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. Minutes for 1812. 203 MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

FOR THE YEAR 1812.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial ? Emory, Robert Bowzer, Walter Sleeper, WESTERN CONFERENCE. Joseph Ierson— 13. John Cord, John Caliman, Francis Lan- GENESEE CONFERENCE. drum, Jonathan Stamper, Elias Turner, James Gilmore, Renolda Everts, Jo Jesse Spurgeon, Robert W. Finley, Chas. seph Hickcox, James S. Lent, Ebenezer Bonwell, Geo. Ekins, Benj. Rhoten, Jesse Doolittle, Elisha Bebins, Gideon Cunningham, Richard Conn, Thomas D. Lanning Porter, William Dixon, William M'Me- han, Charles Waddle, John M'Mehan, Quest. 2. Who remain on trial ? Samuel Belamv, David Goodner, Sha- WESTERN CONFERENCE. drach B. A. Carter, William Hart, Sam'l John M'Farland, Matthew Nelson, Ba Lnwis, Joseph Foulks — 23. ker Wrather, James Dixon, Thos. Wright CONFERENCE. Walter Griffith, Thomas A. King, John Griffin Christopher, Thomas Standley, Phipps, Daniel Fraley, John Strange, Benjamin Scott, Allen Turner, Nicholas James M'Mehan, Caleb J. Taylor, Isaac Talley, James Sharp, Benjamin Ogletree, Pavey, Marcus Lindsey, George A. Col John Freeman, Henry Bass, Nicholas bert— 15. Punch, L. Q. C. Deyampert, James Ko- SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Britton Bunch, John Bunch, Jacob Solomon Bryan, Lewis Hatton, Daniel fer,[ill, Hugh M'Phaill, Archibald Brown, Brown, John Sewell, John I. E. Byrd, James L. Belin, Alexander H. Saunders, John Boswell, Samuel Jenkin, Reuben Benjamin Brown, Charles Dickinson —21. Tucker, James Hutto, Andrew Pickins, CONFERENCE. James Hayes, Samuel M. Meek, Ashley Thomas Puckett, Peter Wyatt, Minton Hewitt, John Shrock — 14. Thrift, James Thomas, Swain Swift, Mat VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. thew M. Dance, John Giles, John R. James Avant, Joshua Lawrence, James Bradley— 8. Sandford, William M. Elliott, Samuel BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Waggoner, John Mallory, Jesse Branch, Lewis R. Fechtige, John Bull, Jacob Henry Holmes, Samuel Hunter, John C. Foreman, Thomas Sewell, Wm. Shanks, Traylor, Lewis Kimbell, Abraham Trail Francis A. Monjar, Daniel Davisson, Ro —12. bert Hanna, Joshua Windsor, Oliver BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Woodworth, John Somerville, Amos John C. French, James — M'Cann, Abel Barnes 12. Robinson, Jacob Gorwell — 4. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Joseph S. Colgan, David Dailey, John Joseph Lybrand, Samuel P. Levis, Townsend, George Banghart— 4. James Smith, William Ryder, William NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. W. Foulks, Manning Force, William Leonard, John — Theodosius Clark, Thomas Thorp, Finley 8. Elisha P. Jacob, Tobias Spicer, Abraham NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Daniels, Stephen Beach, JosiahF. Cham John B. Matthias, Gilbert Lyon, Ben berlain. Beardsley Northrop, Stephen Ja jamin Griffen, Cyrus Culver, John T. — cob, William Roes, Gad Smith U. Addoms, Hawley Sandford, Samuel Wea NEW- ENGLAND CONFERENCE. ver, John B. Stratton, John Reynolds, Jesse John Paine, John Vickorv, John Ad Hunt, Elijah Hibbard, David Lewis, Almond — ams, John Adams, jun., Benjamin Shaw, Dunbar, Samuel Luckey 14. Benjamin Hezelton, Benjamin Burnham, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Thomas Tucker, Jacob Sanborn. Richard Aaron Lummus, James Jaques, Wil 204 Minutes for 1812. liam Marsh, John Lewis, Thomas Norris, GENESEE CONFERENCE. David Blanchard, Daniel Fillmore, Cyrus Peregrine Hallett, Jonathan Huestis, Cummins, John Atwell, Harvey Morey, Seth Mattison, William Brown, Samuel John Jewett — 11. L. Rawleigh, Reuben Farley, Abner GENESEE CONFERENCE. Chase, Joseph Kinkead, Dan Barnes, Noah Bigelow, Samuel Thompson, Ben Silas Hopkins, Enoch Burdock, Mar- jamin G. Paddock, James H. Baker, maduke Pearce, Ralph Lanning, Palmer Edward Cooper, Peter Covenhoven — 15. Roberts, Ira Fairbank, Orin Doolittle, Elijah King, Truman Gillett, John Haz- Quest. 4. Who are the deacons ] zard— 10. Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year. WESTERN CONFERENCE. Quest. 3. Who are admitted into full B. Thomas Nelson,* connection ? James Finley,* Samuel West,* Alexander Cummins,* WESTERN CONFERENCE. Samuel Heliums,* Samuel H. Thomp James B. Finley, Thomas Nelson, son,* John Manley,* Francis Travis,* Samuel West, Alexander Cummins, Sa John Brown,* M. Lindsey,* missionary, muel Heliums, Samuel H. Thompson, Henry M'Daniel,* Michael Ellis, Samuel John Manley, Francis Travis, John King, Lewis Anderson, William Lamb- Brown, Charles Holliday, Henry M'Dan- den, Richard Richards, John Johnson, iel, Michael Ellis, John Page, Samuel Thomas Kirkman, John Lewis, William King, Frederick D. Wimberly, John Jen Winans, William B. Elgin, Isaac Lind — nings, John S. Ford 17. sey, Josiah Crawford, F. D. Wimberly, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. elect, John Jennings, elect, John S. Ford, elect— 26. Alexander Talley, Thomas Griffin, John Tarrant, John S. Capers, Drury SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Powell, Henry D. Green, Alexander M. Alex. Talley,* Alexander M. M'Ew M'Ewen, John B. Glenn, Michael Durr, en,* Thomas Griffin,* John B. Glenn,* James Capers, Whitman C. Hill, Andrew Andrew Grambling,* John Tarrant,* Mi Grambling — 12. chael Durr,* John S. Capers,* James VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Capers,* Henrv D. Green,* Whitman C. Hill,* Powell,* William S. Talley, Erasmus Stimson, Josiah Morton, Drury Lewis Hobbs, Anthony Senter, Nicholas Thomas M. Bacon, Robert Gilbraith — 4. Powers, Jacob Rumph, Thomas D. Glenn, BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. William Capers, Joseph Saltonstall, Ro John Davis, John White, John W. bert L. Kennon — 21. Bond, James Stevens, Wesley Webster, VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. William Monroe, Asby Pool, Nathan Erasmus Stimson,* Josiah Morton,* Lodge, Tobias Reiley, Ezra Grover, Ro Thomas M. Bacon,* Robert Gilbraith,* bert Wilson, James Wilson— 12. Thomas Cooper, Jos. N. Kilpatrick, Joel PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Burgess, Wm. Compton, Jesse Brown, William Torbert, Lawrence Lawren- James Morris, Thomas Moore, Henry son, John Price, William Williams, John Hardy, Robert Griffith, Jacob Hill, Ethel- Emory, John Van Schoick, Samuel Grif bert Drake, John Moore, Thomas Burge, fith, Thomas Davis, John Fernon — 9. Caleb N. Bell, Leroy Merritt— 19. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. John Russel, John Haskins, Timothy John Davis,* John White,* John W. Minor, Stephen Richmond, Justus Bying- Bond,* James Stevens,* Wesley Web ton, Arnold Scolefield, Peter Bussing, ster,* William Monroe,* Asby Pool,* Na Samuel Bushnell, Heman Garlick —9. than Lodge,* Tobias Reiley,* Ezra Gro ver,* Robert Wilson,* James Wilson,* NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Joseph Frye, , Richard Dane, Nathan B. Ashcraft, Francis Ar- Tidings, James Ewen, James M. Han temas Stebbins, Sabin, Orlando Benjamin son, Joseph Lanston, Simon Lauck — 19. Hinds, Stephen Wingate, Joseph Lull, Jonathan Worthen, Joseph Dennett, Elias PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Marble, Leonard Bennett, Ethan Stevens William Torbert,* Lawrence Lawren —12. son,* John Price,* William Williams,* Minutes for 1812. 205

