Fiel1J, Henrv Martin, \Var­ Clavton, Matthew P. Sturdevant, John ren Banister, Jo~eph 1'-;airb:ink, Hollis \Ve.aver, John French, Nathan '\Veedon, Samson, Erastus Otis, David Carr, Ben­ Richardson Owen, Erasmus Hill, \Villiam jamin Bishop, Nathan Fox, Josep~t Far·