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transferred to the South Carolina Conference and appointed by Rev. G. W. Brodie to Greensboro, where he remained until May, 1866. He attended the South Carolina Conference, at Savannah, Ga., and was appointed to Wilmington, N. C. He was re-appointed in 1867. In 1868 he was appointed to Wilmington Mission, which embraced a little church in the suburbs of the city, and the work on the Sound. In 1869 he was appointed to Hillsboro. In April, 1870, he was appointed to Morgantown and there served three years. In 1873 he was transferred to the Philadelphia Conference. A vacancy occurring in the New Jersey Conference, caused by the death of Rev. Henry Davis, he was appointed to fill out the unexpired term.
Was born in Baltimore, Md. He was bound out at the age of six years. His parents died soon after. The parties to whom he was bound claimed him as their slave. He entered the ministry in 1846, and was taken up in the interval of the conference by Bishop Waters to assist him on the Baltimore Circuit. The following year he was received in the conference and appointed to the Baltimore Circuit. He served two years. He was ordained Deacon in Israel Church, Washington, D. C., in 1851, and Elder in Bethel Church, Philadelphia, in 1853, and has served the following churches: Columbia Circuit, Chester Circuit, Williamsport, Pennington, Frankford, Trenton, Little Wesley, Springtown, Elizabeth, Oswego, Norwich, Melrose, Georgetown, Binghampton, Buffalo, Glencoe and Bergen. While in the Baptist church, he seved the Berean Church, West Philadelphia, Providence and New Bedford. He purchased ground for the church at Bristol, Pa., organized a congregation at Bridgeton and built the church. He received Cold Spring and Goshen in the connection. Rebuilt the church at Trenton, in 1868; also Elizabeth, Oswego and Williamsport; assisted Rev. T. Franklin to build at Lockport, N. J.; finished the churches at Lewistown and Georgetown, Del., and dedicated them to the Lord. He bought the church at Binghampton, N. Y., and presented it to the N. Y. Conference. He also built a church for the Baptists in Washington.
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