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William Henry Foote (20 Dec. 1794-22
Nov. 1869), Presbyterian clergyman and historian, the son of Stephen and Hannah
Waterman Foote, was born at Colchester, Conn. He was graduated from Yale in
1816 with an A.B. degree, devoted slightly more than two years to teaching, and
spent one year at Princeton Seminary (1818-19). After his licensure on 20 Oct.
1819, he preached at various points in Virginia. Several months before
Winchester Presbytery ordained him to the full work of the ministry of 7 Sept.
1822, he settled at Woodstock, Va., where he served a congregation, along with
that of Stoverstown (Strasburg), until 1824. His next charge was that of the
Mt. Bethel, Hampshire County, Va., (now West Virginia), Church, which in 1833
was divided into five formally organized congregations. Foote retained a
portion of this field, residing at Romney until 1838. For the next seven years
he was a regional representative for the cause of foreign missions in the Old
School Presbyterian Church. From 1845 until his death he served churches at
Romney, Springfield, and Patterson's Creek (1845-60), except for "three
years, six months, and four days" of "protracted exile" in lower
Virginia during the Civil War. While a refugee, he supplied vacant churches,
served as hospital chaplain, and for a short time was an agent for Hampden-Sydney
College which in 1847 awarded him a D.D. degree. In addition to his pastoral
work, he conducted academies at Woodstock and Romney.
Foote was neither a native nor at
any time a resident of North Carolina. However, while an agent, or traveling
secretary, for the Central Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian church
(1838-45), he visited many North Carolina counties where he not only promoted
the missionary enterprise, but also collected considerable material of a
historical nature. His Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical,
written at the request of the Presbyterian Synod of the state, and published in
1846, permanently linked his name with North Carolina. A reprint of the
Sketches appeared in 1912 and a second in 1965. The volume has consistently
demonstrated its value for reference, both in the religious and secular
spheres. The author's incorporation into the text of a number of earlier
documents, some of which have since disappeared, substantially enhances its
usefulness. Notable among the items included but now missing is the original of
Hugh McAden's journal of his tour of North Carolina made during 1755–56. Foote
also was the author of Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical
(1850); of a similar work bearing the same title with the addition of Second
Series (1855); and of The Huguenots, or Reformed French Church, published in
the year after his death.
Foote's first wife was Eliza Wilson
Glass, daughter of the Reverend Joseph Glass of Frederick County, Va., whom he
married on 21 Feb. 1822. Two daughters, Ann Waterman and Eliza Wilson, were
born of this union. After the death of Mrs. Eliza Foote (21 Apr. 1835), he
married Arabella Gilliam of Petersburg, Va., on 31 Oct. 1838; they had one
child, Mary Arabella. Foote died at Romney and was buried in the nearby Indian
Mound Cemetery.
Sketches of Virginia
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
Fairfax's Grant — The first Settlements west of the
Blue Ridge, in Vir-
ginia — Grants to Vanmeter — Joist Hite removes to
Virginia —
Other Settlers — Frederick County set off —
Extracts from the Records
of Court PAGE 13-17
CHAPTER I. THE SETTLEMENTS ON THE OPEQUON.
Verses by a Young Lady — Visit to the Church and
Church-yard — The
Early Settlers — Names of Families -*-EJttent of
Settlement — Mis-
sionaries — First Pastor — Second* Pastor — Third
Pastor — Inscrip-
tion on a Tomb-stone — William Hoge — Robert White
— Samuel
Glass 18-24
CHAPTER II. SETTLEMENTS ON THE FORKS OF SHENANDOAH.
Stone Church, Augusta — Grants to Burden and
Beverly — Missiona-
ries — Mr. Craig, the first Pastor — His Early Life
— Emigrates to
America while a Youth — Visits the Triple Forks —
Ilis views of the
Congregjition — His Domestic Arrangements — The old
Burying-
ground — Epitaphs of the three Ministers 25-34
CHAPTER III. TINKLING SPRING.