John Emory,* John Van Schoick,* Sa BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. muel Griffith,* Thomas Davis,* John Joshua Monroe, Eli Henkle, Daniel Fernon,* James Quail,* John Woolson, Stansbury, Jacob Snyder, Benedict Rey Thomas Miller, John Smith, Stephen nolds — 5. Martindale, John Fox, James Laws, Dan PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE — 17. iel Ashton William S. Fisher, Thomas Neal, John NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Sharpley, Avra Melvin — 4. John Russell,* John Haskins,* Timo NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. thy Minor,* Stephen Richmond,* Arnold Friend Draper, Jas. Edmonds, Cyprian Scolcfield,* Peter Bussing,* Samuel Bush- H. Gridley, Bela Smith, William Jewett, nell,* Heman Garlick,* Marvin Richard Robert Hibbard, Justus Byington — 7. John B. son, Coles Carpenter, Matthias, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Jacob Beeman, William Biagborne— 13. John W. Hardy, David Kilbourn, Win. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Hinman, Leonard Frost — 4. Francis Dane,* Nathan B.- Ashcrafl,* GENESEE CONFERENCE. Artemas Stebbins,* Sabin,* Benjamin Or Geo. Thomas, elect, John Rhodes, elect, lando Hinds,* Stephen Wingate,* Joseph Samuel Ross, Chandley Lambert, John Lull,* Jonathan Worthen,* Den Joseph Kimberlin —5. nett,* Elias Marble,* Leonard Bennett,* Robert Arnold,* Ethen Stevens, elect, Quest. 6. Who are the and super Benjamin Jones, John Lindsey, William intendents ? Frost, Dan'l Wentworth, Isaiah Emerson, , William M'Kendree —2. Amasa Taylor, Geo. Gary, Edward Hyde, *.* Doctor Coke, at the request of the Robert Hayes, Benjamin R. Hoyt, Abner British Conference, and by consent of our Clark— 24. General Conference, resides in Europe : GENESEE CONFERENCE. he is not to exercise the office of superin Peregrine Hallett,* Jonathan Huestis,* tendent among us, in the , the General Con Seth Mattison,* Samuel L. Rawleigh,* until he be recalled by Annual Conferences v William Brown,* Reuben Farley,* Abner ference, or by all the Chase,* Joseph Kinkead,* Dan Barnes,* respectively. Noah Bigelow,* Samuel Thompson,* Ben Quest. 7. Who have located this year? jamin G. Paddock,* Samuel H. Baker, WESTERN CONFERENCE. elect, Edward Cooper, elect, Peter Coven- Eli Truett, Hezekiah Shaw, Caleb W. hoven, elect, Thos. Wright, Loring Grant, Cloud, Thomas Trower, Henry Mallory, Isaac Puffer, Joseph Gatchell, George W. Saul Henkle, John Holmes — 7. Densmore, John Wilson — 21. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Quest. 5. Who have been elected and or Reddick Pierce, Charles L. Kennon, dained elders this year ? Thomas Mason, Matthew P. Sturdevant, WESTERN CONFERENCE. Robert L. Edwards, Coleman Harwell, Urban Cooper— 7. Charles Holliday, John Cragg, John Henninger, Jacob Turman, Thomas Stil- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. well — 5. Wm. Barnes, Pleasant Thurrnan, Wm. W. Hendrick, Benjamin Devany, Jesse SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Butler, James Smith, Thos. P. Anderson, Charles L. Kennon, Coleman Harwell, Samuel Duty, William W. Hill, Thomas Thos. Mason, Moses Andrew, Richmond Anderson, John Owen— 11. Nolley, Benjamin Dulany, Thomas Y. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Cook—7. Allen Green, Robert Bolton, Joseph VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Carson, Peter Beaver — 4. Alex. Sale, James M. Arthur, Edmund PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Wright, Jesse Butler, James Smith, Thos. Robert Sparks, Jacob Hevener —2. Anderson, Thomas P. Anderson, John Anderson, Ewen Johnson, Thos. Neeley, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. John Humphries, Edward Cannon, James Truman , Phinehas Peck, Daniel Harris— 13. Brumly— 3. 206 Minutes for 1812.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Quest. 13. Who have died this year ? Stephen Bailey, Elijah It. Sabin, Thos. 1. Samuel Mills, — who was born in Asbury, Nathaniel W. Stearns, Samuel Northampton county, , Thompson, Stephen Wingate, Isaac Bnn- 1780. His parents were pious, and he ney, Benjamin Bishop, Martin Ruter — 9. was awakened, converted, and joined so GENESEE CONFERENCE. ciety in 1800. In 1801 he was a class- leader and exhorter. He was received Noah Bigelow, Samuel Thompson, Sa on trial in 1802, but his father's death, muel Ross, Timothy Lee — 4. which happened immediately after, pre Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerary vented his setting out at that time. preachers ? In 1804 he left all, and entered the VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Lord's vineyard, and was stationed in Ogeechee circuit, 1805 Little Pee Dee, Thomas Neeley, Jesse Brown —2. 1806 Columbia, 1807 Buneombe, 1808 BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Lincoln, 1809 Charleston, 1810 Milledge- John Pitts, Caleb Reynolds — 2. ville, 1811 Camden, where he died at the house of Absalom Blanchard, the 8th of PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. June, of a bilious complaint, which con Solomon Sharp, Joseph Scull—2. tinued eleven or twelve days. His confi NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. dence in God was strong, and he would fre shout forth his ; and Samuel Fowler. quently praise though frequently delirious, his mind seemed fixed NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. on the great work in which he had been John Brodhead, Zachariah Gibson, Pliny employed ; and the whole night before he Brett— 3. died, he was as if engaged in and preaching, rising on his feet and dismiss 9. Who are the superannuated and Quest. ing congregations. His last words were worn-out preachers ? a quotation from Luke xxii, 28, 29. WESTERN CONFERENCE. He was grave, with plainness in dress William Young, John M'Clure—2. and diet, never trifling in conversation, a strict his flock from BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. disciplinarian, visiting house to house, reproving and admonish Morris Howe, Thos. Lucas, Hezekiah — ing them : of course he was not among Harriman, Joseph Stone 4. the most popular, but he sought not the PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE, praise that cometh from man. He was a of , which he fre Robert M'Coy, John Smith, William P. witness Chandler, Jas. Polemus, Wm. M'Lenahan, quently pressed on his hearers. In Cam den he wished for the prosperity Thomas Everard — 6. ardently of Zion, and the fruit of his labours began NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. to be very visible. Immediately after, a Joseph Samson, Isaac Candee, Samuel revival commenced, and numbers profess Howe, Oliver Sykes— 4. ed to have been awakened by him. Thus, GENESEE CONFERENCE. though dead, he yet speaketh. 2. Nathan Weedon,— who was a native John P. Weaver, John Husselkus — 2. of Virginia, originally from the Northern Quest. 10. Who have been expelled from Neck, was recommended and received on the connection this year .' trial at the Annual Conference held at Ed mund North Carolina, in 1805, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Taylor's, and was appointed to Guilford circuit ; Thomas Stratton. 1806 to Mattamuskeet and Banks, 1807 to the Yadkin, 1808 to Trent, 1809 to Quest. 11. Who have withdrawn from the connection this year ? Franklin, 1810 to Roanoke, and in 1S11 on the circuit. None. he was stationed Salisbury Accordingly he took his appointment, but Qurst. 12. Were all the preachers' charac before he had gone twice round his circuit ters examined before the Conferences ? he was attacked with a pain in the head, This was strictly attended to by calling which at times produced symptoms of de over their names, one by one, before their lirium, and obliged him to have recourse respective Conferences. to a physician. He continued to receive Minutes for 1812. 207

