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. 374 Minutes for 1822.

4. Tennessee Conference, at Norrels, 8. Conference, Baltimore, in Bedford county, Tennessee, Novem April 19, 1822. ber 7, 1821. 9. Conference, Philadel 5. Mississippi Conference, at Washing phia, May 9, 1822. ton, Adams county, Mississippi, Decem 10. New- York Conference, New- York, ber 7, 1831. May 29, 1822. 6. South Carolina Conference, at Au 11. New-England Conference, at Bath, gusta, Georgia, Feb. 21, 1822. Maine, June 29, 1822. 7. Virginia Conference, at Newbem, 12. Genesee Conference, at Vienna, North Carolina, March 20, 1822. Ontario county, N. Y., July 24, 1822.

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

FOR THE TEAR 1822.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial? MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. CONFERENCE. William Alexander, Edmund Pearson Armstrong I. Blackburn, Eugene V. Le- Whitefield James Hughs, T. Donohoo, vert— 4. Richard Brandriff, George M. Mealy, John SOUTH CAROLINA Pardo, John Walker, William Tipton, CONFERENCE. Wm. H. Collins, Robert Dobbins, Henry Mark Westmoreland, Abner P. Manly, S. Fernandes, Piatt B. Morey — 11. Peyton L. Wade, Josiah Freeman, Wm. Parks, Gideon Mason, Morgan Tarrentine, KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. John Bigby, George White, John Corring- Harvey Sawyers, Peter Akers, Simon ton, Edward J. Fitzgerald, Wm. Knight, L. Booker, John James, James Ross, Henry W.Ledbetter, Peyton Greaves — 14. George W. Robbins, Richard D. Neale, VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. James Browder, Laban Hughey, Daniel William D. Good. Overton Bernard, Tivis, William Chambers, John Power, H. Joshua Leigh, David Ellis, Anson Shad- William Farrow, Stephen Harber, Obadiah wick, John Craig, James Morrison —7, Harber, Green Malone, Thomas Joyner, Thomas Attleberry, Lewis Parker, John BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Lambeth, Caleb Crane—21. Philip D. Lipsicum, Henry Slicer, John N. Steward, John B. West, John L. Gib CONFERENCE. bons, William M'Dowel, Elias Bruin — 7. Parham Randle, James Bankson, John Blasdcl, Anthony W. Cassed, James PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Keyte, James Armstrong, Jas. L. Thomp James M'Lawrin, Isaac Winner, Jesse son, Abraham Epler, Dennis Willey, John Thompson, Philip Dixon, Joseph Hold- Glanville, Ebenezer Webster — 11. rich, James B. Ayres, John Henry —7. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. H. Humphreys, Bradley Sillick, Darius Rufus Leadbetter, Jonas Belodte, John Stephens, John C. Green, Horace Bart- Seay, Jacob Hearn, Thomas A. Young, lett, Elijah Crane, Philo Ferris, Hiram German Baker, Finch Scruggs, James G. Meeker, Jesse Pomroy, Charles H. Spear, Abraham Overall, Nathaniel Pomroy, Stewart, Salmon Stebbins— R. Jarratt, Absalom Harris, John Raines, Quartus 12. John Kelly, John Rice, Robert Boyd, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Benjamin T. Liddon, Richard Neely, Samuel G. Atkins, Aaron D. Sargeant, Francis R. Cheasham, John Patton, Na Thomas Smith, Eliphalet Case, Henry than L. Norrell, James Edmiston, William Bulfinch, John N. Maffitt, Joseph Allen, Patton, Thomas J. Brown, George Horn, Hezekiah Thatcher, Allen Barnes, Elisha David B. Cumming, Peter Burum —26. Frink, Ephraim K. Avery, Wanton Case, Minutes for 1822. 375

William Barstow, Milton French, John MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. E. Kisley, George Fairbank, Samuel H. Henry P. Cook, Nicholas T. Snead—-2. Norris, John D. Dow, Roswell Putnam, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Phinea8 Ball, James Templeton, Wilder David Riley, Henry Seagrest, Archibald Mack, Daniel Fletcher, Orange Scott, Purify, Joshua N. Glenn, John Robertson, Newell S. Daniel Lesslcy, Spalding, Daniel G.M'Daniel, Elias Sinclair, Elijah Charles D. Shahoon, Abraham Merrill, Sinclair, John T. Triggs, Noah Laney, Caleb Dustin, Samuel Kelley, Ezekiei Bond English, Malcom M'Pherson, John W. Stickney, Hershel Foster, William Reynolds, Aquila Norman —14. Gardner, John Shaw, Nathaniel P. Deve- teaux, Melville B. Cox, Otis Williams — 37. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Samuel Harrell, Thomas Crowder, GENESEE CONFERENCE. William Leigh, Archibald Brownley, Mann Gardner, White, Mark Joseph George Dutton, Thomas B. Humphries, Swain Preston, William Slater, Charles Wood, Swift, George Harper — 8. Sylvester Carey, Elisha House, Jonathan M. Brooks, Eli Allen, Ephraim Hall, BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Alexander Irvin, John Parker, John Cope- Samuel Clark, Samuel Bryson, Charles land, Joseph Atwood, Morgan Shermon, A. Davis, Samuel Ellis, Charles Young, Snphronius Stocking, Jonathan E. Davis, French S. Evans, Norvall Wilson, Wm. William Fowler, Isaac Stone, James B. H. Chapman, Thomas M. Hudson, Sha- Roach, John Casert, Benjamin Shipman, drach Chaney, Jacob R. Shepherd — 11. Roswell Parker, Squire Chase, Nathaniel PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. James John Er- Salisbury, P. Aylworth, Samuel S. Kennard, Eliphalet Reed, canbrack, Isaac Smith — 28. — John Bayne, Daniel Parish, Solomon Total admitted 185. Higgins — 5. Quest. 2. Who remain on trial? NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. Cyrus Prindle, Samuel Covel, William S. Pease, John Nixon, Eli Denniston, Alfred Branson, William Crawford, Lucius Baldwin, George Smith, John Charles Thorn, Charles Truscott, Horace Luckey, Friend W. Smith, Roswell Kel Brown, Nathan Walker, William I. Kent, ley, Julius Field — 11. William Simmons, James Collord, James Jones, Daniel Limerick, Henry Knapp, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Zarah Coston, James Havens, Andrew Heman Perry, Benjamin Brown, H. Kanier — 15. Nickerson, Gorham Greely, Frederick Up- ham, R. Lewis, Lovell, KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Benjamin Stephen Ella Dunham—8. Milton Jameson, William Young, Ed GENESEE CONFERENCE. ward Stevenson, David Gray, Esau Sim mons, William M. M'Reynolds, Blatchley Franklin Metcalf, Joseph Williams, C. Wood, John W. M'Reynolds, Luke P. Samuel Bebins, Dennison Smith, Asa Allen, John Denham, Henry Gregg, Ben Abel, Ezra Healy, Orin Foot, John Sayre, jamin M. Drake, Aquila Sampson, Isaac Gaylord Judd, James Hodge, Asa Orcott, — Reynolds, Jas. Avis, Francis VVilson — 16. John Ryerson 12. Total remaining on trial— 124 MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Isaac Brookfield, George K. Hester, Quest. 3. Who art admitted into full David Chamberlain, H. Vredenburg, Wil connection ? liam W. Redman, John M'Cord, William OHIO CONFERENCE. Cravens, Francis Moore, Samuel Bas- Isaac C. Hunter, Abner Goff, James sett— 9. Gilrueth, Thomas R. Ruckle, James Mur TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. ray, Moses Henkle, Thomas S. Hitt, Wm. H. Raper, Robert Delap, Zechariah Con- John Bradfield, Robert Hooper, Joseph nell, John P. Durbin, Josiah Foster — 12. B. Wvnns, Joseph Williams, Elias Tid- well, William P. Kendrick, James Cum- KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. ming, John Poulsell, Wiley B. Peck, A. William Peter, Martin Flint, William I. Crawford, Benjamin P. Seawell, Wil Gunn, Josiah Browder, Chelsea Cole, Na liam B. Carpenter, Geo. W. Morris — 13. thaniel Harris, David Dyke, Isaac Col 376 Minutes for 1822. lord, Benjamin T. Crouch, John It. Keach, T. Wells, Peter Stephens, Isaac C. Hun John Kenney — 11. ter,* James Gilrueth,* Thos. R. Ruckle,* Hitt,* MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Moses Henkle,* Thomas S. Wm. H. Raper,* Robert Delap,* Zechariah John Wallace, Washington Otr, Wm. Council,* John P. Durbin,* Abraham Medford, James Scott— 4. Lippott — 21. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Elijah Kirkman, Richard W. Morris, William Peter,* Martin Flint,* William Moses Smith, Samuel Patton, John Rice, Gunn,* Josiah Browder,* Chelsea Cole,* Elliston Taylor— 6. Joseph Farrow,* Hezekiah Holland,* Al MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. len Elliott,* David Dyke,* Isaac Col- Thomas Clinton, Meredith Renneau, lord,* Benjamin T. Crouch,* John R. Daniel De Vinne — 3. Keach,* John Kenney,* Joshua Butcher,* SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Elisha Sirmnons*— 15. Thomas Samford, Barnet Smith, Robert MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Adams, Nathaniel H. Rhodes, John Mul- Calvin Ruter, Wm. Townsend, Wash linex, Thomas Gardner, John H. Trade- ington Orr, William Medford, Jas. Scott well, Thomas Mabrey, George Hill— 9. —5. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. John Brooks, Samuel Harwel, John Moses Brock, Thomas R. Brame, Geo. Kesterson, Ansel Richardson, Robert A. Bain, John P. Andrew, Robert Wilker- Paine, Hartwell H. Brown, David Adams, — son, John Hales, John Thompson 7. Abraham Stitt, Lewis S. Marshall, Thos. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Maddon, Obadiah Freeman, Elijah Kirk Charles B. Tippet, Mordecai Barry, man, R. W. Morris, Elliston Taylor, Charles Cook, William C. Pool, Dennis Samuel Patton, — 16. B. Dorsey, David Steel, William Hank, MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. — William Brandeberry, George Wells 9. Barnabas Pipkin, Thos. Clinton,* Mere PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. dith Renneau,* Daniel De Vinne* —i. None. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Thomas Rosemand, James Dannelly, Matthew Raiford, John B. Chappel, Chris Robert Seney, John D. Moriarty, John tian G. Hill, Thomas Gardner,* Thomas Summerfield, John Clark, Nathan Rice — 5. Mabrey,* Thomas Samford,* John How NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. ard, Jesse Sinclair, John L. Jerry, Ro Jotham Horton, James P. Harvey, Wil bert Adams,* Nathaniel H. Rhodes,* John liam M'Coy, Phineas Crandle, Charles H. Tradewell,* George Hill,* Banet Baker, David Culver, Samuel Baker, Jo Smith*— 16. seph Kellam, Ezra Kellogg, Samuel Plum- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. ner, Gillman Moody, Abraham Holway, Francis A. Ward, Enoch Johnson, True Page— 13. Henry Ally, Miles Nash, Thomas How GENESEE CONFERENCE. ard, George C. Chesley, William East Ira Brownson, Josiah Kies, Caleb Ken wood, Moses Brock,* Thos. R. Brame,* dall, jr., K. M'K. Smith, Manly Tooker, George A. Bain,* John F. Andrew,* Ro Richard Wright, W. H. Williams, Phi bert Wilkerson,* Jno. Hales,* J no. Thomp lander Smith, Jasper Bennett, Robert son* — 14. Parker, Philetus Parkus, John D. Gil BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. bert, Thomas Demarest — 13. Dennis H. Battee, Thomas Dorsey, Total admitted into full connection —92. J. Richard Armstrong, Jacob Larkin, Mor Quest. 4. Who are the deacons ? decai Barry,* Chas. Cook,* David Steel,* Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year. William Brandeberry,* James Sanson), OHIO CONFERENCE. John Miller, Bennet Dowler, Charles B. Tippet,* William C. Pool,* Dennis B. Samuel Adams, Charles Elliott, James Dorsey,* William Hank* — 15. Smith, Samuel Brockunier, Edward Tay lor, Dennis Goddard, Thomas M'Cleary, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Leroy Swormstedt, Andrew M'Clain, Jas. Henry G. King, Edward Stevenson, Minutes for 1822. 377

