A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America - Media Sabda Org

Moodys, Cowleys, Grains, Penningtons, Reeples, Batts, Rogers, Hobbs, Ruffins, Bonners, Hardings,
Landrums, Agees, Sewards, Sheltons, Mays, Boyds, Pegrams, Staples, Bakers, Browns, and Hays.
In Fauquier county lived the patriarch Herman Hitt, who lived to a great age -- he was the head
of eighteen families. Three of his sons -- Martin, Daniel, and Samuel -- and his grandson William,
were preachers. Daniel Hitt was book agent at one time. In Culpepper county lived the Freys, and
Kaublers -- out of these families came preachers. Mr. Henry Fry had built a great room to have balls
in; but before he had used it in this way the Lord made a conquest of him, and it was devoted to
Methodist preachers to preach in.
In Spotsylvania, where Bishop Asbury expired, the Arnolds lived. And not far off, the Talleys and
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Tildens. In Fairfax, lived Mr. Fairfax, a descendant of Lord Fairfax, who gave name to the county;
also, the Adams family, and Colonel Bell, and Captain Ward. In Alexandria, Brothers Busby, Shaw,
and Hickman. There were Griffins, Clarks, Suttles, Parishes, Greens, Walters, Maxeys, Woodsons,
Garretts, Meredys, Grangers, Lyons, Dickinsons, Collins, Rouses, Hundleys, Bauzees, Billups,
Belamys, Daughlass, Stubbs, Shacklefords, Godfreys, Lasleys, Grymes, Roberts, Stockdales,
Fretwells, and Mumpins, in Madison county.
In King's and Queens county, lived Mr. Stedham, a famous horse racer, who was brought to Christ
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in his old age. In Westmoreland county (General Washington's birthplace) lived Mrs. Ball, who
was a great heroine for the Saviour. She was urged by her neighbors, with tears, entreaties, and
threats, to desist from receiving the Methodist preachers and preaching; but all in vain. In finding
the way of peace, she had suffered too much to depart from it. In this Northern Neck, lived Bombrys,
Wallards, Spriggs, Forrester, (the last two preachers,) Doggett Mitchel, Tapscott, and Lansdell.
These were the first fruits of the Rev Joseph Everett's ministry in this Neck. It was the birthplace of
the late Bishop George. Bishop McKendree was also a native of Virginia. There were Dawsings,
Briscoes, Bransfords, Dillards, Nortons, Raglands, Reeses, Watsons, and Kelsicks.
General Russell, whose wife was the sister of the patriot Patrick Henry, lived in Washington or
Russell county. Near by them, were Easleys, Ayars, and McPhersons. In Botetourt county, lived
Edward Mitchell, where Conference was held in the last century. In New Virginia, was Dew's, where
John Tunnell was buried. Higher up, towards the Potomac, were Acuffs, Hites, Guests, Bruces,
Perrills, Ellsworths, Paups, Strouds, Phelps, Harlands, Boydstones, Fauntains; Cressaps and Colonel
Barratt's, were near the Allegheny.
In Loudon county, Mrs. Roszell was the first Methodist class leader. Her son, the Rev. S. G.
Roszell, was well known as a preacher. Her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Donohoe, was a zealous Methodist
for sixty-three years. She sleeps in Jesus, at the Roazell Chapel. In Greenbrier county, were Watts,
Perkins, Pennell, and Hyde. Mrs. Mary Watts, mother of the Rev. James Watts, went to glory in her
eighty-fifth year. Samuel Perkins and John Pennell were local preachers; also, William Appleby and
Wright Burgess. Mr. John Young, of this county, a faithful Methodist, died in his eighty-third year;
he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. There were Bowens, Cooks, Castlers, Kowns, Keedings,
Moores, Merchants, and Wheats. Most of these passed more than fourscore years on earth, and were
long connected with the Methodists. Jonathan Breckenridge lived to honor Christ, to his eighty-sixth
year.