Circuit-rider days along the Ohio; being the journals of the Ohio Conference from its organization in 1812 to 1826, Part 19

Author: Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Ohio; Sweet, William Warren, 1881- ed
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati, The Methodist Book Concern
Number of Pages: 320


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John F. Wright obtained leave of absence the ballance of the Session.


The Presedent Elder was then authorized to employ Elijah Spurgeon, who applied but was not admitted on. trial.


Frederick Hood a Local Preacher who had been sus- pended by the Sciota District Conferance from all official Services in the Methodist E. Church appealed from that decission to this Conferance.


After hering the proceedings and evidence in the case, The decission of the District Conferance as to his guilt was then concured in and his suspension by the District Conferance was confirmed.


Isaac Pavy a Local Elder had notified an appeal from the decission of the Sciota District Conferance by which he was suspended and his case was laid over till the next Conferance.


The conferance then proceeded to fix the place of the next annual Conferance Cincinnati has 33 votes & Lan- caster 21.


On motion ordered that the thanks of the Conferance be presented through the Secy to the citizens of Hills- borough for their Kindness and attention to the preachers


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and also to Mr. McMullin for his kindness in attending to and keeping his school room in order for the accommo- dation of the Conferance.


It was then resolved that the first friday in Sepr be observed as a day of fasting and prayer.


Resolved that it shall be the duty of each preacher having the charge of a circuit or Station to make a pub- lick collection on each congregation, to bring to the next Conferance


The Journals of the conferance was then read up and the Conferance adjourned to meet at 2.O.C. P.M.


AFTERNOON SESSION 2.OC. BISHOP HEDDING PES.


After the usual services, and some necessary remarks and observations, the conferance was addressed from the Chair.


The appointments were then read and the Conferance closed its session.


G. R. JONES Secty


ELIJAH HEDDING.


The membership of the Ohio Conference for 1826 was reported as follows :


Miami District.


Scioto District.


Whites


Col.


Whites


Col.


Cincinnati


901


70 Straight Creek .. 701


1


Miami


942


Bush Creek 887


2


Oxford


804


Scioto


980


White Oak


1,220


1 Chilicothe


361


3


Milford


1,215


Deer Creek


985


5


Union


1,275


17


Paint Creek


708


Piqua


1,009


Pickaway


861


1


Greenville


373


Wilmington


749


2


Mad River


1,268


14


London


800


Belle Fontaine


457


7,032


14


9,464 102


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Lancaster District.


Detroit District.


Whites Col.


Whites Col


Athens 740


Detroit City 70


Marietta 501


Detroit cir. 290


Muskingum 824


1


Fort Defiance . . 25


Zanesville sta. ..


172


2


Wyandot mis. 250


Zanesville cir. 807


Granville 400


2


635


Columbus 1,120


Fairfield 1,057


2


Kenhawa District.


Salt Creek 447


Burlington 345


Guyandotte 373


Logan 248


13


Portland District


Big Kenhawa 265


Knox


700


Mansfield


895


3


Letart Falls


620


4


Wayne


800


Huron


375


4


2,589


59


Black River


225


6


Whites


Col.


Members in So-


ciety this year 30,488


195


last year 28,505


192


Increase this year 1,983 3


Appointments for 1826. Miami Dist. John Collins, P. Elder.


Martin Ruter, book agent, Cincinnati.


Augusta College, John P. Durbin, professor of languages.


Cincinnati, Truman Bishop, Geo. Gatch. Miami, Andrew S. M'Lean, Alfred M. Lorain. Oxford, John C. Brook, Isaac C. Hunter.


White Oak, Greenbury R. Jones, Levi White, elect. Milford, Arthur W. Elliott, Elijah H. Field. Union, William H. Raper, George W. Maley, George W. Walker. Piqua, John Sale, William B. Christie. Greenville, Amos Sparks.


Mad River, John F. Wright, Augustus Eddy. Belle Fontaine, Thomas Beacham.


6,011


7


Delaware 475


Charlestown


187


42


Nicholas 204


Brunswick


502


Sandusky


150


4,122


13


Hockhocking


390


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Scioto Dist. Russel Bigelow, P. Elder.


Straight Creek, Andrew F. Baxter.


Bush Creek, Wesley Browning, Absalom D. Fox. Scioto, Francis Wilson, Adam Sellers. Chilicothe, William Simmons.


Deer Creek, John Stewart, John Ferree. Paint Creek, Burroughs Westlake.


Pickaway, Jacob Delay, Wm. Reynolds.


