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“No deaths, no ordinations, no transfers, no suspensions, no expulsions.”
Resolutions of loyalty to the church law on slavery were passed, the institution being denounced as criminal.
J. B. Resler, agent from Mount Pleasant College.
J. Markwood, J. Bachtel, E. Witter, S. Deaner, S. Rohrer, W. Shuey appointed trustees to cooperate with Alleghany
Conference in establishing Mount Pleasant College.
Presiding elders: J. Markwood (Md.) J. Bachtel (E. Va.), J. W. Miles (W.Va.).
Appointments: Frederick, G. W. Statton, W. T. Lower; Hagerstown, H. B. Winton, D. S. Spessard; Winchester, L. W.
Mathews, J. K. Statton; Woodstock, W. R. Coursey; Staunton, J. Ruebush; Rockbridge, J. W. Fulkerson; Highland mission, T.
F. Brashear; Franklin, G. B. Rimel; South Branch, J. Haney; Buckhannon, B. Stickley; Jackson, J. Perry; Wood mission, E.
McLaughlin.
1853
Conference at Mt. Hebron, Hardy Co., Va. J. Erb. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishops; J. Markwood, secretary.
Present: William R. Coursey, Henry Burtner, Jacob Bachtel, Jacob Markwood, George B. Rimel, John Ruebush, James
W. Miles, Benjamin Stickley, W. B. Winton, Joseph Funkhouser, Moses Michael, John Perry, John Pope, Abel Randall, John
G. Steward, George W. Statton, Isaac Statton, L. W. Lower, L. W. Mathews—19.
Absent: Jonathan Tobey, Jacob Rhinehart, Emanuel Witter, Frederick Hisey, William Knott, Jacob C. Spitler, Jacob Baer,
John Markwood, E. McLaughlin, Adam I. Bovey, Jacob B. Houck, Joseph S. Grim, William Lutz, George Hoffman, George A.
Shuey, James E. Bowersox, Daniel Engel, David S. Spessard—18.
Advisory member: J. B. Resler.
Presiding elders made agents of Mount Pleasant College and directed to secure subscriptions and scholarships.
Next General Conference to be asked “to obtain a board of trustees for our printing establishment, now at Circleville, O.,
selected out of several conferences.”
Licentiates: J. F. Statton, Levi Hess, John Phillips.
William Edwards transferred to Iowa Conference.
Ordained: M. Michael, I. K. Statton, W. T. Lower, L. W. Mathews, J. Perry, A. Randall.
Sunday addresses in German and English by Bishops Erb and Glossbrenner.
Presiding elders: J. Markwood, W. T. Lower, J. Ruebush.
Changes in name: Staunton circuit to Rockingham; Rockbridge to Churchville. Winchester divided, the northern part
being called Bath circuit.
Appointments: Frederick, J. Bachtel, I. K. Statton; Hagerstown, H. B. Winton, J. Perry; Winchester, G. W. Statton; Bath,
L. W. Mathews; Woodstock, W. R. Coursey, A. Graham; Rockingham, T. F. Brashear; Churchville, J. W. Fulkerson; Highland,
J. Haney; Franklin, J. W. Miles; South Branch, G. B. Rimel; Buckhannon, B. Stickley; Jackson, I. K. Statton; Wood mission, J.
Phillips; West Columbia, ---------------------.
1854
Conference at New Jerusalem Church, Edinburg, Va., February 9. Moses Michael, secretary.
Advisory members: J. C. Bright, H. Kumler, Jr.
Hagerstown circuit made a station; Woodstock and Rockingham thus divided into three circuits,—all north of Mill Creek to
constitute Woodstock circuit, all north of Dayton and Whitesel’s to constitute Lacey Springs circuit, the remainder to be called
Rockingham.
Buckhannon divided into two circuits, and a mission opened in Nicholas county.
South River mission organized, and to include the Forge and Mowery’s School House.
Licentiates: Henry Tallhelm, Samuel Martin.
Note:—These Minutes unsigned and evidently incomplete.
1855
Conference at Myersville, Md., January 29. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishop; M. Michael, secretary.
Present: Jacob Bachtel, John Ruebush, Benjamin Stickley, Theodore F. Brashear, W. T. Lower, J. Henry, George W.
Statton, John W. Perry, Henry Tallhelm, Jonathan Tobey, James W. Miles, Jacob B. Houck, Jacob Markwood, John W.
Fulkerson, H. B. Winton, George B. Rimel, L. W. Mathews, Isaac K. Statton, John Phillips, Levi Hess, Joseph S. Grim, Samuel
Martin—22.
Absent: George A. Shuey, James E. Bowersox, John Pope, Daniel Engel, J. F. Statton, Henry Burtner, Emanuel Witter,
Abel Randall, Jacob C. Spitler—9.
