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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 CONFERENCEOFFICE, 200 MULBERRY-STREEt.

J. Collord, Printer.

1840.

Minutes for 1821. 353

Lyons Creek, Daniel Shepherdson.Young-street, J. G. Peal, T. Demarest,D. Youmans, sup.

Lower Canada. Dist. Henry Ryan,P. Elder.

Montreal, Truman Dixon.AttawajCornwall, Elijah Boardman.Augusta, Timothy Goodwin, K. M'K.Smith.Rideau, Calvin N. Flint.Bay Quintie, Robert Jeffers, D. C. Spore.Hallowell, Jas. Wilson, Franklin Metcalf.Bellville, Thomas Madden.Smith's Creek, Philander Smith.York, Fitch Reed.'Northumberland, John Rhodes, IsraelCook.*Shamokin, Marmaduke Pearce.*Lycoming,/oAn Thomas, Rob'l Menshall.*Bald Eagle, Thomas M'Gce, AbramDawson.

* The above are set off to the Baltimore Conference.

Quest. 16. Where and when shall ournext Conferences be held ?

1. Ohio Conference, at Chillicothe, August 8, 1820.2. Missouri Conference, Shiloh Meeting-house, St. Clair county, September13, 1820.3. Tennessee Conference, Hopkinsville,Kentucky, October 4, 1820.4. Mississippi Conference, Mid way, Wilkinson county, November 17, 1820.5. South Carolina Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, January 11, 1821.6. Virginia Conference, Raleigh city,North Carolina, February 23, 1821.7. Baltimore Conference, Baltimore,March 16, 1821.8. Philadelphia Conference, Milford,state of Delaware, April 12, 1821.9. New- York Conference, Troy, stateof New- York, May 30, 1821.10. New-England Conference, Bane,Vermont, June 20, 1821.11. Genesee Conference, Paris, stateof New-York, July 19, 1821.

MINUTESTAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST

EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

FOB THE YEAR 1821.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial ? John Denham, Joseph B. Wyms, JosephOHIO CONFERENCE. Williams, Elias Tidwell, Henry Gregg,

Alfred Brunson, Wm. Crofford, Charles W- P- Kendrick, James Cumming, Thos.horn, Jas. Collord, James Jones, Daniel Payne> Jonn Paulsaul, Wyley B. Peek,

Benj. M. Drake, Aquilla Sampson, AlsonJ. Waters, A. I. Crawford, B. P. Seawell,Wm. B. Carpenter, Jacob Sullivan, Sam'l

Thorn, Jas. Collord, James Jones, DanielLimrick, Chas. Truscott, Nathan Walker,William I. Kent, Wm. Simmons, HenryKnapp, Zarah Costio, Jas. Havins— 13.MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

Wm. L. Hawley, Elias Stone, SamuelBassett, Francis Moore, William Cravens,John M'Cord, W. W. Rodman, H. Vre-denburgh, David Chamberlain, George V

Hyneman, Isaac Reynolds—31.MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.

Henry P. Cook, Nicholas T. Snead— 2.SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.David Riley, Henry Seagrest, Archi-

Hester^James Simms Isaac Br^nelV, bald Purify ^ho™«B*&££Levm Green, Henry Stevenson, Gilbert Glenn, John Robertson, Daniel G. M'Da-uiaru— 15.

nieli Elias Sinclair> r^-t T Wardj Elija|xTENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Sinclair, John I. Triggs, Noah Lancy,Milton Jameson, Wm. Young, Edward BodJ Eng)isn. M. M'Pherson, John Rey-Stevenson, John Evans, William Martin no,(,s, Livy Stancell— 16.5aJ**jw% Esau Simmons, Allen B

.' VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

m!it B^"M-MAR^n0lJdsVJ-,W-M-Rey- Samuel Harre". J^n W. M. Kifby,nolds, Blatchley C. Wood, Luke C. Allen, Thomas Crowder, Wm. Leigh, Archibald23

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Brownley, Mann Dutton, Henry Peyton,T. B. Humphries, Swain Swift—9.BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

Samuel Clark, Samuel Bryson, CharlesA. Davis, Samuel Ellis, Charles Young,French S. Evans, Norval Wilson, William H. Chapman, Thomas M. Hudson,George Harper, Shadrach Chaney, JacobR. Sheppard— 12.PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.Samuel S. Kennard, Daniel Parrish,Eliphalet Reed, John Davis, SolomonHiggins, John Bayne—6.NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

Cyrus Prindle, Samuel Covel, WilliamS. Pease, John Nixon, Eli Denison, Lucius Baldwin, Geo. Smith, John Luckey,Friend W. Smith, Roswell Kelly, JuliusField, John B. Tyler— 12.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Heman Perry, Benj. Brown, WallaceLark, H. Nickerson, Gorham Greely,Frederick Upham, Benjamin R. Lewis,Stephen Lovel, Aaron Fuller—9.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.Jos. Williams, Sam'l Bebins, DenisonSmith, Asa Abel, Benjamin Dighton, EzraHealy, Orin Foot, John Sayre, GaylordJudd, James Hodge, Benj. Landon, AsaOrcott, John Ryerson, George Farr— 14.

Quest. 2. Who remain on trial ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.Isaac C. Hunter, Abner Goff, JamesGilrath, Thos. R. Ruckle, Josiah Foster,Peter Warner, Jas. Murray, John Kinny,Andrew Caneer, Abdiel Coleman, Benj.Crouch, Moses Hinkle, Thomas S. Hitt,William H. Raper, Robert Delap, IsaacCollord, Horace Brown, David Dyke,John R. Keach, John P. Durbiti, FrancisWilson, Nathaniel Harris, W. M. P.Quinn—23.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.Isaac N. Piggott, James Scott—2.TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.William Peter, Elijah Kirkman, JohnBreadfield, Meredith Renneau, RichardW. Morris, Ellesson Taylor, Moses Smith,Martin Flint, Samuel Patton, Wm. Gunn,Josiah Browder, Cheslea Cole, RobertHoopper—13.MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.Thomas Clinton, Meredith Renau, Dan'lDe Vinne—3.

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.Thomas Samford, Barnett Smith, Robert Adams, Nathaniel Rhodes, AquillaNorman, Thomas Gardner, Benjamin L.Hoskins. John H. Tradewell, ThomasMabry, George Hill, John Mullinix — 11.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.Moses Brock, Thomas R. Brame, JohnThompson, George A. Bane, John F. Andrew, Robert Wilkinson — 6.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Charles B. Tippett, Mordecai Barry,Charles Cook, William C. Pool, DennisB. Dorsey, David Steel, William Hanck,John Haile, Wm. Brandeberry, BartonDeforest, George Wells— 11.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.None.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.Robert Seney, John Moriarty, JohnSummerfield,* J no .Clark. Nathan Rice— 5.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Jotham Horton, James P. Harvey,William M'Coy, Phinehas Crandel, Chas.Baker, David Culver, Ella Dunham, Joseph Kellam, Ezra Kellogg, Ezra S.Goodwin, Gilman Moody, Samuel Plum-mer, Abr'm Holway, True Page, SamuelBaker— 15.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.Ira Brownson, Josiah Kies, Hiram.Moore, Caleb Kendall, jr., David C. Spoor,K. M'K. Smith, Manly Tooker, RichardWright,W. H. Williams, Philander Smith,Jasper Bennett, Robert Parker, PhiletusParkus, John B. Gilbert, Thomas Demo-rest, Franklin Metcalf— 16.

Quest. 3. Who are admitted into fullconnection ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.Samuel Adams, James Smith, SamuelBrockunier, Edward Taylor, Dennis God-dard, Charles Elliott, Thomas M'Clary,Zechariah Connel, G. R. Jones, LeroySwormstedt, Arthur W. Elliott, AndrewM'Lean, Burwell Spin-lock, HezekiahHolland, James T. Wells— 15.MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

Thomas Tenant, Washington Orr, Wm.Medford, John Wallace— 4.* John Summerfield, baring laboured three-years as an itinerant preacher in Ireland, and as,according to the regulation of the Irish Conference, he had but one year more to serve as aprobationer, wa» received by the New-York Con-tei:erence a» remaining on trial.S3*


TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.J. Butcher, jr., John Brooks, SamuelHarwell, George Brown, John Kesterson,Ancil Richardson, Robert Payne, H. H.Brown, Starling C. Brown, George Lock,David Adams, Elisha Simmons, AbrahamStill, Lewis S. Marshall, Thomas Madden,Joseph D. Farrow, Hezekiah Holland,Josiah Whitaker, Zechariah Connell, Oba-diah Freeman—20.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.Wiley Ledbetter, John Booth—2.SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.James Danelly, Barnabas Pipkin, Matthew Raiford, John B. Chappel, ChristianG. Hill. John Howard, Thomas Craven,Jesse Sinclair—8.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.Francis A. Ward, Williams Harris,Enoch Johnson, Henry Alley, Miles Nash,Thomas Howard, George C. Chesley—7.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Edward Oram, Dennis H. Battee, Thos.J. Dorsey, Richard Armstrong, JacobLarkin, James Sansom, John Miller, Ben-net JJowler—8.PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.Henry G. King, John Tally, EdwardStevenson, Joseph Cary, Benjamin Collins, William Allen—6.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.John Bangs, George Coles, Orin Pier,Samuel D. Ferguson— 4.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Edward T. Taylor, Isaac Stoddard,Elijah Spear, James L. Bishop, SamuelNorris— ft.GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Horace Agard, Henry Peck, JamesBrown, Chester V. Adgate, Elijah Board-man, Enoch Barnes, John Beggarly—7.Quest. 4. Who are the deacons ?OHIO CONFERENCE.

Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year.Ira Eddy, Peter Stephens, Philip Green,Samuel Adams,* James Smith,* SamuelBrockenier,* Edward Taylor,* DennisGoddard,* Thomas M'Clary,* L. Sworm-Btedt,* Andrew M'Lean,* James T. Wells*—12.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.William Townsend, Job M. Baker, JohnHarris, Calvin Ruter, John Steward, Chas.