Wilmington, John P. Taylor. London, Samuel P. Shaw, John W. Clarke.


Lancaster Dist. David Young, P. Elder.


Athens, Henry S. Fernandes, Robert O. Spencer.


Mariette, Leroy Swormstedt.


Muskingum, Jacob Hooper.


Zanesville station, Joseph Carper.


Zanesville circuit, Cornelius Springer, James Callahan.


Granville, Curtis Goddard.


Columbus, Sam'l Hamilton, Jacob Young.


Fairfield, James Quin, James Laws.


Hockhocking, Daniel D. Davison.


Portland Dist. James M'Mahon, P. Elder.


Delaware, Abner Goff.


Knox, Jacob Dixon, John C. Havens.


Mansfield, James M'Intyre, Benjamin Cooper.


Wayne, Jas. C. Taylor, Cyrus Carpenter.


Huron, Shadrach Ruark.


Black River, Henry O. Sheldon.


Brunswick, Solomon Maneer, Adam Poe.


Sandusky, Arza Brown.


Wyandot mission, James B. Finley, Jas. Gilruth.


Detroit Dist. Zarah Coston, P. Elder.


Detroit city, Zarah Coston. Detroit circuit, John Janes. Monroe, John A. Baughman. Fort Defiance, mission, Elias Pattee. St. Clair mission, James T. Donahoo.


Kenhawa Dist. Zachariah Connell, P. Elder. Salt Creek, Richard Brandriff.


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Burlington, John Ulen.


Guyandotte, John W. Gilbert.


Logan, David Whitcomb. Big Kenhawa, Philip Strawther.


Charlestown, John F. Power.


Nicholas, to be supplied. Letart Falls, John W. Kinney, Stephen Rathbone.


John Crawford, transferred to the Pittsburg Conference. Benjamin Lawrence, no appointment this year.


William J. Thompson, sup., at his own request, on account of family affliction, has no appointment this year.


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MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL


Journals of the Ohio Conference 1812-1826. This manuscript volume contains 282 pages. The first ninety-seven pages is given over to the Journals of the old Western Conference, the remainder of the volume contains the Journals of the Ohio Conference for the first fifteen years of its history. The volume is in an ex- cellent state of preservation and the Journals legible.


The James B. Finley letters. In the Library of Ohio Wesleyan University are a number of letters written by James B. Finley, covering the period from about 1815 to 1824. In this collection are several letters to Finley. These letters have been useful in throwing light on several incidents relating to the Indian Mission.


Miscellaneous letters and papers. Besides the Finley letters there are a number of other letters and papers in the Ohio Wes- leyan Library.


Up to the present time this material has not been catalogued.


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INDEX


A


Alabama, 19 Alleghanies, 11, 13, 14


Asbury, Francis, 26, 28, 32-35, 39-40, 41, 70 Augusta College, 59-61, 230, 270 (See Education)


B


Baptists, 15


Bascom, Henry B., 38-39, 54, 62


Biglow, Russell, 62, 68, 94


Boone, Daniel, 16


Bond, John, 39-40


Brunson, Alfred, 31-32, 54, 245


Bryce, James, 11, 15 Buildings, Church, 56 Burke, William, 45, 53-54


C


Cahokia, 17, 18 Calvinism, 46 Camp-Meetings, 35, 181


Carolinas, 13, 19, 23


Catholics, 64


Census, (1790) 19, 20; (1800) 22; (1810) 23; (1820) 26 Charges against preachers, 154, 217, 231, 232, 250-251, 255, 268, 279, 282, 283, 286 Children of preachers, 124 Chillicothe, 22, 52, 55, 69. Chippewa Indians, 84-85 Cincinnati, 19, 22, 52, 67 Circuits, Size of, 39, 51-52 Clark, George Rogers, 18, 23


Collins, John, 55, 61 Columbus, Ohio, 53.


