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Gc 975.4 F58H FITZRANDOLPH, CORLISS. A HISTORY OF SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS IN WEST VIRGINIA
SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST The South-Eastern Ansariation HISTORY
THIS EDITION OF " A HISTORY OF SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS IN WEST VIRGINIA" IS LIMITED TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 38
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A HISTORY OF
Seventh Day Baptists in Mest Hirginia
INCLUDING THE WOODBRIDGETOWN AND SALEMVILLE CHURCHES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SHREWSBURY CHURCH IN NEW JERSEY
BY CORLISS FITZ RANDOLPH Chairman of The Committee on Denominational History of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference
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Printed for the Author by THE AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY (Seventh Day Baptist) Plainfield, New Jersey 1905
214908
Copyright, 1905 By CORLISS FITZ RANDOLPH
Allen County Public Librety 900 Webster Strost PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-227?
TO My Father Whose Patient Precept, Lofty Example, and Affectionate Encouragement Have Inspired This Volume.
.
PREFACE.
HIS volume is the result of an invi- tation to prepare a historical paper X T relating to the Seventh Day Baptist South-Eastern Association, for the meeting held at Ashaway, Rhode Island, in August, 1902, in com- memoration of the organisation of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference one hunderd years before. For four years, all the time which could be spared from a very busy life, has been devoted to its preparation.
My first plan was to write a paper which I hoped could be completed in about two weeks. As soon as I began to examine what had been published relating to the subject, however. I found that I should be obliged to consult the origi- nal records. As a result, I soon altered my plans, and began the preparation of a more exhaustive treatise, designed to be a classified epitome of all existing records relating to Seventh Day Baptists in Western Virginia, including the Shrewsbury Church of Monmouth County, New Jersey, and the Wood- bridgetown Church of Fayette County, Pennsylvaia, and the Salemville Church of Bedford County, Pennsylvania ; in short, to supply the material needed for some future historian to write a narrative of these people in story form, occupying about two-fifths the space of this book. At one time I con- templated such a narrative as a suitable introduction to the present work, which long ago grew to proportions such as make that impracticable.
In the pursuit of the plan finally adopted, I have carefully
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examined, twice, all the records known to be in existence relating to the subject. The site of the Shrewsbury Church, but a few miles distant from Asbury Park, New Jersey-long ago forgotten-I have identified, and visited several times. Besides numerous visits of myself and interested friends to the offices of the Secretary of State, at Trenton, New Jersey ; the Secre- tary of State at Richmond, Virginia ; the Clerk of the County Court and the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, West Virginia; and the Clerk of the County Court and the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Doddridge County, West Vir- ginia, an extensive correspondence has reached every known or supposed source of desirable information. In one instance, for example, I searched four large metropolitan libraries, and corresponded with the United States War Department, as well as the Department of State, four prominent historical societies, two adjutant generals, and one state historian, besides num- erous private individuals, for a period of several weeks, with a net result of less than four full lines of print, and that of very doubtful value. This is a rather rare example, but it shows the care constantly bestowed upon minute details of investigation. In but two instances, both relatively unimportant, were my requests for assistance unheeded. Without such cordial, unan- imous co-operation, my task would have been exceedingly difficult.
For much of the more important service thus rendered, due acknowledgment has been made in appropriate connection in the body of the work. The multitude of other friends to whom I am indebted, space forbids me to mention by name. I cannot forbear naming a very few, however. Among these are, Professor Jasper N. Deahl of the West Virginia Uni- versity, through whose courtesy exceptional privileges in the library of that institution were granted me; Charles H. Greene, Esquire, of Alfred, New York, who generously placed at my disposal his valuable manuscripts upon Seventh
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Day Baptist History ; and the Honourable Isaiah Bee, M. D., of Princeton, West Virginia, whose personal knowledge of the carly Seventh Day Baptist family history of Western Vir- ginia is probably greater than that of any other living person.
