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The first statistical report of the churches was made to the Presbytery in session at Upper Buffalo in April, 1821. The whole number of communicants, as then given, was 1,659; the number added on examination was 115. The amount contrib- uted to missionary objects was $560.83. Allowing for the non- reporting churches, it is safe to conclude that the membership of the churches under the care of the Presbytery at its organiza- tion was 1700.
By the action of the higher courts, the boundaries of the Presbytery have been changed several times. The Synod of Pittsburgh, in October, 1824, set over to the Presbytery of Washington Rev. Obadiah Jennings and the church of Wash- ington, of which he was pastor. In like manner the churches of Pigeon Creek and Mt. Nebo were transferred, December 20, 1831, from the Presbytery of Ohio to the care of this Presby- tery. The General Assembly of 1863 ordered that the southern boundary of the Presbytery should be changed so as to run directly with the southern line of Pennsylvania extended to the Ohio River. The effect was to throw the churches of Sisters-
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ville, Hughes River, Pennsboro' and Bethel into the Presbytery of West Virginia. In 1868 the church of Bethlehem was trans- ferred to the jurisdiction of this Presbytery from that of Ohio, and so remained until 1883, when it was set over to the Presby- tery of Allegheny in order to secure the pastoral services of a member of that body in connection with one of their churches. By the terms of the agreement it came again under the care of this Presbytery, when the pastoral relation was dissolved April 12, 1887. After the reunion of the Old and New School branches of the Presbyterian Church, happily consummated in 1869, a reconstruction of Synods and Presbyteries became ne- cessary. The action of the Synod of Pittsburgh touching this Presbytery, by which the order of the General Assembly of 1870 was carried into effect, was as follows: "The Presbytery of Washington shall consist of all the churches and ministers within the territory bounded by a line beginning on the Ohio River at the mouth of Raccoon Creek, running along the east fork of said creek to Hickory, thence by the road from George- town to Washington, including South Strabane and Somerset Townships in Washington County, thence by the National Road to Beallsville, thence by the south line of the Presbytery of Redstone to the State line, thence by the State line and Mason's and Dixon's line extended to the Ohio River, and thence by said river to the place of beginning."
The synodical relations of the Washington Presbytery have been changed three times. From its origin until the formation of the Synod of Wheeling by the General Assembly of 1841, it was a part of the Synod of Pittsburgh. During the twenty-nine years that the Synod of Wheeling was in existence this Presby- tery was under its jurisdiction. From 1870 to 1882 it was again within the bounds of the Synod of Pittsburgh. The Gen- eral Assembly of 1882 reconstructed the Synods on the princi- ple of making them conform to State lines, and by this arrange- ment our territory was included in the Synod of Pennsylvania.
At its first meeting, October 19, 1819, Rev. Thomas Hoge was elected stated clerk, and held the office until he severed his connection with the Presbytery, October 5, 1825. He was succeeded by Rev. Andrew Wylie, President of Washington
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College. His resignation was accepted October 8, 1828. The next incumbent was Rev. John Stockton, who continued in office a little more than six years. At the close of Mr. Stock- ton's term, December 24, 1834, Rev. Dr. David Elliott was appointed his successor. He served until the next stated meet- ing in April, 1835, when Rev. William C. Anderson was elected. When Dr. Anderson resigned, December 27, 1836, Rev. Wil- liam P. Alrich was elected and filled the office for three years. Rev. John Eagleson was appointed January, 1840. He was succeeded in October, 1849, by Rev. Cyrus Dickson, who con- tinued to act until dismissed from the Presbytery, October 22, 1856. The vacancy was filled by the appointment of Rev. Edgar Woods, who in April, 1857, took his dismission to the Presbytery of Columbus. Rev. James I. Brownson was ap- pointed April 22, 1857, and resigned April 24, 1861. The next in the succession was Rev. Alexander McCarrell, who for a period of fifteen years kept the records of Presbytery with ex- emplary fidelity. Owing to feeble health, he laid down the work September 27, 1876, nearly five years before his final dis- charge from the responsibilities of a long and fruitful ministry. Rev. William F. Hamilton was elected September 27, 1876, and served eleven years. His resignation was offered September 13, 1887, and, being pressed upon the ground of impaired health, was reluctantly accepted. Upon the report of a commit- tee appointed to nominate a clerk, Rev. Henry Woods was elected in his place.
