Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-04-25
SOME OLD RECORDS.
A SERMON IN HISTORY.
Rev NJ. M. Brabham, Southern Christian

rainy Monday, l have experienced
considerable pleasure in examln-
ing some old secord books IN
which are chronicled many things
concerning what was first saluds'
but afterwards Edgefeld circuit of
the South Carolina Conference. l
have found nothing to show the
origin of the Saluda circuit; but
presume that was the name given
to the first charge ever organized
by a Methodist preacher in this
section. The record shows that
the name was changed from saluda
circuit to Edgefeld circuit in 1884.
The first date of a Quarterly Con-
ference is March 27. 1880. The
session was held at Martin Town.
Robert Adams was Presiding I'll
der, With James Stockdale and 1.
R. Walsh as circuit preachers. The
officials present on this occasion
were Tekel Bird, exhorter; Benz.
Tut and E. Hammond, Stewards,
and w. H. Nixon aud M. Jacobs
class leaders. The amount of money
reported at the Conference was
1882 1-2. The fourth Quarterly
Conference for the year was held
at Gassaway, December 25. In the
minutes of this Conference the
following churches or preaching
places are mentioned: Mt. Lebanon
Republican, Martin Town, Lang
ley's, Nixon's, Swamp, ,Moore's, Re-
hohoth, Providence, Bethel, Reedy
Creek, Mills, Bethany, Spring
Hill, Court House, Pine Grove
Gasaway, Pesimmon Creek,
Cochran's, Kenney's, Spann's' and
Sleepy Creek; total %. The
highest amount reported was paid
by Providence, and was $45.S1 IA;
next $45.00, paid by Mt. Lebanon.
(This latter is now on the Ninety
Six circuit, and still acts Oh the
principle of coming out the top.)
The lowest amount paid at the
above mentioned Conference was
$I.25 by Spring Hill. These fig-
ures represent the totals from
each church for the entire year,
and the whole amount reported
for ministerial support for 1880
was $372.621-2.
This old record bears the name
of B. A. Wallace as Recording Sec
retary for a number Of years, and
be did his work neatly and in
quite a business-like way. he
notes in the minutes of the second
Quarterly Conference for 1882,
among other amounts, $2.OO OF
Macon money and II I-z cents
Humbug money. At the end OF
that year he states that those two
pieces of money were still in ibis
hands and subject to the order OF
the Stewards; and they seem to
have renamed with him for some
time, for at the fourth Quarterly
Conference for 1888 he makes the
same statement about the q sup
pose) worthless moneys.
The above is taken from an old
Quarterly Conference journal. l
now pass from it to an old Church
record belonging to McKendree
Church, Edgefeld circuit, and on
fly leaf of which is written: ere
cord Book for the Church at Nc
Kerdree's Chapel, Elijah Thinner
man, Clerk" and dated August l5'
1854. In the back of this old book
| I find a roll of the preachers who
travelled the circuit, copied doubt
less, in part, from older records
as it reaches back to 1920. that
wear the then Saluda circuit was
served by G. Carlisle and 7. Rose
mond; and from that time down
to 1883 this roll of preachers has
been faithfully kept, with that OF
the Presiding Elders since lS30,)
but as most others may not take
the same interest in old records
that I do, I forbear to give the
long list of names. The entire roll
from 1920 to 1883 consists of about
eighty different names. OF these
only about fifteen are known to
this writer to be now alive; the
first of these being Brother II. NJ.
Mood, who served the circuit as
junior preacher with Samuel Dun
woody tn 1912. The last year the
charge was served by two was in
1857, when Brother John A. Porter
and S. J. Hill worked it together.
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