However, more than to any one else, and more than to all others, even, I am indebted to my father, Franklin F. Ran- dolph, Esquire, of New Milton, West Virginia, without whose assistance and encouragement, I should have been compelled materially to curtail the plan of the work, if not wholly to abandon it. Possessed of a wide personal acquaintance with the subject, due in no small measure to his official connection with several of the churches, besides other organisations, and a vivid recollection, covering upwards of sixty years of the period treated, together with rich resources of invaluable private papers, among which were those belonging to Samuel Fitz Randolph, the founder of the village of New Salem, in Western Virginia, Jonathan Fitz Randolph, Jepthah Fitz Ran- dolph, and William Fitz Randolph, his great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and uncle, respectively, he has contributed time and labour without stint to the success of the enterprise.
In the selection of illustrations, my sole aim has been to complete the record as far as possible, of which suitable illus- trations, of necessity, form an important part.
The maps were all drawn by myself. No attempt was made to draw them to scale, as a sufficient number of familiar landmarks were introduced into each to render accurate meas- urements unnecessary.
The restorations of buildings and maps long since disap- peared, with a single exception, were all made from pencil sketches drawn by myself from available, trustworthy data. Doubtless, they are all faulty in minor details, but in respect to the main features, they are believed to be essentially correct.
In making abstracts directly from the records, I have
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endeavoured to preserve the original language of the records, even where the abstract is not a direct quotation.
Certain historical facts have been repeated more or less often, in order to complete groups of related facts.
It should be borne in mind constantly by the reader that, unless specifically stated to the contrary at any given point, this history ends with August 1, 1902.
Due apology is offered the disappointed subscriber for several unexpected delays in the publication of the book owing to unforeseen difficulties beyond the control of the publisher.
The appended list of references is by no means exhaustive. It contains, however, such authorities as are indispensible, or at least representative.
The typographical excellence of the work is due to the unsparing pains of the late Mr. John Hiscox, manager of the publishing house of the American Sabbath Tract Society, whose untimely death is recorded as the last few pages of the book are passing through the press.
I dare not hope that this book has escaped errors of detail-as to fact and date-common to its kind, and I shall be pleased to receive corrections from interested readers.
CORLISS FITZ RANDOLPH.
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,
December 5, 1905.
AUTHORITIES.
MANUSCRIPT RECORDS.
Shrewsbury and Now Salem Churches, 4 vols.
Lost Creck Church, 3 vols.
Middle Island Church, 3 vols.
South Fork of Hughes River Church, I vol.
Ritchie Church, 2 vols.
Greenbrier Church, I vol.
Roanoke Church, I vol.
Conings Church, I vol.
Salemville Church, I vol.
Copen Church, I vol.
West Union Church, I vol.
Black Lick Church, I vol.
South-Western Association, and Virginia Association, I vol.
West Union Academy, I vol.
PUBLICATIONS.
History of Monmouth and Occan Counties (New Jersey). By Edwin Saltus. Bayonne, N. J. 1890.
A History of New Jersey from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. By John O. Raum. 2 vols. Philadelphia. 1877.
Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey. By John W. Barber and Henry Howe. Newark, N. J. 1857.
A Gasettcer of the State of New Jersey. By Thomas F. Gordon. Trenton (N. J.). 1834.
Stories of New Jersey. By Frank R. Stockton. New York. 1896.
Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. By W. S. Stryker. Trenton, N. J. 1872.
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Archives of the State of New Jersey. First Series. Vol. xxii. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800). By William Nelson. Paterson, N. J. 1900.
Notes on the State of Virginia. By Thomas Jefferson. Paris. 1784. American edition 1787.
Historical Collections of Virginia. By Henry Howe. Charleston, S. C. 1845.
Chronicles of Border Warfare. By Alexander Withers. Clarks- burg, Va. 1831. New edition, by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Cincinnati. 1895.
Notes on the Settlements and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, from 1763 to 1783 inclusive. By Joseph Doddridge. Reprint. Albany, N. Y. 1876.
Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-Western Territory. By Jacob Burnet. New York and Cincinnati. 1847.
History of West Virginia. By Virgil A. Lewis. Philadelphia. 1887.
The History and Government of West Virginia. By Fast and Maxwell. Morgantown (W. Va.). 1901.