A few items of business transacted at the earlier meetings of the Presbytery will reveal the spirit in which the members entered upon the work set for them to do.
A resolution was passed to this effect : "That we spend part of a day at our winter meetings in prayer to God, especially for his blessing on us, and the people under our care, and for di- rection in all our duties." Much attention was given to the destitute regions embraced within the Presbyterial bounds, and to the care of weak and vacant churches. The pastors were appointed to preach a part of their time to the vacant churches, and at such points as congregations could be gathered. As an illustration of their unselfishness and zeal for the extension of
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Christ's kingdom, it was enacted that monies received by stated pastors for preaching in vacant churches should be appropriated to the Western Foreign Missionary Society.
The elders were called on annually to report as to the fidelity of their ministers in the discharge of their duties. This cus- tom was observed until the year 1846, when, at the mecting in October, a motion was passed to discontinue it. Another particular in which the methods of procedure were different from those now pursued, has reference to the manner in which the Narrative of the State of Religion was prepared. At the stated spring meeting Presbytery would enter upon a free con- versation on the state of religion within its bounds. A mem- ber, or, in some cases, two members, were appointed to take notes and prepare a condensed narrative, to be forwarded to the General Assembly and Synod. The disadvantages of this method were no doubt felt, but the change to a better way was not the result of formal action by the Presbytery. A committee was appointed October 3, 1832, to prepare a narrative for the Synod, and the members were enjoined severally to furnish them at the next meeting of Presbytery a written report on the state of religion in their congregations. Gradually this plan came to be pursued, which is substantially that now in use. Another particular in which the practice of church courts now is different from that of this earlier period (whether the change is for the better or otherwise need not now be considered) will appear from the following action taken at the first meeting of this Pres- bytery : "On motion resolved, that it be enjoined on all church sessions under our care, to exercise discipline on baptized mem- bers who may be guilty of immorality, and that this Minute be read in each congregation."
A call was presented to the Presbytery at its first meeting, from the church of Lower Buffalo, for one-half of the minis- terial labors of Mr. Jacob Cozad, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Ohio, who had been placed, by the action of the Synod, under the care of this Presbytery. An application was made at the same time for one-half of his services as stated supply by the church of Short Creek. An adjourned meeting was held at Lower Buffalo, January 4, 1820, for the purpose of ordaining Mr.
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Cozad and installing him as pastor. At this meeting Mr. An- drew O. Patterson was received as a candidate for the ministry from the Presbytery of New Brunswick. Subjects for a lecture and a popular sermon were assigned to Mr. Patterson as parts of trial for licensure. His certificate stated that he had been exam- amined upon languages and sciences and didactic theology by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, and had presented a Latin exegesis and critical exercise. Having passed satisfactorily the several parts of trial Mr. Patterson was, on the 5th day of Janu- ary, 1820, licensed as a probationer for the gospel ministry. He was dismissed January 12, 1821, to the Presbytery of Redstone, and became widely known during a long and useful ministry in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.
A report was submitted by a committee consisting of Dr. Andrew Wylic and Rev. Thomas Hoge, appointed at the previous meeting, to prepare a constitution for an education society, agree- ably to the action of the General Assembly. Its object is set forth with clearness in the first resolution, which is as follows: "Resolved, that the Presbytery will resolve itself into a society auxiliary to the Education Society of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, under the care of the General Assembly, will take measures to raise funds and report the amount obtained for the education of poor and pious youth for the gospel ministry, with the number of youth actually supported in whole or in part by the Presbytery, . together with such other information as may be calculated to assist the efforts or direct the labors of that society." This ยท record is quite significant, as showing the interest taken by the fathers of the Presbytery in the cause of theological education. In the same line were measures adopted for the formation of a theological library, to be under the control of Presbytery. The object in view seems to have been more especially to meet the wants of young men studying for the ministry. Books of refer- ence were scarce and expensive, and as theological seminaries had not been established west of the mountains, and but recently in the older States on the Atlantic border, some device was con- sidered important by which students of theology, pursuing their studies under pastors engaged in arduous and self-denying labors, could be supplied with books. Members of Presbytery and
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students under its care were exclusively to have the use of the books, and in all cases the latter were to have the preference. To what extent the undertaking was successful, or how long it was kept up, has not been recorded. Perhaps the founding of the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny so soon after, in which the members of the Washington Presbytery took a deep interest and co-operated effectively, led to its abandonment, Its brief history is worthy of preservation as an indication of their purpose to provide the best facilities for training the future ministry.