Benjamin Collins, John Talley, Joseph VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Carey, William Allen—6. Charles L. Cooley, Peter Doub, Thos. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Garrard, George M. Anderson, Hezekiah G. Leigh, Exum Ira Parker, George Coles, Orin Pier, Samuel D. Chapman, George W. Charleton, Joachim Lane—9. Ferguson, Robert Seney,* John 1). Mo- riarty,* John Summerfield,* John Clark,* BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Nathan Rice,* H. Humphreys* — 9. Yelverton T. Peyton, Jesse Lee, John Robert S. Winton, P. G. Buck NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Tanyhill, ingham, Wm. Hamilton, James Moore, Norris, Isaac Samuel Stoddard, Elijah Thomas M'Gee— 8. Spear, James L. Bishop, Jotham Hor- PHILADELPHIA ton,* James P. Harvey,* Wm. M'Coy,* CONFERENCE. Phineas Crandle,* Charles Baker,* David James Long, Samuel Grace, William Culver,* Joseph Kellum,* Ezra Kellogg,* Wright— 3. Samuel Plummer,* Abraham Holway,* NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. True Page,* Samuel Baker*— 16. Ebenezer Brown, Harvey De Wolf, GENESEE CONFERENCE. elect, Noah Levings, James Quinlan, Horace Henry Peck, James Henry Hatfield, Cyrus Silliman, Seymour Agard, — Brown, C. V. Adgate, Elijah Boardman, Landon 7. Enoch Barnes, Ira Brownson,* Josiah NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Kies,* Caleb Kendall,* jr., K. M'K. Jesse Fillmore, John S. Ayre, Peter Tooker,* Smith,* Manly Rich'd Wright,* Burgess, Sullivan Bray, Damon Young, Smith,* W. H. Williams,* Philander Jas Squire B. Haskel, John Briggs, Eleazer per Bennett,* Robert Parker,* Philetus Steel, Joseph Ireson, Wilbur Fisk— 10. Parkus,* Thomas Demarest*— 18. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Total number of deacons — 155. Cvrus Story, Truman Dixon, Calvin Quest. 5. Who have been elected and or N. Flint, Edmund O'Flyng, Dana Fox, dained elders this year ? James G. Peal, Samuel Belton, Russel OHIO CONFERENCE. Downing, Hiram G. Warner, William W. Rundell, Zacariah Paddock, John P. Taylor, Ira Eddy, Philip James Wil son, Alanson Gifford, Andrew Green, Abner Goff, Josiah Foster — 5. Peck, Timothy Goodwin, Micah Seager, Jeter KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Foster, Benajah Williams, John D. Gil Josiah Whitaker, John Deuer, George bert, John Beggarly — 20. Taylor, Burwell Spurlock, Richard Cor- Total number ordained elders — 100. wine, William Allison, Jacob L. Brnm- well, William Holman, James Blair, Ed Quest. 6. Who are the bishops and *u« ? ward Ashley, Benjamin Peoples, Simon perintendents Peter— 13. William M'Kendree, Enoch George, — MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Robert R. Roberts 3. Alexander M'Allister, John Wallace, Quest. 7. Who have located this year? John Harris, Job M. Parker, elect, John OHIO CONFEREN'CF — Stewart 5. None. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Moses Smith, Jesse Green, James Wit- George Locke, Samuel Montgomery ten, Samuel Kennerly — 4. —2. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. John Seaton, Ebenczer Hearn, Wiley Charles Slocumb, John Shrader, Wil Ledbettcr, John Booth— 4. liam Stevenson — 3. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. James Dunwody, Elisha Calloway, Ro Obadiah Freeman, John Smith — 2. bert Thomas L. Winn, Flourney, William MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Hankins. John Mullinex, Nicholas Ware, John Lane. Asbury Morgan, Benjamin Rhodes, John L. Greaves, Charles Betts, Josiah Evans, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. , Thomas A. Smith— 13. Hugh Ilammil, Thomas A. Smith, Ja- a

378 Minutes for 1822. cob Hill, Elijah Bird, Thomas Cravens, GENESEE CONFERENCE Thomas Gardner, Hartwell Spain— 7 John Dempster, William Jones, Peter VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Baker, John B. Alverson^-4. — William Harris, Curtis Hooks, Amos Total supernumeraries 24. C. Treadway, Matthew M. Dance, Wm. or — Quest. 9. Who are the superannuated Jones, James Smith 6. worn-out preachers ? BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. John M'Elfresh, James Taylor, Thos. John Sale, David Young, Truman C. Thornton, Thomas Kennerly —4. Bishop, Walter Griffith, Michael Ellis, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Samuel West, John P. Kent, Abbot God- Samuel J. Griffith, James Smith, sen., dard— 8. Sam'l Budd, Sam'l J. Cox, John Price —5. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Leroy Cole, Benjamin Lakin, John R. Keach, Peter— 4. Nathan Emery, Isaac Candee, Horace Simon Weston —3. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Calvin Ruter. None. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. James Dixon. Russel Downing, Gideon Draper, Jona MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. than Huestis, David Yeomans — 4. Total located— 37. None. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary —2. preachers ? John Gamewell, Benjamin Gordon OHIO CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. James M'Mahon. Philip Bruce, Samuel Garrard, John — KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Lattimore, Edward Cannon 4. None. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Seely Bunn, Joshua Wells, Richard M'AUister, Cook, Reed, Jacob Whitesides. Israel Nelson Morris Howe, Joseph Frye— 7. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE Thomas D. Porter, Moses Smith, Jas. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Axley, Jesse Cunningham, William All- James Polemus, Robert M'Coy, Nathan good — 5. Swain, Richard Sneath, John Goforth, Jacob Moore, Thos. Smith, Joseph Snull. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Wm. M'Lenalian, Thomas Everard, Wm, Thomas Griffin. Hunter, Asa Smith, Peter Vannest, Wm. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Ross, William P. Chandler, James Ridga- way— 16. Coleman Carlisle, Jesse Richardson i. Reuben Tucker — 3. "V NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Elisha P. Jacob, Samuel Fowler, Eze Samuel Hunter. kiel Canfield, Earl Bancroft, Luman An- dms, Zalmon Lyon, Cyprian H. Gridley, BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Oliver Sykes, John Crawford, Datus En Asa Shinn. sign, Bela Smith, Smith Arnold — 12. CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. James Smith, Joseph Ezekiel Cooper, Asa Kent, Orlando Hinds, Wilbur Fisk, — 3. Osborne Charles Virgin— 4. CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK GENESEE CONFERENCE. Timothy Benedict. Jeter Foster, Benajah Wiiiiams, Israel NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Chamberlayne, Reuben A. Aylworth, Na Zenas Adams, Oliver Beal, Francis thaniel Reeder, Thomas Whitehead, Ben Dane— 3. jamin Bidlaek, William Brown, Joseph Minutes for 1822. 379