Congregational Church, 22


Connecticut, 21, 23, 25


Cumberland valley, 14, 20


D Delaware Indians, 65, 81 Detroit, 17 Methodism in, 58-59


River, 63 Durbin, John P., 62


E Education, 59-61, 206-207, 211 Elliott, Charles, 62


F Fallen Timbers, Battle of, 22


Finley, James B., 30, 34, 37, 46 62, 68, 73-81, 83-93 Franklin, Benjamin, 12 French Posts, 17, 18


G General Conference (1816) 40; (1824) 86-87


George, Bishop Enoch, 46 Georgia, 20, 21


H Head, Jesse, 114 Hedding, Bishop Elijah, 53 High prices, 29-31 Hurons, 63-64


I


Immigration, 13, 23, 24


297


298


INDEX


Illinois, 23, 26 District, 27 Indiana, 23, 25, 26-27


Indians, 16, 17, 18, 22 Chiefs, 64, 66, 69, 84


Missions, 233 (See Wyandot Mission) School, 73


J


Jackson, Andrew, 20 Jefferson, Thomas, 23-24 Jesuits, 64


K


Kanawha River, 20, 28


Kaskaskia, 17, 18


Kentucky, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27


L


Lebanon (Ohio), 52, 72


Louisville (Ky.), 46


M


Maine, 25


Marietta, 21, 53, 64-65


Maryland, 19, 23


Massachusetts, 21, 23, 24


Masonic Order, 48-50, 143, 158- 159


McKendree, Bishop William, 32, 35, 36, 39-41, 46, 53, 69, 79-84


Membership, (1812) 34; (1818- 1819) 56;


Effect of War of 1812 on, 41- 42


Methodist Book Concern, 43- 46, 106-107 (note), 164, 223 Methodist Magazine, 36-57, 168, 188 Miami District, 27


River, 28


Michigan Territory, 23, 28 Missions, 233 (See Wyandot Mission) Missionary Societies, 70-71, 83, 87,90 Mississippi District, 27, River, 17, 18


Missouri, 26


Money mania, 37-38


Morris, Thomas A, 62


Muskingum District, 27, River, 21, 22, 24, 28


N


Nashville, 20 Natchez, 20


New England, 13, 15, 48


New Hampshire, 21, 22


New Jersey, 23


New York, 23, 24, 26


North Carolina, 16, 17


Northwest Territory, 23


0


Ohio, 24, 63


Company, 21


Conference, (1812) 28, 32-35; 99-111; (1813) 36, 112-120; (1814) 36-37, 121-129;


(1815) 39-40, 130-139;


(1816) 46, 140-150; (1817)


50-51, 151-161; (1818) 52, 162-171; (1819) 52, 67, 172- 184; (1820) 52, 69, 185-196; (1821) 52, 72, 197-214; (1822) 53, 215-226; (1823) 53, 84-86, 227-240; (1824) 53, 88-89, 241-260; (1825) 53, 90, 261-273; (1826) 53, 274-292


District, 30


Territory, 23


299


INDEX


Ohio River, 11, 12, 18, 19, 21, 23, 26 Ohio University, 22


Ordinance 1787, 21


T


Tennessee, 16, 21, 23 Conference, 27 Population, 20 River, 17 Turner, F. J., 11, 15


Paris, Treaty of, 11, 12 Pennsylvania, 13, 14, 19, 23, 24


Pittsburgh, 19


Pointer, Jonathan, 65-66 Population, (1780) 19-20;


(1800) 22; (1810) 23;


(1820) 26


Presbyterians, 14, 15, 17, 46- 47, 48, 55


Presiding Elder question, 57- 58, 203-204


Q


Quakers, Irish, 15' Quinn, James, 61


R


Reserve, Western, 22, 23, 31 Methodism in, 47-48 Revivals (1818-1819), 55 Revolution, American, 13, 18, 20, 63


Rhode Island, 21, 23 Roberts, Bishop Robert R., 41, 46, 53, 84 Roosevelt, Theodore, 13 Ruter, Martin, 45-46


S


Sale, John, 36, 61 Scioto, 28 Scotch-Irish, 13, 14, 15, 17 Slavery, 108-109 Soule, Bishop, 53


Steubenville, 36, 37, 52 Stewart, John, 64-67, 68, 69, 177 Strange, John, 62


U.


Universalism, 46 Upper Sandusky (Ohio), 65, 66, 72, 94 Urbana (Ohio), 53


V


Vincennes, 17, 18 Virginia, 13, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28


W War, French and Indian, 14 War of 1812, 24, 28-32 Ward, James, 61 Washington, George, 16 Wautauga, 16 Wayne, General Anthony, 22 Western Conference, 27 Districts of (1811), 31 Western Reserve, 22, 23, 31 Methodism in 47-48 Wheeling, 20 Whitfield, George, 12 Wiley, Allen, 62 Wyandot Mission, 63-95, 176, 177, 192, 193, 204-205, 207-208, 218, 234, 245, 247, 248, 270, 286-287


Y Young, David, 61 Young, Jacob, 30, 41, 45, 61


Z Zanesville, (Ohio), 30, 53, 68


P





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