The Presbytery of Washington has ordained ninety-three men to the work of the gospel ministry. Eight of these have gone out as foreign missionaries. The number of licensures to the end of the year 1888 has been one hundred and ninety-nine. Two hundred and seventy eight young men have been taken under the care of Presbytery as candidates for the ministry. Two hundred and twenty eight ministers have been enrolled since the organization of the Presbytery, including those set over to it by the Synod. The number of ministers now on the roll is thirty-nine, and the number of churches is thirty-eight. At the beginning, in 1819, there were upon our territory nine min- isters and nineteen churches. The whole number of communi- cants, according to the first statistical report, was approximately 1700. We reported to the last General Assembly 7143. The number added to the churches on examination, as reported in 1821, was 115 In 1888 we reported 408. The amount con- tributed to missionary objects at the former date was $560. Last year our churches gave to home missions $5060, and to foreign missions $9172, making for both causes an aggregate of $14,232. The histories of the churches will show that the labors of our ministers have been attended with frequent and plentiful outpourings of the Holy Spirit, the fruits of which have appeared in large additions to the rolls of communicants, and in the dedication of many young persons to the service of God as ministers and missionaries. The influence exercised by these churches and ministers, through the sons they have sent forth as laborers into both the home and foreign field, and the members and officers they have furnished to churches in the
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great West, can never be fully known. The following roll of ministers, licentiates and candidates will exhibit, in a form con- venient for reference, the ecclesiastical changes from 1819 to 1888 :
MINISTERS, LICENTIATES AND CANDIDATES. BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER.
No. I. THOMAS MARQUIS. Received October 19, 1819, Cross Creek Church. Released October 3, 1826. Died Sep- tember 27, 1827.
No. 2. GEORGE M. SCOTT. Received October 19, 1819, Mill Creek and Flats Churches. Released from Flats April 18, 1826. Released from Mill Creek December 26, 1837. Died August 15, 1847.
... No. 3. _ ELISHA MACURDY. Received October 19, 1819, Three Springs and Cross Roads Churches. Released from Three Springs October 6, 1824. Released from Cross Roads October 7, 1835. Dismissed April 19, 1836, Presbytery of Ohio. Died July 22, 1845.
No. 4. JOHN ANDERSON, D. D. Received October 19, 1819, Upper Buffalo Church. Released June 18, 1833. Died Janu- ary 31, 1835.
No. 5. CEPHAS DODD, M. D. Received October 19, 1819, Lower Ten Mile Church. Stated supply until 1856. Died January 16, 1858.
No. 6. JOSEPH STEVENSON. Received October 19, 1819, Three Ridges Church. Released October 6, 1824. Presbytery of Columbus April 19, 1825.
No. 7. ANDREW WYLIE, D. D. Receivedi October 19, 1819. President of Washington College, Presbytery of Wabash, Oc- tober 6, 1829. Stated Clerk 1825-28.
No. 8. THOMAS HOGE. Received October 19, 1819. In- stalled at East Buffalo and Claysville June 27, 1821. Released October 5, 1825. Dismissed to Presbytery of Baltimore Octo- ber 5, 1825. Stated Clerk 1819-25. Received from Presbytery of Ohio December 8, 1829. Installed at Claysville April 20, 1830. Released December 29, 1835. To Presbytery of Phila- delphia March 29, 1836.