Willis, John Kimberlin, Peter Jones, Eli sound in the faith, and was a very accept jah King — 12. able and useful minister of Jesus Christ. Total superannuated — 71. For twenty-seven years he laboured in the vineyard of the Lord, with a prudence and Quest. 10. Who have been expelled from uniformity seldom equalled, and halted not the connection this year? until he was compelled to retire from his BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. charge by the influence of disease. This Abraham Dawson. happened in the fall of 1820. At his quar terly meeting in Montgomery circuit, in the GENESEE CONFERENCE. month of October, he complained of an un Robert Jeffers. pleasant sensation in his left eye. This continued to become worse, till he was Quest. 11. Who have withdrawn from the advised by a medical gentleman to desist connection this year ? from travelling, and more particularly at None. tend to his disease. He did so ; and the Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' charac best medical aid within his reach was em the baffled its ters examined before the Conferences ? ployed, but disorder all skill. In March, 1821, he was removed to Balti This was strictly attended to, by calling more, and himself under the care over their names before their respective placed Conferences. of some of the most skilful physicians in that city. They judged it necessary for Quest. 13. Who have died this year? him to submit to a very painful operation, 1. Hamilton Jefferson. — He was born to which he consented. Many of the me in Calvert county, , in March, dical gentlemen attended, while Professor 1769. In early life he became convinced Pattison performed one of the most difficult of his fallen condition, and of his absolute and dangerous operations, perhaps, that need of a perfect Saviour : this conviction was ever performed in this or any other was produced through the instrumentality country. The upper bone of the jaw was of the gospel, as preached by the ministers taken off; the eye taken out; the bones of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He of the socket laid bare ; and, after being earnestly sought and happily found him of scraped, were seared with a hot iron. The whom Moses in the law and the prophets practitioner, although completely master did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the sinner's of his profession, was one hour and fifteen friend. Some time after his conversion he minutes engaged in the operation. All became seriously concerned for the salva this time our suffering brother sat in a tion of others ; and being fully persuaded chair without having his hands tied, and ho was called to preach the everlasting never once raised them toward his head ; gospel, he entered the travelling connec and his groans could scarcely be heard in tion about the twenty-fourth year of his the adjoining room. age, and after graduating with honour to For some time after the operation ap himself and usefulness to the church, he pearances were favourable, and hopes were was ordained elder on the 13th of October, entertained of his recovery ; but in a short 1797. He continued to serve the church time the disease, which proved to be a with great punctuality and fidelity four malignant cancer, made its appearance iu years as a presiding elder, and many years the surrounding parts, and hurtled every in travelling circuits, chiefly in Maryland application. Every thing was done that and Virginia, and was persevering with wisdom and art could devise, but all in unabated ardour and zeal when attacked vain. Through the whole he was cheer with the disease which terminated his ful, calm, patient, and resigned. His eter labours and his life. nal concerns seemed so well settled in his Hamilton Jefferson was a man of an mind, that he could peacefully look forward amiable disposition, of great dignity and to his approaching dissolution without dis mora] worth. Respectful and submissive may. He thought it his duty to the church to his superiors, affable and familiar with and his family to do all he could to pre his equals, kind and condescending to his serve his life ; but was entirely resigned, inferiors, polite and obliging to all men, he and expressed his confidence that his soul proved himself to be a gentleman and a was ready for the solemn change. Christian. His talents as a preacher were After patiently sustaining great and pro not of the most brilliant kind ; but he was tracted sufferings, he closed his life in 380 Minutes for 1822.

peace on the 13th day of June, 1821, in was patient, and resigned to the will of the fifty-third year of his age. God. As death approached, his soul be 2. Edward Orem,— a native of Talbot came joyful in the Rock of his salvation. county, Eastern Shore of Maryland. He He found, indeed, that the grace of our was born December 25, 1795. His pa Lord Jesus Christ was sufficient for him, rents were subjects of the grace of God, even in that hour when his heart and his and members of the Methodist Episcopal flesh failed. The gloom of death was Church. He was taught from his infancy illuminated with the light of his Saviour's to fear God, and respect and observe the countenance, and the hope of a glorious institutions of the gospel. The happy in immortality. fluence of religious instruction was obvi He closed his warfare May 26th, 1821, ously manifested in him from his child in the twenty-seventh year of his age, and, hood ; and although his heart was not re we have no doubt, rests from his labours, newed by the Spirit of grace, his life was and lives with his God. governed by moral principle. His youth 3. William Earley, —a native of Glou was not stained with crime, but adorned cester county, in the state of New-Jersey. with virtue. When he was about sixteen He was born the 17th of October, 1770. years of age he was bound an apprentice His father, John Earley, is yet living, and in the city of Baltimore : here his religious has been a respectable, pious man, and a privileges were greatly increased, and he steward of the circuit for nearly forty years. was diligent in the improvement of them. William Earley, the subject of this me Through the preaching of the gospel he moir, embraced religion, and joined the was deeply awakened to a sense of his Methodist society, when about nineteen guilt and danger, and -immediately applied years of age. He remembered his Creator himself to seek redemption in the blood of in the days of his youth. He was called Jesus. He soon obtained the evidence to preach the gospel, and entered the tra of his acceptance with God, enabling him velling connection, on trial, in the year to cry, "Abba, Father." Soon after his 1791, being at that time between twenty- conversion it appeared obvious that his one and twenty-two years of age. The divine Master had designed him for a dif same year, at the New-York Conference, ferent employment. His heart was filled he was appointed to go to Nova Scotia with ardent desires for the salvation of his and New-Brunswick as a missionary, and fellow-creatures. He successively received sailed from New-York the 11th of June in ' license to exhort and preach, in both which a vessel bound to Halifax. He continued relations he was acceptable and useful. At on that about two years. His first the Conference which sat in Alexandria in station was in Shelbume ; afterward he March, 1819, he was received on trial in travelled extensively through the provinces the travelling connection, and appointed to of New-Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He Lancaster circuit. In 1820 he travelled had to encounter great difficulties in his Hartford circuit. He filled both these travels, labours, hard living, and persecu appointments with dignity and usefulness. tions. In New-Brunswick, during the He was diligent, zealous, and faithful in winter season, he travelled on foot, with the work committed to him. In both the his saddle-bags on his back. In one place circuits on which he travelled he has seals he was arrested, and put into confinement of his ministry. His excessive labour the for a time. After his release he went on last year he travelled is believed to have his way, preaching the gospel of the grace injured his constitution and impaired his of God with some success, exercising pa health. Although repeatedly requested by tience in tribulation, rejoicing in God his his colleague and other friends to stop and Saviour, submitting to sufferings and re seek medical aid, he could not be per proaches for the sake of Christ. suaded to desist from his Master's work. On the 1st of May, 1793, he left St. He attended the Conference held in Johns, and took his final leave of that Baltimore in March, 1821, passed his exa country, and after ten days' passage arrived mination, and was elected and ordained a safe at New- York. The following ex deacon. From the Conference-room he pression of his mind and motives relative retired to his lodgings, and to his bed ; and to his going to Nova Scotia is from him " although he received his appointment to self: I entered on board of a vessel Jefferson circuit, he was never able to bound to Halifax the 11th of June, 1791, leave the city. During his last illness he with a degree of fortitude, quite ignorant Minutes for 1822. 381

of the afflictions and misfortunes that I was 1821, in the 52d year of his age and 30th exposing myself unto. But the loving- of his ministry. Thus lived and thus died kindness of the Lord, who had brought me William Earley, an elder in Israel. His to his favour, stimulated me to enter on wife died a few months before him. He this arduous voyage and journey, to hunt left seven children, two of whom are under up the lost sheep of the house of Israel, fourteen years of age. and to lead them to the great Shepherd Quest. 14. What numbers are in Society ? and Bishop of their souls." At St. Johns he was so reduced in his pecuniary re OHIO CONFERENCE. sources that after he had taken his passage Ohio District. Scioto District. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. he could not command enough to pay his Erie circuit 533 Columbus 890 1 voyage until he even sold his saddle-bags Mahoning 875 Pickaway 878 and a pair of shoes ; although plenty Beaver 856 17 Deer Creek 1260 7 abounded in his father's house, yet he was Cross Creek 991 Chilicoth* 225 32 Steubenville 205 14 Salt Creek 495 far away as a stranger in a strange land, Tuscarawas 557 Scioto 1358 16 where he had to call sinners to re gone Grand River 546 .Brush Creek 989 4 pentance, and where he had to learn the Cuyahoga 490 StraightCreek625 lesson of suffering for the sake of Christ — Delaware 188 — and the cause of religion. 5103 31 6908 60 After his return to the , in Lancaster District. Lebanon District t. Fairfield 1156 1794, he travelled on Chester circuit in White Oak 1452 3 Muskingum 503 4 Pennsylvania. During his station on that Milford 1223 3 Granville 741 2 circuit he was married to Miss Hoffman, Union 1265 Knox 602 Piuua 866 1 and in 1795 he located, and continued in Mansfield 720 Mad River 1170 30 location for several 1802 he 247 his years. In Wayne Paint Creek 600 Huron 330 again joined the travelling connection, and London 579 2 Hockhocking 354 was appointed to Dover circuit, Delaware ; Detroit 20 Lancaster 65 1803 lie was on Lewistown circuit ; 1801, Indian M. Caroline, Maryland ; 1805, Cecil circuit ; 4718 6 7575 39 1806, Chester, Pennsylvania ; 1807 he Muskingum District. Miami District. again took a location, and continued in that Zanesville 529 3 Cincinnati 540 33 relation till 1819, when he again united West Wheel Greenville 340 himself to the travelling connection, in ing 931 10 Oxford 936 9 Bamesville 1004 8 White Water 1069 death. which he continued until his In Duck Creek 612 Miami 841 1819 he was stationed on Kent circuit, Marietta cir. 470 Lawrence- Maryland ; in 1820 he was on Somerset Marietta 94 burg 730 5 circuit, and in the course of this last year Athens 638 Madison 667 Letart Falls 528 Hamilton and he was much afflicted, and became greatly Burlington 421 Rossville 92 1 debilitated by a pulmonary complaint. In -^— VMM — 1821 he received a superannuated relation, 5277 21 5215 43 being unable to preach or labour any longer KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. in the vineyard of the Lord. He took his residence with his family in the town of Kenhaw a District. Fleming 1026 70 Middle Lexington He now to Newark, Delaware. appeared Island 314 11 circuit 811 317 have nothing more to do on earth than Little Kon- Hinkstone 862 139 to linger out life under great afflictions, hawa 480 31 Maysville 142 30 and to prepare for the solemnities of ap Big Kenhawa345 G5 Greenbrier 538 78 5692 960 death, and to hold himself in proaching Monroe 737 35 Salt River District. constant readiness to meet his Lord and go Guyandotte 486 32 Cumberland 394 18 home to heaven. Several of his brethren Little Sandy 279 32 Madison 269 11 occasionally visited him, and generally Danville 439 85 3179 284 Salt River 494 34 found him happy in redeeming love, resign Kentucky District. Shelby 326 53 ed to from time to and go eternity, enjoy John's Creek 175 4 Jefferson 680 199 ing an unshaken confidenco of his accept Newport 430 4 Franklin 212 9 ance with God through our Lord Jesus Licking 486 38 Louisville 88 95 Christ. In this full assurance of faith, re Mount Ster - ling 881 109 2902 509 joicing in hope of the glory hereafter to be Lexington 113 70 Green River District. revealed, he met death triumphantly, and Georgetown 70 100 Breckenridgo 598 32 departed in peace on the 1st day of June, Limestone 696 79 Hartford 513 102 382 Minutes for 1822.

