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33 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
CHAPTER 4
THE MOTHER CONFERENCE
G. P. Hott, as a committee appointed last year, 1898, to investigate the age
of the Virginia Conference, read his REPORT ON THE AGE OF THE
VIRGINIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Having been asked by this body one year ago “to gather all the facts
possible in regard to the age of the Virginia Conference,” and present them at
this session.
I submit the results of my investigation as follows: In its earliest history
the ministers of the church met in one body, known as “the Conference”, as it
was customarily mentioned. When other conferences were formed, its official
name became “The Hagerstown District or Conference.” (See Berger’s History
of the U. B. Church, page 555.)
As to the name of the conference, the following acts of the General Conference
held at Dewalt Machlin’s, in Ohio, in 1829, should be noticed. They may be found
in John Lawrence’s U”. B. History, Vol. 2, page 206; and in Dr. Berger’s
History, page 565. Owing to the increased numbers of ministers and members
and the enlarged territory it was thought advisable to divide the old conference
and the following appropriate action was taken:
Resolved, That the Hagerstown Conference be divided to the best advantage,
and that the brethren Hildt, Brown, Zahn and Miller constitute a committee
for that purpose. The report of the committee which was adopted was as
follows: The committee appointed to divide the Hagerstown Conference
District reported that said district shall in the future consist of the State of
Virginia and the Counties of Washington and Allegheny in Maryland, and
that the remaining part of the said district shall constitute a new one, to be
called the Harrisburg District.
It is worthy of notice that while this committee was appointed to divide
the Hagerstown Conference District, it did substantially what they were instructed
to do, but did it in such a manner as to re-bound the Old Conference, and
eliminate or set off a part from which they created a new District or
Conference. For, mark you, they reported that said district (the Hagerstown,)
shall in the future consist of certain territory, and the remaining part of the
said district shall constitute a new one to be called the Harrisburg District. This
is the official act of the General Conference of 1829, held in Fairfield Co., Ohio.
The year following, the ministers east of the Alleghany Mountains
CHAPTER 4
THE MOTHER CONFERENCE
G. P. Hott, as a committee appointed last year, 1898, to investigate the age
of the Virginia Conference, read his REPORT ON THE AGE OF THE
VIRGINIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Having been asked by this body one year ago “to gather all the facts
possible in regard to the age of the Virginia Conference,” and present them at
this session.
I submit the results of my investigation as follows: In its earliest history
the ministers of the church met in one body, known as “the Conference”, as it
was customarily mentioned. When other conferences were formed, its official
name became “The Hagerstown District or Conference.” (See Berger’s History
of the U. B. Church, page 555.)
As to the name of the conference, the following acts of the General Conference
held at Dewalt Machlin’s, in Ohio, in 1829, should be noticed. They may be found
in John Lawrence’s U”. B. History, Vol. 2, page 206; and in Dr. Berger’s
History, page 565. Owing to the increased numbers of ministers and members
and the enlarged territory it was thought advisable to divide the old conference
and the following appropriate action was taken:
Resolved, That the Hagerstown Conference be divided to the best advantage,
and that the brethren Hildt, Brown, Zahn and Miller constitute a committee
for that purpose. The report of the committee which was adopted was as
follows: The committee appointed to divide the Hagerstown Conference
District reported that said district shall in the future consist of the State of
Virginia and the Counties of Washington and Allegheny in Maryland, and
that the remaining part of the said district shall constitute a new one, to be
called the Harrisburg District.
It is worthy of notice that while this committee was appointed to divide
the Hagerstown Conference District, it did substantially what they were instructed
to do, but did it in such a manner as to re-bound the Old Conference, and
eliminate or set off a part from which they created a new District or
Conference. For, mark you, they reported that said district (the Hagerstown,)
shall in the future consist of certain territory, and the remaining part of the
said district shall constitute a new one to be called the Harrisburg District. This
is the official act of the General Conference of 1829, held in Fairfield Co., Ohio.
The year following, the ministers east of the Alleghany Mountains