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No. 9. JAMES HERVEY, D. D. Received October 19, 1819, Forks of Wheeling Church. Installed Wheeling (2d) May 14, 1830. Released October 4, 1831. Installed at West Union May, 1832. Released April 22, 1840. Died September 13, 1859.
No. 10. JACOB COZAD. Transferred from Presbytery of Ohio October 19, 1819. Ordained and installed at Lower Buf- falo January 5, 1820. Released April 19, 1827. Installed at Centre August 26, IS23. To Presbytery of Steubenville April 19, 1827.
No. 11. ANDREW O. PATTERSON, D.D. Received as a candidate from Presbytery of New Brunswick January 4, 1820. Licensed January 5, 1820. To Presbytery of Redstone Janu- ary 12, 1821. Ordained April 18, 1821. Pastor Mount Pleasant and Sewickley Churches 1821-34. Agent Board Domestic Missions 1834-36. Pastor Beaver 1837-39. New Lisbon, O., 1840-51. Stated supply and pastor Bethel 1852- 57. Died December 14, 1868.
No. 12. WILLIAM MCLAIN. From Associate Presbytery of Chester and Morristown October 18, 1820. To Presbytery of Hartford October 9, 1823.
No. 13. ICHABOD L. SKINNER. From Hartford Associa- tion of Connecticut January 10, 1822. To Presbytery of Dis- trict of Columbia April 19, 1825.
No. 14. LUDOVICUS ROBBINS. From Association of Hart- ford North, April 15, 1823. To Presbytery of Huron October 22, 1824.
No. 15. WILLIAM WYLIE, D. D. From Presbytery of Red- stone October 9, 1823. Installed May 15, 1830, Wheeling First Church. Released April 20, 1831. To Presbytery of Lancas- ter October 20, 1832.
No. 16. OBADIAH JENNINGS; D. D. From Presbytery of Ohio December 28, 1824, Washington Church. Released March 25, 1828. To Presbytery of West Tennessee March 25, 1828. Moderator General Assembly 1822. Died January 12, 1832.
No. 17. WILLIAM J. FRAZIER. Received as a candidate April 21, 1824. Licensed October 6, 1824. To Presbytery of Ohio December 28, 1824.
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No. 18. RICHARD BROWN, D.D. Received as a candidate from Presbytery of New Brunswick December 28, 1824. Li- censed December 29, 1824. Ordained October 3, 1827. To Presbytery of Richland December 30, 1828. From Presbytery of Richland October 19, 1832. Installed November 13, 1832, Three Springs Church. Released October 7, 1835. To Pres- bytery of Steubenville April 20, 1836.
No. 19. SAMUEL MCFERRAN, D.D. - Received as a can- didate April 21, 1824. Licensed January 29, 1825. To Pres- bytery of Redstone June 20, 1827. Ordained 1827, Presbytery Blairsville. Pastor Congruity, Pa., 1827-69. Died August 1, 1870.
No. 20. HUGH KOONTZ. Received as a candidate April 21, 1824. Licensed January 29, 1825. To Presbytery of Hud- son November 28, 1826.
No. 21. EBENEZER CHURCHHILL. From the Tolland As- sociation of Connecticut as a licentiate April 19, 1825. To Presbytery of Lancaster October 8, 1828.
No. 22. DAVID COLMERY. Received as a candidate April 21, 1824. Licensed April 20, 1825.
No. 23. JOHN HAWKINS. Received as a candidate April 21, 1824. Licensed April 20, 1825. Ordained December 28, 1830. To Presbytery of Redstone 1837.
No. 24. JAMES ARBUTHNOT. Received as a candidate June 16, 1824. Licensed April 20, 1825. To Presbytery of Lancaster October 3, 1826.
No. 25. SAMUEL REED. Received as a candidate froni Presbytery of Baltimore June 16, 1824. Licensed April 20, 1825. To Presbytery of Ohio October 4, 1825. From Pres- bytery of Ohio October 4, 1826. Installed at Three Springs and Flats Churches November 2, 1826. Released October 6, 1829. Name dropped June 21, 1831, owing to mental derange- ment.