The Name — .John Lewis — Col. Patton — John Preston
— John Van-
lear — John M'Cue — James C. AVillson 35-39
CHAPTER IV.
PRESBYTERY OF HANOVER — FROM ITS FORMATION TO ITS
REMODELLING.
Samuel Davies — Effort to remove Jonathan Edwards
to Virginia —
Formation of Hanover Presbytery — Tlie Records —
John Craig —
John Todd — Extracts from the Records of the
Council of State —
Letter to Whitfield — Efforts for a College in
Kentucky — Close of
Life — Robert Henry — Origin of Briery Congregation
— Anecdote
of !JIr. Ilonry — Ills Death — .John Wright —
Causes of Toleration
— John Brown — John Martin — Some Acts of
Presbytery 40-58
CHAPTER V. NEW PROVIDENCE.
Origin of the Ooncrregation, from Mr. Houston's
Letter — Building the
Church — Classical School — Samuel Brown — His
Birth — Educa-
tion — Missionary Tours — Settlement — Labors —
Estimation of his
Charge — Of his Brethren — His Death 58-71
CHAPTERVI. HANOVER PRESBYTERY — FROM 1758 TO 1770.
Henry Pattillo — William Richardson — Andrew Millar
— Samuel Black
— ilugh M'Aden — Richard Sankey — James Waddell, D.
D. — James
Hunt — David Rice — Mrs. Samuel Blair's Sketch of
Herself — James
Creswell — Charles Cummings — Samuel Leake — David
Caldwell —
Joseph Alexander — Thomas Jackson — William Irwin —
Hezekiah
Balch — The Presbytery of Orange formed 72-89
CHAPTER VII. TIMBER RIDGE.
First Inhabitants — Ephraim M'Dowell — Epitaph —
Mary Greenlee —
Missionaries — Call to John Brown — His Life and
Labors — His
Supporters, a list of — List of Subscribers, and
the sums given for
his support — The Alexander Family — Archibald
Alexander 91-104
CHAPTER VIII. HANOVER PRESBYTERY" — FROM 1770
TO FORMATION OP VIRGINIA SYNOD.
James Campbell — Samuel Edmundson — Caleb Wallace —
William
Graham — James Templeton — Samuel M'Corkle — Samuel
Stanhope
Smith — John B. Smith — Edward Crawford — Archibald
Scott —
Samuel Doak — John Montgomery — James M'Connel —
Benjamin
Erwin — William Willson — James Crawford — Samuel
Shannon —
James Mitchel — Moses Hoge — John M'Cue — Adam
Rankin — Sam-
uel Carrick — Samuel Houston — Andrew M'Clure —
John D. Blair. 105-113
CHAPTER IX. SETTLEMENTS ON THE HOLSTON.
Letters from Ex-Governor Campbell on the Early
Settlements on Hol-
ston — Call to Mr. Cummings — Incidents in his Life
— The Campbells
of Holston — Oflicial Report of the Battle of
King's Mountain — The
Loss in Campbell's Regiment — Col. Patrick Ferguson
-Incidents
in his Life , 114-133
CHAPTER X. REV. MESSRS. JAMES MITCHEL AND SAMUEL
HOUSTON.
Mr. Mitchel's Appearance — His Birth and Ancestry —
His entrance on
the work of the ministry — His Conversion — Visits
Kentucky — Is
Ordained — Removes to Bedford — The Great Awakening
— Anecdote
" of his preaching in Newmarket — His
Preaching — His Sickness and
Death. Mr. Houston's birth and education — Journal
of his military
tour, and his account of the battle of Guilford —
Enters the Ministry
— Goes to Tennessee — Returns to Virginia — Settles
at High Bridge
—His Death — His Epitaph 133-149
CHAPTER XI. THE CAPTIVITY AND ESCAPE OF MRS.
INGLIS, 1756.