Whites. Col. Whites. Col. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Henderson 414 56 Goose Creek 584 28 Mississippi District. Alabama District. Livingston 415 10 Fountain Whites. Col. Whites.un.-. Col.r. i Hopkinsville 116 65 Head 842 124 whitesandcir.388 18 Christian 677 263 Bowling Natchez cir. 175 209 Chickasaw- Dover 439 66 Green 537 54 Claiborne 230 92 hay 387 58 Dixon 324 23 Barren GlS 17 Wilkinson 300 93 Tombeckbee 263 106 Bed River 486 167 Green River 650 41 Amite 291 30 Connaco 260 115 Roaring Pearl River 274 78 Alabama 412 31 3982 774 River 514 25 Cumberland District. Tennessee 130 1 1270 502 1710 388 Somerset 478 9 Cahawba District. Louisiana District. Wayne 676 33 5109 332 Franklin cir. 482 41 MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Attakapas cir. 50 20 Cahawba 355 11 Rapids 27 16 Tuscaloosa 417 30 23 Indiana District. Missouri 140 Wushataw 50 3 Marian 170 9 Charlestown Cedar Creek 125 24 037 8 126 20 circuit Boonslick 127 39 1424 91 Gorydon 672 Lamoine 142 3 Mount Stir Gasconade 125 15 SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. ling 177 St. Louis 95 32 Athens District. Congareo 188 77 Ohio 284 River 163 400 Appalachee 660 109 Cooper Patoka 103 859 121 404 2128 Broad River 714 121 Charleston 677 Vincennes Cape Girardeau District. 426 1 Bloomington ,3 =5 Belleview 182 16 9?4 _. i~ Blue River 682 10 & „ A OistrtcL Broad River Saline 116 14 Sparta 532 276 Flat Rock 300 R,ver St. Francis 162 40 Cedar Creek 924 268 gecdy *f. }£ Milledge- Enoree 705 183 19 4348 C^,Gir"r' o«o 87 3°

Illinois District. 538 2^ New-Madridk \t A A 7?n150 24oa LTd^RTver xi„„„. r>„. Watcree 506 128 River 109 12 4487 1005 mel™l 300onn 10 Tjfui.rmsPrin« ioo » Santee 444 481 Wabash 455 Oconee District. Camden 127 498 Washington „ Cash River 147 303 76 103 116 1117 124 Columbia Okaw 262 Big Oakmul- Illinois 655 10 Arkansas District. «• 478 78 3436 2005 Sangumaugh 165 Arkansas 61 Little Oak- Pee Dee District. mulgee 165 „27 Shoal Creek 417 MountPrairie 212 LynchVCreek369 65 — 103 Ohoopee and Hot Springs an Little Pee 286 82 2401 20 Pecon Point 60 Darien Dee 962 274 Missouri District. Lappaha 104 6 Black River 354 427 Sal ilia and 4 Buffalo 106 4 436 Brunswick 687 374 St. Mary's 167 50 Bladen 266 341 CONFERENCE. TENNESSEE TT^Z R'vCT 228 27 1503 ^319 D"? Nashville District. French-Broad District. Georgetown 123 1483 District. Nashville Nolachucky 846 65 Ogeechee Fayetteville 137 381 town 62 28 Powell's Val Augusta 137 85 Wilmington 114 782 Washington- Nashville cir. 930 183 ley 434 — Lebanon 1069 124 Tennessee town 14 13 3240 4154 78 Murfrees- Valley 417 Louisville 253 Catawba District. Warren 709 248 602 borough and Sequatchy Montgomery 74 Shelbyrille 65 Valley 428 Little River 650 164 Rocky River 358 128 78 Buffalo 128 Little River 593 Saluda 437 Sugar Creek 220 77 Cany Fork 471 Knox 416 Abbeville 587 132 Lincoln 545 127 Franklin and Knoxville and Keewee 444 16 Union 632 8S Columbia 136 Greenville 39 24 UpperFrench- 3231 814 Stone's River 965 Hiwassee 187 Broad 411 41 Duck River 769 Edisto District. Black Moun Jackson's 3360 332 Savannah 143 174 tain 380 25 Purchase 142 13 Black Swamp 145 140 Morgantown 423 16 Holston District. Orangeburg 709 460 — 4737 617 Lee 394 23 Cypress 670 600 3571 570 Tennessee District. Clinch 465 39 Flint 638 180 Tazewell 420 70 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Limestone 492 44 New-Rivcr 835 107 Norfolk District. Sussex 611 J21

Shoal 265 16 Ashe 163 3 Norfolk 271 292 Suffolk 530 454 Richland 589 55 Abingdon 368 30 Portsmouth 207 139 Surry 214 31 Bedford 826 91 Holston 760 60 Princess Pond Springs 700 Carter's Val Ann 913 802 3846 2634 Jackson 150 ley 661 143 Bertie 526 166 James River District. Camden and Richmond 212 87 3660 386 4066 475 Edenton 574 679 Williamsburg 631 47 Minutes for 1822. 383

Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Gloucester 1300 12 Chesterfield 325 27 Chambers- Bedford 370 20 Hanover 349 33 Brunswick 400 179 burg cir. 400 190 Columbia 721 52 Lynchburg 203 42 ChambersburgI38 6 4201 1179 Culpepper 201 19 PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Amherst 356 24 3462 710 Schuylkill District. Caroline 841 209 Neuse District. Philadelphia- Talbot 873 711 3770 274 Tar River 742 108 StGeorge's 1806 56 Queen Anil's 929 752 Roanoke District. Haw River 457 166 Union 459 Kent Raleigh city 74 78 St. John's 355 Cecil Roanoke 671 186 Raleigh cir. 633 109 Kensington 150 Rock Run Washington 187 261 Black River 469 328 Bristol 544 Swift Creek 100 102 New-River 357 448 Mattamus- Dauphin 477 8 6023 3515 Beaufort and 871 28 keet 80 37 Lancaster Jersey District. Straits 192 Chestei 801 85 Burlington 623 78 Bunks and Newbern 196 723 Trenton Islands 200 38 Wilmington, city 217 3 Newcastle, Albemarle Asbury 555 15 3120 1960 and 339 77 Sussnx 550 Sound 168 22 Newport 4 Fluftin District. — Hamburg 367 4 Franklin 455 37 5802 273 Bergen 666 23 1406 646 Yadkin 292 40 Delaware District. Newark 112 14 Meherrin District. Iredell 649 58 Cambridge 814 609 Essex and Greensville 645 214 Salisbury 715 6 Dorchester 760 550 Staten Island780 36 Mecklenburg 330 34 Guilford 857 70 Somerset 723 451 Elizabethtown 85 9 Bedford 414 80 Caswell 479 66 Annamessex 792 586 New-Bruns- Buckingham 431 9 Granville 578 74 Accomack 881 423 wick 60 6 Petersburg 109 55 Snow Hill 700 703 Trenton 455 36 Amelia 600 70 3725 351 Lewistown 896 358 Freehold 520 21 Milford 902 444 New-Mills 673 18 BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Gloucester 805 12 Baltimore District. Monongahela District. 6468 4124 Cumberland 944 22 Baltimore East Wheel- Chesapeake District. 8alem 795 67 city 2433 1390 ing 376 6 Smyrna 922 516 Fell's Point 695 265 Short Creek 276 18 Dover 980 534 8207 368 Baltimore cir. 694 249 Ohio 519 16 NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Severn 726 766 Washington 292 10 Nets- York District Champlam District. Annapolis 187 192 MonongaheU 593 52 New-York 2370 67 Brando 919 Calvert 820 1575 Harrison 918 17 New-Ro- Middlebury 166 Prince Lewis 334 8 chelle 654 32 Charlotte 658 George's 393 1010 Croton 433 24 St. Albans 672 Foundry 197 56 3313 127 Courllandt 7H7 18 Stowe 504 Georgetown 317 241 Stamford 313 6 Grand Isle 182 Pittsburg District. Montgomery 750 600 Jamaica 52G 20 Chazy 105 Connelsville 546 S Suffolk 441 2 Plattsburg 543 7212 6344 Son Brooklyn 275 8 Ticonderoga 264 _ _. . ^^"Manoning Potomac District. ^ Pittsburg 759 4 5799 175 3913 8 Alexandria 288 165 Greenfield 888 10 Rhinebeck District. Ebenezer 161 103 Uniontown Rhinebeck 220 20 Saratoga District. Fairfax 336 119 and Browns- Salisbury 516 Montgomery 606 11 Loudoun 464 141 ville 251 31 Granville 555 Saratoga 711 Stafford 355 47 Redstone 633 15 Leyden 251 Pittstown 576 17 Fredericks Petersburg 218 Troy 205 6 burg and 3532 65 Pittsfield 541 Schenectady 134 9 Falmouth 70 Northumberland Dist. Otis 27 Berne 552 I Westmore Chatham and Cambridge 403 4 Northumber land 251 17 Hudson 792 Warren 272 land 551 Lancaster 640 155 Shamokin 280 3120 30 3459 48 Eagle 369 2563 747 ^j" New-Haven District. Aukwick 4(8 Dutchess 587 38 Hudson River District. Juniatta 140 Winchester District. Amenia 345 11 Albany 179 17 Huntingdon 432 Winchester 875 245 Goshen 505 3 Coeymans 666 13 Rockingham 718 156 Burlington 422 2 Sharon 809 4 2250 15 Staunton 244 133 Hartford 100 12 Jefferson 931 Bottetourt 395 90 Carlisle District. Wethersfield 143 Delaware 807 3 Pendleton 525 96 Carlisle 611 9 Middletown 177 9 Newburg 123 2 South Branch 439 73 York 133 5 Durham 491 1 Newburgcir. 573 24 Alleghany 656 128 Harford 1002 260 New-Haven 200 5 New-Wind Berkley 678 94 Great Falls 626 239 Stratford 524 14 sor 564 11 Jefferson 609 131 Frederick cir. 850 311 Reading 532 7 Sullivan 533 — Frederick- 5189 1146 town 71 139 4076 102 5190 79 384 Minutes for 1822. Whites. Col. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Whites. Col. Manlius 122 1 York 34 District. Whites. Col. Bolton Marcellus 670 3 Mission to Whites. Cot. Salisbury and Scipio 591 1 New Settle 620 60 Newmarket 313 ' Auburn 46 1 ment 70 116 1 Poplin 312 Charlestown Cayuga 737 200 1 Rochester 259 30 Maiden Ithaca 81 2592 Pembroke 181 Lynn Com Bay Quintie District. 240 Tuftonbo- mon 4320 12 Bay Quintie 505 Woodend 160 rough and Smith'sCreek327 Black River District. Marblehead 126 Sandwich 253 Bellville 160 Scituate 222 Bridge water 218 Black River 343 Hallowell 497 2 Sandwich and Canaan 139 Malone 90 Attawa 136 725 343 Harwich 331 Landaff St. Lawrence Rideau. 202 Wellfleet 564 Lancaster 291 Indian River 143 Perth 30 Falmouth 122 Le Roy 431 Kingston 51 2 Vineyard 144 6 2886 1 Watertown 121 Cornwall 176 Nantucket 321 17 Portland District. Sandy Creek 762 Augusta 620 3 Bedford 78 10 Portland 200 1 Oswego 321 1 Fairhaven 50 Scarborough Victory 420 2704 5 and Anindell320 Genesee District. 3 3294 95 Buxton 147 2974 Sweden 317 District. Gray 172 Neu>-Is>nilon Susqwhannah District. Batavia 400 336 New-London 229 12 Poland Wyoming 433 Caledonia 387 Springfield 101 Bethel 154 Canaan 278 1 Rushford 401 2 440 Tolland 482 Livermore Bridgewater 427 Genesee 285 270 Pomfret 239 Readfield Broome 517 Bloomfield 297 245 1 Norwich 357 21 Durham Spencer 384 Rochester 237 204 1 Hebron 473 8 Conway Tioga 382 1 Mansfield 370 Wyalusing 378 3 2324 2 3 Somerset 95 2488 Caroline 318 Erie District. Rhode Island 181 Kennebeck District.' French Creek 265 Bristol 381 25 Industry 308 3145 6 Lake 544 1 280 35 Norridgewockl74 500 Providence Upper Canada District. Chetaquo Northbridge 190 Unity 340 251 Niagara 477 9 Eden Warwick 142 Hallowell 314 1 67 2 Lyons Creek 110 Buffalo 378 Pittstown 389 Ashburnham Ancaster 592 2 Ridgeway 427 271 Georgetown 50 Needham 445 Clarence 125 Bristol 107 Long Point Thames 232 17 Olean 40 4219 110 Union 230 Westminster 355 1 Wrmoni District. Hampden 370 2219 Young-street 277 1 Wethers- 105 1 field 364 2 Bath 85 RECAPITULATION. Col. Total. Barnard 396 Fairfield 210 Whites. 34541 Vershire 360 Ohio Conference 34336 205 2859 23723 Barm 570 2682 2 KentucRfConference 20864 283 9449 Athens 232 1 Penobscot District. Missouri Conference 9161 17633 Unity 300 Orrington 485 Tennessee Conference 15323 1810 1020 5551 Danville 261 3 Penobscot 239 Mississippi Conference 4531 34796 Lyndon 230 Vinalhaven 68 South Carolina Conference 21290 12906 25954 Craftabury 176 Thomastown 228 Virginia Conference 19329 6625 Columbia 56 Baltimore Conference 28265 9616 37881 2889 6 St. Croix 273 Philadelphia Conference 26500 8270 34770 442 2599!) New-Hampshire Dist. New-York Conference 25557 217 200-24 Portsmouth 195 1 1349 New-England Conference 19807 27301 Genesee Conference 27182 119 GENESEE CONFERENCE. 263045 44377 297622 Ontario District. 99 Total Western 677 Total last year 281146 Lyons 639 12 Litchfield 382 2 Ontario 491 Otsego 480 3 Increase this year 16476 Seneca 574 3 Herkimer 554 1 Travelling Preachers 1106. Crooked Canaioharie 319 6 Lake 376 the sta Paris HO 2 Quest. 15. Where are preachers Catharine 343 3 Utica 170 1 tioned this year? Prattsburg 252 1 Cooperstown 154 3 Canesteo 429 6 OHIO CONFERENCE Geneva and 3442 21 Ruter, book agent at Cincinnati. Canandaigua308 i 3 Martin — Chenango District. Ohio Dist. William Swayze, P. Elder. 3462 38 Chenango 598 Erie cir., Ezra Boothc, Charles Truseott. 462 2 Oneida District. Lebanon Mahoning, Charles Elliott, Dennis God- Pompey 545 4 Westmore dard. land 497 3 Courtlandt 463 Minutes for 1822. 385