No. 26. JOHN STOCKTON, D.D. Received as a candidate April 21, 1824. Licensed April 20, 1825. Ordained June 20. 1827. Installed June 20, 1827, Cross Creek Church. Released June 20, 1877. Stated Clerk 1828-34. Died May 5, 1882.
No. 27. SAMUEL C. JENNINGS, D. D. Received as a can-
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didate October 5, 1825. To Presbytery of New Brunswick April 18, 1826. Ordained June 14, 1829, Presbytery Ohio.
Pastor Sharon, Pa., 1829-79. Editor Christian Herald
1829-32. Presbyterian Preacher 1832-37. Prin. Female Seminary 1837-40. Stated supply Mount Pisgah 1831-48. Temperanceville 1842-48. Pastor Long Island 1848-57. Val- ley Church 1857-68. Stated supply Riverdale 1880. Died . October 10, 1885.
No. 28. ABNER LEONARD. Received as a candidate April 18, 1826. Licensed October 3, 1827. To Presbytery of Col- umbus June 16, 1829.
No. 29. DAVID HERVEY. Received as a candidate Octo- ber 4, 1827. Licensed December 13, 1827. Ordained Decem- ber 31, 1828. Installed December 31, 1828, Mount Prospect Church. Released April 22, 1835. Installed at Lower Buffalo June, 1835. Released October 3, 1849. Died June 19, 1881.
No. 30. HENRY HERVEY, D.D. Received as a candidate October 4, 1826. Licensed October 3, 1827. To Presby- tery of Richland October 7, 1829. Died Martinsburgh, O., February 17, 1872.
No. 31. RICHARD CAMPBELL. Received as a licentiate from Presbytery of Ohio April 19, 1827. Ordained June 23, 1830. To Presbytery of Steubenville October 18, 1833.
No. 32. CORNELIUS LAUGHRAN. From Presbytery of Carlisle October 2, 1827. Installed December 13, 1827, Upper Ten Mile Church. Released October 7, 1829. Joined Cumber- land Presbyterian Church. Name dropped October 4, 1831.
No. 33. JOHN MCCLUSKEY, D.D. Received as licentiate from Presbytery of Philadelphia June 24, 1828. Ordained Oc- tober 8, 1828. Installed October 8, 1828, West Alexander Church. Released April 19, 1854. To Presbytery of Philadel- phia Second April 17, 1855. Died March 31, ISSI.
No. 34. JACOB LINDLEY, D. D. From Presbytery of Cin- cinnati December 8, 1829. Joined Cumberland Presbyterian Church.' Name dropped June 10, 1832.
No. 35. DAVID ELLIOT, D.D., LL. D. From Presbytery of Carlisle December 8, 1829. Installed Washington Church January S, 1830. Released June 22, 1836. To Presbytery of
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Ohio October 5, 1836. Licensed September 26, 1811, Presby- tery of Carlisle. Ordained October, 1812. Pastor Mercers- burg 1812-29. Professor Allegheny Theological Seminary 1836-74. Moderator General Assembly 1837. Died March 18, 1874.
No. 36. WILLIAM C. ANDERSON, D.D. Received as a candidate December 11, 1826. Licensed December 13, 1827. Ordained October 5, 1830. Installed Pigeon Creek Church April 17, 1832. Released July 16, 1836. To Presbytery of Sa- lem March 21, 1838. From Presbytery of Madison April 15, 1845. To Presbytery of Miami April 21, 1846. Pastor Dayton, O., 1846-48. President Miami University 1849-54. Pastor First Church San Francisco, Cal., 1855-63. Stated supply New Albany, Ind. Died August 28, 1870.
No. 37. JAMES ANDERSON. Received as a candidate Oc- tober 2, 1827, from Presbytery of Hartford. Licensed October 8, 1828.
No. 38. JAMES W. MCKENNAN, D.D. Received as a can- didate October 2, 1827. Licensed October 8, 1828. Ordained December 9, 1829. Installed Short Creek and Lower Buffalo Churches December 9, 1829. Released December 24, 1834. To Presbytery of Indianapolis December 24, 1834. From Presbytery of Indianapolis January 7, 1840. Installed April 23, 1840, Cross Roads Church. Released June 22, IS41. Died July 18, 1861.