Georore Draper emigrates from Pennsylvania —
Residence on the Alle-
gheny — Inroaxls of the Indians — Col. Patton
killed — The Family
taken Captive — Go down the Kanawha to Ohio — Goes
to the Big
Scioto — Her Occupation — Goes to the Big Bone
Licks — Escapes
with an old Dutch Woman — Her Journey Homewards —
Escapes
the observation of the Indians in sight — Ilor
Sufferings — The old
Woman threatens to kill her — Reaches the Frontier
— Is Recognised
— Meets her Husband — The Search for her Child —
Various Battles
with the Indians — Her Son, the captive, comes home
— Is Educated
— Married — His various removals, and Incidents in
his Life 149-159
CHAPTER XII. Cornstalk; and the battle at point pleasant.
The Shawanees owned the Valley of the Shenandoah —
First known
of Cornstalk — His Endowments — An Indian
Confederacy — An ex-
pedition against them planned — Point Pleasant the
rendezvous —
Tories collected — Gen. Andrew Lewis to command —
The march
down the Kenawha — The approach of the Indians —
The spirit of
the Soldiers — Cornstalk leads the Indians — The
Shawanees — Lewis
prepares for Battle — The Fight commences soon
after sunrise, and
lasts all day — Attacked in the rear; the Indians
retreat — The Gov-
ernor arrests the pursuit — Cornstalk in Conference
— Eminent Men
in the Battle — Cornstalk visits the Point — Is
detained as Hostage —
His Son visits him — Is detained — Both Slain*
159-168
CHAPTER XIII. REV. WILLIAM HILL, D. D. — FROM HIS
BIRTH TO HIS SETTLEMENT IN
WINCHESTER.
Birth-place — Education — Loses his Mother — Enters
College — A Re-
vival in College — Professes Religion — Is deprived
of the use of his
income — Revival on Guinea Creek — Mr. Hill lives
at Col. Read's —
Becomes Candidate for the Ministry — Is Licensed —
A Missionary
Tour — Interesting Incidents — Ride with Mr. Turner
— Sick at Win-
chester — Second Mission — Visits Richmond — Col.
Gordon's — David
Smith — Methodist Meeting — Williamsburg — Mr. Holt
— Third Mis-
sion — Has Cary Allen as his Companion — Goes over
to the Ilolston
— Mattliew Lyle — Returns and visits the Potomac —
Visits the Valley
around Winchester — Ordained and settled in
Jefferson County — His
Endowments to Preach — Is Married — Winchester
Presbytery formed 169-190
CHAPTER XIV. REV. JAMES TURNER.
His Birth-place and Parentage — His Appearance —
His Early Habits —
Marries — Is Awakened under Mr. Lacy's preaching —
The l> efsteak
Club — Mr. Turner visits his Mother in distress —
Is hopefullv Con-
verted — Exhorts in Meetings — The Club broken up —
Is taken on
trial for Licensure — His Endowments as a Speaker —
Co-Pastor with
Mr. Mitchel — Anecdote told by his Son — His
Appearance at Pres-
bytery — At Synod in Lexington — His Will — Ilis
Death 190-201
CHAPTER XV. BETHEL AND HER MINISTERS.
Origin of Bethel — First Pastor, Mr. Cumining;s —
Second Pastor, Mr.
Scott Ilis Origin — His entrance to the Ministry —
The new Meefc-
ino-'Ilouse — Memorial of Presbytery — The Memorial
of Messrs.
Smith and Todd — Convention of the Presbyterian
Church — Soldiers
in the Revolution — Alarm at the approach of
Tarleton — An old
Soldier — Sacred Lyric by Davies — Mr. Scott's
Appearance — His
Preaching — His Abilities — His Death — His Family
— The Exer-
cises — Rev. William M'Pheeters, D. D. — His Origin
— His Pious
Mother — Her Experience and Death — Letter from Dr.