Beaver, John Graham, William Tipton. Paint, James Smith. Cross Creek, Samuel Adams, William H. London, Daniel D. Davidson, William Collins. Simmons. Steubenville, John Waterman. Detroit, Piatt B. Morey. Tuscarawas, Thos. Carr, Josiah Foster. Indian Mission, James B. Finley. Grand River, Alfred Branson, Henry Lebanon, John F. Wright. Knapp. Miami Dist. Alex'r Cummins, P. Elder. Cuyahoga, Ira Eddy. Cincinnati, John Collins. Newcastle, Samuel Brockunier. Greenville, James Collord. Lancaster Dist. Charles Waddle, Oxford, Moses Crume, Rich'd Brandriff. P. Elder. Whitewater, Allen Wiley, James T. Wells. Fairfield, William Stevens, Zarah Coston. Miami, Samuel Baker, Wm. H. Roper. Muskingum, Abraham Lippitt. Lawrenceburg, Henry Baker. Granville, Abner Goff, Horace Brown. Madison, James Jones, James Murray. Knox, Shadrach Ruark, John Walker. Hamilton and Rossville, John P. Durbin. Mansfield, Thos. R. Ruckle, Chas. Thorn. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Wayne, James Gilrueth. Kenhawa Dist. John Brown, P. Elder. Huron, Philip Green. Middle Island, William M'Reynolds. Hockhocking, Peter Stevens. Little Kenhawa, William Gunn, Josiah Lancaster, Joseph Carper. Browder. Muskingum Dist. Jacob Young, P. Elder. Big Kenhawa, Isaac Collord, Isaac Rey Zanesville, Leroy Swormstedt, Moses nolds. Henkle. Greenbrier, Edward Stephenson, Harvey West Wheeling, James M' Mohan, Wil Sawyers. liam Cunningham. Monroe, Elisha Simmons, Simon L. Barnesville, Curtis Goddard, Wm. Knox. Booker. Duck Creek, Archibald Afllroy, John Guyandotte, Francis Wilson, David Gtay. Pardo. Little Sandy, Daniel Tivis, Esau Sim Marietta circuit, William I. Kent. mons. Athens, Daniel Limerick. Kentucky Dist. Marcus Lindsey, Letart Falls, Edward Taylor. P. Elder. Burlington, John M'Mahan. John's Creek, Henry Gregg, Green Ma- Marietta station, Cornelius Springer. lone. Scioto Dist. Greenbury R. Jones, Mount Sterling, Francis Landrun, James P. Elder. G. Leach, J. L. Power. Columbia, Russell Bigelow, Thomas Lexington circuit, William Adams, Wil M'Cleary. liam Stribling. Pickaway, Burroughs Westlake, Andrew Hinkstone, Abel Robinson, Absalom Hunt, Kanier. H. B. Bascom. Deer Creek, Andrew M'Clain, Isaac C. Lexington, Burwell Spurlock. Hunter. Fleming, James Porter, Amos Smith. Chilicothe James Quinn. Maysville, Andrew Monroe. Salt Creek, William Crawford. Newport, William Holman, Luke P. Allen. Scioto, William Page, Henry Fernandes, Licking, Samuel Brown, John Kinney. Whitefield Hughs. Limestone, George C. Light, Peter Akers, Brush Creek, William J. Thompson, Hezekiah Holland. James Donohoo. Frankfort and Danville, Nathaniel Harris. Straight Creek, James Havens. Salt River Dist. Jonathan Stamper, Delaware, Jacob Hooper. P. Elder. Lebanon Dist. John Strange, P. Elder. Bardstown and Springfield, Barnabas White Oak, Arthur W. Elliott, Zaca- M'Henry. riah Connell. Cumberland, William Young, Jas. Ross. Mil ford, Benjamin Lawrence, Nathan Madison, John Ray, James Browder. Walker. Salt River, Martin Flint, Joseph D. Far Union, John C. Brook, John P. Taylor. row. Piqua, Robert Dobbins, R. W. Finley. Danville circuit, George Taylor, Milton Mad River, Thomas S. Hitt, George M. Jameson. Mealy. Franklin, Josiah WhUaker. 25 386 Minutes for 1822.