medical aid until about the middle of Au converting grace of God, and became a gust, at which time, having somewhat member of the Methodist Episcopal Church regained his strength, he resumed his la about the year 1804. bours, and was sent by the presiding elder He entered the travelling connection in to the Yadkin circuit, where he continued 1808, and was appointed to labour on to travel, and sometimes preached. In Plattsburg circuit; in 1809 he was sta November he was more severely afflicted, tioned on Dunham ; 1810 on Thurman: at and suffered the loss of sight, which con the Conference in 1811 he volunteered to tinued more or less until his dissolution. accompany Bishop M'Kendree to the About five weeks before he died he Western Conference. After his depart preached his last sermon at Mrs. (Jor ure from New- York he was taken sick on dan's. His complaint increasing, was board the sloop, in which there were a productive of swelling, accompanied with number of preachers returning from Con a difficulty of breathing. About two weeks ference : upon consultation, it was thought before his death he went to William Shep- best to put him on shore at Poughkeepsie perd's, in Surry county, North Carolina, for the purpose of obtaining medical aid, where we hope he ended his labours and and he was accordingly put on shore on sorrows together, on the 26th of Decem Thursday evening and committed to the ber, 1811. It is well known that Nathan care of Doctor James Covell. On the Weedon had his peculiarities, but those next day it was discovered that his dis who were best acquainted with him be order was the small-pox, which it seems lieved him to be a man of God. This he he had taken while attending the Confer evinced a few hours before his departure : ence in New-York, and which proved to " conversing with a friend, he said, Last be of the confluent kind. night I felt the pains of death, but I am His disorder was severe, and its pro not afraid to die." gress rapid, so that it terminated in death It is worthy of remark here, that not the Monday evening following, being the withstanding all the symptoms of delirium 4th of June, 1811, about the 25th year of that had appeared, there was nothing sin his age. ful in any thing he said or did, and it was In all the relations which he filled believed he was perfectly in his senses the among us, as a private member of the night before he left this abode of sorrow. church, and as a travelling preacher, he Weedon is gone where the wicked cease was a young man of exemplary piety, and to trouble, and the weary are for ever at rest. highly respected by those who knew him. 3. Jesse Pinnell, — who was born Oct. In him the graces of the Spirit shone 27, 1783, in Culpepper county, Virginia, with a peculiar lustre, and the tenor of and professed to be converted on the 4th his life seemed to be a living and practi day of June, 1804. He was admitted into cal comment on the of Jesus Christ, the travelling connection in 1805, and his divine Master. Seriousness, quiet graduated to elders' orders, soon after which ness, meekness, and patience, were some his health began to fail, and he continued of his peculiar excellences, and in him to decline, and died on the 3d day of Feb these were seen in that degree which is ruary, 1812, in the 29th year of his age. seldom equalled, and perhaps never ex Jesse Pinnell was a young man of a ceeded. blameless and harmless character, and His last illness, which terminated the gave satisfactory proof of the soundness mortal scene, was short and severe, and of his conversion, and the genuineness of of a nature to give but little opportunity his experience as a Christian and as a for conversation about the things of God, minister of the gospel. he not being able to converse without great His affliction being lingering, and his pain ; yet there was Opportunity enough decline gradual, as is common in a con for him to express his firm confidence in sumption, he testified constantly to his his Redeemer, and the glorious hope of intimate friejids that God's grace was suf eternal life through him. From his con ficient for him, and he declared while he versation, which was solemn and savoury, could whisper, that he was happy, happy ! (as reported by those who were with him,) 4. Lansford Whiting. — For want of we conclude that there is no room left to correct information we are not able to say doubt that he has made a happy exchange when or where he was born, but it ap of a world of sorrow and pain for a world pears that he was made a subject of the of joy, peace, and everlasting Happiness ; 208 Minutes for 1812. where pain, sorrow, affliction, and death sidered as a strict disciplinarian where he are all done away ! Thus faithfully lived had the charge of a circuit. Naturally and triumphantly died our beloved bro he was a man of a slender constitution, ther, Lansford Whiting. May all his sur in consequence of which he often laboured viving brethren follow him as he followed with much bodily pain and weariness. Christ, that they may be prepared to rejoin He was a man subject to dejection, and him in the more fair region and happy frequently tempted and buffeted by the clime above ! devil ; so that truly it may be said that 5. Samuel Thomas. — It was in early he lived a suffering life ; but his end was life that this man of God became ac peace ! quainted with the power of , He was a man of great prayer, and dili through the instrumentality of the Meth gent in reading, meditation, and searching odist preachers, and became a member of the Holy Scriptures : this was obvious to the society in the infant state of Meth those among whom he preached. odism, in the state of New-Jersey, where A preacher once speaking of a fall he then lived. which he had from his horse, said it put After he married, his house for many him in mind of what he had heard father years was a welcome home for the Thomas (as he called him) say, that he preachers that came into the neigbour- never mounted his horse without com hood where he resided. mending himself and horse to God by For a number of years he was an ac prayer; for