M'Farland —
He enters the Ministry — Preaches in Kentucky — In
Bethel — Called
to Raleigh — Organizes a Church — Resigns the
Pastoral Care — His
Domestic Relations — A Letter from his Daughter —
Death of his
Son — His own Death 202-216
CHAPTER XVI. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER — HIS LICENSURE
AND SETTLEMENT IN CHARLOTTE.
His first Ministerial Services — When taken under
care of Presbytery
— His Trial Pieces — His Companions in Study — His
Examinations
— Is made Elder — Goes to the Assembly — His visit
to Mr. Hoge — .
His visit to Philadelphia — Graham's Attachment to
the Youth —
His Trial Sermon for Licensure — His Examination
and Licensure
in Winchester — His Winter's Work — The attention
excited by his
Preaching — Becomes a resident ia Charlotte — Is
ordained — The
Copartnership — Materials for Church History — Mrs.
Legrand .... 217-223
CHAPTER XVII. REV. MESSRS. GARY ALLEN AND WILLIAM
CALIIOON.
Parentage of Allen — His Peculiarities — His
Reflections on the Hogs —
His commencing a course of Classical Studies — His
Comic Power —
John Gilpin — His Conversion — Desires the Ministry
— Difliculties in
the way — Becomes Candidate — Is Delayed — Is
Licensed — Goes to
Kentucky with Robert Marshall — His Preaching on
Silver Creek —
Returns to Virginia — Incident in Campbell — Again
visits Kentucky
— Mr. Calhoon goes in company — Allen's attempt to
imitate Calhoon
— His Mission in Virginia — Col. Skillern — Sermon
at his House —
Address to the Negroes — His Interview at a Tavern
— Infidelity re-
buked in Lexington by him — Letter from Daniel
Allen — William
Calhoon — His Childhood — Enters College — Takes
Allein's Alarm
to William Hill — Becomes Candidate for the
Minlstr}' — Goes to Ken-
tucky with Cary Allen — Settles in Kentucky —
Removes to Virginia
— Settles in Albemarle — Removes to Augusta County
— His Charac-
teristics — His Interview with William Wirt — Mr.
Wirt's Conver-
sion 223-240
CHAPTER XVIII. JOHN H. RICE, D. D.
His Birth-place — His Parentage — His Early
Training — Loss of his
Mother — Makes profession of Religion — His
Youthful Studies —
Goes to Liberty Hall — Lives with Mr. Baxter at New
London — Pri-
vate Teacher at Malvern Hills — His Improvement and
his Trials —
Returns Home — His Sickness — Seeks the office of
Tutor in College 241-247
CHAPTEK XIX. MESSRS. ALEXANDER AND RICE ASSOCIATED
IN COLLEGE.
Efforts of the Board to get a President — Mr.
Alexander declines —
Mr. Blair declines — Apply to Mr. Alexander again —
He accepts —
Removes to College — Rice and Alexander conjoined
become lasting
Friends — Arrangements for Preaching — Members of
Hanover Pres-
bytery — The Charitable Fund — Mr. Rice leaves
College — Mr. Alex-
ander visits Ohio — Mr. Speece becomes Tutor — The
Subject of
Baptism — Estimation of Mr. Rice 248-260
CHAPTER XX. GEORGE A. BAXTER — FROM HIS BIRTH TO HIS
RECTORSHIP.
Graham, Rice, and Baxter — Baxter's Birth-place and
Parentage —
Incident in his Early Life — His Teacher, M'Nemara
— Member of
College — Professes Faith — Mr. Stuart's Letters —
Is Licensed — Mar-
ries — Col. Fleming — Chosen Rector of Washington
Academy, Lex-
ington 260-269
CHAPTER XXI. MESSRS. ALEXANDER AND RICE A SECOND
TIME ASSOCIATED AT HAMPDEN SIDNEY.
Circumstances — Mr. Alexander goes to Assembly — By
the residence
of Di. VVaddell — Visits New England — Returns to
the College —
Becomes Son-in-law of Dr. Waddell — Call to
Cumberland — Mr.