Shelby, Richard Corwine, Wm. Farrow. Cedar Creek, Samuel Bassett. Jefferson, David D. Dyke, Laban Hughey. Missouri circuit, William Medford. Louisville, Henry M'Daniel. Gasconade, William W. Redman. Breckenridge, John Denham, Thomas St. Louis circuit, Alexander M'Alister. Joyner. St. Louis, Jesse Walker, missionary. Green River Dist. Charles Holliday, Cape Girardeau Dist. Thomas Wright, P. Elder. P. Elder. Hartford, Aquila Samson, John James. Belleview, Samuel Glase. Henderson, William Allison, Richard D. Saline, Philip Davis. Neale. St. Francis, John M'Cord. Livingston, Edward Ashley, Thos. Attc- Spring River, Abraham Epler. bury. White River, James Bankson. Christian, Thomas A. Morris, Philip Ken- Cape Girardeau, Thomas Davis. nerly. New-Madrid, Washington Orr. Hopkinsville, John Johnson. Arkansas Dist. John Scrxpps, P. Elder. Dickson, George Brown. Arkansas circuit, Dennis Willey. Red River, Wm. Peter, Obadiah Harber. Hot Springs, Isaac Brookfield. Cumberland Dist. Peter Cartwright, Mount Prairie, John Harris. P. Elder. Pecon Point, William Townsend. Green River, Joshua Batcher, Jas. Avis. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Somerset, BlatchleyC.Wood,CalebCrain. Wayne, Benj. Malone, Wm. Chambers. Nashville Dist. Thomas L. Douglass, Roaring River, Cheslea O. Cole. P. Elder. Goose Creek, Samuel P. V. Gillespie, Nashville town. Thomas Stringfield. John M'Reynolds. Nashville circuit, Benjamin P. Seawell, Brooks, Raines. Fountain Head, George M'Nelly, Benja J. J. Lebanon, B. Winns, min Peeples. Joseph J. G. H. Barren, John Watson. Speer, W. Allgood, sup. Bowling Green, Zadok B. Hackston, Geo. Cany Fork, German Baker, John Seav. W. Robbins. Stone's River, Nathaniel R. Jarrett, Thos. D. Porter, sup. MISSOURI CONFERENCE. Duck River, R. Ledbetter, Finch Scruggs, Indiana Dist. Sam'l Hamilton, P. Elder. M. Smith, sup. Charleston, James Armstrong. Franklin & Columbia, Hartwell H. Brown. Flat Rock, George H. Hester. Murfreesborough and Shelbyville, Robert Blue River, John Wallace, Joseph Kineaid. Paine. Bloomington, John Cord. Tennessee Dist. Wilham M'Mahan, Creek, Honey. David Chamberlin. P. Elder. Vincennes, John Stetoart. Pond Spring, Joseph Williams, Thomas Patoka, James L. Thompson. A, Young. Mount Sterling, Ebenezer Webster. Jackson, Elias Tidwell, Richard Neely. Job M. Baker. Corydon, Flint River, Wyley B. Peck. William Cravens. Indianapolis, Limestone, Coleman Harwell, Rob't Boyd. Illinois Dist. David Sharp, P. Elder. Bedford, Ellison Taylor, Thomas Stiltcell, Mount Carmel, Robert Delap. Robert Hooper. Wabash, Hackaliah Vredenburg, Thomas Richland, Elijah Kirkman, Nathan L. Rice. Norvell. Cash River, Francis Moore. Shoal, Joshua Butcher, James Edmiston. Okaw, Josiah Patterson. Huntsville, Thomas Madden. Illinois circuit, Jas. Scott, Parham Randle. French-Broad Dist. John Dever, School Creek, Jesse Haile, Jacob White P. Elder. side, sup. Nolachucky, Geo. Ekin, Absalom Harris, John Glanville. Sangamo, James Axley, sup. Missouri Dist. Samuel H. Thompson, Powell's Valley, Richard W. Morris. P. Elder. Tennessee Valley, Lewis S. Marshall, Buffalo, Anthony W. Casad. John Rice. Boonslick, James Keyte. Sequeachy Valley, John Cragg, John Lamoine, John Blassdell. Bradfield. 95* Minutes far 1822. 387

Little River, David Adams, James Cum- Marion, Thos. Clinton, Benj. F. Liddon. ming. Tuscaloosa, Samuel Patton, Eugene V. Knox, Samuel Harwell, John Kelley, /. Levert. Cunningham, sup. Alex. Talley, missionary to Pensacola, Hiwassee, James Witten. Mobile, Blakely, and adjoining country. Holston Dist. John Tecis, P. Elder. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Lee, John Paulsell, David B. Cumming. Athens Dist. Sam'l K. Hodges, P. Elder. Clinch, Abraham Still. Appalachee, Whitman C. Hill, Andrew Tazewell, Ansel Richardson. Ray. Ashe, John Kesterson. Broad River, Robert L. Edwards, Henry New-River, Jesse Green, William P. Keu- W. Ledbetter. drick, William Patton. Grove, John B. Chappel, John H. Ro Abingdon, George W. Morris. bertson. Holston, Wm. Manton, S. George Home. Alcovi, Jas. Bellah, Reuben Tucker, sup. Carter's Valley, John Bowman, Thomas Sparta, Thomas Sarnfyrd, William Parks. J. Brown. Cedar Creek and ,Milledgeville, Jesse Duck River Dist. Lewis Garrett, P. Sinclair, John Bigby. Elder and Superintendent of the Missions David Hilliard, without a station. in that part of Jackson's Purchase em Oconee Dist. Allen Turner, P. Elder. braced in Tennessee and Kentucky. Washington, John H. Tradewell. Wayne, J. L. Beloate, Peter Burum. Oakmulgee, James Dunwody. Hickman, William B. Carpenter. Little Oakmulgee, Nathaniel II. Rhodes. Dover, Allen Elliott, Stephen Harber. Ohoopee, Thomas L. Winn, Peyton L. North Mission — Wade. Sandy River, Tennessee, Benjamin T. Applin, Jeremiah Freeman. Crouch, Lewis Parker. St. Tilla, Archibald Purify. South Mission — St. Mary's and Amelia Island, Elijah Beech River, Jacob Hearn. Sinclair. Forked Deer, Andrew J. Crawford. Ooeechee Dist. Joseph Travis, P. Elder. Big Hatchy, Abraham Overall. Augusta, John Howard. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Washington town, Thomas Darley. Louisville, Christian G. Hill. Louisiana Dist. Ashley Hetoit, P. Elder. Warren, James B. Turner, Noah Washataw circuit, Ashley Hetoit. Laney. Little River, David Garrison, Joshua N. Rapids and Attakapas, Henry P. Cook. Glenn. Mississippi Dist. Wm. Winans, P. Elder. Saluda, Bond English. Natchez circuit, John Seaton. Abbeville, Barnet Smith, Abner P. Manly. Claiborne, Ebenezer Hearn. Keewee, James Dannelly. Amite, Daniel De Vinne, I. Armstrong Edisto Dist. Lewis Blackburn. Myers, P. Elder. Savannah, James O. Andrew, Geo. White. Wilkinson, Miles Harper, Charleston, James Norton, D. Hall, J. Pearl River, Thos. Griffin, sup., William Evans, R. Flourney. Alexander. Black Swamp, Daniel G. M'Daniel. Alabama Dist. Nicholas M'lntyre, Cypress, John L. Greaves, Henry Segrist. P. Elder. Orangeburg, Robert Adams, John Rey Whitesand, Wiley Ledbetter. nolds. Chickasawhay, Thomas Owen, Edmund Congaree, Matthew Raiford. Pearson. Cooper River, Edward I. Fitzgerald. Tombeckbee, Zachariah Williams, John Broad River Dist. Henry Bass, P. Elder. Patton. Columbia, Tillman Snead. Connaco, John Booth, R. Cheat Francis. Camden, Nicholas Talley. ham. Santee, Thomas Mabrey. Alabama, M. Renneau, N. T. Snead, Wateree, Travis Owen. Peyton Greaves. Sandy River, Elisha Calloway, Josiah Cahawba Dist. John Burrows, P. Elder. Freeman. Cahawba circuit, Benjamin Drake, John Newberry, John Murrow, Malcom M'Pher- Lambeth. son. Franklin, Barnabas Pipkin. Enoree, John Taylor, Eliae Sinclair. 388 Minutes for 1822.

Reedy River, Zaccheus Dowling, Mark Brunswick, /. Featherslon, Robert Wil- Westmoreland. kerson. Amelia, Enoch Johnson. Pee Dee Dist. William M. Kennedy, Chesterfield, George C. Chesley. P. Elder. Petersburg, Hezekiak G. Leigh. Georgetown, Asbury Morgan. Black River, William Kennedy. Yadkin Dist. Lewis Skidmore, P. Elder. Lynch Creek, Nicholas Ware. Salisbury, Thacker Muire. Little Pee Dee, John W. Norton, Morgan Yadkin, Anson Chadwick. Turrentine. Iredell, Joakim Lane. Brunswick, Wm. Hankins, David Riley. Guilford, James Reid. Bladen, diaries Betts. Franklin, James Patterson, Samuel Har- Deep River, John Dix. rell. Fayetteville, Samuel Dunwody. Caswell, Russel B. Foster. Wilmington, George Hill. Hillsborough, Thomas Crowder. Granville, Charles L. Cooley. Catawba Dist. Daniel F. Christenbury, P. Elder. Neuse Dist. William Compton, P. Elder. Montgomery, William Knight. Haw River, Ru/us Wiley. Rocky River, John Boswell, John Coving Raleigh city, George M. Anderson. ton. Tar River, Lewis Kimball. Sugar Creek, Thomas A. Rosemand. Raleigh circuit, Peter Doub. Lincoln, Daniel Asbury, Aquila Norman. Black River, Thomas B. Humphries. Union, John Mullinex, Jesse Richardson, New-River, Thompson Garrard, David sup. Ellis. Upper French-Broad, Benjamin Rhodes. Newbern, Ethelbert Drake. Black Mountain, Wiley Warwick. Beaufort and Straits, Mann Dutton. Morgantown, John L. Jerry. Roanoke Dist. C. S. Mooring, P. Elder. Coleman Carlisle, to sup., missionary Roanoke, Ira Parker, Joshua Leigh. Lawrence district, in South Carolina. Washington, Miles Nash. Mason, to the Gideon missionary upper Swift Creek, Swain Swift. counties of Georgia. Washington circuit and Albemarle Sound, John missionary to J. Triggs, Early Benjamin Edge. and the settlements. county adjoining Mattamuskeet, William H. Starr. Indian mission, William Capers, super Banks and Islands, Archibald Brownly. intendent, with the charge of the collec tions. Norfolk Dist. Benjamin Devany, Asbury and M'Kendree, Isaac Smith, P. Elder. Andrew Hammill. Norfolk, Francis A. Ward. Portsmouth, Thomas Howard. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Princess Ann, Wm. Eastwood, J. Craig. James River Dist. Peyton Anderson, Camden, Moses Brock. P. Elder. Gates and Edenton, Henry Holmes. Williamsburg, Waddill Johnson. Murfreesborough, Jacob Hill. Gloucester, John C. Ballcw, J. Thomp Sussex, George A. Bain. son. Surry, Isaiah Harris. Hanover, Hezekiak M'Clelland, E. Chap Suffolk, Allen R. Bernard. man. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Richmond, Caleb G. Leach. Baltimore Dist. Stephen George Roszel, Columbia, Thos. Mann, Wm. D. Goode. P. Elder. Jesse Lee. Culpepper, Baltimore city, Josh. Soule,Jas. M'Cann, Amherst, John F. Andrew, H. George William Hamilton, Wtlliam Pretty- Harper. man. Meherrin Dist. John Early, P. Elder. Fell's Point, Eli Henkle, John Bear. Lynchburg, George W. Charleton. Baltimore circuit, Job Guest, Asa Shinn, Bedford, Henry Ally, Samuel Hunter, sup. sup. Buckingham, John Hales, Overton Ber Severn, Frederick Stier, Dennis H. Bat- nard. tee. Mecklenburg, Thomas R. Brane. Annapolis, William Ryland. Greensville, William Leigh. Calvert, James Paynter, Bazil Barry. Minutes for 1822. 389