Slocomb, T. Tenant, elect, W. Orr, elect,W. Medford, elect, J. Wallace, elect—10.TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.J. Butcher, elect, John Brooks, elect,S. Harwell, elect, G. %own, elect, J.Kesterson, elect, A. Richardson, elect,R. Payne, elect, H. H. Brown, elect, S.C. Brown,* George Lock, elect, DavidAdams, elect, Abraham Still, elect, L. S.Marshall, elect, T. Madden, elect, J. D.Farrow, elect, H. Holland, elect, J. Whitaker, elect, Z. Connell, elect, O. Freeman,elect, James Witton, Jesse Green, JohnDavis, George Taylor, Win. Martin— 24.MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.Wiley Ledbetter, elect, John Booth,elect— 2.SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.James Dannellv,* Barnabas Pipkin,*Matthew Raiford,* John B. Chappel,*Clrristian G. Hill,* John Howard,* Thos.Craven,* Jesse Sinclair,* James Dunwody,Elisha Callaway, Robert Flournoy, Thos.L. Winn, William Hankins, John Mulli-nix, Hugh Hammill, Nicholas Ware, As-bury Morgan, Benjamin Rhodes, John L.Greaves, Thomas A. Smith, John L. Jerry.Charles Berts, Josiah Evans, Thos. A.Rosamond —24.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.Francis A. Ward,* Williams Harris,*Enoch Johnson,* Henry Alley,* MilesNash,* Thomas Howard,* Geo. C. Chesley,* Charles L. Cooley, Peter Doub,Thompson Garrard, Geo. M. Anderson,Hezekiah G. Leigh, William Eastwood,Exum Chapman, Ira Parker, George W.Charleton, Joakim Lane, Curtis Hooks,Amos C. Treadway--19.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Edward Oram,* Dennis H. Battee,*Thomas J. Dorsey,* Richard Armstrong,*Jacob Larkin,* James Sansom,* Jo'hnMiller,* Bennett Dowler,* Y. T. Peyton,Jesse Lee, John Tanyhill, Wni. Hamilton]Robert S. Vinton, James Moore, SamuelCushen, P. G. Buckingham, ThomasM'Gee— 17.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.Henry G. King,* John Talley,* Edward Stevenson,* Joseph Cary,* Benjamin Collins,* William Allen,* James Long,Samuel Grace, William Wright— 9.NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

Ebenezer Brown, Harvey De Wolf,Noah Levings, James Quinlan, Henry


Hatfield, Cyrus Silliman, Seymour Lan-don, George Coles,* Orin Pier,* SamuelD. Ferguson*—10.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Jesse FillmAre, John S. Ayer, PeterBurgess, Sullivan Bray, Damon Young,S. B. Haskel, Samuel Norris,* IsaacStoddard,* Elijah Spear,* James L.Bishop*— 10.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.Truman Dixon, Calvin N. Flint, Edmund O'Fling, Dana Fox, James G. Peal,Samuel Belton, Russel Downing, HiramG. Warner, Robert Jeffers, William W.Rundall, Zachariah Paddock, James Wilson, Alanson Gifford, Andrew Peck, Timothy Goodwin, Micah Seager, Jeter Foster,Benajah Williams, James Jackson, HoraceAgard,* Henry Peck,* James Brown,*C. V. Adgate,* Elijah Boardman,* EnochBarnes,* John Beggarly*—26.

Quest. 5. Who have been elected and ordained elders this year ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.G. R. Jones, Arthur W. Elliott, EzraBooth, William Westlake, Thomas A.Morris, Thomas Carr, Samuel Baker,John C. Brook, Joseph Carper, SamuelChenowith, Allen Wiley— 11.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.A. M'Allister, elect, Samuel Glaize,elect, Thomas Davis, elect—3.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.James Blair, elect, John Evans, elect,B. Peoples, elect, Wm. Allison, elect, T.Stringfield, elect, L. Garrett, elect, W. S.Manson, elect, E. Hearn, elect, E. Ashley,elect, Simon Peter, elect, G. Brown, elect,William Hotman, elect, S. Dement, elect—13.SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.John Taylor, Hartwell Spain, John Dix,Benjamin Gordon—4.VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

William D. Barrett, James Smith, IsaiahHarris—3.BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Henry Furlong, William Bames, Thomas Jamison, Richard M'Allister—- 4.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.William Quinn, Bartholomew Weed,Charles Pittman— 3.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.John M. Smith, Jacob Hall, John

Bangs, John J. Matthias, Timothy Benedict— 5.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.John Briggs, elect, Eleazer Steel, elect,Joel W. M'Kee, Edward T. Taylor—4.GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Alvin Torry, John B. Alverson, EzraAdams, R. A. Ailworth, John Dempster,Parker Buell, Cyrus Story, elect, GlezenFillmore, Fitch Reed— 9.

Quest. 6. Who are the bishops and superintendents ?

William M'Kendree,* Enoch George,Robert R. Roberts—3.

Quest. 7. Who have located this year ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.William P. Finley, William Dixon, Robert C. Hatten, Sedocia Bacon, John Solomon—5.

MISSOURI CONFERENCEJohn Everhart, John M'Farland, JosephPownal, Daniel M'Henry— 4.TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.Samuel D. Sansom, George M'Nelly,Jacob Whitworth, David Goodner, T. Carpenter —5.MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.

John I. E. Bird, John Manifee, JohnM'Lendon— 3.• SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.Raleigh Greene, Jeremiah Freeman,James Hutts, Jeremiah Norman, JohnMoate, Joseph Tarpley, William B. Bar-nett, Griffin Christopher—8.VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

Joshua Lawrence, William Peebles,James M'Aden, Edward T. Rowzie, JohnT. Weaver, John H. Boyd, Benjamin Stevens, Henry Hardy, William D. Barret,Lewis Skidmore— 10.* As Bishop M'Kendree, at the last GeneralConference, was unable, on account of debility,to fulfil the duties of his office, the Conferencepassed the following resolutions, viz. :1. " That it is the wish and desire of this General Conference that Bishop M'Kendree, duringhis afflictions and debility, should travel in suchdirections, or remain in such places, as he mayjudge most conducive to his own health andcomfort ; and that he be accordingly, at the closeof this General Conference, respectfully and affectionately requested so to do."2. "That whenever he shall think himself able,it is the wish and desire of this General Conference that he should continue, so far as his healthmay prudently admit of it, the exercise of hisepiscopal functions and superintending care.H


BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Lawrence Everhart, Mordecai Gosnell,George Erwin—3.NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

Alexander M'Caine, Peter Bussing—2.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Benjamin Keith, Araasa Taylor, JosephLull, Jeremiah Marsh, Zalmon Stewart,Amasa Cowles, William M. Gray, JoshuaNye, William Marsh— 9.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.James Brownson.

Quest. 8. Who are the supernumerarypreachers ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.Moses Crume, Thomas A. Morris —2.MISSOURI CONFERENCE.Samuel Glaize.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.Benjamin Malone, W. M'Mahan, JamesLeech, J. Cunningham— 4.SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.

John Murrow.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Asa Shinn.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.Ezekiel Cooper, Joseph Osborne, JamesSmith, of Baltimore—3.NEW- YORK CONFERENCE.

William Phoebus, Smith Arnold, F. Gar-rettson, Jacob Beaman— 1.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Daniel Wentworth.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.Jeter Foster, Seth Mattison, DavidYoumans, William Cameron, John Dempster—5.

Quest. 9. Who are the superannuated otworn-out preachers ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.John Sale, David Young—2.' MISSOURI CONFERENCE.Jacob Whitesides, Charles Slocumb—2.TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.Benjamill Edge, Thomas Stilwell —2.SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.Hartwell Spain, John Gamewetl, ElijahBird— 3.VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

Philip Bruce, Hezekiah M'Lelland,Samuel Garrard, John Lattimore— 4.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Joseph'Toy, Seely Bunn, Nelson Reed,Joshua Wells, Hamilton Jefferson, MorrisHowe, William Houston— 7.PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.James Polemus, Joseph Scull, RobertM'Coy, Wm. M'Lenahan, Nathan Swain,Thomas Everard, Richard Sneath, William Hunter, John Goforth, William P.Early, Asa Smith, Jacob Moore, PeterVannest— 13.NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.

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Elisha P. Jacob, Samuel Fowler, Ezekiel Canfield, Earl Bancroft, TimothyBenedict, Luman Andrus, Nathan Emery,Zalmon Lyon, Cyprian H. Gridley, OliverSykes, John Crawford— 11.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Zenas Adams, Eleazer Wells, OrlandoHinds, Wilbur Fisk, John Brodhead — 5.

GENESEE CONFERENCE. „

Thomas Whitehead, Benjamin Bidlack,William Brown, Peter Baker, Joseph Willis, John Kimberlin, John B. Alverson,Peter Jones, Elijah King—9.

Quest. 10. Who have been expelled fromthe connection this year ?

OHIO CONFERENCE.William Burke.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.John C. Harbison.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.Nicholas Norwood.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.Nicholas Morris.

NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Daniel Plumlcy.

Quest. 11 . Who have withdrawn fromthe connection this year ?

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.Daniel Ireland.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.William M. StilwelL

GENESEE CONFERENCE.William Barlow.

Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' characters examined before the Conferences ?

This was strictly attended to, by callingover their names before their respectiveConferences.


Quest. 13. Who have died this year ?1. Samuel Parker,—a native of thestate o(" New-Jersey, and born about theyear 1774. His parents were pious andrespectable. He was put to a trade young,and became a proficient in his business.At the age of fourteen he was awakenedunder the preaching of the gospel ; andsoon after, forsaking the scenes of gay andfashionable dissipation, in which, owing tothe suavity of his manners, the gentlenessof his disposition, and his uncommonly finevoice in singing, he was a great favourite,he attached himself to the Methodist society, then very generally held in contempt

by the world. He became eminent forhis devotion to God, and to the cause ofpiety. He continued to occupy a privatestation in the church for twelve years ; not,however, without being often warned thata dispensation of the gospel was committedto him, and that he must expect the divinedispleasure if he persisted in burying thetalent intrusted to him for improvement.But such was his unaffected modesty, thatit was long ere he could be prevailed uponto take upon himself the character of anambassador for Christ.At length, in the year 1800, he receivedlicense as a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church : and continued tosustain that relation with usefulness tillthe Conference of 1805, when, giving himself up to the work of the ministry, he became a travelling preacher. He was thatyear appointed to the Hinkstone circuit ;1806, Lexington circuit ; 1807, Limestonecircuit; 1808,Miamicircuit. At the Conference for 1809 he graduated to elder'sorders, having stood his probation and usedthe office of a deacon well, and was, thesame year, appointed to preside in the Indiana district, at that time one of the mostdifficult and important stations in the Conference. Here he continued four years ;and so mightily grew the word of God andprevailed, that it was found necessary todivide the district, and call more labourersto cultivate the extensive field that had

been opened under his superintendence.Thus abundantly did he justify the confidence reposed in him by the superintendents. In 1813 he rode the Deer Creek circuit, and was blessed in his labours, and honoured by those towhom he ministered; 1814,he was appointed presiding elder in the Miami district; 1815, presiding elder in theKentucky district, where he continued fouryears, blessing and being blessed in all his

intercourse with mankind. During his presidency on this district he was married toOletha Tilton, who enjoyed his society longenough to be sensible that there is noaffliction incident to suffering humanity soexquisite as the loss of a companion whounited all the endearing qualities whichnature and grace can combine in the character of a husband.A situation of the greatest importancein the Mississippi Conference required tobe provided for. The superintendent feltthe utmost solicitude on the subject. Hesaw in brother Parker whatever be wishedin the person to be selected ; but therewere great difficulties to be surmounted,and great privations to be endured. Hishealth was very delicate : his wife mustbe torn from her friends and a comfortablehome to wander among strangers : thedistance was great, and the country veryunfavourable to health. Yet, when thebishop intimated the demands which thechurch had to make upon his labours andsufferings, he was ready, in the true spiritof St. Paul, to say, "I count not my lifedear unto me, that I may finish my coursewith joy, and the ministry which I havereceived — I will go." He accordinglywent. But, alas ! the sanguine hopes oftbe bishop, and of those in Mississippiwho knew him, were rendered abortive bythe state of his health. Nearly the onlyadvantage resulting from his emigration tothat country was the lesson his exampleafforded, on the spirit and peace in whicha Christian can suffer and die. He wasin very ill health when he arrived at bisplace of destination, and continued gradually to decline till some time in November, when his disease assumed so malignant a character as to excite fearful apprehensions in his friends that they weresoon to be deprived of him. At the timewhen the Conference met he was considered slightly mended, and hopes wereentertained by some that he would soonrecover ; but others, better acquaintedwith the disease and the influence of thatclimate, considered his case to be hopeless. Soon alter the rising of the Conference his disorder returned -with moreviolence than ever. In all these changesthis servant of the Lord was able to say,without a repining sigh, " Father, notmine, but thy will be done!" Thus helived, and thus he suffered many tediousmonths of severe affliction in a land ofstrangers ; and thus, on the 20th of De