Rice's Letter to Mrs. Morton — Specimens of
Preaching — His Diffi-
culties — Is Married — Becomes Candidate for the
Ministry — Is
Licensed — Minutes of Presbytery transcribed — Mr.
Rice called to
Cub Creek — Mr. Tompkins, a Baptist Minister —
Second step towards
a Theological Seminary — Dr. Alexander's estimation
of Mr. Rice at
that time 269-280
CHAPTER XXII. GEORGE A. BAXTER, AND THE AWAKENING
AT THE COMMENCEMENT OP
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Ministers of the Synod of Virginia — Mr. Baxter
visits Kentucky —
Letter to Archibald Alexander, giving in detail the
facts and circum-
stances of the Revival in Kentucky — Revival in
Bedford — Mr. Bax-
ter, with some young people, visits Bedford 280-290
CHAPTER XXIII. DR. BAXTER — RECTOR AND PRESIDENT.
His Income — His Duties in College — The Studies of
College — Number
of Students completing their Studies — Endowment of
the College by
the Cincinnati — Name of the Institution changed —
Dr. Baxter as
President — lie is invited to other Institutions —
His Domestic Affairs 290-294
CHAPTER XXIV. REV. DANIEL BLAIN.
Birth-place — Parentage — Childhood — Seeks an
Education — Goes to
Liberty Hall — Licensed — Is Associated with Mr.
Baxter — Is Married
— One of the Committee on the Magazine — His
Articles — An Ex-
tract — llis Eurlv Death — Mary Hanna — Letter from
S. B. Wilson,
D. D.— Matthew llanna ; . . . 294^301
CHAPTER XXV. DR. RICE — RESIDENCE IN CHARLOTTE.
Members of the Church — Colored Members — Mr. Rice
teaches School
— An Incident — Slave Population — Slaves Members,
their condition
— The Account of them by Rev. S. J. Price —
Articles in the Maga-
zine — Donation by Mr. Baker — Collections for a
Library — Mr. Alex-
ander removes from Virginia — Dr. Iloge chosen
President — Reasons
for accepting the Office — Dr. Alexander Moderator
of Assembly — *' —
His Sermon — A Seminary determined upon — Mr. Rice
opens As-
sembly — His Studies — His Desires — Anecdote of
Drury Lacy — Mr.
Lacy visits Richmond — Propositions to remove Mr.
Rice to Rich-
mond — Situation of Hanover Presbytery 301-310
CHAPTER XXVI. WILLIAM HILL IN WINCHESTER,
1800-1818.
Population of Winchester — Unable to agree upon the
Candidates —
Turn their attention to Mr. Hill — Unanimous
Invitation — His Influ-
ence — The Situation of the Congregation — A
Revival — William Wil-
liamson — John Lyle — Mr. Hill's Preaching — His
Domestic Engage-
ments — An Incident 310-319
CHAPTER XXVII. DR. RICE — HIS RESIDENCE IN
RICHMOND.
Richmond at the time of his Removal — The Burning
of the Theatre —
Renewed Eflbrts to get Mr. Rice to Richmond — He
determines to go
— Removes to Richmond — Letter to Dr. Alexander —
Reception in
Richmond — Presbytery in Richmond — Installation
Services — Vir-
ginia Bible Society — Difficulties to be overcome —
An Incident — The
Monumental Church — Friendship of Mr. Buchanan —
New Church
— The Christian Monitor — Death of Mrs. Morton —
The last days of
Drury Lacy — Application for an Act of
Incorporation — Rev. Samuel
J. Mills — The Magazine — The Printing Press — The
Pamphleteer —
The University of Virginia — Josiah Smith — Mr.
Chester's Visit —
Young Men's Missionary Society — D. D. — Meeti'ng
of General As-
sembly, 1820 and 1822 — The General Association of
Connecticut —
Of Massachusetts — Dr. Sprague's Account 319-340
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MESSRS. RANDOLPH.
