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chapel, recently remodeled, was dedicated November 27, 1858, by Jacob Markwood, then a
presiding elder."
The compiler of this volume finds among the papers given him the statement that the first
United Brethren conference,—presumably of Virginia,—was held June 3, 1794, in the stone house
that was used as a law office of the late General John E. Roller. But as this meeting is not
mentioned in the general histories of the church, it must have been a gathering of the Virginia
preachers of that decade and perhaps a few from the other side of the Potomac. The first official
conference in Virginia was held in the same town, March 2, 1809.
Mention has been made of the Whitesell church. As late as 1850 there were but two other
church buildings of the United Brethren in Virginia. In 1860 the total membership in both Virginia
and Maryland was not over 3,000.
There was for a long while a feeling that there should be no gathering of church statistics, and
none were given out by the United Brethren Church until 1837. This prejudice seems to have
grown out of the relation of David's sin in numbering the people.
A more complete account of Newcomer's travels in Virginia will be found in the next chapter.
Chapter VII 28 Planting the Church in
Virginia
presiding elder."
The compiler of this volume finds among the papers given him the statement that the first
United Brethren conference,—presumably of Virginia,—was held June 3, 1794, in the stone house
that was used as a law office of the late General John E. Roller. But as this meeting is not
mentioned in the general histories of the church, it must have been a gathering of the Virginia
preachers of that decade and perhaps a few from the other side of the Potomac. The first official
conference in Virginia was held in the same town, March 2, 1809.
Mention has been made of the Whitesell church. As late as 1850 there were but two other
church buildings of the United Brethren in Virginia. In 1860 the total membership in both Virginia
and Maryland was not over 3,000.
There was for a long while a feeling that there should be no gathering of church statistics, and
none were given out by the United Brethren Church until 1837. This prejudice seems to have
grown out of the relation of David's sin in numbering the people.
A more complete account of Newcomer's travels in Virginia will be found in the next chapter.
Chapter VII 28 Planting the Church in
Virginia