cember, 1819, he breathed oat his happyspirit into the hands of that Saviour andFriend whom he had so long and so faithfully served.He left a wife and a son in the care ofHim who has said, " Leave thy fatherlesschildren, and let thy widow trust in me ;"and God was faithful to the trust reposedin him by his servant. The son, an infant, he speedily snatched away from aworld in which the tears of the orphanare too often disregarded ; and to the widow he raised up many friends, who wereready and willing at all times to administer to her relief and comfort.His funeral sermon was preached onthe Sunday after his death, at Washington, Mississippi, to a large and meltingcongregation, on Rev. xiv, 13, by WilliamWinans, a young man whom he had contributed to bring into the ministry, and tofoster, in the infancy of his labours, withthe tenderness of a parent.Of his character, nothing so proper,perhaps, could be said, as that he exem

plified, in a very unusual degree, the description of charity so inimitably drawnout in the thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians. The loss sustained by his family isunspeakably great ; that of the churchmuch greater. We can be no otherwisesatisfied under this dispensation of Providence than by reflecting that it is of Himwho doeth all things well. He who hasbereaved his church of this highly valuable minister has the means in his handsof abundantly supplying his lack of service. May he send down a double portion of the Spirit which rested on this ourElijah upon many that he shall call tocultivate the vineyard, from which he hastaken his servant to his eternal rest2. Charles Dickinson,—who was bornin Moore county, North Carolina, aboutthe year 1784. His opportunities of obtaining an education, either in letters orreligion, were very limited ; he, of consequence, grew up in great ignorance ofGod and divine things.It was not until about his twentieth yearthat he heard any sermons of that evangelical nature that were calculated toarouse his mind, and bring him to a discovery of his lost and undone state.While on a visit among his relations inSouth Carolina, by the instrumentality ofMethodist preaching, he was awakened,and brought to seek redemption in thebio id of Christ. He sought, and found

the Lord precious, and immediately felthis mind impressed to preach the gospel,and to persuade sinners to seek the bless

ings he enjoyed, and commenced travellingwith his brother Thomas, who had beenrecently appointed to Orangeburg circuit.In a short time his brother died ; heoffered his services, and was employed tosucceed him. At the ensuing Conferencehe was admitted on trial, and appointed toLittle River circuit ; 1813, to CedarCreek ; 1814, he was admitted into fullconnection, ordained deacon, and appointed to Grove circuit ; 1815, Deep River ;1816, ordained elder and appointed to

Washington; 1817, Oakmulgee ; 1818,Ohoopee ; 1819, Washington ; 1820, Louisville, where he laboured for six or sevenmonths, and saw the fruit of his labours insome good degree. In August he wentto his residence in Washington county,where, on the 24th, he was attacked withthe bilious fever, accompanied with thebilious cholie, which caused his death.He said from the first of his illness thathe should not recover, and on the firstday of September, perceiving his end wasnear, said, " The Lord is here ;" and exhorted all around to seek the Lord. Addressing his wife, he said, " Surely theLord is here!" he then bid her and allpresent farewell, turned over, and, without a sigh or groan, closed his own eyes,folded his hands, and his happy spirit tookits flight.Thus lived and died our brother CharlesDickinson. As a Christian, he was exemplary and devoted. About four yearsbefore his death he professed to obtain

perfect love, which he endeavoured tolive and preach.His talents were not extraordinary, butsufficient, with his zeal and devotion, toqualify him for extensive usefulness.He is gone to his reward. Our loss ishis eternal gain.3. Archibald Robinson,—who was bornDecember 25, A. D. 1794, was a nativeof Bladen county, North Carolina. Hewas of respectable parents, by whom hewas taught, from his childhood, to be a

strict observer of morality, which, nnderthe blessing of Providence, appears tohave been a means of his early conversionto God. But they being in ordinary circumstances, he was among those praise

worthy youths whose industry is alwaysready to administer aid to those who gavethem birth. And that he might do this


the more effectually, he desisted from

teaching sacred musie, in which he hadpreviously engaged, (and in which he waswell skilled,) and turned his attention toa more lucrative employment, as hethought; by which means he providentially got into a Methodist neighbourhood,where divine conviction soon laid, hold onhis heart, and he was brought to see himself a sinner, and that he had wanderedfar in forbidden paths, and had exposedhimself to the wrath of God. In thisawakened state he continued weeping,mourning, and praying till some time inthe course of the year 1816, when, beingamong a people who practised familyworship, while these words were givingout, " Father, I stretch my hands to thee,"&c, he sunk upon the back of a chair,and from thence on his knees, where hecontinued wrestling in prayer till Christbroke the fetters with which he wasbound, and emancipated his soul from thebondage of sin ; when he arose and testified that God had power on earth to forgive sins. Soon after this he obtainedlicense to exhort, and conducted himselfwith so much prudence and circumspection that he gained the confidence ofthose who knew him. But not beingsatisfied in this circumscribed sphere, hewas duly recommended to the VirginiaConference, held in Norfolk in February,1818, and was appointed to Guilford circuit ; but in the course of the year he wasremoved to Salisbury, in consequence ofthe preacher who was appointed there not

being able to attend to his charge. In1819 he was sent back to Salisbury ; andin 1820 he was ordained a deacon at theConference in Richmond, and sent to New-River circuit, where he ended his laboursand his life. In all these stations he waswell received and generally beloved, andlaboured to the satisfaction of his congregations, and to the edification and comfortof the church of God. His natural abilities were tolerably good, and such was hisstrength of intellect, that had he lived hemight have been a great blessing to thechurch and an ornament to the ministry.But he is gone, and our loss, we trust, ishis infinite gain.For some time before his confinementhe was somewhat indisposed ; but, froman ardent wish to do all he could to savesouls, he pressed forward in the dischargeof his duty till the 9th of August, whenhe preached his last sermon ; after which

he was more violently attacked than hehad been before.From meeting he went home with Mr.H. Bryan, and after getting there he wasso filled with divine love that, being unable to contain any longer, his cup ranover, and he continued praising God fornearly half an hour, till his strength wasalmost exhausted.The next day he had recourse to medicine, and was apparently much better ;but on the following Iriday he grewworse, and a physician was called in, butto little purpose, as it appeared in theend ; for he continued to fail till Sunday,the 20th instant, about eleven o'clock atnight, when his happy soul took its departure, we believe, to the paradise ofGod. "There the wicked cease fromtroubling, and the weary are at rest."—" Let me die the death of the righteous,and let my last end be like his."4. John Robertson-. —The subject of thefollowing short memoir was born of respectable and religious parents, in thetownship of New-Providence, Essex county, East Jersey, March 31, 1782. Heprofessed to obtain the knowledge of salvation by the remission nf sin in 1800,when he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and soon afterbegan to exercise his talent by way ofexhortation, and preaching as a localpreacher.He joined the travelling connection in1803, and was appointed to the followingcircuits : Norton, 1803 ; Vcrshire, 1804 ;Croton, 1805 ; Pittsfield, 1806 ; Saratoga,1807 ; Newburg, 1808 ; Grand Isle, 1809 ;New- York, 1810; Bergen, 1811; Unionand Kensington, 1812; Staten Island,1813; Essex, 1814 and 1815; Trenton,1816 : located in 1817, on account of debility; 1818, readmitted into the Philadelphia Conference, and was stationed inBristol; Chester, 1819; St. John's, 1820;where he finished his course, August 8th,at five o'clock in the morning, in the thirty-ninth year of his age. His constitution was rather feeble, which subjectedhim to frequent attacks of disease. Forsome years before his death he had beenafflicted with occasional hemoptysis, whichexcited an apprehension of the approachof some fatal disease of the organs of respiration. In the beginning of the year1820 he had a severe attack of pleuritis.of which he never entirely recovered, andwhich ended in phthisis pvdmonalis, that


terminated his earthly career, his sutler-inns, and his labours.J. Robertson was a man of great simplicity of manners and character. Hewas a sincere Christian, and faithful disciple of his Master. He was affable,courteous, and respectful to all, and ardentin his attachments to his family and hisfriends. As a minister of the gospel, hewas in general highly and deservedly esteemed. He possessed considerable talents, and was a good and useful preacher.He was industrious and indefatigable inhis ministerial labours, and in visits fromhouse to house, instructing and edifyingthe various members of the flock intrustedto his care. In the stations he occupiedat different times he was in the habit ofpaying his pastoral visits to almost everyfamily in the neighbourhood in which helived, whether of the society or not, andpraying in each family as far as circumstances would admit, and he could obtain

permission ; and this course he pursued inthe last station he filled, until within afew days of his death. He preached hislast sermon on the sabbath, only two daysprior to his dissolution ; at which time heinformed his congregation that he spoketo them as a dying man, who shouldshortly account to his God for the mannerin which he had improved his ministerialtalents.On the following sabbath his funeralsermon was preached in the same place toa large and deeply affected congregation,from, " Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his."In his last moments there was no opportunity of conversing with him, in consequence of his sudden departure, so that theparticular state of mind he then was incould not be precisely ascertained ; but wehave no doubt his end was peace ; for hehad been for some time looking for death,not as a messenger of terror, but as aharbinger of peace, to release him fromthis valley of tears.On the morning of his death he wasabout rising from his bed at his usual hour,and commenced a conversation with hiswife on some domestic subject, when he -was suddenly seized with a violent discharge of blood from his lungs, and instantly expired. He has left a wife andthree children, who sensibly and deeplyfeel the loss they have sustained.5. Richard Emery,— the youngest sonof John and Abiah Emery, was born in