Theodore Tudor becomes a Pupil — Taken Sick —
Visited by his Mother
— She becomes a Believer — John Randolph of Roanoke
— Tudor
goes to Harvard University — Leaves College —
Visits England, and
Dies — Randolph's Letter to Rice — The Trials of
John Randolph —
His Opinion of Dr. Hoge — Letter to Judge Henry St.
George Tucker
— Death of Mrs. Randolph 340-349
CHAPTEK XXIX. REV. CONRAD SPEECE, D. D. — HIS YOUTH
AND MINISTRY TO 1820.
His Birth-place — Of German Origin — Samuel Brown
encourages him —
Begins his Classic Education under Mr. Graham —
Great Success in
Study — Makes profession of Religion — Begins the
study of Divinity
— Stops his trials on account of difficulty about
Baptism — Becomes
Tutor at Hampden Sidney — Is Immersed — Returns to
the Presby-
terian Church, and is licensed to preach — Settles
in Maryland —
Returns to Virginia — Settles in Powhatan — Removes
to Augusta—
His Journal — His Installation — The case of George
Bourne — On
account of his doings on the subject of Slavery,
Mr. Bourne is de-
posed — The case goes before the Assembly — Back to
Pre-sbytery —
Again to Assembly — The Deposition Confirmed — Mr.
Speece's opin-
ions on Slavery 349-365
CHAPTER XXX. JOHN H. RICE, D. D. — HIS REMOVAL TO
PRINCE EDWARD.
Circumstances leading to his removal — The labors
and last days of Dr. ^-- —
Hoge — The estimation in which Dr. Hoge was held —
The Assembly
founds a Theological Seminary, excited by a
memorial from Philadel-
phia Presbytery, on the proposition of Archibald
Alexander — Mr.
Hoge's death — Mr. Alexander chosen President of
Hampden
Sidney College — Mr. J. T. Cushing chosen Professor
— The
Seminary transferred to Hanover Presbytery — J. H.
Rice chosen
Professor — He is chosen President of Princeton
College — Letter
from Dr. Miller — Letter from Dr. M'Dowell — Second
Letter from
Dr. Miller — Dr. Rice to Dr. Woods— Third Letter
from Dr. Miller-
Mental Exercises of Dr. Rice — Declines the
Presidency of the College
— Letter to Dr. Alexander — Death of Mrs. Wood —
Fourth Letter
from Dr. Miller — Visit to the Eastern Shore —
Accepts the Professor-
ship—Visit to the State of New York 365-387
CHAPTER XXXI. DR. RICE — HIS ENTRANCE ON THE WORK
OF THE PROFESSORSHIP.
State of Hanover Presbytery — Of Hampden Sidney —
President Cush-
ing — Mr. Rice's situation, by an eye-witness — Mr.
Marsh — The Pro-
fessor's House — The Inauguration — The first class
of Students —
Mr. Marsh employed — Funds of the Seminary — A
great Southern
Seminary — Dr. Alexander's visit — Mr. Roy
appointed Agent — Little
Scholarship — Funds transfei-red to the Trustees of
General Assembly
— The Assembly accepts the keeping of the funds,
and takes the
oversight of the Seminary — The nine Resolutions —
The Synod of
Virginia agrees to take the place of the Presbytery
— The Synod of
North Carolina agrees to join with Synod of
Virginia — Dr. Caldwell
in debate — Matthew Lyle — The Episcopal
Controversy — Review of
Bishop Ravenscroft's four Sermons and his Pamphlet
387-410
CHAPTER XXXII. DR. RICE — HIS AGENCIES.
Reasons for entering on them — Visits New York in
summer of 1827 —
Extracts from his Letters — Goes up the North River
— Visits Phila-
delphia in the fall of 1827, and winter of 1827-8 —
Mr. Nettleton's
visit to Virginia followed by great religious
excitements — Dr. Rice's
Letters about it — Mr. Goodrich chosen Professor
410-428
CHAPTER XXXIII. LAST LABORS OF DR. RICE.