Dyer's Index to Land Grants in West Virginia. Charleston (W. Va.). 1895.
Atlas of Harrison County, West Virginia. Philadelphia. 1886.
Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia (Counties of Harrison and Marion, W. Va., I vol .; and Ritchie and Doddridge, W. Va., I vol.). Chicago and Toledo. 1883.
Reports of the Adjutant General of West Virginia. For years 1864 and 1865. Wheeling. 1865-1866.
A History of the Davis Families. By James B. Davis. (Salem, W. Va. 1895).
Genealogy of the Sharpless Family. Descended from John and Jane Sharpless. By Gilbert Cope. Philadelphia. 1887.
Transallegheny Historical Magazine. Quarterly. 1901-1902. Mor- gantown, W. Va.
West Virginia Historical Magazine. Quarterly. 1901-1905. Charleston, W. Va.
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. By Franklin Ellis. Philadelphia. 1882.
History of Monongalia County, West Virginia. By Samuel T. Willey. Kingwood, W. Va. 1883.
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History of Preston County, West Virginia. By S. T. Willey. Kingwood (W. Va.). 1882.
William and Mary College Quarterly .. . Vols. I-XIII. 1892-1905.
Minutes of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, from its organisation in 1802 down to 1902. (v. d., v. p.).
Minutes of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. (v. d., v. p.).
Minutes of the American Sabbath Tract Society. (v. d., v. p.).
Minutes of the Seventh Day Baptist Education Society. (v. d., v. p.).
Minutes of the South-Western and Virginia Associations. (v. d., v. p.).
The Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Magasine. Irregular. Vols. I-II (all published). v. p. 1821-1825.
The Seventh Day Baptist Memorial. Quarterly. Vols. I-III (all published). New York. 1852-54.
The Protestant Sentinel. Weekly. (v. p.). 1830-1839.
The Seventh Day Baptist Register. Weekly. DeRuyter, N. Y. 1840-1844-
The Sabbath Recorder. Weekly. (v. p.). 1844-1902.
Jubilee Papers. Historical Papers Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society, and the Centennial of the William Carey Foreign Mission Movement. Alfred Centre, N. Y. 1892.
The Salem Seventh Day Baptist Church. By Rev. Theodore L. Gardiner. Alfred Centre, N. Y. 1892.
A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and Other Parts of the Wl'orld. By David Benedict. 2 vols. Boston. 1813.
History of the Welsh Baptists. By J. Davis. Pittsburgh. 1835.
Materials Toward a History of the American Baptists. By Mor- gan Edwards. Vol. 1. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1770. Vol. II. New Jersey. Philadelphia. 1792.
A History of the Baptists. By Thomas Armitage. New York. 1887.
A History of the Sabbatarians or Seventh Day Baptists in America. By Henry Clarke. Utica (N. Y.). 1811.
The German Pietists in Pennsylvania. By Julius Friedrich Sachse. Philadelphia. 1895.
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History of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. By James Bailey. Toledo. 1866.
Autobiography of Rev. Alexander Campbell. Edited by C. A. Bur- dick, Watertown, N. Y. 1883.
CONTENTS.
Page
PREFACE
vii
AUTHORITIES
xi
ILLUSTRATIONS
xix
I. WILLIAM DAVIS OF WALES
I
II. THE SHREWSBURY CHURCH
9
III. WESTERN VIRGINIA.
41
IV. FRONTIER LIFE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
63
V .. THE WOODBRIDGETOWN CHURCH
73
VI. THE NEW SALEM CHURCH
83
VII. THE WEST FORK RIVER CHURCH
135
VIII. THE LOST CREEK CHURCH
143
IX. THE MIDDLE ISLAND CHURCHI
173
X. THE NORTH FORK OF HUGHES RIVER CHURCH. 195
XI. THE SOUTH FORK OF HUGHES RIVER, OR PINE
GROVE, CHURCH
199
XIL THE RITCHIE CHURCH.