he firmly believed that the ceptable local preacher; during which providence of God extended to all events. time (the latter part especially) his mind In the fall of the year 1811 he thought was much exercised about travelling ; it his duty to remove with his daughter feeling an ardent desire to be more exten and son-in-law, and their family, to Cin sively useful in the church of God. He cinnati, in the state of Ohio, from whence at length found his way clear, and entered he wrote back to his friends, expressing into the travelling connection in the year himself well pleased with that frontier 1796, wherein he continued till he was country, and especially with the prosper called from his labours to enjoy the reward ous state of religion in those parts which, of the faithful. but a few years past, were only inhabited During the time he was able to travel by the tawny savage and prowling wild and fulfil the duties of a preacher on a beast ; but now this wilderness hath bud circuit, he filled the following stations ded, and blossometh as the rose. with respectability and usefulness :— 1796 Through the courso of last winter and and 1797 he was stationed on Flanders cir spring, he had several severe bilious at cuit; 1798,onElizabethtowncircuit; 1799, tacks, the last of which terminated in death, on Freehold ; 1800 and 1801,onNewburg; within three days after he was taken ill. 1802, on Bethel; 1803, on Elizabethtown ; During the short time of his last sickness he 1804 and 1S05, on Freehold; 1806 he said but little, though he appeared to be per was considered as a supernumerary, and fectly sensible ; yet what he did say gave was stationed in Brooklyn, and in 1807 in full evidence that he was dying in the New- York. He now becameso debilitated, Lord. When the awful messenger came, that in 1808 he was considered as superan he calmly submitted to his stroke without nuated or worn-out, so that he received a sigh or groan. Blessed are those who no more stations from the bishop and Con die in the Lord, from henceforth ; yea, ference, and seldom preached afterward. saith the Spirit, that they may rest from While he had strength of body to tra their labours ; and their works do follow vel and discharge the duties of a circuit them. O ! may we, who survive him, be preacher, he saw with delight the work followers of those who, through faith and of the Lord prosper through his instru patience, do now inherit the promises. mentality ; and on several circuits in par 6. Greenleaf R. Norris, — who died in ticular there was a great and glorious out the twenty-eighth year of his age, on the pouring of God's Spirit ; many were 29th of September, 1811, authe house of awakened and converted to God, and Mr. Richard Boardman, in Cambridge, large additions made to the church. , where he experienced the He was strongly attached to the doc most humane attention and friendly treat trines and discipline of the Methodist ment. Ho was born in the town of Ep- Episcopal Church ; and was ever con ping, state of New-Hampshire, and pro Minutes for 1812. 209

fessed faith in Christ when about twenty- Indiana District. Whites. Col. White Oak 1073 one years of age. He entered the work Whites. CoL White Water 567 of the ministry in his Illinois 411 twenty-third year, Delaware 345 and laboured on New-London, Tolland, Missouri 172 Maramack 117 Ashburnham, and Providence circuits, one 6205 42 Cold Water 83 Muskingum District. _year each ; and after he received elders' Cape Girar Fairfield 454 3 orders he was stationed in Boston, where deau 76 Wills Creek 466 11 New-Madrid 27 in the winter of 1810 he took a violent West Wheel- cold, which laid the foundation of a con ing 1150 916 sumption, with which he died. Marietta 386 Miami District. In the beginning of his illness he was Little Kana Cincinnati 812 wha 310 much distressed in spirit, but soon experi Mad River till Guyandott 163 enced consolation of mind. Some days Union (190 4 Letort Falls 207 before his death he was much elevated, Scioto 907 4 Knox 515 and praised God with a loud voice ; and Deer Creek 103 21 Tuscarawas 142 Enon 306 he retained his confidence, with very lit Pickaway 761 8 3823 34 tle intermission, until the closing scene. Have we not then good Scriptural SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. ground to hope that he is gone to the Oconee District. Bush River 837 135 abode of the blest, to join in the song of Appalachee 949 161 Keewee 544 21 Broad River 1111 225 Reedy River 514 53 the hundred and four thousand t to forty Alcovi 770 97 Congaree 592 158 praise God and the Lamb for ever and Columbia 134 183 ever? 2830 483 Enoree 729 156 As a minister he was acceptable and Sparta District. 5667 useful. He was well read in the Scrip- Sparta 661 321 4649 Milledgeville Camden District. tares, engaging and easy in his address, circuit 691 144 San tee 703 889 so that he was generally heard with Washington 359 74 Georgetown 85 816 pleasure and profit. But his warfare is Oakmulgee 332 38 Great Pee accomplished ; he has ceased from his St. Mary's .45 6 Dee 750 374 Ohoopee 150 34 Little Pee labours, and his works do follow him. Milledgeville 106 32 Dee 781 121 Satilla 120 8 Bladen 428 163 14. What numbers are in Quest. Society? Brunswick 632 380 WESTERN CONFERENCE. 2464 657 Wilmington 94 704 Ogeechee District. Fayetteville 130 162 Holston District. Kentucky District. Warren and Camden 93 51S Whites. Col. Whites. Col! Warrenton 825 136 Nollichuckie 456 17 Limestone 522 65 Little River 772 229 3751 4127 French-Broad 910 Licking 331 20 Augusta 75 29 Catawba District. Clinch 888 Lexington 733 70 Louisville 606 116 Buncombe 373 15 Holston 541 Hinkstone 845 85 Savannah 3 2 Morganton 323 IS Saltville 295 Sandy River 284 18 Black Swamp 96 55 Union 618 54 Powell's Val Fleming 620 25 Lincoln 652 120 ley 468 2377 567 Wateree 611 198 Carter's Val 3335 283 Saluda District. Rocky River 614 111 180 ley 7 Green River District. Charleston 282 3128 Montgomery 583 61 Tennessee Green River 613 31 Cypress 1190 597 Valley 330 21 Barren 544 26 Edisto 845 215 3774 578 Wayne 425 IS 4068 291 Cumberland 146 4 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Cumberland District. Danville 884 80 Norfolk District. Brunswick 475 153 Nashville S00 50 Salt River 351 II Edenton 70 140 Red River 478 99 Shelby 797 103 Norfolk 235 198 3775 1107 Roaring River65S 61 Creek 375 6 Portsmouth 117 148 James River District. Livingston 573 52 Suffolk 1196 455 Hartford 481 62 4075 279 Camden 741 524 Richmond 256 47 Duck River 400 40 Mississippi District. Bertie 627 235 Hanover 482 134 Elk 570 55 Wilkinson 53 Williamsburg 675 75 Dixon 712 71 Natchez 137 2986 1700 Gloucester 1137 53 Richland 163 7 Claiborne 101 Meherren District. Orange 422 49 Goose Creek 759 43 Amit 151 Greensville 748 501 Green Moun Henderson 165 10 Rapids 20 Mecklenburg 392 84 tain 518 109 8t.Vincennes 170 3 Washataw 12 Cumberland 286 11 Amherst 502 103 Flint 339 9 Attakapas 34 7 Buckingham 305 38 Bedford 455 103 Cash Creek 71 Tombeckbee 126 14 Sussex 732 190 Lynchburg 153 54 Amelia 750 55. 6033 562 639 150 Petersburg 87 75 4630 727 14 210 Minutes for 1812.