IIo preaches the Sermon before the Board of Foreign
Missions — Jamea
B. Tavlor — Dr. Rice's Library bou^rht for the
Seminary — Dr. Rice's
plan f()r a full course of study under four
Professors — Students reduce
the price of Vjoard — Dr. Rice states his position
— The Boston House
— Agency in North Carob'na — Hanover Presbytery
divided — A Series
of Letters addressed to Ex-President Madison —
Visit to New York —
Goes Home Sick — His last Sermon 428-435
CHAPTER XXXIV LAST ILLNESS OF DR. RICE.
Confined to his House — Letter to Dr. Wisnor —
Memorial to the As-
sembly on Foreign Missions — Its disposition — Mr.
Staunton assists
Dr. Rice — Hlness increases — Drs. M'Auley and
M'Dowell elected
Professors — Mr. Ballentine attends upon Dr. Rice —
The Closing
Scene of his Life — Major Morton — The Burial
435-444
CHAPTER XXXV. SPIRIT AND EXAMPLE OF DR. RICE.
1st. Indefatigable in his Efforts — 2d. Earnest in
Intellectual Improve-
ment — 3d. A Friend of the Colored Race — 4th. Was
fond of his Pen
— 5th. A quick sense of the Ridiculous — Gth. Happy
in his Domestic
Relations — 7th. Always caring for the Seminary —
Letter to Dr.
M'Farland — 8th. Excels in the Class Room — 9th.
Abundant in
Labors — His Resolutions 444-456
CHAPTER XXXVI. DR. BAXTER INAUGURATED PROFESSOR,
Chosen Professor — Enters upon the duties of his
Office — His Inau-
gural Address — Dr. Hill's Charge — The State of
the Southern
Churches 456-463
CHAPTER XXXVII. DR. HILL — FROM 1818 TO LEAVING
WINCHESTER.
Domestic Affliction — Winchester, a visit to, in
1853 — Burial of Eliza-
beth M. Hill — Visit to the Grave-Yards — Daniel
Morgan — Gen.
Robedeau — Judge White — Various Inscriptions — Dr.
Ilill finds
Trouble — Proposes a renewal of their Covenant to
the Church —
His habits in Discussions — Some Collisions —
Subject of Dancing —
Choice of a Successor — A new Church organized —
John Matthews,
D. D. — Mr. Riddle settled in Winchester — Is
removed to Pittsl)urg —
Dr. Hill resigns his Charge — Ptemoves to
Presbytery of West Hano-
ver — To Alexandria — To Winchester 463-480
CHAPTER XXXVTII. DR. SPEECE THE CLOSE OF LIFE.
His views of Theological Seminaries — An active
friend of the Tem-
perance Cause — State of the Question — Death — Dr.
Baxter's opinion
of him — New IMeasures — Dr. Hondren's opinion of
him — His Li-
brary — Poetry, the last from his Pen 480-486
CHAPTER XXXIX. GOING INTO THE CONVENTION.
Position of the Southern Churches in regard to
matters in Controversy
— 1st. Examination of Ministers — 2d. Churches
formed on the Plan
of Union — Plan of Union — 3d. Case of Rev. Albert
Barnes — 4th.
Cause of Foreign Missions — Reception and
disposition of Dr. Rice's
IMeniorial — Presbytery of Baltimore resolves to
engage in Foreign
Missions — Western Foreign Missionary Society
formed — Report laid
before the Assembly, 1832 — Central Board of
Foreign Missions —
Western Board transferred to Assembly — Not
Accepted — Dr. Mil-
ler's Letter about Dr. Rice's Memorial — 5th. The
Act and Testimony
— Against Errors — Gth. The Subject of Slavery —
Lastly. A Division
of the Presbyterian Church — Position of the
Virginia Synod — Act
of the Virginia Synod, adopted at Petersburg — The
Virginia Pres-
byteries determine to go into Convention 486-512
CHAPTER XL. THE CONVENTION OP 1837.