,13
XIII. THE GREENBRIER CHURCHI.
229
XIV. THE ROANOKE, OR WEST FORK, CHURCH.
237
XX. THE CONINGS, OR BEAR FORK, CHURCH
241
XVI. THE SALEMVILLE CHURCH
245
XVIL THE COPEN CHURCH
251
XVIII. THE WEST UNION CHURCH
255
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XIX. THE BLACK LICK CHURCH
261
XX. THE SOUTH-WESTERN ASSOCIATION 265
XXI. THE SOUTH-EASTERN ASSOCIATION
281
XXII.
MISSIONARY WORK
313
XXIII. SABBATH REFORM 331
XXIV.
SABBATH SCHOOLS
335
XXV. WEST UNION ACADEMY
343
XXVI. SALEM COLLEGE
367
XXVII.
SLAVERY
383
APPENDIX.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
REV. JOHN DAVIS
397
REV. JACOB DAVIS 398
REV. JOHN DAVIS, 2D 398
REV. LEWIS A. DAVIS 400
REV. PETER DAVIS.
40I
REV. JAMES BALL DAVIS 403
REV. SAMUEL DAVIS DAVIS
405
REV. JACOB DAVIS, 2D
4II
REV. ENOCH DAVID 413
REV. RICHARD CLAYTON BOND.
414
SAMUEL FITZ RANDOLPH 415
JEPTHAH FITZ RANDOLPH
418
FRANKLIN FITZ RANDOLPH.
419
REV. AZOR ESTEE
420
STEPHEN THOMAS WEST POTTER. 422
DANIEL MAXSON BURDICK 422
MOSES HOFFMAN DAVIS
423
REV. DAVID W. LEATH.
423
CLYDE FITZ RANDOLPH
424
CONTENTS xvii
CLARKE'S ACCOUNT OF THE VIRGINIA
CHURCHES 426
MINISTERS DESCENDED FROM WILLIAM DAVIS 427
MARRIAGES
428
WILLS, ETC.
435
TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS.
NEW JERSEY
440
PENNSYLVANIA
440
WEST VIRGINIA
441
A LIST OF STUDENTS WHO MATRICULATED IN ALFRED UNIVERSITY FROM WEST VIRGINIA 447
SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST SOLDIERS.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
450
WAYNE'S WAR
450
WAR OF 1812
450
CIVIL WAR.
450
PURCHASERS OF TOWN LOTS AT NEW SALEM 453 INDEX 455
A LIST OF ADVANCE SUBSCRIBERS TO "A HIS- TORY OF SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS IN WEST VIRGINIA." 493
ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. SAMUEL D. DAVIS. Frontispiece
2. CORLISS FITZ RANDOLPH Opposite page xxvi
3. TITLE PAGE OF WILLIAM DAVIS'S BOOK, FACSIMILE. Page 3
4. MAP OF SHREWSBURY AND VICINITY Page II
5. MAP SHOWING THE ORIGINAL SITE OF THE SHREWSBURY CHURCH. ETC . Page 13
6. SITE OF THE FORMER VILLAGE OF SQUAN, ADJOINING THE SHREWS- BURY CHURCH. Opposite page 14
7. ORIGINAL RECORD BOOK OF THE SHREWSBURY AND THE NEW SALEM CHURCHES Opposite page 18
8. THE "AWFUL SENTENCE OF Ex- COMMUNICATION' . Opposite page 26
9. THE DEED FOR THE SHREWSBURY
CHURCH LOT.
