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Appointments: Frederick, W. R. Coursey, and one to be supplied; Hagerstown, J. W. Fulkerson, and one to be supplied;
Winchester, J. W. Miles; Weaverton Mission, to be supplied by P.E.; Staunton, J. Bachtel; Rockbridge, D. S. Spessard;
Woodstock, J. Ruebush; South Branch, T. F. Brashear; Franklin, B. Stickley; Buckhannon, J. Haney; Jackson, G. W. Statton.
1850
Conference at Mt. Hebron, Shenandoah Co., Va., March 7. Jacob Erb, bishop; J. C. Spitler, secretary.
Present: Jacob Erb, Henry Burtner, Jacob Bachtel, George B. Rimel, Jacob C. Spitler, James W. Miles, John Haney,
George W. Statton, John W. Fulkerson, Joseph Funkhouser, Andrew J. Coffman, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, William R. Coursey,
Jacob Markwood, John Ruebush, David S. Spessard, Jacob Rhinehart, Adam I. Bovey, Theodore F. Brashear; Benjamin
Stickley, Frederick Hisey, William Lutz—23.
Absent: Joseph S. Grim, George A. Shuey, John G. Steward, William Edwards, John Clopper, John Pope, Daniel Engel,
George Hoffman, Jonathan Tobey, Emanuel Witter, Jacob Baer, James E. Bowersox, John Markwood, William Knott, Moses
Michael, George O. Little—16.
H. B. Winton received from Sandusky Conference.
Licentiates: Isaac Statton, Abel Randall, John Perry.
A proposition form the Alleghany Conference to cooperate in building a school at Mount Pleasant, Pa., was voted down,
but there was a declaration in favor of a school in its own boundary the present year.
Members, 2,816, an increase of 594; 108 Telescopes; paid to. two presiding elders, $441.68; paid by the 11 charges as
salaries of pastors, $1,935.28.
Two charges have preaching every 3 weeks, seven charges every 4 weeks.
1851
Conference at Bethlehem Church, Augusta Co., Va., March 7. Jacob Erb, bishop; J. C. Spitler, secretary.
Present: Jacob Erb, Henry Burtner, George B. Rimel, Jacob Markwood, David S. Spessard, John Haney, John Ruebush,
George W. Statton, George A. Shuey, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, James W. Miles, George Hoffman, Andrew J. Coffman, H. B.
Winton, James E. Bowersox, Joseph Funkhouser, Theodore F. Brashear, Isaac Statton, John W. Fulkerson, Jacob Baer,
Jacob Rhinehart, John Perry, Benjamin Stickley, William Knott, Jacob C. Spitler—26.
Absent: William R. Coursey, Joseph S. Grim, John G. Steward, John Pope, Jonathan Tobey, Moses Michael, Frederick
Hisey, Abel Randall, Emanuel Witter, William Edwards, John Clopper, Daniel Engel, John Markwood, Jacob B. Houck, Adam I.
Bovey, William Lutz—16.
Licentiates: William T. Lower, L. W. Mathews.
Virginia District divided into eastern and western sections, the former containing Woodstock and Staunton circuits and
Highland mission, and the latter, South Branch, Franklin, Buchanan, and Jackson circuits.
A mission projected in Nicholas.
The bishop received $62.98.
Directed that the Conference book containing the Minutes from 1837 to 1850, together with other documents, be given
into the care of Henry Burtner, who is not to permit any person to take the book from his house without an order from
Conference signed by the presiding bishop and countersigned by the secretary.
Presiding elders: J. Markwood (Md.), J. Bachtel (E. Va.), J. W. Miles (W.Va.).
Appointments: Hagerstown, W. R. Coursey, J. Perry; Frederick, G. W. Statton, L. W. Mathews; Winchester, J. Haney, I.
Statton; Weaverton mission to be supplied by P.E.; Rockbridge, H. B. Winton; Staunton, D. S. Spessard; Woodstock, J.
Ruebush; Highland mission, J. W. Fulkerson; South Branch, B. Stickley; Franklin, G. B. Rimel; Buchanan, T. F. Brashear,
Jackson, W. T. Lower; Wood county mission to be supplied by the P.E.
Members, 2,956; Telescope, 218; Sunday schools, 21; missions, $112; salaries of presiding elders,—Markwood, $264,
Miles, $147.
1852
Conference at Rohrersville, Md., February 27.
Jacob Erb, bishop; Jacob Markwood, secretary.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, Henry Burtner, William R. Coursey, Jacob Bachtel, John Ruebush, James W. Miles,
Theodore F. Brashear, Jacob Rhinehart, David S. Spessard, William T. Lower, John Perry, Jacob Erb, Adam I. Bovey, Jacob
B. Houck, Jacob Markwood, Jonathan Tobey, Benjamin Stickley, John Haney, H. B. Winton, Joseph S. Grim, L. W. Mathews,
Emanuel Witter—22.
Absent: George B. Rimel, William Knott, John Clopper, James E. Bowersox, John W. Fulkerson, Moses Michael, Jacob
Markwood, Jacob Baer, George A. Shuey, Frederick Hisey, George W. Statton, George Hoffman, John G. Steward, John
Pope, Abel Randall, William Lutz, Jacob C. Spitler, Andrew J. Coffman, Joseph Funkhouser, Daniel Engel—20.