The President— Movements of Southern Members —
Committee of
Business — Resolutions Proposed — Errors Condemned
— In Doctrine,
Order, and Discipline — Memorial Prepared —
Miscellaneous Reso-
lutions 513-520
CHAPTER XLI. THE ASSEMBLY OF 1837.
Expectation of the Churches — The Opening Services
— The Presentation
of the Memorial — The Report of the Committee on it
— Resolution
abrogating the Plan of Union — Debate upon it —
Postponement of
the Debate on Errors of Doctrine — Resolution for
Citation — Debate
upon it — Messrs. Beman and Plumer — Committee on
the State of
the Church — The peaceable division of the Church
contemplated —
The Committee Disagree — Their Reports — Dr.
Baxter's Principle
on a Constitutional Question — Brought forward in
Convention —
And in the Assembly — Debate upon its application
to the Western
Reserve — The Vote — Foreign Missions —
Preparations for a Lawsuit
— Errors Condemned — Protests Entered — Where they
may all be
found — Adjournment of the Assembly 521-538
CHAPTER XLII. THE DIVISION OF THE VIRGINIA SYNOD.
The Excitement on account of the action of the
Assembly — Dr. Bax-
ter's Position and Course — Watchman of the South —
Action of the
Presbyteries — Action of the Board of Directors of
Union Theological
Seminary — Resignation of Professors — Position of
Drs. Hill and
Baxter — Division of Presbyteries, beginning with
Abington — Elec-
tion of new Professors — Records of Hanover
Presbytery — Dr. Hodge's
and Dr. Hill's History of the Infancy of
Presbyterianism in America
— Later Researches — The time Makemie came to
America — The
Separation of the opposing parts of the Synod —
Rev. Wm. M. At-
kinson — His Labors, Sickni'-ss, and Death — His
Birth — Entrance on
the Ministry — His Lovely Character 538-556
CHAPTER XLIII. GEORGE A. BAXTER, D. D. — CLOSING
SCENE OF HIS LIFE.
Circumstancps of his Last Days — Dr. Hendren's
estimation of Dr.
Baxter — Mr. Bocock's Address — Dr. Baxter's
Writings — Mr. Mor-
rison's Letter 55C-5G4
CHAPTER XLIV. RECOLLECTIONS SACRAMENT AT MONMOUTH.
Dr. Leyburn's Recollections of Mr. Turner — Of Mr.
Mitchel— Of Dr.
Speece — Of Dr. Baxter — The Sacrament at Monmouth
5G5-573
CHAPTER XLV. REV. CLEMENT READ.
His Ancestry — Genealogy of Families — The
Carringtnn Family — Mr.
Read's Education — His Wife's Ancestry — His
Entrance on the
Ministry with the Republican Methodists — Mr.
Lacy's Letters about
the Union of Denominations — Mr. Read joins the
Presbyterian
Church — A Calvinist in Creed — His View of the
Duties of the
Church— His Habits 573-580
CHAPTER XLVI. MESSRS. LOGAN, BOWYER, AND ANDERSON
The Labors of Mr. Logan in the Ministry — Judge
Johnston's Letter
concerning Col. Bowyer — Mrs. Bowyer — Col.
Anderson — His Mili-
tary Life — His Character 580-586
CHAPTER XLVII. FREDERICKSBURG — JOHN B. HOGE AND
JAMES H. FITZGERALD.
Location of the City — Orphan Asylum — First place
of worship for the
Presbyterians — John Mark — First Presbyterian
Minister — Recol-
lections of Fredericksburg — The Worshippers at the
Presbyterian
Church — The Order at Church — The Meeting of Synod
— The
„ Preaching of John B. Hoge — Of Dr. Alexander —
Sketch of John B.
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