Haverhill, West Parish, Massachusetts,November 23d, 1794. In March, 1797,his parents moved with him to Orford, onConnecticut River, in Grafton county,New-Hampshire. He was brought up in a piousand tender manner, and early taught toreverence the God that made him; but,notwithstanding he had the means of religious instruction at home and abroad, nopermanent impressions were made on hismind until the year 1810. At this timeGnd wrought a gracious revival in Orford,and our departed brother was a sharer.Having experienced the happy influenceof divine grace himself, he soon began torecommend religion to others, both in public and private ; and being viewed as asuitable person to exhort publicly, he wasshortly licensed. But he was not longcontent to move in so small a circle. Hisparents and friends were made acquaintedwith his exercise with regard to enteringthe sacred office of the ministry. Theygave their consent," but recommended himfirst to graduate at the university. Froma sense of immediate duty to God and hisfellow-men he declined this offer, and wasemployed by the presiding elder of New-Hampshire district on Tuftonborough circuit from the autumn of 1811 until June,1812, when the New-England Conferencesat at Lynn, Mass. At this Conferencehe was admitted as a travelling preacheron trial, being in his eighteenth year, andappointed to Bridgewater circuit, New-Hampshire district ; 1813 he was appointed to the charge of Pembroke circuit,on the same district ; 1814, was ordaineddeacon at the Durham Conference in thestate of Maine, and appointed to Scituatein Massachusetts, on Boston district; 1815,was appointed to Sandwich and Falmouthwith Rev. J. W. Hardy, in Massachusetts.The latter part of this year he supplied astation in Boston; 1816, at the BristolConference in Rhode Island, he was ordained elder, and appointed to Somerset,Massachusetts ; 1817, was returned on theMinutes superannuated, and on the 19thof November was married to a worthymember of our church, who, with twosmall children, is left to mourn a lossirreparable ; 1818, was returned superannuated ; 1819, was supernumerary on Lan-daff circuit ; 1820, was again returnedsuperannuated. These stations he filledwith respectability and usefulness.He had from the early part of his ministry been subject to weakness at the lungs,


and sometimes raising of blood : this increased with his years, and finally terminated in a pulmonary consumption, of whichhe died January 7, 1821, aged twenty-sixyears, one month, and fourteen days.He had spent the last three years of hislife principally at his own house in Orford,near where he was brought up ; but in1820 his physicians advised him to go tothe south, hoping it would improve hishealth. In a very feeble state he commenced this journey in September, buthad advanced but about one hundred and

eighty miles when he was obliged to relinquish it. He was now in Wethers-field, Connecticut ; his confinement waslong and tedious, from the 12th of Octoberto the 7th of January. His sufferings,however, were mitigated, as far as- possible, by the hospitable people of Wethers-field, who ceased not in their acts of kindness until death had put him beyond theirreach, and lodged him where none shall

say, " I am sick."In the first part of this confinement hehad not those clear and animating prospects that he wished, but God was hisrock, and he was soon delivered ; afterwhich he possessed all that firm confidencewhich is consequent on a genuine faith inJesus Christ. He now viewed the blessing of sanctification in a clear and important light, and regretted he had not preachedit more frequently. He felt that holinesswas the only qualification for heaven, andhe longed to be with his God. He considered death only as an entrance intoglory, and submissively prayed and wishedfor its arrival ; and when the " final hour"had come, he embraced it with apostolicfirmness, exclaiming for his last words," I am wrapt in the visions of God's love."Thus he took his departure from thesemortal shores, and his " final hour broughtglory to his God." He died at the houseof widow Rockwell, a member of ourchurch.His sickness and death gave an instructive lesson to the people of Wethersfield,and it is believed they improved from it.His life was a living sermon, of which hisdeath was the improvement. His wife haslost a kind husband, his children a tenderfather, his parents a dutiful son, the youtha bright example, the church a worthy minister, to whose interest he has fallen a

martyr. But he conquered when he fell ;a throne is the reward of his labour, fromwhich he rests, and his works follow him.

6. Alpheus Davis.—Hewas born at Paris,Oneida, New- York, December 11, 1793.At the age of twelve years he removedwith his parents to Rodman, Jeffersoncounty, where, a year after, he experienced the forgiveness of his sins. Thoughfor some time he strictly observed theduties which the religion of the gospel inculcates, yet, through the influence oftemptation, he at length threw off the restraints of divine grace, and fell into acareless, backslidden state. It was notlong, however, before the lost sheep was

found, and the prodigal son restored to hisFather's house. Being reclaimed from a.state in which the sufferings of his mindhad been exquisite, and out of which hehad escaped through struggles of the deepest anguish, the powers of his mind beganto unfold themselves like the blossoms ofspring, particularly as it related to the calling in which he closed his life ; and fromthe zeal and ability with which he exercised himself in religious meetings, hisbrethren could not mistake the sphere inwhich God had designed him to move.Giving evidence of his call to the ministry,he was regularly authorized to preach, andwas employed to labour in the vineyard ofthe Lord, as follows : About one year helaboured as a local preacher, after whichhe travelled nearly a year in the Cayugacircuit, under the license of a presidingelder. The year following, viz., 1816, hewas united to the itinerant ministry, andappointed to the Northumberland circuit ;1817, to Clarence; 1818, to Detroit ; 1819,to Herkimer ; 1820, he appeared on theMinutes superannuated. Our departedbrother and fellow-labourer in the gospelhas left a vacancy in the church of Godwhich few will be able to supply. To sayhe had no faults would be to raise himabove human beings ; but to say few havehad less would be believed by all who knewhim. In the private circles of social lifehe was highly esteemed, as well by theaged as the youth. An assemblage ofagreeable and useful qualities, which werethe ornament of his mind and the savourof his life, could not fail to interest society.But when we follow our dearly belovedbrother through the more retired and obscure scenes of life into the field of hispublic ministry, we find him no less thefaithful pastor of his flock than the agreeable and profitable associate of his friends,and the dutiful child of his parents. Hisprivate studies, his pastoral visits, and his


public exercises, were happily directed tothe great object which the gospel is designed to promote : and it may be said ofhim in every station which he filled, that" his labour was not in vain in the Lord."Though he sustained every relation in lifehe held with reputation and usefulness, atno period did he shine with more lustre orappear to greater advantage than in hislast illness. After the consumption (ofwhich he died) had progressed to an alarming stage, he expressed a wish to regainhis health : he, however, deprecated theapproach of death only that ho might beserviceable to the world as an ambassadorfor Christ. The patience which distinguished the last sufferings of brother Davis, as well as the fortitude and cheerfulness with which he met the king of terrors,gave evidence of that true piety which ispeculiar to the Christian. He was held insuch high estimation by the friends amongwhom he died, that several families contended for the privilege of nursing him inhis sickness. But, notwithstanding hisyouth, his rare and promising abilities, andthe hopes and solicitude of his friends, hefell a victim to death ! he sleeps to wakeno more in time ! This promising youth,after having " fought the good fight, andkept the faith," finished his course, October8th, 1820, in the twenty-seventh year ofhis age. The circulation of these melancholy tidings among his friends, and especially among his spiritual children, thoughit may call them to mourning, yet it mustexcite the liveliest gratitude to God forgiving him the victory in death. To sustain our loss with resignation, let us calmlyreflect that he has gone to meet his richreward in heaven. That he died in theLord, and that he rests from his labours,we .can have no doubt.

Quest. 14. What numbers are in Society?

OHIO CONFERENCE.Ohio District.Whites. Col.

West WheelingCross CreekSteubenvilleBeaverMahoningErieLukeChetauque

834674no650750831486474

Whites. Col.Duck Creek 612Little Kanawha 570Marietta 593Athens 665Lctart Falls 427Burlington 308

4869 5Muskingum District.Barnesville 1081 8Zanesville 769

5025Lancaster District.Fairfield cir. 1182Granville 635Knox 570Mansfield 922Tuscarawas 577

8

Whites. ColCuyahoga cir. 450Grand River 353Huron 227

Scioto District.Columbus 872 9Pickaway 980Salt Creek 443Hockhocking 339Deer Creek 1307 9Chilicothe 300 48Scioto 1349 20Brush Creek 9S9 4

6579 90

Lebanon District.Mad River 1284 43Piqua 824

Whites. Col.Union 1230Milford 1082 3White Oak 1370 1London 568 1

4916 9 Strait Creek 391Paint Creek 575 7

7324Miami District.

reo53377G280

Miami cir.CincinnatiOxfordGreenvilleWhite Water 1206Lawrenceburg705Madison 855Hamilton andRossville 63

55

335

MISSOURIIndiana District.

Silver Creek 906Blue River 588BloomingtouVincennesPatokaOhioMount Sterling

343484lti-5208

108Indian Creek 633

3492

Illinois District.Mount Car-melWabashCash RiverOkawIllinoisShoal CreekSangamo

5244 54

CONFERENCE.Missouri District.

6 Missouri and1 Buffalo 215Boonslick 246

5 Lamvine 140A Bceuf 125Bellevue 119Cold Water 84Saline 86

4 St. Francis 99— Cape Girax-16 deau 206New-Madrid 75

146184253219509300103

1395 148Black River District.Spring Rivercir. 120 5Arkansas 53 2Hot Spring 133 6Mount Prairie 180 12Pcccon Point 25

1804 511 25

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.Kenhawa District.Middle IslandBig Kenhawa 600GreenbrierMonroeGuyandotte 438Little Sandy 335John's Creek 170Little Kenhawa

15

Lexington cir. 783Maysville

211

5089 706Nashville District.

1543 102

Kentucky District.Limestone 783 103

Fleming 806 55Mount Ster-

Nashville 72Nashville cir. 967Lebanon 1034Cany Fork 841Bedford 819Richland 571Duck River 638Buffalo «93Stone's River 819

321998872915559129

lingHinkstonLickingNewportLexington andGeorgetown 108

545 105962 137609433

52

5854 626Tennessee District.Flint 564 81Limestone 407Shoal 257 9Cotoco 376 21

* According to the return last year.


Whites. Col.Tuscaloosa 344 37

1948 148

Green River District.Breckenridge 303HartfordHendersonLivingstonChristianDoverDixonRed River

Cumberland District.Somerset 424 14Wayne 398 3Goose Creek 501 28FountainHead 777 127BowlmgGreen602 52Barren 634 18Green River 540 39Barren River 374 24

4250 305

Salt River District.Cumberland 281 15-Madison 337 11Danville 395 74Salt River 473 23

Whites. Col.Shelby 406 51Jefferson 526 110Franklin 173 2Louisville 100 45

2691 331Holston District.

LeeClinchTazewellAbingdonAsheHolstonCarter's Valley

327426390317135495

21383742

63

526 98

2616 304French-Broad District.Nollichuckie 800 59Powell's Valley 492 30TennesseeValley 377 54SequatchyValley 370 7Little River 606 74Knox 500 16Knoxville 48 20Hiwassee 106Paint Rock 134

3433 263

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.Mississippi District.Natchez cir. 328 150Wilkinson 232 59Amu 296 19

Peail River 219 81

1075 309Louisiana District.Attakapas 90 26Washataw 76 3

166 29Alabama District.Whitesand 194 16

Chickasawhayl89 52Tiunbrckl.ee 284 183Alabama 255 21Cochaker 268 50

1190 322

Cahawba District.

Franklin 229 10CahawbaTuscaloosaMarian

355

142

1012 44

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.Athens District.

Appalachee 636 109 AugustaGmve 512 36 LouisvilleBroad River 817 124 WarrenAlcovi 945

Sparta 589 250 SaludaCedar Creek 1020 303 Keewee

Ogeechce District.123247715 273

ISO Little River 658 159550 112868 64

4519 1002Oconee District.