JVewbern District. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Raleigh 32 44 Cambridge 687 672 Trenton 212 45 Beaufort 541 492 Tar River 713 241 . — — New-River 416 160 Haw River 3'J3 129 9499 4323 2520 145 Pamlico 332 27 Raleigh cir. 437 160 West Jersey District. Black River 122 112 East Jersey District. Burlington 250 31 Neuse 167 53 2723 1099 Asbury 494 11 Freehold 736 63 Mattamuskeet, Sussex 587 5 New-Mills 857 33 Banks and Yadkin District Essex 381 13 Gloucester 1136 25 Islands 403 82 Rocky Mount 260 Bergen 395 27 Cumberland 949 45 Ncwbern 100 447 Franklin 430 81 Staten Is Salem 980 200 Washington 24 28 Guilford 6Gl 00 land 261 14 Camden 304 86 Salisbury 698 22 New-Bruns _— 2110 1401 Yadkin 303 49 wick 190 30 5212 483 Raleigh District. Iredell 576 29 NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. —— . Roanoke 579 417 New- York District. Pownal 628 6 102 2933 Caswell 569 341 New- York 2054 540 Chatham 600 11 BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. New-Ro- Dutchess 530 24 Baltimore District. Greenbrier District. chelle 464 56 — Baltimore cir. 725 234 Rockingham 711 154 Croton 543 19 3609 56 610 22 Great Falls 655 243 Staunton 180 79 Conrtlandt Champlain District. Fell's Point 403 204 Bottetoort 4f.fi 99 Suffolk and Brandon 586 1 Baltimore New-River 430 46 Sag Harbour 243 6 Charlotte 3.13 3 city 1528 863 Monroe 16 Jamaica 618 101 304 Fletcher 569 Severn 487 637 Greenbrier Brooklyn 140 70 331 27 Grand Isle 261 148 252 310 18 Annapolis Pendleton Dunham 335 Calvert 740 1517 350 10 4672 817 Randolph M alone 85 330 722 Rhinebeck District. Pr.George's Plattsburg 483 3072 449 Rhinebeck 497 8 Tironderoga 141 5015 4679 Redding 740 6 Monongahela District. Middlebury 60 Middletown Potomac District. Redstone 847 33 445 12 Litchfield 491 1 Stephensburg 428 145 Connelsville 640 10 2858 4 Winchester 101 48 Pittsburg 147 20 Pittsfield 445 3 Buckland 134 Hudson River District. Berkley 773 125 Shenango 43G 410 Loudoun 474 82 Erie 585 Whitineham Albany 137 15 Granville 317 2 cir. 507 3 Fairfax 337 229 Trumbull 444 1 Albany New-Haven 41 12 Schenectady 436 2 Stafford 335 40 Ohio 584 50 — Fredericks- East Wheel Delaware 701 4 3520 44 Ulster 446 5 burg 47 6 ing 249 Ash grove Lancaster 632 130 Greenfield 564 9 District. New-Wind Cambridge 646 10 sor 584 9 Alexandria 252 168 Monongahela 746 18 ^_mmm_ ^__ Thurman 172 Newburg 461 4 3 — 3372 973 5232 131 Montgomery 544 Saratoga 489 2 3272 47 Georgetown District. Carlisle District Washington Harford f.'.G 266 NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. city 91 54 Carlisle 525 44 Boston District. Truro 96 — Georgetown 190 120 Lyttleton 325 48 Lynn 230 Montgomery 546 552 Juniatta 170 3 Boston 264 23 2374 35 Frederick 639 363 Huntingdon 313 Marblehead 114 New-Londm i District. Frederick- Bedford 96 Salisbury and Tolland 349 2 town 59 80 Auckwhick 131 3 Greenland 165 Ashbumham 273 2 Alleghany 671 100 Mishannon 40 6 Poplin and Needham 249 1 ~_— — . —__ Salem 248 Providence 2396 1274 2206 370 Harwich 80 and Smith- Falmouth 100 field 281 PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Sandwich 150 East Green Schuylkill District. Queen Ann's 776 723 Scituate 47 wich 107 2 Philadelphia 1708 1340 Talbot 869 805 New-Bedford 50 Pomfret 215 Bristol 495 94 Caroline 384 337 Nantucket 202 12 New-London 555 15 Northampton Dover 787 471 Bristol and and Antala- Smyrna 887 648 Portsmouth 105 2029 22 ny 146 6 —— . Somerset, Vermont District. Lancaster cir. 481 45 5451 :3795 Warren, and Athens 188 Lancaster 8 Delaware District. Newport 113 Wetherefield 510 Dauphin 360 4 Milford 702 366 Easton and Barnard and Wilmington 142 178 Lewistown 901 372 Mansfield 133 White River 400 Chester 689 125 St. Martin's 442 387 New-Market Vershire 210 __ « Snow Hill 545 323 and Ports Barre 309 4029 1792 Accomack 775 534 mouth 87 Danville 273 1 Chesapeake District. Annamessex 812 684 Martha's Stanstead 234 4 Cecil 689 338 Somerset 813 445 Vineyard 100 __ Kent 559 473 Dorchester 819 540 Wcllueet and 2124 5 14* Minutes for 1812. 211

New- Hampshire Dial. Whites. Col. Quest. 15. Where are the preachers sta Whites. Col. Portland 168 2 tioned this year ? Grantham 244 1 The elders' names are printed in Italic. Landau" 446 1322 2 Lunenburg 250 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE. Bridgewater Kennebeck District. 287 Holston Dist. Frederick Stier, Sandwich 204 Readfield 205 P. Elder. Conway 91 Nomdge- Holston, Lewis Anderson, Jesse Cunning Tuftonbo- wock 135 ham. Haltowell rough 220 150 Nollichuckie, Samuel Sellers. Pembroke Vasselbo- 166 French-Broad, Norway rough 156 George Ekins, Josiah Plains 91 Boothbay 33 Crawford. Georgetown 53 Clinch, Sam'l H. Thompson, Rich. Conn. 1999 Industry 237 Powell's Valley, Thomas A. King. Orrineton 301 Portland District. Carter's Valley, John Henninger. Durham 298 Hamden 295 Bristol Tennessee Valley, William B. Scarborough 122 234 Elgin. Penobscot Falmouth 233 95 Cumberland Dist. James Gwinn, Union Bethel 109 231 P. Elder. Jjivermore 226 Red River and Goose Creek, Isaac Lind- Poland 166 2125 1 sey, John Manley, John A. Lewis. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Roaring River, Thomas Kirkman. Wayne, John Phipps. Susqurhannah District. 554 3 Somerset, Shadrach B. A. Carter. Lycoming 472 2 Scipio 456 Green Northumber Cayuga 420 8 River, James Dixon. land 588 Mexico 320 1 Barren, Richard Richards. Wyoming 404 Nashville Dist. Learner Blackman, Canaan 126 5029 20 Tioga 484 P. Elder. Canestio 230 Upper Canada District. Dixon, John Cragg. Holland Pur Augusta 450 Duck River, John Crane. chase Bay 655 665 Quintie Richland and Flint, Thomas Ontario 685 Smith'sCreek 120 Stilwe.ll, Lyons 812 Young-street 95 David Goodner. Seneca 600 Niagara 527 Elk, Joseph Foulks, Samuel Belamy. Ancaster and Cany Fork, John Page. 5064 34 Long Point 569 Nashville, Samuel Detroit King. Cayuga District. 130 4 Wabash Dist. James Axley, P. Elder. Chenango 412 2546 4 St. Vincennes, Jacob Turman. . Otsego 490 3 Lower Canada Patoka, Lebanon 370 District. Benjamin Edge. Herkimer 370 2 Quebec 26 Cash River, Baker Wrather. Black River 620 2 Montreal 52 Livingston, John Travis. 8t. Ottawha 97 Lawrence 144 Christian, Peter Cartwright. Westmore St. Francis 120 Henderson, land 620 William Hart. Western 253 1 295 Hartford, Francis Travis. Kentucky Dist. John Sale, P. Elder. RECAPITULATION. Sandy River, Marcus Lindsey. Whites. Col. Limestone, Henry M'Daniel, Caleb J. Western Conference - 29093 1648 Taylor. South Carolina Conference 20863 11063 Fleming, Samuel Heliums. Virginia Conference 19157 6275 Licking, Thomas D. Porter. Baltimore Conference - 21300 7888 Lexington, Chas. Holliday, Jon. Philadelphia Conference 23711 Stamper. 10538 Hinkstone, New- York Conference 17931 968 Matthew Nelson, Benjamin New-England Conference 11973 69 Rhoten. Genesee Conference - 12924 58 Salt River Dist. James Ward,?. Elder. 156852 38505 Danville, Thomas Lasley, John Caliman. 38505 Cumberland, Thomas Heliums. Madison, Thomas Nelson. Total 195357 Salt River, Joseph Total last year 184567 Ogleshy. Shelby, William Pattison. Increase this year 10790 Jefferson, Charles Bonwell. Preachers 688. Silver Creek, William M'Mehan. 212 Minutes for 1812.

