Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-19
EAST TENNESSEE CONFERENCE.
Proceedings of the Session of This Body,
at Morristown

Proceedings of the Session of This Body,
at Morristown
The East Tennessee Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church held its third
annual session at Morrstown, Tenn from
the 11th to 18th instant, with Bishop NJ
Simpson, presiding
This conference is composed of the col
ored membership of the Holston Confer
ence of the M. E. Church. 1t was or
ganized in 1880 at Greeneville, Tenn, Oc-
tober 25th, by Bishop E. o. Haven, and, in
order to organize, four of the older white
brothers of the Holston Conference came
with US, as we did not have enough to con-
stitute a conference, but since then three of
them have transferred back to the Holston
Conference, and Rev D. B. Lawton has
been appointed to help build church in
the city of Knoxville
We have 20 travelling preachers; 29 ap-
pointments; 81 local preachers; 421 proba-
TONERS; 2,454 full members; parsonages,
worth $625; 40 churches, valued at $21, =
415 50 Sunday school; 273 officers and
teachers; 1881 scholars; total expenses of
school this year, $149.14; number of
scholars converted this year, 431.
The pastors received from the people for
their support, including presiding elders,
$4, 1872 IA, and from the missionary society
81 200; total, So, 1872 IA; received for the
bishops, $24. 55; for conference claimants,
$1O.06
We have two districts, extending from
fifty miles west of Chattanooga to Bristol,
Tenn. We have one conference seminary,
located at Morristown, Tenn, with three
teachers and near hundred students en-
rolled. From this institution we hope to be
able to supply long felt need of more and
better preachers and teachers for our work
and people.
The conference and its visitors were very
kindly cared for in every way by the good
people of Morristown, both wnite and col
ored. Through the kindness of Rev. Mr..
Simpson and the trustees of the M. E.
Church, South, we had the use of their
church for the bishop to preach in on Sun
day morning. The church was crowded to
overhowing, and many stood at the windows
on the outside to hear the bishop preach,
which he did to the heartfelt satisfaction of
all who heard him.
On Monday morning about 8 o'clock, a.
NJ, we adjourned with high hopes for the
future advancement of our work all over
East Tennessee.
APPOINTMENTS.
Chattanooga district-D. w. Hays, P E.,
postofice, Chattanooga.
Big Springs-W. Bluford.
Chattanooga Station-D. W. Hays
Chattanooga circuit to be supplied by T
Jackson.
Chattanooga mission to be supplied by b
B. Bryant.
Cleveland circuit-H. n Brown.
Ebenezer circuit. Mann.
Georgetown circuit to be supplied by NJ
Cox.
Jasper circuit to be supplied by J. A.
Boyd.
Kingston circuit-A. J. Fletcher
Riceville circuit A. Roach.
Robertsville circuit-to be supplied by
G.. W. Cowan
Soddy circuit to be supplied by S. Bur
nett
Washington circuit T. Henry
]. G. Tate, Conference Evangelist.
postofice, Knoxville.
Arcadia circuit to be supplied by J.
Thomas.
Bean Station to be supplied by L. Neil.
Clinton-W. T. Marley.
Dandridge-To be supplied by j. Guth.
rie-
Greeneville-C. Boyd
Knoxville-B. H. johnson. D. B. Law
| ton, supernumerary.
Knox circuit-A. Douglass
Morristown-O. Hypshire.
Messy Creek. B. Tate.
Newport-S. Nelson.
Roam Mountain-To be supplied by G.
P. Moore
Sevierville-To be supplied by j. Sin
clair
Taylorsville-A. Jordan
Tazewell-A. Gilispie.
Warrensburg @. K. Mays.
B. II. JOHNSON. Sec'y.
Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. 18th, 1882.