Prince George's, George Wells, Charles Redstone, John West, William Brande- Young. berry. Foundry, Samuel Davis. Northumberland Dist. Henry Smith, Georgetown, Beverly Waugh. P. Elder. Montgomery, Wm. Butler, John G. Watt. Northumberland, John Thomas, Morde- Potomac Dist. Christopher Frye, cai Barry. P. Elder. Shamokin, John Rhodes. Alexandria, Robert Burch. Lycoming, Robert Caddon, Wm. M'Dow- Ebenezer, Yelverton T. Peyton. ell. Fairfax, Gideon Lanning. Bald Eagle, Robert Minshall. Loudoun, Andrew Hemphill, Thomas J. Auckwick and Juniatta, TAo*. JW 'Gee, N. Dorsey. B. Mills, J. R. Shepherd. Stafford, John Tannyhill, Chas. Cooke. Huntingdon, David Steel, Wm. C. Pool. Fredericksburg, Samuel Kennerly. Bedford, Jacob Larkin. Westmoreland, Samuel Bryson, Charles Carlisle Dist. John Davis, P. Elder. A. Davis. Carlisle, Caleb Reynolds, Samuel Ellis. Lancaster, Jacob L. Brumwell, Robert York, Robert S. Vinton. Barnes. York circuit, Tobias Riley. Winchester Dist. Lewis R. Fechtig, Harford, Alfred Griffith, Henry Slicer. P. Elder. Great Falls, Joseph Rowen, Philip D. Winchester, Wm. Monroe, Bennet Dow- Lipsecum. ler. Frederick circuit, James Reed, John C. Rockingham, Gerard Morgan, Samuel French. Clarke. Fredericktown, Richard Hunt. Staunton, James Sexoell. Chambersburg, Marmaduke Pierce. Bottetourt, James Watts. Chambersburg circuit, Edward Matthews, Pendleton, Richard Armstrong, John N. John Childs. Stewart. Hagerstown, John Emory. South Branch, Robert Boyd, John L. Gib Daniel Hitt travels with Bishop M'Ken- bons. dree this year. Alleghany, James Riley, Charles B. Tip- Samuel dishing is without a station pett. this year. Berkley, John Watson, James Sansom. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Jefferson, Jos. M. Hanson, John Miller. Schuylkill Dist. James Bateman, Monongahela Dist. James Paynter, P. Elder. P. Elder. Philadelphia — East Wheeling, John Connelly, French St. George's, William Thacher, Thos. S. Evans. Miller, Henry G. King. Short Creek, James Moore. Union, Thomas Burch. Ohio, David Stevens, George Brown. St. John's, Joseph Rusting. Washington, Henry Furlong. Kensington, Solomon Sharp. Greenfield, Thos. Jamison, Elias Bruen. Bristol, Jacob Gruber, Daniel Fidler. Monongahela, Thomas Beeks, Shadrach Dauphin, John Woolson, William Hunier. Chaney. Lancaster, Henry Boehm, Jos. Holdich. Harrison, Asby Pool, William H. Chap Chester, David Bartine, John Tally. man. Wilmington, John Potts. Lewis, William Hank, John B. West. Newcastle and Newport, Ezekiel Cooper. Pittsburg Dist. Thornton Fleming, Chesapeake Dist. William Bishop, P. Elder. P. Elder. Connelsville, Henry Baker, Wm. Barnes. Smyrna, William Rider, Joseph Osborn. Somerset, Amos Barnes. Dover, William Torbert, Jesse Thomp Mahoning, Dennis B. Dorsey, Thomas son. M. Hudson. Caroline, William Williams, Edward Ste Pittsburg, Richard Tydings, Henry B. phenson. Bascom. Talbot, George Woolley, Solomon Hig- Chartiers, Joshua Monroe, Norval Wilson. gins. Uniontown and Brownsville, Peregrine Queen Ann's, James Smith, of Delaware, G. Buckingham. Samuel Grace. 390 Minutes for 1822.

Kent, Thomas Ware, Joseph Carey. Croton, Samuel Bushnell, Samuel D. Cecil, John Smith, Wm. Ltimmis. Ferguson. Rock Run, Philip Dickson. Courtlandt, Reuben Harris, John J. Mat Centreville, James Smith, of Baltimore. thias. Stamford, John B. Matthias, Eli Dennis- Delaware Dist. Lawrence Lawrenson, ton. P. Elder. Cambridge, Charles Reed, John Henry. Rhinf.beck Dist. Henry Stead, P. Elder. Dorchester, William Quinn, John Bayne. Rhinebeck, James Young. Somerset, Phineas Price, Jacob Moore, Salisbury, Coles Carpenter, Timothy Be sup. nedict, sup. Culver, Annamessex, William Wright. Granville, Cyrus Samuel Eigh- Accomack, Joseph Ayddott, Wm. Smith. mey, Henry Hatfield. Snow Hill, Awa Melvin, John Collins. Leydon, Moses Amadon. Lewistown, David Best, James B. Ayres. Petersburg, Nathan Rice. Milford, Lott Warfield, Thos. Davis. Pittsfield, William Anson, Smith Dayton. Dalton, Billy Hibbard. Jersey Dist. Lawrence M'Combs, Chatham, Gershom Pierce, Thcodosiu* P. Elder. Clark. Hill, Burlington, Sylvester G. Watters Hudson, George Coles. Burrows. New-Haven Dist. Samuel Merwin, Trenton and Jos. Bloomsbury, Lybrand. P. Elder. William Leonard, James Moore. Asbury, Goshen, James M. Smith, David Miller, Sussex, Banghart, Isaac Winner. George Julius Field. Hamburg, Richard W. Petherbridge, Da Burlington, Cyrus Silliman, John Luckey. niel Parish. Hartford, Ebenezer Brown. Bergen, Force, Benjamin Col Manning Wethersiield, Robert Seney, William S. lins. Pease. Newark, John Creamer. Middletown, Phineas Cook. Essex and Staten Island, Thomas Neal, Durham, Josiah Bowen, John Nixon, Jas. Samuel S. Kennard. Coleman. New-Brunswick, Charles Pittman. New-Haven, Samuel Luckey. Trenton circuit, Edward James Page, Stratford, Laban Clark, Eli Barnett. Long. Reading, Samuel Cochrane, Aaron Hunt. Freehold, Bartholomew Weed, Eliphalet Dutchess, Arnold Scholefield, John Rey Reed. nolds. New-Mills, John Walker, Wm. Allen. Amenia, Daniel Drayton. Gloucester, Edward Stovt, David Dailey. Cumberland, John Finley, James M'Lau- Saratoga Dist. Daniel Ostrander, rin. P. Elder. Salem, Alward White, James Aikens. Montgomery, Sherman Minor, Bradley Sellick. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Saratoga, Samuel Howe, Andrew M'Cain. Nathan Bangs and Thomas Mason, Pittstown, Jacob Beeman, John Clark. book agents. Schenectady, William Phcebus. John M. Smith, principal of the Wes- Berne, David Lewis, Henry Eames. leyan Seminary. Troy, Benjamin Griffen. Freeborn Garrettson, Conference mis Cambridge, Samuel Draper, Joan Love- sionary. oy. Waarren, Phineas Doan. New-York Dist. Peter P. Sandford, P. Elder. Champlam Dist. John B. Stratten, New- York city, E. Washburn, M. Rich P. Elder. ardson, S. Martindale, William Ross, Brandon, George Smith, Hiram Meeker. Heman Bangs, John Summerfield. Whitehall, Omn Pier, Philo Ferris. Brooklyn, Lewis Pease. Middlebury, Noah Levings^ Jamaica, Elijah Hebard, Horace Bartlett. Stowe, Samuel Covel, Salmon Stebbins. Suffolk, Jacob Hall, Humphrey Hum Charlotte, Buel Goodscll, Lucius Baldwin. phreys. St. Albans, Almond Duniar,Cyrus Prindle. New-Rochelle, Elijah Woolsey, William Grand Isle, James Covel. Jewett, Noble W. Thomas. Chazy, Seymour London, Elijah Crane. Minutes for 1822. 391

