Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15

church hser that at no distant day the scene
Will he changed.
There Is an especially interesting fact &,
or set Of facts relating TO the Rev.
jeremiah Moore which the Rambler
hopes to deal with at greater irnsta
in some subsequent narrative. Whom
Moore was arrested in l'I3 while
preaching within tho bounds OF tho
church called Difficult"-which. OF
course, was a church on or close to
Difficult Run--he was conveyed to tho
prison Of Fairfax county. In the trial
held In the courthouse the prisoner
was defended by Patrick Henry, ths
able champion OF freedom OF religious
worship. whose life and works are veil
related by William Writ. that Rlaaens-
burg tavern keepers child who. through
his own talents and industry and with
ont the aid OF rich or prominent con-
nect!ons. rose TO em!nence as an AmcTi-
can.
The Rambler has seen partial regis
ter of the Baptist Church and ministers
in Virginia. in the counties OF Prince
William. Fairfax. FarGuier. Culpeper.
Loudoun. Shenandoah Frederick. Jefre--
son. Berkeley and Hampshire. during
the years 1866 to 1899. inclusive. This
old register shows that Jeremiah Moore
was minister ut Difficult Run IN IFS
(thouGh he was there also in 1173l:
minister at Back Lick Church. in Fair
fax county, in 1882. minister at Fry
Ing Pan Church. Fairfax county. in
1871, and minister ut Alexandria in
1903. Among the other Baptist minis
tiers of those times the register names
~. Garrard. n. Thomas. J. Thomas. r.
Major. W. Fristoe. ]. Murroc. II. Hogan.
]. Hickerson. J. Ireland. J. Price, W.
Marshall. w. Thrift, A. Weeks. T.
Bridges. A. Leach. S. o'TIindren. w. Gil
more. r. Latham, I. Spiller. W. Grim
stead. II. Pitman. II. I,oveall. S. Hetton.
Hrtf oh N Il
Before becoming n Bantist II would
appear that young jeremiah Moore was
not only a member OF the Episcopal
Church. but was either a lay reader
or yestryman of the old Quantico
Episcopal Church. Bishop Meade. in
dealing with the records of Dettingen
parish. wrote that cit only remains
that l mention for the satisfaction OF
their posterity the lay readers and
vestrymen of this old parish during
the fifty years of which the records
testify. At Broad Run we find the
names Of John Bryant. William Pey-
ton, Joseph Sherman. James Gray and
George Carter: at Quantico. the names
of Thomas Machem or Mitchem. John
Peyton, jeremiah Moore"
jeremiah Moore was probably a lay
reader. because Bishop Meade does not
include his name when he writes that
THE following are the names of the
vestrymen OF this parish (Dettingen)
during the fifty years of its recorded
proceedings: Peyton. Rearser. Butler.
Deskin, Luton. Renno. blackburn.
Furguson. Ewen. Scale, Grayson. Fax
ter. Whetlige. Fouche, Rust, Roussan,
Crump. Frogg. Harrison. Wright. Bull
lett, Wfckliffe. Bell. Copedge. Thornton.
Elsey. Betty. Eustace, Blackwell, Wag-
gener. Nisbett. Kennor, Tibbs, Triplett.
Carr. Lee, Baylis. Buchanon. Bennett.
Hoe, Alexander. Fitzhugh, Kincheloe,
Washington. Gnatkin. McMillon.' The
bishop also wrote in connection with
that old parish that THE names of
Adie and Tompkins are mentioned as
men of uprightness and to whom the
vestry and ministers referred some i'm
portant matters of difference for de-
cision. The Lees. Peytons. Blackburns
and Ewells appear to have been most
numerous in the vestries."