Mississippi Dist. Samuel Dunwody, Louisville, H. D. Green, D. Brown, to P. Elder. change every 3' months, A. Pickins. Wilkinson, Sela Paine, Lewis Hobbs. Augusta, John Porter. Natchez, John Johnson, Samuel Lewis. Warrenton, Robert L. Kennon. Claiborne, John W. Kennon. Savannah, James Russell. , Amit, William Winans. Edisto Dist. William M. Kennedy, Rapids, Frederick D. Wimberly. P. Elder. Washataw, Thomas Griffin. Charleston, Francis Ward, Jacob Rumph. Attakapas, John S. Ford. Cypress, William Scott. Tombeckbee, Wm. Houston, Isaac Quinn. Saltcatcher, James Capers, John Boswell. New-Orleans, Miles Harper. Black Swamp, Reuben Tucker. Illinois Dist. Samuel Parker, P. Elder. Orangeburg, William Capers. Illinois, Jesse Walker, George A. Colbert. Bush River, John S. Capers, Allen Turner. Missouri, John Cord. Keewee, Jas. E. Glenn, Michael Burdge. Maramack, Thomas Wright. Broad River Dist. Hilliard Judge, Cold Water, Daniel Fraley. P. Elder. Cape Girardeau, John M'Farland. Congaree, Osborn Rogers. Miami Dist. Solomon Langdon, P. Elder. Sandy River, William Gassaway, John Cincinnati, William Burke, John Strange. Bunch. Mad River and Xenia, John Collins, Moses Wateree, Jas. Jenkin, Alex'r H. Saunders. Crwne. Enoree, Jesse Richardson, Andrew Gram- Scioto, Ralph Lotspeich. bling. Deer Creek, Robert Cloud, Chas. Waddle. Reedy River, Thomas D. Glenn. Lawrenceburg, Walter Griffith. Columbia, John Collimworth, to change Pickaway, James M'Mehan. after six months with Osborn Rogers. White Oak, Benjamin Lakin, Eli Turner. Camden Dist. Daniel Asbury, P. Elder. Salt Creek, Jesse Spurgeon. Santee, Wiley Warwick, Hugh M'Phaill. White Water, Robert W. Finley. Great Pee Dee, J. Hayes, A. Hewitt, G. Delaware, Alexander Cummins. Christopher. Brush Creek, Isaac Pavey. Little Pee Dee, Nicholas Talley, Thomas MusKtNOCM Dist. James Quinn, P. Elder. Stanley. Fairfield, Isaac Quinn, James B. Finley. Bladen, Lewis Hatton, Samuel Jenkin. Marietta, David Young, Thomas Branch. Brunswick, John Gamewell, Benj. Scott. Little Kanawha, John Brown. Georgetown, James Norton. Guyandott, Samuel West. Wilmington, Joseph Travis. Letart Falls, William Nixon. Fayetteville, William S. Talley. Knox, Elisha W. Bowman. Camden, Solomon Bryan. Tuscarawas, William Mitchell. Catawba Dist. Jonathan Jackson, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. P. Elder. Buncombe, Anthony Senter, Benj. Brown. Oconee Dist. Lovick Pierce, P. Elder. Morganton, James Hutto. Appalachee, Henry Bass, John I. E. Byrd. Union, Whitman C. Hill, Benj. Ogletree. Broad River, Moses Andrew, Jacob Hill. Lincoln, Robert Porter, Archibald Brown. Alcovi, Michael Durr, Nicholas Punch. Rocky River, John Hill, John Shrock. Sparta Dist. Joseph Tarpley, P. Elder. Montgomery, John Sewell, Jas. L. Belin. Sparta, Thomas Y. Cook, L. Q. C. Dey- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. ampert. Norfolk Dist. Richard Lattimore, Cedar Creek, John Tarrant, Jas. Roger. P. Elder. Washington, Alexander Talley. Norfolk, John Weaver. John B. Glenn. Ohoopee, Portsmouth, Thomas Moore. Satilla, Joseph Saltenstall, Britton Bunch. Suffolk, Edward Cannon, Minton Thrift. Milledgeville, Samuel M. Meek. Camden, Henry Holmes. St. Mary's, Benjamin Dulany. Edenton, Joel Arrington. Ogeechee Dist. Lewis Myers, P. Elder. Bertie,CAas.iJoi/n/rce,MatthewM. Dance. Warren, Nicholas Powers, John Freeman. Sussex, R. Griffith, Enoch Jones, T. Little River, Jesse Stance!!, Charles Dick Puckett. inson. Petersburg, John Anderson. Minutes for 1812. 213

Meiif.rren Dist. Philip Bruce, P. Elder. Calvert, Henry Smith, Jacob Foreman. Greensville, John Early, Josiah Morton. Prince George's, Simon Gillespie, Asby Mecklenburg, Ewen Johnson, Thos. Neely. Pool. Cumberland & Buckingham, Jesse Brown, Potomac Dist. Enoch George, P. Elder. John C. Traylor. Stephensburg, Beverly Waugh. Amelia, Hezekialt M'Lelland, R. Brad J. Winchester, Bunn. ley. Seely Berkley, Hamilton Jefferson, Geo. Askin. Brunswick, Robert Thompson, Thomas M. Loudoun, Eli Henkle, Thomas Sewell. Bacon. Fairfax, Richard Tidings, Oliver Wood- Bedford and Lynchburg, Joel Burgess, worth. Swain Thrift, John Giles. Stafford and Fredericksburg, John Davis, James Rives Dist. Thomas L. Douglass, Caleb Reynolds, John White. P. Elder. Lancaster, Ixisley Matthews. Richmond, Jesse Lee, Charles Callaway. Alexandria, Nicholas Snet/ien. Hanover, Thos. Pinnell, Robert Gilbraith. Georgetown Dist. Nelson Williamsburg, Stith Mead, Jas. Sandford. Reed, P. Elder. Gloucester, John C. Ballew, William M. Elliott. Washington city, Andrew Hemphill. Georgetown, Robert R. Roberts. Orange, John Lattimore, Win. Compton. Montgomery, Edward Green Mountain, Robert Barnes. Alfred Griffith, Matthews. Amherst, Alexander Sale, John Mallory. Fredericktown and Frederick circuit, John Newbern Dist. James Boyd, P. Elder. Swartzwelder, John Pitts, Joseph Lan- New-River, Edmund Wright, Joshua ston, James M'Cann. Lawrence. Alleghany, James Reid, Jacob Sneyder, J. Beaufort, Humphrey Wood, James Avant. Windsor. Neuse, Christopher S. Mooring. Greenbrier Dist. Pamlico and Terrill, Thos. Cooper, Christopher Frye, Caleb P. N. Bell. Elder. Rockingham, John G. Watt, Ezra Mattamuskeet, Jacob Hill. Grover. Staunton, Daniel Banks, Lewis Kimbell. Stansbury. Bottetourt, Wesley Webster, Rob't Hanna. Newbern, Leroy Merritt. New-River, James Paynter. Washington, James M. Arthur. Monroe, James Wilson. Black River, John Humphries. Greenbrier, Benedict Reynolds. Raleigh Dist. John Buxton, P. Elder. Pendleton, Gerard Morgan. Haw River, Thomas Mann, Peter Wyatt. Carlisle Dist. Robert Burch, P. Elder. Caswell, Henry Warren, Jesse Branch. Harford, Tobias Reiley, John Bull. Tar River, Cannellum H. Hines. Carlisle, W. Houston, N. Lodge, J. Ewen. Roanoke, Josiah Philips, James Thomas. Lyttleton, James Hunter, NaMl B. Mills. Raleigh, Samuel Garrard, Erasmus Stim- Juniatta, Eli Towne. son. Huntingdon and Mishanon, Wm. Butler, Raleigh city, James Morris. Jolm Thomas. Yadkin Dist. William Jean, P. Elder. Bedford, John Watson. Rocky Mount, Henry Hardy. Auckwhick, James Stevens. Franklin, James Harris, Abraham Trail. Chambersburg, Robert Wilson; Guilford, Ethelbert Drake. Monongahela Dist. Jacob Salisbury, John Moore, Samuel Hunter. Gruber, P. Elder. Iredell, Jos. N. Kilpatrick, S. Waggoner. Jacob Yadkin, Thomas Burge. Pittsburg, Dowell. Connelsville, Simon Ijauck, Lewis R. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Fechtige. Baltimore Dist. Joshua Wells, P. Elder. Redstone, John Meek, Joshua Monroe. Baltimore, Job Guest, Sam'l Montgomery. Greenfield, John West, William Monroe. Great Falls, David Stevens, John W. Bond. Monongahela, Thornton Fleming, William Fell's Point, William Ryland. Shanks. Baltimore city, E. Cooper, A. Shinn, J. East Wheeling, Amos Barnes. Smith, J. Frye. Ohio, James M. Hanson, F. A. Monjar. Severn, Joseph Toy, John C. French. Mahonan, James Reiley. Annapolis, Retin Hammond. Randolph, James Charles. 214 Minutes for 1812.

*»* Daniel Hall having been seriously Bergen, Daniel Fidler, John Finley. afflicted, the Conference hath desired that Staten Island, Sylvester Hill. no station may be given him this year, New-Brunswick and Trenton, Josep h Tot- that by desisting from preaching he may ten, William Mills. recover his health. West Jersey Dist. Michael Coate, Ohio Dist. Jacob Young, P. Elder. P. Elder. Shenango, William Knox. Burlington and Camden, Joseph Osburn, Erie, James Watts, Jacob Gorwell. John Woolson. Trumbull, Thos. J. Crockwell, J. Somer- Freehold, Nathan Swain, James Quail. ville. New-Mills, Geo. Woolley, Samuel Budd. Grand River, Abraham Daniels. Gloucester, John Fox, John Townsend. Beaver, Abel Robinson, Daniel Davisson. Cumberland, Wm. Smith, Joseph Bennett. Wills Creek, William Lambden. Salem, Daniel Ireland, Wm. Leonard. Cross Creek, Michael Ellis, John M'Me- Henry Boehm travels with Bishop As han. bury this year. West Wheeling, John Clingan. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Daniel Hit I, Thomas Ware, editors and Schuylkill Dist. Wm. Hunter, P. Elder. general book stewards. Philadelphia —St. George's, Ebenezer, & New-York Dist. Freeborn Garrettson, Zoar, Stephen G. Roszel, James Moore, P. Elder. Thomas Boring. New- York, Joseph Craxoford, William Union, Kensington, and Bethel, Thomas Phabus, Laban Clark, Phinehas Cook. F. Sargent, John Robertson. New-Rochelle, Eben Smith, Jonathan Bristol and Northampton, Richard Sneath, Lyon. John Walker, John Fernon. Croton, Henry Eames, John Russell. Dauphin and Antalany, William Fox,Wxa. Courtlandt, Luman Andrus, Zalmon Lyon. W. Foulks, Samuel P. Levis. Jamaica, Wm. Thaclu r, Theodosius Clark. Lancaster and Lancastertown, Jos. Saun Sag Harbour, Noble W. Thomas. ders, James Mitchell, William Torbert. Suffolk, Samuel Bushnell. Chester, Thos. Dunn, William S. Fisher. Brooklyn, Lewis Pease. Wilmington, James Bateman. Rhinebeck Dist. Elijah Woolsey, P. Chesapeake Dist. John M'Claskey, Elder. P. Elder. Rhinebeck, Billy Hibbard, Coles Car Cecil, James Akins, Thomas Miller. penter. Kent, David Best, Thomas Smith. Dutchess, W. Anson, W. Swayze, M. Richardson. Queen Ann's, John Sharpley, John Smith. Pittsfield, M. Smith, Friend Talbot, Wm. Bishop, J. Emory, J. Scull. Jas. Draper. Buckland, Peter Bussing. Delaware Dist. Jos. Smith, P. Elder. Granville, Reuben Harris, Thos. Thorp. Smyrna, George Sheets, William Ryder. Litchfield, James Coleman, Benj. Griffen. Dover, Asa Smith, Manning Force. Redding, Seth Crmvell, Gilbert Lyon, S. Caroline, John Price, Joseph S. Colgan. Beach. Cambridge, Thos. Davis, Samuel Griffith. Middletown, Aaron Hunt, Arnold Scole- Dorchester, James Ridgaway, Jas. Smith. field. Milford, Jas. Herron, S. Sharp, D. Daily. New-Haven, Phinehas Rice, Gad Smith. Le wist own, Daniel Ashton. AshgroveDist. Peter Moriarty,P. Elder. St. Martin's, Lawrence Lawrenson. Cambridge, Datus Ensign, Samuel Wea Somers.et, John Collins, John Wiltbank. ver. Snow Hill, Thos. Elliott, Joseph Lybrand. Thurman, Tobias Spicer. Annamessex, Thomas Walker, William Montgomery, Ezekiel Canfield, Francis Williams. Brown. Accomack, Avra Melvin. Joseph Aydelott, Saratoga, Smith Arnold, Abm. Daniels. East Jersey Dist. Peter Vannesl, Chatham, John Crawford, John B. Mat P. Elder. thias. Asbury, David Bartine, Charles Reed. Whitingham, Cyrus Culver, John Rey Sussex, Thomas Neal, Geo. Banghart. nolds. Morrfs, Stephen Martindale, J. Van Pownal, Samuel Cochran, Stephen Rich Bohoick. mond. Minutes for 1812. 215