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“No deaths, no ordinations, no transfers, no suspensions, no expulsions.”
Resolutions of loyalty to the church law on slavery were passed, the institution being denounced as criminal.
J. B. Resler, agent from Mount Pleasant College.
J. Markwood, J. Bachtel, E. Witter, S. Deaner, S. Rohrer, W. Shuey appointed trustees to cooperate with Alleghany
Conference in establishing Mount Pleasant College.
Presiding elders: J. Markwood (Md.) J. Bachtel (E. Va.), J. W. Miles (W.Va.).
Appointments: Frederick, G. W. Statton, W. T. Lower; Hagerstown, H. B. Winton, D. S. Spessard; Winchester, L. W.
Mathews, J. K. Statton; Woodstock, W. R. Coursey; Staunton, J. Ruebush; Rockbridge, J. W. Fulkerson; Highland mission, T.
F. Brashear; Franklin, G. B. Rimel; South Branch, J. Haney; Buckhannon, B. Stickley; Jackson, J. Perry; Wood mission, E.
McLaughlin.
1853
Conference at Mt. Hebron, Hardy Co., Va. J. Erb. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishops; J. Markwood, secretary.
Present: William R. Coursey, Henry Burtner, Jacob Bachtel, Jacob Markwood, George B. Rimel, John Ruebush, James
W. Miles, Benjamin Stickley, W. B. Winton, Joseph Funkhouser, Moses Michael, John Perry, John Pope, Abel Randall, John
G. Steward, George W. Statton, Isaac Statton, L. W. Lower, L. W. Mathews—19.
Absent: Jonathan Tobey, Jacob Rhinehart, Emanuel Witter, Frederick Hisey, William Knott, Jacob C. Spitler, Jacob Baer,
John Markwood, E. McLaughlin, Adam I. Bovey, Jacob B. Houck, Joseph S. Grim, William Lutz, George Hoffman, George A.
Shuey, James E. Bowersox, Daniel Engel, David S. Spessard—18.
Advisory member: J. B. Resler.
Presiding elders made agents of Mount Pleasant College and directed to secure subscriptions and scholarships.
Next General Conference to be asked “to obtain a board of trustees for our printing establishment, now at Circleville, O.,
selected out of several conferences.”
Licentiates: J. F. Statton, Levi Hess, John Phillips.
William Edwards transferred to Iowa Conference.
Ordained: M. Michael, I. K. Statton, W. T. Lower, L. W. Mathews, J. Perry, A. Randall.
Sunday addresses in German and English by Bishops Erb and Glossbrenner.
Presiding elders: J. Markwood, W. T. Lower, J. Ruebush.
Changes in name: Staunton circuit to Rockingham; Rockbridge to Churchville. Winchester divided, the northern part
being called Bath circuit.
Appointments: Frederick, J. Bachtel, I. K. Statton; Hagerstown, H. B. Winton, J. Perry; Winchester, G. W. Statton; Bath,
L. W. Mathews; Woodstock, W. R. Coursey, A. Graham; Rockingham, T. F. Brashear; Churchville, J. W. Fulkerson; Highland,
J. Haney; Franklin, J. W. Miles; South Branch, G. B. Rimel; Buckhannon, B. Stickley; Jackson, I. K. Statton; Wood mission, J.
Phillips; West Columbia, ---------------------.
1854
Conference at New Jerusalem Church, Edinburg, Va., February 9. Moses Michael, secretary.
Advisory members: J. C. Bright, H. Kumler, Jr.
Hagerstown circuit made a station; Woodstock and Rockingham thus divided into three circuits,—all north of Mill Creek to
constitute Woodstock circuit, all north of Dayton and Whitesel’s to constitute Lacey Springs circuit, the remainder to be called
Rockingham.
Buckhannon divided into two circuits, and a mission opened in Nicholas county.
South River mission organized, and to include the Forge and Mowery’s School House.
Licentiates: Henry Tallhelm, Samuel Martin.
Note:—These Minutes unsigned and evidently incomplete.
1855
Conference at Myersville, Md., January 29. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishop; M. Michael, secretary.
Present: Jacob Bachtel, John Ruebush, Benjamin Stickley, Theodore F. Brashear, W. T. Lower, J. Henry, George W.
Statton, John W. Perry, Henry Tallhelm, Jonathan Tobey, James W. Miles, Jacob B. Houck, Jacob Markwood, John W.
Fulkerson, H. B. Winton, George B. Rimel, L. W. Mathews, Isaac K. Statton, John Phillips, Levi Hess, Joseph S. Grim, Samuel
Martin—22.
Absent: George A. Shuey, James E. Bowersox, John Pope, Daniel Engel, J. F. Statton, Henry Burtner, Emanuel Witter,
Abel Randall, Jacob C. Spitler—9.
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