Washington 345 73Big Oakmul-gee 532 '81Little Oak-mulgee 133 3

Ot.copee 261 70Satilla andSt. Mary's 169 49

Lappahu 54

3161 744Edisto District.

Charleston 350 2008Cooper River 232 456Cypress 608 583

Orangeburg 844 465Congaree 190 90Black Swamp 182 128Savannah 56 110

Whites. Col.Enoree 617 158Sandy River 360 111Columbia 115 185Camden 117 398Santee 545 485Wateree 642 240Newberry 525 271

3474 1949Pee Dee District.

Lynch'sCreek360 100Black River 394 370Little Pee Dee 863 248Brunswick 661 357Bladen 263 341

Deep River 192 164Georgetown 111 1525

Whites. Col.Fayetteville 155 276Wilmington 120 777

3119 4158Catawba District.Morganton 398 15Black Mountain 388 19Upper French-Broad 536 41Union 645 97Lincoln 495 99Sugar Creek 268 93Rocky River 626 90Montgomery 520 62

3876 516

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.Norfolk District.

Norfolk . 312 302Portsmouth 233 149Princess Ann 922 627Suffolk 562 371Bertie 540 160Camden andEdenton 657 636Sussex 620 142

3846 2387Janus River District.Richmond 243 89Williamsburg 516 56Gloucester 1215 18Hanover 362 45

Culpepper 161 17Amherst 377 42Columbia 700 78

3574 345Meherrin District.Greensville 650 215Mecklenburg 310 36Bedford andLynchburg 433 83Buckingham 419 30Cumberland 362 30Petersburg 98 59Amelia 564 76

Roanoke District.Roanoke 650 240Washington 163 128Swift Creek 99 65AlbemarleSound 146 7Banks and Islands 287 44

1345 484

Neuse District.Tar River 603 178Haw River 452 141Raleigh city 48 68Raleigh eir. 646 465Black River 441 259New-River 235 267Newborn 191 667Beaufort andStraits 320 256

2936 2301

Yadkin District.

8749

Brunswick 407 118

3248 647

FranklinYadkinIredellSalisburyGuilfordCaswell

14432(155971574G748

322444690129

3532 325

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

2462 3840Broad River District.

1494 276 Reedy River 553 101

Baltimore District.Great Falls 698 229Fell's Point 648 232Baltimorecity 2482 1358Baltimore cir. 726 248Montgomery 714 540Severn 726 766Annapolis 188 226Pr. George's 303 775Calvert 787 1531Ebcnezer 179 112Foundry 206 57Georgetown 359 320

8016 6391Potomac District.Alexandria 260 169

Fairfax 352 180Jefferson 765 212Berkley 529 37Winchester 716 192Loudoun 470 160Stafford 380 50Fredericksburg 115 9Westmoreland 202 15Lancaster 660 145

4449 1165Greenbrier District.Alleehany 647 134South Branoh 326 47Pendleton 551 93Bottetourt 300 84


Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. I3ol. Wl titcs. Col.Staunton 178 120 Somerset 302 7 New-Haven 237 5 Stowe 497 1Rockingham 685 153 Connelsville 494 Stratford 490 10 Grand Isle 193

—- Mahoning 92 Redding 561 6 Chazy 782687 631 ____ . — Plattsburg 543 4

Carlisle District 3514 74Saratoga District

3602 78 Ticonderoga 218rfarford 1025 296

Monongahela Uist%ict. Montgomery 572 11_^^

Little York 119 6 3310 11Carlisle 680Juniatta 150

12 WashingtonOhio

318 6 Saratoga 761Pitlstown 501

1213 Hudson River District.548 41

Auckwiok 420 8 Short Creek 270 26 Troy, 220 5 Albany 171 17

Huntingdon 400 10 -East Wheel Schenectady 145 8 Cocymans 661 12

Bedford 390 20 ing 260 Berne 549 1 Sharon andChambers- Monongahela i Cambridge 430 9 Jefferson 1087 7

burg 591 186 & Randolph 763 45 Warren 270 Delaware 850 4

Frederick cir. 980 462 Harbison 862 25 — Newburg cir . 655 24

Preston 205 1 3448 59 Newburg 68

4755 998 Northumber Champlain District. New-WindPittsburg District. land 551 Brandon 776 2 sor 547 11

Pittsburg 690Greenfield 833

7 Shamokin 217 Middlcbury 114 Sullivan 485 5

7 LvcomingBald Eagle

482 6 Charlotte 479 2 —Redstone 781 15 375 St. Albans 412 2 4524 80

Brownsville &Union 322 38 4851 150 NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. New-London District.New-London 283 10

Stanstead andSt. Francis 180

Delaware District. Salem 869 72 New-London_

Cambridge 791 59'2 circuit 963 48 2688 2Dorchester 863 586 8253 376 Springfield 80 New-Hampshire DisL.Somerset 718 474 Schuylkill District. Tolland 390 2 Ports mouth 195 1Annamessex 770 5.'>3

Philadelphia-St/Georgc'sUnion

Pomfret 355 8 NewmnrketAccomack 904Snow Hill 661

4(10702

1770445

53 Needham 434Mansfield and

and Kingston 145

Lewistown 886 365St. John's 280 Somerset 432 Poplin 324

Milford 930 474 KensingtonBristol

143 Rhode Island 181 Rochester 250.

516 17 Bristol and Rochester

New-Jersey District.6573 411b'

Dauphin 443 8 Warren 406 24 circuit

Burlington 641 115Lancaster 775 17 Providence 283 39 Tuftonboro' 119

Trenton city 264Asbury 531

314

Chester 784 88 Warwick 142 Sandwich 130

Wilmington 325 70 Ashuumham 359 4 Pembroke. Bridgewater

209195

Sussex 528 25511 253 4308 135 Canaan 137

Hamburg 405Chesapeake District.

Boston District. Landaff 633Bergen 590 17 Marblehead 107 Lancaster 300Newark 124 13 Smyrna 834 506 Lynn Com Salisbury 150 1Essex and Dover 1041 541 mon 190 •Staten Island 772 30 Caroline 88 1 230 Wood End 140 2787. 2New-Bruns Talbot 977 710 Maiden 265 1 Portland Districtwick 20 2 Queen Ann's: 943 784 Boston 462 38 Portland 192 3Trenton cir. 484 37 Kent 484 279 Charlestown 91 3 Scarborough 209Freehold 494 21 Cecil 976 319 Scituate and Arundell 162New-Mills 694 19 Rock Run 98 Dorchester 191 1 Buxton 193Gloucester 884 9 . Wellfleet 555 Gray 131 iCumberland 953 23 6234 3459 Harwich and Poland 369

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Barnstable 198 Bethel 144

New- York District. Petersburg 231 2Falmouth andSandwich 242 3

LivermoreReadfield

462280

New-York 2094 01 Pittsfield 510 4 Nantucket 307 21 Durham 270 1New-Rochelle545Croton 516Courtlandt 749

43 Otis 27l795

Vineyard 108New-Bedford 177

530Conway 221 1

5

2617Chatham ancHudson 3

Stamford 240 7 —3233 102 Kennebeck District.

Jamaica 541 75 2958 26 Vermont District Industry 312Suffolk 397 15 New-Haven t District. Wethersfield 335 NorridgeBrooklyn 210 6 Dutchess and Unity 296 wock 212

Amenia 711 40 Barnard 368 Unity 3535292 250 Goshen 432 1 Vershire 270 Hallowell 425

Rhrnebeck District. Burlington 384 2 Barre 482 Pitts town 310Rhinebeck 220 10 Wethers- Athens 232 1 Bristol 126 1

Salisbury 373 4 field 110 Danville 221 1 Union 192Granville 520 2 Middletown 177 10 Lyndon 181 Hamden . 370Leyden 276 1 Durham 500 4 Craftsbury 123 Exeter- 94 1


Whites. Col.Bath andPhippsburg 125

2519 2

Penobscot District.

Orrington 436

Whites.'Col.Penobscot 274Columbia 52St. Croix 199Vine! Haven 75Thomastown 198

1234

GENESEE CONFERENCE.Oneida District.

WestmorelandWesternLitchfieldHerkimerOtsegoParisUtieaCanajoharie 290TJooperstown 168

580002467547445120116

3395 20

Black River District.Watertown 391 3Sandy Creek 466 5Oswego 250Cato 402Black River 336 2St. Lawrence 398Malone 63

2306 10

Chenango District.

Chenango 597 2LebanonCourtlandtPompeyManliusMarcellusAuburnScipioCayugaIthaca

50050450611161151594660151

4285

Ontario District.

Canandaigua 62OntarioLyonsSenecaOvidCatharineDanxvillePrattsburg

621650153340415417432

Crooked Lake429

345470302

Genesee District.Bloomfield 615CaledoniaSweden,Rid<ewayBuffalo andBlack RockRushfordEdenClarenceBataviaChetauqueLakeOlean

772652171312844037B337

4019 4

Sttsqurkarmah District.Wyoming 397 13Canaan 242Broome 526Spencer 384Tioga 415

Wyalusing 373 3Bndgewater 355

2692 16

Upper Canada District.Thames 161 21Westminster 327 1Long Point 613Ancaster 577 2Niagara 424 2Lyons Creek 123Young-street 277 1

2502 27

Lower Canada District.Ottawha

142€20213

3528 17

CornwallAugustaRideauBayQuintie 721Hallowell 490Belleville 156Smith'sCreek256York 30

2628

RECAPITULATION.

Whites. Col. Total.Ohio Conference 33957 221 34178Missouri Conference 7262 196 7458Tennessee Conference 31105 3454 34559Mississippi Conference 3443 704 4147South Carolina Conference 22105 12485 34590Virginia Conference 18481 6489 24970Baltimore Conference 28272 9412 37684Philadelphia Conference 26571 8234 34805New-York Conference 23134 504 23638

Whites. Col. Total.New-England Conference 19402 248 19650Genesoe Conference 25355 112 25467

Total 239087 42059 261146Total last year *259890

21230Increase this yearTravelling Preachers 977.

Quest. 15. Where are the preachers stationed this year ?OHIO CONFERENCE.

Martin Ruter, book agent at Cincinnati.Ohio Dist. William Swayze, P. Elder.Erie circuit, Ira Eddy, Charles Elliott.Mahoning, James M'Mahan, Ezra Booth.Beaver, William Cunningham, CharlesTrescott.Cross Creek, Sam'l Adams, Henry Knapp.Steubenville, Curtis Goddard.Tuscarawas, Thomas Carr, Sam'l Brocku-nier.Grand River, Philip Green.*Chetauque, Alfred Brunson.