Troy, Peter P. Sandford. Vermont Dist. Eleazar Wells, P. Elder. Champlain Dist. Sam'l Draper,!?. Elder. Athens, Benjamin Shaw. Brandon, David Lewis, Beardsley Nor Wethersfield, David Kilbourn, John Jcw- throp. ett. Charlotte, Thos. Madden, John Haskins. Barnard, Benjamin R. Hoyt. Fletcher, Justus Byington, John B. Strat- Vershire, Erastus Otis. ton. Barre, Ebenezer F. Newell, Joseph Den Grand Isle, Gershom Pearce. nett. Dunham, John T. Addoms, Wm. Ross. Danville, David Blanchard, Cyrus Cum M alone, Cyprian H. Gridley. mins. Plattsburg, Herman Garlick, Elisha P. Stanstead, Leonard Bennett. Jacob. New-Hampshire Ticonderoga, Timothy Minor. Dist. Solomon Sias, P. Elder. Hudson River Dist. Daniel Ostrander, Grantham, Harvey Morey, Benjamin He- P. Elder. zelton. Albany, Samuel Merwin. Landaff, Rohert Haves, James Jaques. Albany circuit, Andrew APKain, Jesse Lunenburg, Joseph Lull, Benj. Burnham. Hunt. Bridgewater, John W. Hardy, Richard Schenectady, Henry Stead, John Finne- Emory. gan. Sandwich, Hezekiah Field. Delaware, Bela Smith, A. Dunbar, H. Conway, Francis Dane. Sandford. Tuftonborough, Leonard Frost, Walter Ulster, Wm. Jewett, Elijah Hibbard. Sleeper. New-Windsor and White Lake, John Pembroke, Joseph Peck, Jacob Sanborn. Klino, James Edmonds, Stephen Jacob. Norway Plains, Abner Clark. Newburg, Nathan Emory, J. Beeman, S. Fowler. Portland Dist. Oliver Beale, P. Elder, Durham, Ebenezer Blake, John Adams, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. jr. Scarborough, Philip Ayer, Joseph Ierson Boston Dist. Geo. Pickering, P. Elder. Falmouth, Jonathan Worthen, John Paine, Lynn, Joshua Soule, Daniel Webb. Bethel, Daniel Fillmore. Boston, William Stevens, Wm. Hitunan. Livermore, Benjamin Jones. Marblehead, Nathan B. Ashcraft. Poland, Ethen Stevens, John Adams. Salisbury and Greenland, Lewis Bates. Portland, John Lindsey. Poplin and Salem, Benjamin F. Lambord, Orlando Hinds. Kennebeck Dist. Chas. Virgin,?. Elder. Readfield, Gibson, Thomas F. Harwich, Pliny Brett. Zechariah Norris. Falmouth, Joseph A. Merrill. Sandwich, Aaron Lummus. Norridgewock, Joshua Randle. Hallowell, Samuel Hillman. Scituate, Jonathan Chaney. Vasselborough, Daniel Wentworth. New-Bedford, Nehemiah Coye. John Atwell. Nantucket, Elijah Hedding. Boothbay, George Bristol and Portsmouth, Asa Kent. Georgetown, Gary. Somerset and Warren, Artemas Slebbins. Industry, . Wilkinson. Newport, William Frost. Orrington, John Hamden, Williamson. Easton and Mansfield, T/ienphilus Smith. John Stimson, Caleb New-Market and Durham, John Brodhead. Bristol, David Fogg. Penobscot, Isaiah Emerson. Portsmouth, Jordan Rexford. Martha's Vineyard, Edward Hyde. Union, Amaaa Taylor. Wellfleet and Truro, Robert Arnold. GENESEE CONFERENCE. New- London Dist. Joel Winch, P. Elder. Genesee Dist. Gideon Draper, P. Elder. Tolland, Elias Marble, Thomas Tucker. Shetockway, Benjamin G. Paddock. Ashburnham, Joel Steel, John Lewis. New -Amsterdam, Anning Oioen. Needham, Elisha Streeter, John Vickory. Caledonia, Renolda Everts. Providence and Smithfield, Benj. Sabin. Bloomfield, John Wilson, William Brown. East Greenwich, William Marsh. Ontario, Palmer Roberts, Truman Gillett. Pomfret, Philip Munger. Lyons, William Sncw, James Gilmore. New-London, Warren Banister, Robert Seneca, Elijah Batchelor, Peregrine Hal- Bowzer. lett. 216 Minutes for 1813.

Cayuga, James Kelsey, Samuel L. Raw- Bay QuinUe, Isaac B. Smith, John Rey leigb. nolds. Scipio, Joseph Willis, Ira Fairbank. Smith's Creek, Thomas Whitehead. Gatchell. Suscjuehannah Dist. George Harmon, Young-street, Joseph P. Elder. Niagara, Andrew Prindle, Ninian Holmes. Ancaster and Point, Enoch Bur Lycoming, John Hazzard, Jas. S. Lent. Long Shamokin, James H. Baker, James Hick- dock, Peter Covenhoven. cox. Detroit, George W. Densmore. Northumberland, Geo. Thomas, Ebenezer Lower Canada Dist. Nathan Bangs, Doolittle. P. Elder. Wyoming, John Kimberlin, ElishaBebins. Montreal, Nathan Bangs. Canaan, Loring Grant, Orin Doolittle. Quebee, Thomas Burch. Lebanon, Dan Barnes. Ottawha, Robert Hibbard. Shenango, Chandley Lambert. St. Francis River, Samuel Luckey, J. F. Broome, Elijah King. Chamberlain. Tioga, Marmaduke Pearce, Abraham Quest. 16. Where and when shall our Dawson. next Conferences be held t Newtown, Thomas Wright. 1. Ohio Conference, at Chillicothe, Oc Oneida Dist. William Case, P. Elder. tober 1, 1812. Westmoreland, Asa Cummins, Abner 2. Tennessee Conference, Fountain- Chase. head, November 1, 1812. Pompey, Jonathan Huestis, Gideon Lan- 3. SouthCarolinaConference, at Charles ning. ton, December 19, 1812. Otsego, Ebenezer White, Ralph Lanmng. 4. Virginia Conference, at Newbern, Herkimer, Luther Bishop, Wm. B. Laey. (N. C.,) February 10, 1813. Western, Charles Giles. 5. Baltimore Conference, Baltimore, Turin, Reuben Farley. March 24, 1813. St. Lawrence, Isaac Puffer. 6. Philadelphia Conference, at Philadel Black River, Joseph Kinkead. phia, April 21, 1813. Mexico, Isaac Teller. 7. New-York Conference, at Amenia, Utica, Seth Matlison. May 20, 1813. Upper 8. Conference, at New- Canada' Dist. Henry Ryan, New-England P. Elder. London, June 20, 1813. Augusta, J. Rhodes, E. Cooper, S. Hop 9. Genesee Conference, Westmoreland, kins. July 9, 1813.

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

FOE THE YEAR 1813.

Lott, James Porter, Quest. 1. Wha arc admitted on trial? Jesse Hale, Elisha — 17. OHIO CONFERENCE. John Bowman John Dew, Joseph Tatman, Reuben SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Rowe, Elijah M'Daniel, Robert Hatton, Anderson Ray, Allen Bass, Samuel K. Parsons, Presley Morris, John Graham, Archibald Hodges, Daniel M'Phaill, James M'llroy, Joseph Spahr, Moses Trader, Wm. Harris, West Harris, Dabney P. Samuel Brown — 11. Jones, Wm. Coliinsworth, John Wright, Andrew, William Barnett, David S. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Jas. M'Bride, Samuel Johnson, Jas. B. Turner, Brown, John Allen, Claiborne Samuel Philemon Ogletree, Elijah Bird, Samuel Duval, John Nixon, John Smith, William T. Elder, James M. Sharp— 19. King, Thomas Nixon, Zachariah Witten, CONFERENCE. Mumford Harris, Isaac Conger, Benjamin VIRGINIA Whitehead, Henry Robinson, Malone, William Douthet, Boaz Ady, William