Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-12-17
LOCAL IlST0KY.
Sketch Of Baffllos Presbyterian church.
BY REV. ISAAC GRIER, PASTOR.

! In short history Of this hl'eh, furn-
ished by Rev. Thomas Hood, at the request
Of the session, after his resignation Of the
pastoral relation, in the spring Of 1885, he
states that the church was organized in
1873, by the Presbytery of Carlisle. There
is here evidently mistake, either as to
the date of the organization, or the nane
Of the Presbytrry.
On examining the records Of Carlisle
Prc.,tyiery, ut the late meeting Of the
SYNOD, find that the Carlisle Presbyiery
was organized by the Synod Of N. Y. d
Philad. in 1886. II appeares by referring
to the Minutes Of that Synod for May
1865, that owing to difficulties in the
Presty,cry Of Donegal, they determined
10 create the mcmte.s nvins On the west
size Of Ike Su-gaeha:.na inlo new Pres
tyt,ry, to be called the Pfesby'e.y OF
carlisle. We hnd there the following
record "The Synod, having niaturely
considered the situation Of a!Tnrs III the
prsshyterJ Of Donea Al, agreed TO erect Vie
members Of that Presbst terry that l.vs Oh
tie western side Of the Su-quehanna, iI'o
.,ew Igcopycry, together with the Rev.
Andrew Bay, hy the name of the PrcsDy-
tery Of Carlisle, and appoint that their
first meeting te at Phi!adclphia, the I'D
OF May, i765 aud the remaining mem
b,r, are HEREBY annexed to the Prcsbytery
vi Il w Castle" This caused consiu-ra-
bic dissatisfaction amuns some u the
mr,uo,rs OF the Old Dpncsai Pfesbyiery,
and the Let spring, 1865, a ptiition Was
presented to the SynoJ, r,q .e,iinS ihem
u review their dcci,lUn aui after Various
plans were proposed and debated, the
Prc>hyt,ry of Donegal was Restored to Its
foruer state. So 1t appears that the
PrestyteIy Of Carlisle existed at that
time for only one year, aud was not again
organized iii the >Pr.us of 1856, ~"cn
the fresbysery Of Donegal was divided
into Two frestyterles, one To be known by
the maine OF lhc Prcsbyicry Of Baltimore,
and The c;heI the s,esh, tery of Carlisle.
From tins 1t appears chat the congregation
Or Buffalo, ors s.u,zei IN i77S, must have
bccn org .uized by Donegal fresnytcry.
From the recorus Ut the Synod Ut New
YORK L. Philadelphia, fad that US early
as AVA, supplies were sent more than
fifty miles h.gucr up the West Branch Of
the ousquchauua. At the meeting OF the
Synod III May, IVA, "a petition Was
brought III anu read irom the Bald Eagle
settlement, up the West branch Of the
Su>qucLanna, earnestly praying for supplies
tu bc sent to these parts. Mr.. Lasta Is
appointed to supply up the West Branch
OF the Susquehauna live Saooaths III the
months OF October aud November, aud
MIR. Samuel Dvusal, a probationer under
the care Of New Castle Prestytery, seven
Sabba,hs iu July and August" The
earliest appointment of supplies for this
part vf tcnusy lvaula by The Synod, that
1 have bceu aole to tind, was III the sprlng
ofl77O, at the meeting OF the Synod Al
New York y,where 1t Is stated, "Messrs.
Elder, State, and Steel are appointed to
supply between Augusta Fort (Sunbury)
and Juniata, and places adjacent, each
two Sabbaths before next Synod" ANY
earlier appointment Of supp.ies for these
regions l,ust have been under the appoint
meuts for the frontier settlements aud the
Indians.
According to Mr.. Hoods statement.
Buffalo was organized i'll 1913, and James
M'Clehahaa aud Samuel Alien were Its
FIST rulrug elders the former had been
ordained IN Derry, DAuph'n county, and
the latter il Silver Spring. then under the
pastoral care of Mr.. Waugh These gen
,lcmen continued to ofiiciiaic as elders, and
the c,ngreg cation 10 rcceiv, 'uepi'e', uhtl'
l7ei. when i. Was broken up iii ccisc-
oaence of the country Icing o.errau by
Iudians.
in 1883, the people returned, and III
the same year Mr.. M'Clenahan died /; and
a. Mr. Allen had died while the people
were away, j; appears that the consreg"'
lion WAS without elders from 1888 uniIi
1888, when Matthew Lard, who had been
ruling elder Ill Big opang, came to r.
side III the congregation.
In 1887, they were visited ny Mr..
Hug. Morrison,a probaiioner from ireland,
then under the care Of Carlisle Presbytery,
to whom they gave call. who appears t."
have been the trst Pastor. The first men'
ton Of MI. Nor ison's name ind Oh the
records Of Synod May 18th. l7s6 1.-The
Prcsbytery of Donegal reported that they
had since our last, admitted Mr.. Hugh
Morrison, u licensed candidate from the
Presbytery Of Root, in ireland, 10 preach