Lancaster Dist. Jacob Young, P. Elder.Fairfield circuit, Abner Goff, ( 'has. Thorn.Muskingum, Shadrach Ruark.Granville, Daniel Limerick, T. R. Rucke.Knox, Joseph Carper.Mansfield, Josinh Foster, Isaac C. Hunter.Wayne, Edward Taylor.Huron, Dennis Goddard.Hockhocking, Peter Stephens.Lancaster, Thomas A. Morris.Muskingum Dist. Charles Waddle,

P. Elder.Zanesville, James Hooper, Arch. MTroy.West Wheeling, John Graham, ZarahCostin.Barnesville, Wm. Knox, John Waterman.Duck Creek, Thomas M^Dlary, NathanWalker.Marietta circuit, Abel Robinson.Athens, A. Lippett, James T. Wells.Letart Falls, James Gilruth.Burlington, William J. Kent.Marietta station, Truman Bishop.Scioto Dist. Samuel West, P. ElderColumbus, Russell Bigelow, HoraceBrown.Pickaway, Cornelius Springer, PeterWarner.Deer Creek, William Stephens, AndrewCaneer.Chilicothe, James Quinn.Salt Creek, James Havens.Scioto, Greenbury R. Jones, Rob't Delap.* In this calculation the error in the Minute*of last year is corrected.


Brush Creek, Burroughs Westlake, MosesHinkle, jr.Strait Creek, William Crawford. «

Delaware, James Murray. •

Lebanon Dist. Jas. B. Finley, P. Elder.White Oak, William Page, Leroy Sworm-stedt.Milford, John C. Brook, Thomas L. Hitt.Union, John Strange, J. P. Taylor.Piqna, Wm. Westlake, Wm. Simmons.Mad River, Rob't W. Finley, A. M'Lean.Paint, Samuel D. Davidson.London, Zacariah Connel, James Smith.Detroit, John P. Kent.Indian mission, Moses Hinkle, sen.Miami Dist. Walter Griffith, P. Elder.Cincinnati, ./. Collins.Greenville, Benjamin Lawrence.Oxford, Samuel Baker, Wm. H. Raper.Whitewater, James Jones.Miami, Moses Crume, Arthur W. Elliott.Lawrenceburg, J. P. Durbio, Jas. Collord.Madison, A. Wiley, William P. Quinn.Hamilton and Rossville, Henry Baker.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE.Indiana Dist. tffamV Hamilton, P. Elder.Charleston, Calvin Ruter, Wm. Cravens.Blue River, John Scripps, Samuel Glaize.Blootnington, David Chamberlin.Vincennes, Job M. BakerPatoka, Elias Stone.Ohio, John Wallace.Mount Sterling, George V. Hester.Corydon, John Sahrader.Illinois Dist. David Sharp, P. Elder.Illinois circuit, Alexander M'Allister.Okaw, Hackuliah Vredenburgh.Cash River, Francis Moore.Wabash, Thomas Davis.Mount Carmel, J. Stewart.Sangamo, James Simms.Shoal Creek, Josiah Patterson.

Cafe Girardeau Dist. Thomas Wright,P. Elder..

Bellevue, John Harris.Saline and St. Francis, Samuel Bassett.Spring River, Isaac Brookfield.White River, William W. Redman.Cape Girardeau, Philip Davis.New-Madrid, Jesse Haile.

Missouri Dist. S. H. Thompson, P.Elder.St. Louis, Isaac N. Piggott.Gasconade, John M'Cord.Missouri, William L. Hawley.Buffalo, William Medford.Cedar Creek, James Scott.Boonslick, to be supplied.Lamoine, Levin Green.

Arkansas Dist. William Stephenson,P. Elder.

Peecon Point, Washington Orr.Hot Springs, Henry Stevenson.Mount Prairie, Gilbert Clark.Arkansas, William Townsend./. Walker, missionary.KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

Kenhawa Dist. John Brown, P. Elder.Middle Island, Milton Jameson.Big Kenhawa, Francis Wilson, SamuelHindman. 'Greenbrier, Samuel. Montgomery, AmosSmith.Monroe, Jacob L. Bromwell, JamesAvis.Guyandotte, David Dyke, Josiah Brow-der.Little Sandy, Isaac Collord, Isaac Reynolds, J. M. Reynolds.Little Kenhawa, Benjamin T. Crouch,Elisha Simmons.Kentucky Dist. Alexander Cummins,

P. Elder.Newport, William Holman.Licking, John Evans.Mount Sterling, John R. Keach, AbsalomHunt.Lexington and Georgetown, HenryMTJaniel, William Stribling.Limestone, John Ray, Joseph I). Farrow.Fleming, Josiah Whitaker, John Kinney.Lexington circuit, Samuel Demint, N.Harris, E. Stevenson.Hinkstone, Francis Landrum, J. Blair.Maysville, Burwell Spurlock.Salt River Dist. Jonathan Stamper,

P. Elder.Cumberland, Aquila Sampson, HenryGregg.Madison, William Martin, Henry B. Bas-com.Danville, John Watson, Allen B. Dil-lard.Salt River, John Denbam, Wm. Young.Shelby, John Brown, Elisha Simmons.Jefferson, William Adams, James G.Leach,Franklin, David Gray.Louisville,Barnabas M'Henry has no station thisyear.

Green River Dist. 'Marcus Lindsey,P. Elder.

Breckenridge, William Allison.Hartford, James Porter.Henderson, Martin Flint, Edward Ashley.


Livingston, Joshua Butc/ier, jun., AllenElliott.Hopkinsville, Andrew Monroe.Christian, Peter Cartwright, WilliamM'Reynolds.Dover circuit, Benj. Peeples, H. Holland.Dixon, John Brown.Red River, John Johnson, Wm. Peter.

Cumberland Dist. Charles Holliday,P. Elder.

Somerset, Cheslea Cole.Wayne, Simon Peter.Goose Creek, Richard Corwine.Fountain Head, S. C. V. Gillespie, Benj.A. Drake.Bowling Green, Benjamin Malone, sup.,George Lock.Barren, William Gum, Luke P. Allen.Green River, Geo. Taylor, John Daver.Roaring River, Blatchley C. Wood.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.Nashville Dist. Thomas L. Douglass,

P. Elder.Nashville, Hartwell H. Brown.Lebanon, Sterling C. Brown, William B.Carpenter.Cany Fork, William Allgood, Jacob Sullivan.Franklin and Columbia, Thomas Madden.Murfreesborough and Shelbyville, RobertPayne.Buffalo, Moses Smith, Elias Tidwell.Stone's River, John Brookes, Joseph B.Wyms.Nashville circuit, Samuel Harwell, Richard W. Morris.Duck River, Elijah Kirkman, Andrew J.Crawford.

Tennessee Dist. Thomas D. Porter,P. Elder.

Pond Springs, Joseph Williams.Jackson,Flint, Thomas Stringfield, Wm. M'Ma-hon, sup.Limestone, Lewis S. Marshall.Bedford, John Smith, Benj. P. Seawell.Richland, Joshua Butcher, Ellison Taylor.Shoals, John Craigg, Alson J. Watters.French-Broad Dist. James Axley,

P. Elder.Nollichuckie, James Cumming.Powell's Valley, Jesse Green.Tennessee Valley, Obadiah Freeman, Robert Hopper.Sequachey Valley, John Kesterson, JohnPaulsaul.

Little River, Abm. Still, Wiley B. Peek.Knox, David Adams, Jesse Cunningham,sup.Knoxville and Greenville, James Dixon.Hiwassee, Thomas Payne.Holston Dist. John Tevis, P. Elder.Lee, James Witton.Clinch, Samuel Patton.Tazewell, John Bradfield.New-River,Ashe, John Bowman.Abingdon, Ancil Richardson.Holston, William S. Manson, William P.Kendrick.Carter's Valley, George Ekin.Missionaries to that part of Jackson'spurchase embraced in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, Hezekiah Hollandand Lewis Garrett.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.Louisiana Dist. AsMey Hewitt, P. Elder.Washataw, Ashley Hewitt.Rapids, Thomas Owens.Attakapas, Daniel De Vinne.Mississippi Dist. John Lane, P. ElderNatchez circuit, William •Winans.Claiborne, John Seaton.Wilkinson, Ebenezer Hearn.Am it

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Miles Harper.Pearl River, John Booth.Alabama Dist. Thos. Griffin, P. Elder.Whitesand, Henry P. Cook.Chickasawhay, Wiley Ledbetter.Tombeckbee, Meredith Renneau.Cocknaker, Thomas Clinton.Alabama, Nicholas M'Intyre.Cahawba Dist. Thomas Nixon, P. Elder.Cahawba circuit, Thomas Nixon.Franklin, Nicholas T. Snead.Marion,Tuscaloosa,*

SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.Athens Dist. Isaac Smith, P. Elder.Appalachee, Reuben Tucker, Jesse Sinclair.Broad River, Thomas A. Smith, DanielG. M'Daniel.Grove, David Garrison.Alcovi, Thos. Samford, Nicholas Rhodes.Sparta, James Bellah, Robert Flournoy.Cedar Creek, Allen Turner, Bond English.* We have found many difficulties in the preceding Conferences, as, in some instances, thesame names were repeated in two or more placesin the manuscript, and there was no mark to distinguish who were the elders. We have donethe best we could, without, however, havingreason to presume the Minutes are correct.


OcoyEB Dist. James Norton, P. Elder.Washington, Andrew Hammill.Big Oakmulgee, Benjamin Gordon, JohnRobertson.Little Oakmulgee, James Danwody.Ohoopee and Darien, Joaiah Evans, J. N.Glenn.Lappahee, John I. Triggs.Sat ilia and St. Mary's, William Hankins,A. Norman.

Ooeechee Dist. Samuel K. Hodges,P. Elder.

Augusta, James O. Andrew.Washington, Charles Betts.Louisville, George Hill.Warren, Thomas Darley, Thos. Thweat.Little River, Whitman C. Hill, DavidHilliard.Saluda, James Dannelly, Barnet Smith.Abbeville, Robert L. Edwards.Keewee, John B. Chappie.Edisto Dist. Lewis Myers\ P. Elder.Savannah, John Howard.Black Swamp, Christian G. Hill.Orangeburg, J. Taylor, T. Gardner, J.Murrow, sup.Cypress, Travis Owen, Henry Seagrest.Congaree, John L. Greaves.Cooper River, Robert Adams.Charleston, William M. Kennedy, DanielHall, Wm. Kennedy, Asbury Morgan.Broad River Dist. Daniel Asbury,

P. Elder.Reedy River, Elisha Calloway.Enoree, Coleman Carlisle, R. T. Ward.Newbury, John Mullenix, David Riley.Sandy River, Zaccheus Dowling, ElijahSinclair.Wateree, Thomas A. Rosamond.Santee, Anderson Ray.Camden, Tillman Snead.Columbia, Henry Bass.

Pee Dee Dist. Joseph Travis, P. Elder.Lynoh's Creek, John Dix.Little Pee Dee, John Boswell, J. H.Tradewell.Black River, Matthew Raiford.Brunswick, D. F. Christenberry, B. L.Hoskins.Bladen, Nicholas Ware.Deep River, Thomas L. Winn.Georgetown, Nicholas Talley.Fayetteville, Benjamin Rhodes.Wilmington, Samuel Dunwody.

Catawba Dist. Jesse Richardson,P. Elder.

Montgomery, Hugh Hammill, L. Stancel.

Rocky River, Elias Sinclair, John Reynolds.

