The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-03-22
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY RECORDS.
Addendum.


sh was mes Garden. At least Mr.
;arden is the first on record. The es-
Of the parish closely
followed that Of the county. There
was no Parson Anderson IN the
parish. " arson in the old deed
books, is sometimes used Ia Kitten
.sh way, like "Uncle." James Gar
den, Clerk, was rector Of st. Patrick s
from l75s to 1913. Archibald Mclfoo-
ert succeeded him in l777. After Mr..
McRobert there was no clergyman in
Quoted into the parish for many years.
The oldest Episcopal churches 10 the
county were The Chapel, or Walker
Church. French's Church; and the
SANDY River Church. The Chapel
stood on the Lynchburg road, eighteen
miles from the Courthouse. see
Bishop Mead's Old Churches.l This
church followed Mr.. McRobert TO In
dependency, i. e. Presbyterlanism.
French's Church was about a mile
from the Courthouse, probably near
Freneh's Old Store. a little TO the
northeast Of Kiugsville. The Sandy
River Church. which was established
i'm l76s became stumbling block az
ter the Revolution. The Baptists said
the church was theirs and the Meth
odi,ts said il was theirs. Tn y even
went So far as to have the premises
surveyed. 4 line was run showing
that half of the church was Baptist
and half Methodist. The congrega-
tion must have found it difficult to be
singleminded.
The Rev. Richard Sankey was one
of the first regularly installed pastors
among the Pfesbyterians in Prince
Edward. Mr.. sankey was ordained
i'm 1888 by the Presby,ery Of Donegal,
Ian Pennsylvania. lie removed with
his congregation to Prince Edward
]
where he died at very advanced age.
II Patrick 5 harbored Orangemen. In
1891 samuel Cunningham conveyed to
Iohn Caldwell, James Donald, John
Cunningham aud William Watson
at,r the sum of . shillings for the use
and behalf of the Presbyterian con-
oreyation i'm Buffalo settlement ST.
patrick's PARISH that is now under
fine immediate care and inspection oil
tine Rev. Richard Sankey, Minister OF
1.-The Gospel, acres ] quarter d
noles.u Its reported that the Jonn
caldwell here mentioned was The
grandfather Of John G.. Calhoun. II
Is probably not true that RooerI
Toombs who said: 1--WE are tn'
Gentlemen Of this country wa
born i'm Prince Edward. Anyhow d
isa little extraordinary that kooer
roomb, and John G.. Calhoun ma!
both be possibly traceaole TO Prime
Edward.
arhere was very little intercours
between the Western Scoich-lrish an'
= fine lower counties of Virginia whel
e Mr.. Davis came to that colony-thei
3 interests. localities and social iniei
p course were entirely of a diiieren
p character But there was one eNceI
d,n TO the last general remark. a
fine old settlements South of jaime
river did not extend further West
Richmond than about SD OF 40 miles,
]. nortion of those foreign emigran
e crossed the mountains at kockls
Gan. and formed a compact seltlemei
l' there: while Others Of them crosse
lanes river and formed settlements
j. what are now Charlotte and Prime
Edward counties. 1t was TO the
s. settlements that the Rev. VIM. 10
inson was sent out in 1913 by the Ne
ne Light Presbytery Of New Brunswlc
ID He preached to the settlements
Frederic. crossed over at Rockiish G
TX and preached to the settlements
Charlotte and Prince Edward counti'
'o then Lunenburg and Amelia T.
dr. William Hill, in Life OF DaV
IL Sermons of Samuel Davis
be Richard Sankey was not Of the NJ
Tipbt,. lie signed the Protest agai'
as them i'm 17il. Doubtless he came
Prince Edward about los, after [
un,on Of the Presbyteries Of New Va
New Light and Philadelphia CIR
~ LIGHT. Asa distinct congregation, Is
on r,lo Church was foundedin 1903. b
- cry Church and Walkers Church w
10 founded in l74s and 1859 respective
The following items are taken III
semple's Rise and Progress oil
nv Rantists in Virginia: Crooks m'
VS.: house was situated in that portion
ers PRINCE Edward which became sul
zen ouenuv the Southeastrn section OF 4
hat pomattox. Rocks is one OF the oi'
ann churches in the Appomattox Ass
IAN alton. The gospel was first oIou
, al here by Samuel Harriss, in III,
am i'm some short time baptized koI
,re. Jennings. Presbyterian, man oil
sneetable standing, and who was
lies many years afterward an ornamen
an the church. Other preachers wan
the seed sown by Mr.. Harrlss,
about the year l772 a church was
situted which fell under the past
mar care of William Johnson. He
ls,'.i succeeded in a few years by one
ick- John McLeroy, an lrishman VINO
ton ed out badly, and then moved TO q
the loia In 1890 Elder John Weather
bite became their pastor and continued
..,,,,,- wears. and lac also remON