. Opposite page 28
10. THE SHREWSBURY CHURCH. Opposite page 34
11. INTERIOR OF SHREWSBURY CHURCH, ... Opposite page 36 LOOKING TOWARD THE FRONT ..
12. INTERIOR OF SHREWSBURY CHURCH, . Opposite page 38 LOOKING TOWARD THE REAR. .
13. INSCRIPTION ON STONE TABLET FROM GREAT MOUND AT MOUNDS- VILLE Page 42
14. THE GREAT MOUND AT MOUNDS- VII.I.E Opposite page 44
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15. MAP OF EMIGRATION FROM NEW JERSEY AND MARYLAND TO WEST- ERN VIRGINIA. Opposite page 46
16. MAP OF DISTRICT OF WEST AUGUS- TA, ETC. Page 49
17. SURVEYOR'S MAP OF LAND AT NEW SALEM, VIRGINIA, SOLD TO SAM- UEL FITZ RANDOLPH. Page 51
18. HOME OF JESSE FITZ RANDOLPH, AT NEW SALEM Opposite page 52
19. A WEST VIRGINIA HOME OF THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Opposite page 54
20. MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF NEW SAL- EM, AS LAID OUT BY SAMUEL F. RANDOLPH. A RESTORATION Page
57
21. A LOG SCHOOL HOUSE Opposite page 58
22. A QUIET HOUR . Opposite page 60
23. A HORSEBACK WEDDING ยท Opposite page 64
24. A WEDDING GROUP Opposite page 66
25. A LOG CABIN Opposite page 68
26. MOUNTAIN LIFE. Opposite page 70
27. WOODBRIDGETOWN CHURCH AND
GRAVEYARD Opposite page 74
28. SALEM, LOOKING WEST Opposite page 84
29. SALEM, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING. OIL WELLS IN WEST END. Opposite page 86
30. THE OLD LOG CHURCH AT NEW
SALEM Opposite page 100
NEW SALEM Opposite page 102
31. INTERIOR OF OLD LOG CHURCH AT
32. THE NEW SALEM CHURCH, FRAME BUILDING . Opposite page 104
33. THE SALEM CHURCH. Opposite page 106
34. THE PARSONAGE AT SALEM . Opposite page 108
ILLIUSTRATIONS xxi BURDICK, AT NEW SALEM . ... Opposite page 110
35. RESIDENCE OF REV. CHARLES A.
36. REV. THEODORE LIVINGSTON GARDI- NER, D. D. . Opposite page 118
37. JEPTHAH F. RANDOLPH . Opposite page 120
38. LODOWICK HUGHES DAVIS . Opposite page 122
39. FRANKLIN FITZ RANDOLPH . Opposite page 124
40. THE VILLAGE OF LOST CREEK Opposite page 150
41. GRAVEYARD AT LOST CREEK, AT SITE
OF "OLD FRAME MEETING HOUSE". Opposite page 152
42. REV. DAVID CLAWSON Opposite page 156
43. ABEL P. BOND, BRUMFIELD BOND. Opposite page 158
44. THE LOST CREEK CHURCH . Opposite page 160
45. THE PARSONAGE AT LOST CREEK . Opposite page 162
46. REV. WILLIAM L. BURDICK Opposite page 166
47. GRAVEYARD AT WEST UNION .Opposite page 178
48. LOG SCHOOL HOUSE AT THE MOUTH OF SUGAR CAMP RUN. . Opposite page 180
49. THE MIDDLE ISLAND CHURCH Opposite page 182 50. THE MIDDLE ISLAND CHURCH AND PARSONAGE Opposite page 184
51. REV. JAMES BALL DAVIS. Opposite page 190
52. THE PINE GROVE CHURCH Opposite page 208
53. THE RITCHIE CHURCHI Opposite page 214
54. THE PARSONAGE AT RITCHIE . Opposite page 216
55. REV. LELY DANIEL SEAGER Opposite page 218 56 REV. PERIE R. BURDICK. Opposite page 220
57. REN. RILEY G. DAVIS. . Opposite page 222
58 REV. LEWIS FITZ RANDOLPH .Opposite page 230
50. THE GREENBRIER CHURCH . Opposite page 232
FORMER RESIDENCE OF REN. LEWIS FITZ RANDOLPH, ON GREENBRIER
Opposite page 234 Rex
61. THE ROANOKE CHURCHI. Opposite page 238
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62. THE CONINGS CHURCH Opposite page 242
63. THE SALEMVILLE CHURCH AND PARSONAGE Opposite page 246 64. REV. GEORGE B. KAGARISE,
REV. DARWIN C. LIPPINCOTT Opposite page 248
65. THE BLACK LICK CHURCH Opposite page 262
66. MOSES HOFFMAN DAVIS. Opposite page 286
67. REV. GIDEON HENRY FITZ RAN- Opposite page 288 DOLPH
68. REV. LUCIUS R. SWINNEY,
REV. URI M. BABCOCK, REV. JOHN L. HUFFMAN,