Sugar Creek, Jacob HillLincoln, J. L. Jerry, Noah Laney.Union, Thomas Craven.Upper French-Broad, Archibald Purify.Black Mountain, Malcom M'Pherson.Morganton, Thomas Mabry.Missionaries to the Mississippi Conference, Zech. Williams, Barnabas Pipkin.Missionary in South Carolina Conference, and to the Indians, William Capers.

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.Norfolk Dist. Ethelbert Drake, P. Elder.Norfolk, Hezekiah G. Leigh.Portsmouth, Ira Parker.Princess Ann, Isaiah Harris, ArchibaldBrundley.Bertie, Joakim Lane.Camden and Edenton, Allen R. Bernard.Sussex, Thomas Mann, Thacker Muire.Suffolk, Benjamin Devany.James River Dist. Edward Cannon,

P. Elder. '

Richmond, Peyton Anderson.Williamsburg, Francis A. Ward.Gloucester, Enoch Johnson, Wm. Eastwood.Hanover, Russell B. Foster, GeorgeHarper.Columbia, John Hales, William Leigh.Culpepper, Henry Peyton, John W.M'Kirby.Amherst, Thomas Howard.Meherrih Dist. John Early, P. Elder.Greenville, William Jones.Mecklenburg, Matthew M. Dance.Bedford, George A. Bain.Buckingham, Samuel Hunter.Petersburg, George M. Anderson.Amelia, Waddell Johnson, Thomas B.Humphrey.Cumberland, John F. Andrew.Brunswick, Joshua Featherstone, Thomas R. Brame.Lynchburg, George W. Charlton.Roanoke Dist. C. S. Mooring, P. Elder.Roanoke, James Smith.Washington, Swain Swift.Swift Creek, Miles Nash.Mattamuskeet, Henry Alley.Banks and Islands, Samuel Harrell.Albemarle Sound, Charles L. Cooley.Neuse Dist. William Compton, P. Elder.Tar River, Jacob Hill, Thomas Crowder.Haw River, Peter Doub.Raleigh city, John F. Wright.Raleigh circuit, Curtis Hooks.24


Black River, Mann Dutton.New-River, Thompson Garrard.Beaufort and Straits, Robert Wilkerson.Newbern, Amos C. Treadway.

Yadkin Dist. James Patterson, P. Elder.Franklin, Lewis Kimball, Moses Brock.Yadkin, Exum Chapman.Iredell, John Thompson.Salisbury, William Harris.Guilford, James Reid.Caswell, William H. Starr.Granville, George C. Chesley.

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

Baltimore Dist. Stephen George Roszel,P. Elder.

Baltimore city, /. M'Cann, R. Tydings,A. Shinn, sup., S. Davis.Fell's Point, Eli Henkle, Jacob Lurk in.Baltimore cir., Job Guest, George Wells.Severn, Frederick Stier, Bazil Barry.Annapolis, John Emory.Calvert, William Builer, Charles Young.Prince George's, Robert S. Vinton, Samuel Ellis, S. Chancy.Foundry, William Hi/land.Georgetown, Beverly Waugh.Montgomery, Gideon Lamng, John G.Watt.

Potomac Dist. Christopher Frye,P. Elder.

Alexandria, Robert Burch.Ebenezer, John M'ElfreshFairfax, Richard M'Allister.Loudoun, John C. French, Dennis B.Darsey.Stafford, Tobias Riley, Charles Cook.Fredericksburg, Thomas C. Thornton.Westmoreland, Yelverton Peyton, CharlesA. Davis.Lancaster, Sam'l Cushing, Sam'l Eryson.

Wihchester Dist. Lewis R. Fechtig,P. Elder.

Winchester, Wm. Monroe, James Moore,William Hamilton.Rockingham, Gerard Morgan, CharlesB. Tippitt.Staunton, James Sewell.Bottetourt, Thomas Kennerly.Pendleton, James Watts, Thomas M.Hudson.Sooth Branch, Robert Boyd, Jas. Sansom.Alleghany, James Reily, John Miller.Berkley, Joseph Frye, James Taylor.Jefferson, Jas. M. Hanson, Edward Oram.Mononoahela Dist. Daniel Hitt,

P. Elder.East Wheeling, Jesse Lee, Sam'l Clarke.

Short Creek, Henry Furlong.Ohio, David Stevens, French S. Evans.Washington, George Brown.Monongahela, Thos. Jamison, Wm. Hank.Harrison, John Watson, Asby Pool.Lewis, Rich'd Armstrong, Wm. Chapman.

Pittsbubo Dist. Thornton Fleming,P. Elder.

Connolsville, John West, Norval Wilson.Somerset, John Connelly.Mahoning, John Tanyhill.Pittsburg, John Bear, Thomas J. Dorsey.Greenfield, Amos Barnes, Thomas Beads.Uniontown and Brownsville, Wm. Barnes.Redstone, Henry Baker, William Brande-berry.

Northumberland Dist. Henry Smith,P. Elder.

Northumberland, Marmaduke Pierce, JohnThomas.Shamokin, John Rhodes.Lycoming,

'Robert Minshall, Jacob R.

Shepperd.Bald Eagle, Abraham Dawson, ThomasM'Gee.Auckwick, Robert Caddon, Wm. C. Pool.Juniatta, Israel Cook.Huntingdon, David Steel, Mordecai Barry.

Carlisle Dist. John Davis, P. Elder.Carlisle. John Childs, Caleb Reynolds.York, William Prettyman.Hartford, James Reid, Nathaniel B. Mills.Great Falls, Jas. Paynter, Joseph Rowen.Frederick circuit, Alfred Griffith, DennisBattee.Fredericktown, Richard Hunt.Chambersburg circuit, Edward Matthews,P. Buckingham.Chambersburg, Andrew Hemphill.Bedford, Bennett Dowler, Barton BeForrest.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.Schuylkill Dist. James Bateman,

P. Elder.Philadelphia—St. George's, James Smith, EzekielCooper, sup., Thomas Miller.Union, Thomas Burch.St. John's, Joseph Rusting.Kensington, William Smith.Bristol, Manning Force, Phinehas Price.Dauphin, Jacob Gruber, Joseph Carey.Lancaster, John Woolson, Henry GKing.Chester, David Bartine, Thomas Davis.Wilmington and Newcastle, LawrenceLawrenson.

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Chesapeake Dist. William Bishop,P. Elder.

Smyrna, William Rider, Joseph Osborne.Dover, Alward White, William Torbert.Caroline, William Williams.Talbot, James Smith, of Delaware, Edward Stevenson.

Queen Ann's, George Woolley, JamesSmith, of Baltimore, sup., W. Wright.Kent, Thomas Smith, James Ridgaway. .Cecil, Samuel J. Griffith, Daniel Fidler.Delaware Dist. Henry Boehm, P. Elder.Cambridge, Charles Reed, John Tally.Dorchester, William Quinn, WilliamRoss.Somerset, James Moore, Wm. Lummis.Annamessex, David Dailey, SamuelGrace.Accomack, Joseph Aydelott, John Bayrie.Snow Hill, Avra Melvin, Wm. Allen.Lewistown, Edward Page.Milford, John Smith, Solomon Higgins.Jersey Dist. Lawrence M'Combs,

P. Elder.Burlington, John Potts, Benj. Collins.Trenton city and Bloomsbury, SolomonSharp.Asbury, John Creamer, Daniel Parish.Sussex, Watters Burrows, Samuel Budd.Hamburg, James Aiken, John Davis.Bergen, George Banghart, William Leonard.Newark, Stephen Martindale.Essex and Staten Island, Thomas Neall,Samuel S. Kennard.Elizabethtown, Joseph Lybrand.New-Brunswick, Charles Pitman.Trenton circuit, Sylvester G. Hill, Eli-phalet H. Reed.Freehold, David Best, BartholomewWeed.New-Mills, John Walker, James Long.Gloucester, Edward Stout, Richard W.Petherbridge.Cumberland, John Finley, John Collins.Salem, Thos. Ware, Samuel J. Cox.NEW-YORK' CONFERENCE.

Nathan Bangs and Thomas Mason, bookagents.John M. Smith, principal of the Wes-leyan Seminary.Freeborn Garrettson, Conference missionary.New- York Dist. Peter P. Sandford,

P. Elder.New-York, Joshua Soule, Elijah Hebard,M. Richardson, William Ross, HemanBangs, J. Summerfield.

New-Rochelle, Elijah Woolsey, WilliamJewett, Robert Seney.CrOtoa,Sam'l Bushnell, Noble W. Thomas.Courtlandt, Gilbert Lyon, John J. Matthias.Stamford, John B. Matthias.Jamaica, Samuel Cochran, Samuel D.Ferguson.Suffolk, Reuben Harris, Eli Denniston.Brooklyn, Lewis Pease.

Rhinebeck Dist. Henry Stead, P. Elder.Rhinebeck, Jesse Hunt.Salisbury, Coles Carpenter, Lucius Baldwin.Granville, Andrew M'Cain, Sam'l Eigh-mey.Leyden, Henry Hatfield.Petersburg, Billy HibbarJ.Pittsfield, Theodosius Clark, David Miller.Otis, Timothy Benedict, sup.Chatham and Hudson, William Anson,Gershom Pierce, H. Weston.New-Haven Dist. Samuel Merwm,

P. Elder.Dutchess. James M. Smith, John Reynolds.Amenia, Daniel Brayton.Goshen, Ebenezer Washburn, Smith Dayton, John Nixon.Burlington, Datus Ensign, Julius Field.Wethersfield, William S. Pease.Middletown, Phinehas Cook.Durham, Josiah Bowen, John Luckey.New-Haven, William Thachcr.Stratford, Bela Smith, James Coleman.Reading, Laban Clark, Aaron Hunt.Saratoga Dist. Daniel Ostrander,

P. Elder.Montgomery, Samuel Howe, John Clark.Saratoga, Jacob Hall, Noah Levings.Pittstown, Sherman Minor, John Lovejoy.Troy, Benjamin Griffen.Schenectady, Samuel Luckey.Berne, formerly Schenectady circuit,Friend Draper, Orin Pier.Cambridge, David Lewis, George Smith.Warren, Cyrus Silliman.Champlain Dist. John B. Stratten,

P. Elder.Brandon, Samuel Draper, Moses Amadon,J. Beeman, sup.Middlebury, Ebenezer Brown.Charlotte, James Youngs, Sam'l Covel.St. Albans, Almond Dunbar, Jas. Covel.Stowe, Phinehas Doan, Ibri Cannon.Grand Isle, Eli Barnett.Chazy, Buel Goodsell.


Plattsburg, Harvey De Wolf, CyrusPrindle.Ticonderoga, Seymour Landon.

Hudson River Dist. Eben Smith,P. Elder.

Albany, Phinehas Rice.