No. 39. JOHN W. ScorT, D. D. Received as a candidate April 16, 1828. Dismissed April 21, 1829, to Presbytery of Cincinnati.
No. 40. JAMES SMITH. Received as a candidate April 16, 1828. Licensed April 22, 1829. Ordained October 5, 1831. To Presbytery of Steubenville October 21, 1831.
No. 41. CHARLES STEWART. Received as a candidate April 22, 1829. Dismissed as a candidate June 17, 1829, to Presbytery of West Lexington.
No. 42. THOMAS CRATTY. Received as a candidate April 22, 1829. Licensed April 22, 1830. To Presbytery of Colum- bus April 20, 1831.
No. 43. THOMAS M. CHESTNUT. Received as a candidate
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April 22, 1829. Licensed June 22, 1831. To Presbytery of Steubenville April IS, 1832.
No. 44. GEORGE MARSHALL. Received as a candidate October 6, 1830. Licensed April 19, 1832. To Presbytery-of Ohio March 27, 1833. Ordained June 17, 1833. Pastor Bethel Church 1833-72. Died April 30, 1872.
No. 45. JOHN MITCHELL. Received as a candidate Octo- ber 6, 1830. Dismissed June 20, 1832, to Presbytery of Win- chester. Returned his dismission October 1, 1839. Licensed October 2, 1839. To Presbytery of Oxford October 5, 1841.
No. 47. JOHN HALES. Received from Methodist Episcopal Church December 28, 1830. Installed May 15, 1832, Flats Church. Released April 19, 1837.
No. 48. J. HOLMES AGNEW, D. D. From Presbytery of Redstone April 19, 1831. Professor of Washington College 1831-32. To Presbytery of Carlisle October 3, 1832. Ordained 1827 Presbytery of Redstone. Pastor Uniontown 1827-31. Professor and Editor. Died October 12, 1865.
No. 49. SAMUEL MOODY. Received as a candidate Octo- ber 6, 1831. Licensed October 3, 1833. To Presbytery of Steubenville April 20, 1836. Ordained 1837. Stated supply and Pastor Big Springs 1834-43. Pastor Hopewell and Orange 1843-56. Died April 24, 1856.
No. 50. WILLIAM P. ALRICH, D.D. Received as a licen- tiate December 20, 1831, from Presbytery of New Castle. Or- dained April 17, 1832. Stated Clerk 1836-1840. Stated supply East Buffalo Church 1832-64. Died December 31, 1869.
No. 51. DAVID MCCONAUGHEY, D. D., LL. D. From Pres- bytery of Carlisle June 19, 1832. President of Washington Col- lege 1832-49. Died January 29, 1852. Ordained October S, 1800, Presbytery of Carlisle. Pastor Gettysburg and Upper Conewago 1800-32.
No. 52. WILLIAM D. SMITH. Received as a candidate from the Presbytery of Erie April 21, 1830. Licensed April 20, 1831. Ordained June 19, 1832. To Presbytery of Beaver De- cember 24, 1834.
No. 53. THOMAS MAGILL. Received as a candidate April 17, 1833. Licensed April 22, 1835. To Presbytery of Steu.
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benville March 21, 1837. Ordained 1838. Pastor Island Creek 1838-41; Wellsville 1841-45. Stated supply Urbana, O., 1847-52. Died September 24, 1852.
No. 54. HENRY R. WEED, D.D. From Presbytery of Albany October 2, 1833. Installed Wheeling Church June 16, 1835. Ordained January 4, 1816, Presbytery of New York. Pastor Jamaica, L. I., 1816-22 ; First Church, Albany, 1822-29; Agent 1830-32. Stated supply and Pastor Wheeling, Va., 1832-70. Died December 14, 1870.
No. 55. WILLIAM ORR. Received as a candidate October 1, 1833. Licensed October 5, 1836. To Presbytery of Beaver June 27, 1837.
No. 56. BENJAMIN SAWHILL. Received as a candidate October 1, 1833. Name dropped June, 1835.
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