REV. MAZZINI G. STILLMAN. Opposite page 292
69. REV. HIRAM P. BURDICK,
REV. HENRY B. LEWIS,
REV. CHARLES W. THRELKELD,
REV. ORPHEUS S. MILLS Opposite page 298 70. REV. SANFORD LAFAYETTE MAXSON. Opposite page 304 71. REV. GEORGE W. LEWIS Opposite page 306
72. REV. ELLIS ADELBERT WITTER Opposite page 308
73. MAP SHOWING CHURCHES IN THE
SOUTH-EASTERN ASSOCIATION .. . Opposite page 310
74. REV. JOHN GREENE,
REV. JOHN DAVIS, OF SHILOH, JOHN BRIGHT,
REV. JOEL GREENE,
REV. JAMES BAILEY . .. . Opposite page 320
75. REV. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
REV. STILLMAN COON,
REV. WALTER B. GILLETTE, REV. CHARLES M. LEWIS. Opposite page 324
76. REV. CHARLES A. BURDICK. .Opposite page 328 77. REV. ABRAM HERBERT LEWIS, D. D. Opposite page 332
78. THE WEST UNION ACADEMY, AS
ORIGINALLY BUILT Opposite page 344
ILLIUSTRATIONS xxiii
79. WEST UNION ACADEMY, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1902. ... Opposite page 346
80. CAPTAIN NATHAN DAVIS. . Opposite page 348 81. SAMUEL PRESTON FITZ RANDOLPH. . Opposite page 350 82. FRANKLIN F. RANDOLPH, PRESTON F. RANDOLPH,
VIRGINIA F. RANDOLPH, ISAIAH BEE,
LEWIS TOWNSEND DAVIS. .. Opposite page 352
83. FACSIMILE OF PROSPECTUS OF NORTH - WESTERN VIRGINIA ACADEMY . Page 355
84. PRESTON FITZ RANDOLPH . Opposite page 356
85. SALEM ACADEMY, FACSIMILE OF
PROSPECTUS . Page 359
86. THOMAS H. LOWTHER,
STILLMAN F. LOWTHER,
LUTHER F. RANDOLPH, DAVIS N. MEREDITH,
THOMAS B. PEPPER. Opposite page 360
87. STEPHEN THOMAS WEST POTTER, DANIEL MAXSON BURDICK, AZOR ESTEE. .Opposite page 362
88. TERENCE M. DAVIS,
CORLISS F. RANDOLPH, .
GIDEON HENRY F. RANDOLPH, LUTHER A. BOND Opposite page 368
&g. SALEM COLLEGE Opposite page 370
90. JESSE FITZ RANDOLPH . . Opposite page 372
91. GEORGE WASHINGTON FITZ RAN-
DOLPH
. Opposite page 374
92. ESLE FITZ RANDOLPH Opposite page 376
93. ALICE CLAWSON GARDINER, ELSIE B. BOND, CORTEZ R. CLAWSON,
SAMUEL B. BOND Opposite page 378
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94. PRESIDENT GARDINER AND A GROUP
OF SALEM COLLEGE STUDENTS .... Opposite page 380
95. REV. LEWIS A. DAVIS . Opposite page 400
96. HOME OF REV. JAMES B. DAVIS,
NEAR NEW MILTON Opposite page 404 97. REV. BOOTHE COLWELL DAVIS, D. D. . Opposite page 406
98. REV. SAMUEL HOFFMAN DAVIS. .... Opposite page 408 99. THE HOME OF REV. SAMUEL D. DAVIS, NEAR JANE LEW . Opposite page 410
100. REV. JACOB DAVIS. . Opposite page 412
IOI. REV. RICHARD C. BOND
Opposite page 414
IO2. THE COMMISSION OF SAMUEL FITZ RANDOLPH, AS ENSIGN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. . Opposite page 416
103. THE HOME OF JEPTHAH FITZ RAN- DOLPH, AT NEW MILTON Opposite page 418
104. FRANKLIN F. RANDOLPH Opposite page 420
IO5. REV. DAVID W. LEATH Opposite page 422
106. CLYDE FITZ RANDOLPH. Opposite page 424
107. THE SOLE REMAINING GRAVESTONE IN THE GRAVEYARD AT SHREWS- BURY . Opposite page 440 108. GRAVES OF SAMUEL AND MARGARET FITZ RANDOLPH AT SALEM. Opposite page 442
109. REV. DARIUS KING DAVIS. Opposite page 448
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CORLISS FITZ RANDOLPH, son of Franklin and Mary Elisabeth (Fox) Fitz Randolph, was born at New Milton, Doddridge County, West Virginia, July 24, 1863. He is a lineal descendant of William Davis of Wales, the founder of the Shrewsbury-New Salem Church. He is likewise a descendant, in the fourth generation, of Samuel Fitz Randolph, the founder of the village of New Salem, in Harrison County, Virginia,-now West Virginia.