Coeymans, Daniel I. Wright, John D.Moriarty.Sharon, James Quinlin, Friend W. Smith.Jefferson, John Bangs, Henry Eames.Delaware, John Finnigan, Roswell Kelly.Newburg circuit, Arnold Scholefield,Smith Arnold.Newburg, Tobias Spicer.New-Windsor, Nicholas White, GeorgeColes.Sullivan, Nathan Rice, John B. Tyler,/. Candee.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

Boston Dist. Elijah Hedding, P. Elder.George Pickering, missionary.Boston, S. W. Wilson, Ephraim Wiley.Charlestown, Daniel Fillmore.Maiden, Leonard Frost.Lynn Common, Phinehas Peck.Wood End, Timothy Merritt.Marblehead, Jotham Horton.Scituate, Isaac Jennison, Frederick Up-ham.Sandwich and Harwich, Edward T. Taylor, Benjamin Brown.Wellfleet, Edward Hyde, Heman Perry.Falmouth, Nathan Paine.Vineyard, John Adams.Nantucket, Asa Kent.Bedford, Jesse Fillmore.Fairhaven, Solomon Sias.

New-London Dist. Erastus Otis,P. Elder.

New-London, V. R. Osborn.Springfield, Moses Fifield.Tolland, Ebenezer Blake, Daniel Dorchester.Pomfret, Joseph Ireson.Norwich, Lewis Bates.Hebron, Leonard Bennett.Mansfield, John W. Hardy, Eleazer Steel.Somerset, Thomas W. Tucker.Rhode Island, Isaac Stoddard.Bristol, Isaac Bonney.Providence, Bartholomew Otheman.Northbridge, John W. M'Kec.Warwick, Francis Dane.Ashburnham, Ella Dunham.Needham, Benjamin Hazelton.

Vermont Dist. John Lindsey, P. Elder.Wethersfield, Joshua Rand ell.Barnard, S. B. Haskel.

Vershire, Joel Steele, John F. Adams.Barre, Abraham Holway.Athens,Unity, John Lord.Danville, Phinehas Crandell.Lyndon, Benjamin R. Hoyt.Craftsbury, Samuel Norris.New-Hampshire Dist. Jacob Sanborn,

P. Elder.•Portsmouth, Enoch Mudge.Salisbury and Newmarket, Joseph A.Merrill, B. R. Lewis.Poplin, David Culver.Rochester, Damon Young.Pembroke, James P. Hervey.Tuftonborough and Sandwich, Joseph Kel-lam, Ezra S. Goodwin.Bridgewater, Wallace Lark.Canaan, Ezra Kellogg.Landaff, /. A. Scarrdl, William M'Coy.Lancaster, Charles Baker.

Portland Dist. Elisha Streeter, P. Elder.Portland, Darid Kilbourn.Scarborough and Arundell, Asa Heath,James Jaques.Buxton, Gillman Moody.Gray, Caleb Fogg.Poland, James L. Bishop.Bethel, Elijah Spear.Livermore, Philip Munger.Readfield, Aaron Fuller.Durham, Benj. Burnham, Daniel Went-worth, sup. •

Conway, Job Pratt.Kennebeck Dist. David Hutchinson,

P. Elder.Industry, John Atwell.Norridgewock, Henry True.Unity,Hallowell, Charles Virgin.Pitts town,Georgetown, Gorham Greely.Bristol, True Page.Union, John Lewis.Hampden, Oliver Beale.Exeter, Peter Burgess.Bath, Sullivan Bray.Fairfield, Stephen Lovel.

Penobscot Dist. Benj. Jones, P. Elder.Orrington, Samuel Baker.Penobscot, Heman Nickerson.Vinalhaven, Samuel Plummer.Thomastown, E. F. Newell.Columbia, John S. Ayer.St. Croix, John Briggs.GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Ontario Dist. Abner Chase, P. Elder.Lyons, James Kelsey, Robert Parker.


Ontario, Thomas Wright.Seneca, Jonathan Huestis, Palmer Roberts.Crooked Lake, Isaac Grant, John Beggarly.Catharine, Joseph ATCreary.Prattsburg, Andrew Peck.Canesteo, Dennison Smith, Asa Abel.Genera and Canandaigua, Loring Grant,Chester V. Adgate.Oneida Dist. George Gary, P. Elder.Westmoreland, Ira Fairbank, Joseph Williams.Rome, Ralph Lanning.Western, Alanson Gifford.Litchfield, Goodwin Stoddard.Otsego, Dan Barnes.Herkimer, Henry Peck, James Brown.Canajoharie, Charles Northrop.Paris, George Peck.Utica, Benjamin G. Paddock.Cooperstown, Dana Fox.Chenango Dist. Charles Giles, P. Elder.Chenango, John Arnold, Timothy Goodwin.Lebanon, Zenas Jones.Pompey, Orin Doolittie.Courtlandt, Ebenezer Doolittie, WilliamCameron.Maniius, George Harmon.Marcellus, Samuel Bebins.Scipio, Manly Tooker, Seth Maitison, sup.Auburn, Joseph Baker.Cayuga, George W. Densmore, RussellDowning, Edmund O'Fling.Ithaca, Elias Bowen.Black River Dist. Renaldo M. Everts,

P. Elder.Black River, Benjamin Dighton.Malone, Truman Dixon.St. Lawrence, Ezra Healy, Orin Foot.Indian River, James Hazen.Le Roy, Israel Chamberlayne, Josiali Kies.Watertqwn, John Dempster.Sandy Creek, Enoch Barnes.Oswego, Chandly Lambert.Victory, William W. Rundall.Susquehannah Dist. George Lane, P.

Elder.Wyoming, Elisha Bebins, John Sayre.Canaan, John D. Gilbert.Bridgewater^o*Aua Rogers, Hiram Moore.Broome, John Griffin, James Hodge.Spencer, Horace Agard, Asa Orcott.Tioga, Hiram G. Warner, Caleb Kendall, jr.Wyalusing, Asa Cummings, Gaylord Judd.Caroline, Benjamin Landon.

Upper Canada Dist. William Case, P.Elder.

Niagara, Isaac Puffer.Lyons Creek, Alvin Torry.Ancaster, Daniel Shepardson, John Ry-erson.

Long Point, Isaac B. Smith, William H.Williams.Thames, Ezra Adams, Thomas Demarest.Westminster, James Jackson, George Ferguson.Duffin's Creek, David Yeomans, sup.Young-street, David Culp.York, and mission to the new settlements,U. C, Fitch Reed, KenethM. K. Smith,missionaries.

Bav Quintie Dist. Henry Ryan, P. Elder.Bay Quintie, Calvin N. Flint, FranklinMetcalf.Smith's Creek, Thomas Madden.Belleville, Robert Jeffers.Hallowell, Samuel Helton, James Wilson.

Augusta, Wyatt Chamberlayne, GeorgeFarr.Cornwall, Philander Smith.Ottawa, David C. Spore.Rideau, William Jones.Perth, James G. Peale.

Genesee Dist. Gideon Draper, P. Elder.Sweden, James L. Lent.Batavia, James Gilmore, Jasper Bennett.Caledonia, Micah Seager.Rusliford, Cyrus Story.Genesee, William Snow.Bloomfield, Andrew Prindell.Rochester, Reubin A. Ailworth.Moscow, Benajah Williams.

Erie Dist. Glezen Fillmore, P. Elder.French Creek, Zacariah Paddock.Lake, Nathaniel Reeder, Ira Brownson.Chetauque, Parker Buel.Eden, Philctus Parkus, Jeter Foster, sup.Buffalo, James Hall.Ridgeway, John Summerville, ElijahBoardman.Clarence, Nathan B. Dodson.Olean, Richard Wright.

Quest. 16. Where and token shall ournext Conferences be held ?

1. Ohio Conference, at Lebanon, Sept.6, 1821.

2. Kentucky Conference, at Lexington,September 18, 1821.3. Missouri Conference, at M'Kendree'sChapel, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, October 17, 1821.


4. Tennessee Conference, at Norrels,in Bedford county, Tennessee, November 7, 1821.5. Mississippi Conference, atWashington, Adams county, Mississippi, December 7, 1831.6. South Carolina Conference, at Augusta, Georgia, Feb. 21, 1822.7. Virginia Conference, at Newbem,North Carolina, March 20, 1822.

8. Baltimore Conference, Baltimore,April 19, 1822.9. Philadelphia Conference, Philadelphia, May 9, 1822.10. New- York Conference, New- York,May 29, 1822.11. New-England Conference, at Bath,Maine, June 29, 1822.12. Genesee Conference, at Vienna,Ontario county, N. Y., July 24, 1822.

MINUTESTAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST

EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

FOR THE TEAR 1822.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial?

OHIO CONFERENCE.

Whitefield Hughs, James T. Donohoo,Richard Brandriff, George M. Mealy, JohnPardo, John Walker, William Tipton,Wm. H. Collins, Robert Dobbins, HenryS. Fernandes, Piatt B. Morey— 11.

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.Harvey Sawyers, Peter Akers, SimonL. Booker, John James, James Ross,George W. Robbins, Richard D. Neale,James Browder, Laban Hughey, DanielTivis, William Chambers, John H. Power,William Farrow, Stephen Harber, ObadiahHarber, Green Malone, Thomas Joyner,Thomas Attleberry, Lewis Parker, JohnLambeth, Caleb Crane—21.MISSOURI CONFERENCE.

Parham Randle, James Bankson, JohnBlasdcl, Anthony W. Cassed, JamesKeyte, James Armstrong, Jas. L. Thompson, Abraham Epler, Dennis Willey, JohnGlanville, Ebenezer Webster— 11.

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.

Rufus Leadbetter, Jonas Belodte, JohnSeay, Jacob Hearn, Thomas A. Young,German Baker, Finch Scruggs, James G.H. Spear, Abraham Overall, NathanielR. Jarratt, Absalom Harris, John Raines,John Kelly, John Rice, Robert Boyd,Benjamin T. Liddon, Richard Neely,Francis R. Cheasham, John Patton, Nathan L. Norrell, James Edmiston, WilliamPatton, Thomas J. Brown, George Horn,David B. Cumming, Peter Burum—26.

MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.William Alexander, Edmund PearsonArmstrong I. Blackburn, Eugene V. Le-vert—4.SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.Mark Westmoreland, Abner P. Manly,Peyton L. Wade, Josiah Freeman, Wm.Parks, Gideon Mason, Morgan Tarrentine,John Bigby, George White, John Corring-ton, Edward J. Fitzgerald, Wm. Knight,Henry W.Ledbetter, Peyton Greaves— 14.VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

William D. Good. Overton Bernard,Joshua Leigh, David Ellis, Anson Shad-wick, John Craig, James Morrison—7,

BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.Philip D. Lipsicum, Henry Slicer, JohnN. Steward, John B. West, John L. Gibbons, William M'Dowel, Elias Bruin— 7.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.James M'Lawrin, Isaac Winner, JesseThompson, Philip Dixon, Joseph Hold-rich, James B. Ayres, John Henry—7.

NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.H. Humphreys, Bradley Sillick, DariusStephens, John C. Green, Horace Bart-lett, Elijah Crane, Philo Ferris, HiramMeeker, Jesse Pomroy, Charles Pomroy,Quartus Stewart, Salmon Stebbins— 12.NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE.Samuel G. Atkins, Aaron D. Sargeant,Thomas Smith, Eliphalet Case, HenryBulfinch, John N. Maffitt, Joseph Allen,Hezekiah Thatcher, Allen Barnes, ElishaFrink, Ephraim K. Avery, Wanton Case,

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