Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-05-09

Bro. NcWilliam's class at B. Sites, 3,25
Bro. Bagg's class in Brooks Gap...... FPS
Bro. Hughes class ................ ......... 96
Bro. Rutherford 8 class at Rocktown, 1,25
Bro Emmitts class at Rocktown..... $50
Bro. Bryan's class at Rocktown... ..... 1888
G ass at Bells. ........ ............ ...... rs
Bro. Welsh's class. ............ ........ IS
J. Craven's class at Col. HarrisOn's, 400
A. Wears class. $50
Bro. Hath2Way's class. ...... So
Bro. MOOrhead's class 25
Bro. Shanklin g class at Snaps -........ 1852
Class at Cathrey's. .......... ........ 80
L0ve-feast collection 100000. 4,5O
The next year Bro. McKendree was Pre-
siding Elder, and the next Presiding FL
der was Rev. Enoch George, afterwards Bis
hop, whose remains were inferred in the
Methodist church in Staunton and after
wards removed to Baltimore. One item
is BRO. Georges expences to conference,
1884," Among the items paid out are
20 bottles of wine for communion, Is
cents.'' In 1902 we find Bro. w. Kings
class at Staunton put down as contribu-
ting .$1.25 for a quarter. The highest
Staunton quarterly payment reached was
$40. One item is paid Bro. Ward to-
wards self and wife and TWO children I'M
der years old, $685." Mr.. Ward was
then the Presiding Elder. Another. paid
to Bro. Kennerly two months services ~
married preacher, $27 a."
| COST OF AN OLD-T1ME CAMP-MKETINa.
The cost of camp-meeting held in
August, 1872, il thus set down:
| Dat d.; nj Nd
haullng ........ -........4 Z,oU
Paid Jno. Snap for plank for the
| preachers tent and stand. HOO
Paid same for pine for sama.......... 1,5O
Pad for hauling and nalls.... ......... $50
Paid JLo. Snap for grain for preach
ers horses ..-.'... ..'...... .....'..' 5,ou
| THE HOLDING OF SLAVES.
! We find the two following entries which
sonnd strange at this day:
i"At aQuartery meeting held May 9th, 1902 at Har.
| risonburg for Rockingham Circuit.
/ On the question being asked, have any OF the
members bought or sold slaves.
| 'Ansaoer, l-keuben Harrison has purchased .
man supposed to be about thirty-eeht years OF age
and according TO the rule and order Of our church,
this meeting DEGREES that the SAID Reuben Harrison
shall prepare bill of emancipation agreeable to the
date OF the bill of sale and present it to the
the said negro man to be free in the year 1879.
| D. HIT, P. z.
| Jos. CRAVEN,
| Ans,cer, 2-Wm. Dalton has purchased woman
about thrty-fve years Of age and child about two
years old and she now has another child about ten
months old. And according tU the rule and order Of
| our church this meeting DEGREES that the said WIN
Dalton Snail free the above woman before she ar
rves to the age of fOrtyivs years and both Of the
above children shall be free 1t twenty-five years Of
age.
| D. HIT, Pc.
Jos. CRAvENs.
Steward.
Another entry is:
Il William Hughes slcredly promise to enamel
| pate Negro Samuel in ton years from the present
date and as much sooner as can make it convenient
Given under my hand this 18th Of March, 1901 in the
| presence OF James Paynter Andrew Shanklin, Jo-
| seph Gravens and Enorh George.
w. W. HUGHES"
THE STRENGTH OF THE CHURCH ON THE
CIRCUIT.
On . dim page Of the book, with the
date hardly recognizable, but looking like
1899. the following census of the church in
the circuit, made by classes, is given:
s. McWilliam's class 81, Brunk's %,
Brooks Gap -, Naked Creek SIS. Town
Is. Town Is. Smiths Is, Col. Harrison =
26, Vickar's II, Cutters 20, ]. Hicks %,
Cochran's 26, Moore's 80, Youngs 81,
Staunton 4S, Robinson's %, r. Harrison .
20, Carthraes SO, buttons 40. Snaps ID,
Miller's So, Bethel IA, W. Hicks %
total, 678. These were whites, and in ad-
dition there were 104 colored members.
A CHEAP SEXTON.
An entry il as follows: "Nay l, 1910:
William is to keep the house to tho
first OF November next for seven dollars
and half, to wash the house once in the
time"
Those were the times Of primitive Me-
thodism, and they did not wear away
soon. When the Rev. DR.. Jno. S. Mar
tin, now the Secretary Of Baltimore Con-
ference, first came to Virginia, young
man just going into theministry, he came
on horseback up the Valley with the Rev.
DR.. Summers, now head of the Methodist
book concern. Their baggage was carried
in saddle pockets and DR.. Martin had put
some of his, including some papers, in his
hat, whereby his hair had been pushed up
in front. They stopped for dinner at Aunt
Diana Smiths 4 famous Methodist Of that
day, living near Harrisonburg When they
were about to leave the old lady took him
aside and said in tone Of maternal re-
proof, brother Martin, ! think you had
better 90 to o barber's. seq you have
your hair all roached up in front after tho
fashion of the world"
Among the names Of the class leaders
who reported from ST. unton We find VIM.
King, J. Lattimer, J, Cochrane. LINDSAY
Marshall, Jas. Thomas, yno. Snap and W.
Burgess.
The first contribution we find noted
from Waynesborough was in 1905, and
was SIS cents in amount.
HEARD FROM.-A note from Rev. A.
S. Moffett, of Churchville, yesterday.
informs us that Mr.. A. w. Crawford. his
brother in law, whose sudden departure
from the University of Virginia on the