His early education was obtained in the public and private schools of Doddridge and Harrison counties, West Virginia. In 1888, he graduated from Alfred University, at Alfred, New York, with the degrees of B. A., and M. A. From 1896 to 1899, he pursued a course of graduate study at Columbia University, where he held, successively, the following appointments :- University Scholar in Latin, President's University Scholar in Latin, and Drisler Fellow in Classical Philology. Subsequently, he was a non-resident lecturer in the Latin Language and Literature, and in Classical Philology, in Alfred University. In 1903, Alfred University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (litterarum humaniorum doctor), and in 1904, Salem College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
He has long been closely identified with the interests of his Alma Mater-Alfred University-of which he has been a trustee since 1895. He has also served as president of the Alfred Alumni Association.
He is a member of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of New York City. Since 1890, he has been a director of the American Sab- bath Tract Society (Seventh Day Baptist), and since 1901, he has been recording secretary of the Sabbath School Board of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. In 1903, he succeeded to the chair- manship of the Committee on Denominational History, of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, a position held for many years by the late Reverend William Clarke Whitford, D.D., President of Milton College.
CORLISS FITZ RANDOLPH.
CORRECTIONS.
Page 31, line 6 from bottom of page. For July read June.
Page 37, between lines 25 and 26, insert sub-head MINISTERS.
Page 47, line 12. Omit Lewis.
Page 67, line 22. For door read floor.
Page 78, line 8. For 1809 read 1793.
Page 85, line 7. For bettle read betle.
Page 104, line 18 from bottom. For 1793 read 1795.
Page 107, line 7 from bottom. For west read north.
Page 110, line 3 of foot-note. For Nw read New.
Page 176, line 6. For upwards of read nearly.
Page 203, line 1 of foot-note. For in read is. Page 241, last line. For Clarke read Clark.
Page 252, line 23. For Clarke read Clark.
Page 256, line 17. For Ilsand read Island.
Page 256, line 22. For Ppeston read Preston.
Page 290, line 14 from bottom. For preceeding read preceding. Page 291, line II. For new read news.
Page 325, line 10 from bottom. For hcardened read hardened.
Page 353, last line but one. For modelled read modeled.
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FLAVIUS J. EHRET, 1892-1893, MOSES H. VANHORN, 1894.
Page 404, line 8. For Northhampton read Northampton. Page 407, line 10 from bottom. For Tennesee read Tennessee.
Page 422, line 19. For Onondago read Onondaga.
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WILLIAM DAVIS OF WALES.
ILLIAM DAVIS, so the record runs, ap was born of respectable parentage in Glamorganshire, Wales, in the W year 1663. While conclusive proof is wanting to that effect, it is more than probable that his father was one of four brothers, all of whom were members of the aristocratic Penyfay Church in the county of Glamorgan, a branch of the Bap- tist church of Swansea. One of these brothers was high sheriff ; another, deputy sheriff ; a third, recorder of the county of Glamorgan ; and the fourth brother, chaplain to the judge in the county town of Cardiff.1
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