Plattsburg, Kerrey De Wolf, elder elect, Northbridge, Aaron Lummus, Hezekiah D. Stephens. Thatcher. Ticonderoga, Ibri Cannon. Mansfield, V. R. Osborn, Ephraim K. Avery. Hudson Dist. Eben Smith, RiAr Summerset, Benjamin Hazcllon. P. Elder. Rhode Island and Little Compton, Isaac Phineas Rice. Albany, Stoddard, Wanton Case. Sharon, James Quinlan, Charles Pomeroy. Bristol and Warren, /. W. Hardy. Delaware, Jesse Pomeroy, Quartos Stew Providence, Timothy Merritl. art. Warwick, Lewis Bates, John E. Risley, Jefferson, John Bangs, Roswell Kelley. Francis Dane, sup. Coeymans, Friend Draper, Daniel I. Pomfret, J. Ireson, Samuel G. Atkins. Wright. Kingston, John D. Moriarty. Vermont Dist. John Lindsey, P. Elder. Newburg, Tobias Spicer. Wethersfield, Josiah A. Scarrilt, Daniel Sullivan, John Finnegan, Friend W. Fletcher. Smith. Barnard, John Lord. New-Windsor, Nicholas White, Gilbert Vershire, Joel Steel. Lyon. Barre, /. F. Adams, David Leslie, Z. Newburg circuit, Jesse Hunt, John C. Adams, sup. Green. Athens, John G. Dow. Joshua Soule, transferred to the Balti Unity, Phineas Ball. more Conference. Danville, Samuel Norris. William Thacher, transferred to the Lyndon, Benjamin R. Hoyt, N. Spaulding, Philadelphia Conference. O. Scott. Charles D. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Craftsbury, Abraham Holway, Cahoon. Boston Dist. Edward Hyde, P. Elder. Norwich, Eleazer Wells. George Pickering, John N. Maftitt, Mad River, Wilder Mack. missionaries. New-Hampshire Boston, Elijah Hedding, Ephraim Wiley. Dist. Jacob Sanborn, Charlestown, Daniel Fillmore. P. Elder. Maiden, Leonard Frost, E. Steel. Portsmouth, Enoch Mudge. Lynn Common, Phineas Peck. Salisbury, Squire B. Haskel.^ Lynn Wood End, S. W. Wilson. Newmarket, John Brodhe'ad, Phineas Marblehead, Henry Bullfinch. Crandle. Salem, Jesse Fillmore. Salem, D. Dorchester, James Templeton. Scituate, Aaron D. Sargeant. Rochester, Damon Young, Wm. Gardner. Harwich and Barnstable, E. T. Taylor, Pembroke, Jotham Horton, Ezekiel W. Thomas Smith. Stickney. Sandwich, Frederick Upham. Bridgewater, Caleb Dustin. Wellfleet, Leonard Bennet, Unman Perry. Sandwich, William M'Coy. Falmouth, Nathan Paine. Canaan, Hershel Foster. Nantucket, Isaac Bonney. Tuftonborough, Joseph Kellam. Martha's Vineyard, John Adams. Landaff, David Culver, Abraham Merrill, New-Bedford, Splomon Sias. S. Kelly. Fair Haven, James P. Hervey. Lancaster, Charles Baker, James Norris. Isaac Jennison. Duxbury, Portland Dist. Elisha Slreeter, New-London Dist. /. A. Merrill, P. Elder. P. Elder. Portland, David Kilburn. New-London, T. W. Tucker. Kennebeck, Asa Heath. Norwich, Elisha Frink. Joseph Allen. Scarborough, James L. Bishop. Hebron, Ebenezer Blake, Milton French. Buxton, Job Pratt. Tolland, Joel W. M'Kee, Allen Barnes. Conway, Benjamin Brown. Elington and Warehouse Point, Moses Gray, Caleb Fogg, Elijah Spear. Fifield. Poland, James Jaques. Springfield, Thomas C. Pierce. Bethel, Joshua Randall. Ashburnham, Ella Dunham, Wm.Barstow. Livermore, John Briggs, Gorham Greely. Needham, Erastus Otis, George Fairbank. Readfield, Henry Trew, Gilman Moody. 392 Minutes for 1822.

Durham, Benjamin -Jiurnham, Eliphalet Courtlandt, SamU Bcebens, Morgan Sher Case. man. Manlius, Ralph tanning. Kennkrick Dist. Philip Mungcr, Marcellus, Tooker.Nath'I Salisbury. P. Elder. Manly Scipio, James Hall, Scth Mattison, sup. Industry, Philip Aycr. Auburn, Benjamin G. Paddock. Norridgewock, E. F. Netecll. Cayuga, Ira Fairbank, James Brown. Unity, Samuel Plummer. Ithaca and Caroline, Filch Reed, Dana Hallowell, David Hutchinson. Fox. Pittstown, Daniel Wentwnrth. Homer, Elias Bowen. Georgetown, Otis Williams. Bristol, True Page. Black River Dist. Renaldo M. Everts, Union, John Lewis, Nathaniel Devereaux. P. Elder. River, Lambert. Hamden, Stephen Lovel, Oliver Beal, sup. Black Chandley Exeter, Melville B. Cox. Malone, Alexander Irvine. Dixon, Vassalborough, John Atwell. St. Lawrence, Truman Squire Bath, Bartholomew Otheman. Chase, Roswell Parker. Fairfield, Sullivan Bray. Indian River, Jonathan M. Brooks. Le Roy', Isaac Smith, Orin Foot. Penobscot Dist. Benjamin Jones, Watertown, John Dempster. P. Elder. Sandy Creek, Caleb Kendall, John Er- Orrington, Ezra Kellogg. canbrack, George White. Penobscot, Samuel Baker. Oswego, James P. Aylsworth. Vinalhaven, Benjamin R. Lewis. Victory, Enoch Barnes, Joseph Williams. Thomastown, J. S. Ayer, Roswell Putnam. Susquehannah Dist. George Lane, Columbia, Peter Burgess. P. Elder. St. Croix, Heman Nickerson, John Shaw. Wyoming, John D. Gilbert, William W. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Rundell. Ontario Dist. Abner Chase, P. Elder. Canaan, Elisha Bibens. Lyons, James Kclsey, Denison Smith, /. Bridgewater, Asa Cummins, Mark Pres B. Alverson, sup. ton. Ontario, William Snow, Joseph .Gardner. Broome, Hiram G. Warner. Seneca, Palmer Robert, Chester V. Ad- Spencer, Joseph M'Creary, John Sayre. gate. Tioga, Gaylord Judd, Sophronius Stock Crooked Lake, Thomas Wright, Robert ing. Parker. Wyalusing, John Griffing, James Hodge. Catharine. Nathan B. Dodson. Owego, Horace Agard. Prattsburg, Asa Abel. Bainbridge, Joshua Rogers. Canisteo, Benjamin Sabin, Wm. Fowler. Upper Canada Dist. William Case, Geneva and Canandaigua, Geo. Harmon, P. Elder. Peter Baker, sup. Niagara, Ezra Adams, John Ryerson. Trumansburg, Edmund O'Fling. Lyons Creek, Thomas Demorest. Oneida Dist. Chas. Giles, P. Elder. Ancaster, Isaac B. Smith. Westmoreland and Rome, Zenas Jones, Long Point, David Culp. Geo. Ferguson. Joseph Baker. Thames, William Slater, John Parker. Western, Chas. Northrop, Ephraim Hall. Westminster, James Jackson. Litchfield, Dan Barnes, Alanson Gifford. Young-street, Daniel Shepardson. Otsego and Cooperstown, Orin Doolittle, York and New Settlements, Keneth M'K. Eli Allen. Smith, missionary. Herkimer, Isaac Stone, Benjamin Ship- Grand River, Alvin Torry, missionary. man. Bat Quintie Dist. Henry Ryan, P. Elder. Canajoharie, Henry Peck. Bay Quintie, James G. Peal, Wyatt Paris, Hezckiah Field. Chamberlin. Utica, George Peck. , Smith's Creek, Samuel Belton. Chenango Dist. Geo. Gary, P. Elder. Belville, Charles Wood. Chenango, Geo. W. Densmore, Ebenezer Hallowell, Calvin N. Flint. Doolittle. Augusta Thomas Madden. Lebanon, Wm. Cameron, Joseph Atwood. Cornwall, to be supplied. Pompey, Isaac Grant, Timothy Goodwin. Attawa, William H. Williams ; Minutes for 1823. 393

Rideau, Ezra Heely. Quest. 16. Where and when shall our next Perth, Franklin Metcalf. Conferences be held ? Kingston, Philander Smith. 1. Ohio Conference, at Marietta, Sep Genesee Dist. Goodwin Stoddard, tember 5, 1822. P. Elder. 2. Kentucky Conference, at Lexing Sweden, James S. Lent. ton, September 25, 1822. Batavia, John Arnold, Asa Orcott. 3. Missouri Conference, at St. Louis, Caledonia, Micah Seager, Jasper Ben October 24, 1822. nett. 4. Tennessee Conference, at Ebenezer, Rushford, James Hazen, Philetus Parkus. Green county, near Greenville, East Ten Olean, Warren Bannister. nessee, October 16, 1822. Geneseo, James Gtimore, John Beg 5. Mississippi Conference, at John garly- M'Ray's, Chickasawhay River, Decem BloomfieM, Cyrus Story, Andrew Prindel. ber 5, 1822. Rochester, Elisha House. 6. South Carolina Conference, Savan Orangeville, Wm. Jones, John Casert. nah, Ga., February 20, 1823. Elba, Jonathan E. Davis. 7. Virginia Conference, at Lynchburg, Norwich, James B. Roach. March 19, 1823. Erie Dist. Gleason Fillmore, P. Elder. 8. Baltimore Conference, at Baltimore, French Creek, Josiah Kies. April 17, 1823. Lake, Richard Wright, Sylvester Cary. 9. Philadelphia Conference, at Phila Chetauque, Parker Buel. delphia, May 8, 1823. Eden, Ira Branson, John Copeland. 10. New- York Conference, at Malta, Buffalo, Zechariah Paddock. or Balston, East Line, May 28, 1823. Ridgeway, Isqic Puffer. 11. New-England Conference, at Pro Clarence, Elijah Boardman. vidence, Rhode Island, June 12, 1823. North East, Andrew Peck. 12. Genesee Conference, at Westmore Loring Grant, Conference missionary. land, Oneida county, N. Y., July 15, 1823.

MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FOB THE YEAR 1823.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial t TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. Wiley Leadbetter, Josiah Smith, John H. Holland, Wm. Johnson, Francis Owen, Billings O. Plimpton, John Crawford, S. Clardy, Carl, Albert G. Richardson, Orin Gilmore, So Benjamin Joseph Loren zo D. Overall, Felix Parker, Luellen lomon Maneer, John Jean, Aaron Wood, Jones, Jones, John Cannon, Jas. James Rowe, George Gatch, James C. Ephraim D. Harris, William Conn, Isaac W. Sul Taylor, Nehemiah B. Griffith, Levi livan, William Millin, Abner Bowen, White, William Westlake— 13. Coleman Harwell, James W. Allen, Jas. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. Y. Crawford, John W. Witten, William Edwin Ray, John P. Finley, Jonathan Cumming, Isaac Lewis, William Hammet, G. Tucker, James Milligan, Henry W. Arthur M'Clure, Edward T. Perry, Ash Hunt, Uriel Hawe, Major Stanfield, John ley B. Rozzel, Richard F. Jarrett, Nicho Jones, George Stevens—9. las T. Scales, John W. Camp, Thomas MISSOURI CONFERENCE. H. Cannon, Thomas J. Nealy, Thomas Smith, Greenberry Garret, Ambrose F. Samnel Hull, Stephen Beggs, Freder Dreskill, Barton Brown, Josiah Rhoton, ick Leach, Cornelius Ruddle, Lorenzo John White, John Ker— 39. Edwards, John Ingersoll, William Bryant, Thomas Randle, William Smith, William MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. Roberts, John Wood, William Ryan, Gil Marcus Henderson, Jonas Westerland, bert Clark, Isaac N. Piggott — 14. William M. Curtis, Edward Harper, John