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Appointments: Frederick, W. R. Coursey, and one to be supplied; Hagerstown, J. W. Fulkerson, and one to be supplied;
Winchester, J. W. Miles; Weaverton Mission, to be supplied by P.E.; Staunton, J. Bachtel; Rockbridge, D. S. Spessard;
Woodstock, J. Ruebush; South Branch, T. F. Brashear; Franklin, B. Stickley; Buckhannon, J. Haney; Jackson, G. W. Statton.
1850
Conference at Mt. Hebron, Shenandoah Co., Va., March 7. Jacob Erb, bishop; J. C. Spitler, secretary.
Present: Jacob Erb, Henry Burtner, Jacob Bachtel, George B. Rimel, Jacob C. Spitler, James W. Miles, John Haney,
George W. Statton, John W. Fulkerson, Joseph Funkhouser, Andrew J. Coffman, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, William R. Coursey,
Jacob Markwood, John Ruebush, David S. Spessard, Jacob Rhinehart, Adam I. Bovey, Theodore F. Brashear; Benjamin
Stickley, Frederick Hisey, William Lutz—23.
Absent: Joseph S. Grim, George A. Shuey, John G. Steward, William Edwards, John Clopper, John Pope, Daniel Engel,
George Hoffman, Jonathan Tobey, Emanuel Witter, Jacob Baer, James E. Bowersox, John Markwood, William Knott, Moses
Michael, George O. Little—16.
H. B. Winton received from Sandusky Conference.
Licentiates: Isaac Statton, Abel Randall, John Perry.
A proposition form the Alleghany Conference to cooperate in building a school at Mount Pleasant, Pa., was voted down,
but there was a declaration in favor of a school in its own boundary the present year.
Members, 2,816, an increase of 594; 108 Telescopes; paid to. two presiding elders, $441.68; paid by the 11 charges as
salaries of pastors, $1,935.28.
Two charges have preaching every 3 weeks, seven charges every 4 weeks.
1851
Conference at Bethlehem Church, Augusta Co., Va., March 7. Jacob Erb, bishop; J. C. Spitler, secretary.
Present: Jacob Erb, Henry Burtner, George B. Rimel, Jacob Markwood, David S. Spessard, John Haney, John Ruebush,
George W. Statton, George A. Shuey, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, James W. Miles, George Hoffman, Andrew J. Coffman, H. B.
Winton, James E. Bowersox, Joseph Funkhouser, Theodore F. Brashear, Isaac Statton, John W. Fulkerson, Jacob Baer,
Jacob Rhinehart, John Perry, Benjamin Stickley, William Knott, Jacob C. Spitler—26.
Absent: William R. Coursey, Joseph S. Grim, John G. Steward, John Pope, Jonathan Tobey, Moses Michael, Frederick
Hisey, Abel Randall, Emanuel Witter, William Edwards, John Clopper, Daniel Engel, John Markwood, Jacob B. Houck, Adam I.
Bovey, William Lutz—16.
Licentiates: William T. Lower, L. W. Mathews.
Virginia District divided into eastern and western sections, the former containing Woodstock and Staunton circuits and
Highland mission, and the latter, South Branch, Franklin, Buchanan, and Jackson circuits.
A mission projected in Nicholas.
The bishop received $62.98.
Directed that the Conference book containing the Minutes from 1837 to 1850, together with other documents, be given
into the care of Henry Burtner, who is not to permit any person to take the book from his house without an order from
Conference signed by the presiding bishop and countersigned by the secretary.
Presiding elders: J. Markwood (Md.), J. Bachtel (E. Va.), J. W. Miles (W.Va.).
Appointments: Hagerstown, W. R. Coursey, J. Perry; Frederick, G. W. Statton, L. W. Mathews; Winchester, J. Haney, I.
Statton; Weaverton mission to be supplied by P.E.; Rockbridge, H. B. Winton; Staunton, D. S. Spessard; Woodstock, J.
Ruebush; Highland mission, J. W. Fulkerson; South Branch, B. Stickley; Franklin, G. B. Rimel; Buchanan, T. F. Brashear,
Jackson, W. T. Lower; Wood county mission to be supplied by the P.E.
Members, 2,956; Telescope, 218; Sunday schools, 21; missions, $112; salaries of presiding elders,—Markwood, $264,
Miles, $147.
1852
Conference at Rohrersville, Md., February 27.
Jacob Erb, bishop; Jacob Markwood, secretary.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, Henry Burtner, William R. Coursey, Jacob Bachtel, John Ruebush, James W. Miles,
Theodore F. Brashear, Jacob Rhinehart, David S. Spessard, William T. Lower, John Perry, Jacob Erb, Adam I. Bovey, Jacob
B. Houck, Jacob Markwood, Jonathan Tobey, Benjamin Stickley, John Haney, H. B. Winton, Joseph S. Grim, L. W. Mathews,
Emanuel Witter—22.
Absent: George B. Rimel, William Knott, John Clopper, James E. Bowersox, John W. Fulkerson, Moses Michael, Jacob
Markwood, Jacob Baer, George A. Shuey, Frederick Hisey, George W. Statton, George Hoffman, John G. Steward, John
Pope, Abel Randall, William Lutz, Jacob C. Spitler, Andrew J. Coffman, Joseph Funkhouser, Daniel Engel—20.
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