﻿Trinity 
  M. 
  E. 
  Chukch. 
  89 
  

  

  only 
  surviving 
  student 
  of 
  that 
  school 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  been 
  

   able 
  to 
  find, 
  is 
  our 
  esteemed 
  and 
  venerable 
  townsman, 
  M, 
  

   A. 
  Angier, 
  Esq., 
  who 
  was 
  then 
  about 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  age. 
  In 
  

   1832 
  or 
  '33, 
  a 
  protracted 
  meeting 
  was 
  conducted 
  at 
  this 
  lit- 
  

   tle 
  school 
  house, 
  under 
  the 
  able 
  and 
  eloquent 
  ministrations 
  

   of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Willis 
  Haynes, 
  the 
  first 
  Methodist 
  Circuit 
  rider 
  

   known 
  in 
  th^s 
  vicinity, 
  assisted 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  David 
  Nichol- 
  

   son, 
  Presiding 
  Elder. 
  Many 
  souls 
  were 
  happily 
  converted, 
  

   and 
  a 
  church 
  was 
  established, 
  numbering 
  about 
  80 
  mem- 
  

   bers, 
  with 
  brother 
  Haynes 
  as 
  pastor. 
  The 
  school 
  house 
  and 
  

   its 
  site 
  was 
  donated 
  to 
  the 
  church 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  members, 
  

   Mr. 
  William 
  Herndon. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  

   gather 
  data 
  for 
  a 
  consecutive 
  historj'. 
  About 
  the 
  year 
  1834, 
  

   the 
  church 
  was 
  burned 
  by 
  one 
  Jefferson 
  Dillard, 
  who 
  enter- 
  

   tained 
  great 
  antij)athy 
  toward 
  the 
  church 
  and 
  the 
  school. 
  

   It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  used 
  the 
  books 
  and 
  papers 
  about 
  the 
  school 
  

   to 
  start 
  the 
  conflagration. 
  After 
  the 
  perpetration 
  of 
  this 
  

   diabolical 
  deed, 
  and 
  finding 
  his 
  life 
  placed 
  in 
  jeopard}'^ 
  l>y 
  

   an 
  outraged 
  and 
  incensed 
  community, 
  he 
  ran 
  away, 
  and 
  

   has 
  not 
  since 
  been 
  heard 
  of. 
  But 
  the 
  little 
  church 
  was 
  re- 
  

   built, 
  and 
  prospered. 
  In 
  1858, 
  Orange 
  Grove 
  church 
  was 
  

   moved 
  to 
  Durham, 
  and 
  a 
  church 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  now 
  oc- 
  

   cupied 
  by 
  Trinity 
  M. 
  E. 
  Church. 
  This 
  building 
  was 
  erected 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  AVilliam 
  Mangum, 
  who, 
  for 
  ?>650, 
  furnished 
  both 
  

   material 
  and 
  labor, 
  besides 
  contributing 
  825, 
  although 
  not 
  

   a 
  member. 
  

  

  This 
  church 
  remained 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Orange 
  Circuit 
  

   until 
  1874, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  made 
  a 
  Station, 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Renn 
  

   being 
  pastor, 
  having 
  served 
  the 
  church 
  from 
  1872 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  the 
  Orange 
  Circuit. 
  The 
  trustees 
  of 
  the 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  were 
  J. 
  T. 
  Driver, 
  James 
  Stagg, 
  William 
  Halliburton, 
  

   Julian 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  William 
  Watts, 
  William 
  Guess, 
  Washington 
  

   Duke, 
  Alexander 
  Walker, 
  W. 
  B. 
  Proctor, 
  and 
  Archibald 
  

   Nichols. 
  From 
  1858 
  to 
  J8G8, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  hiatus 
  in 
  the 
  

   history 
  of 
  the 
  church. 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Webb 
  was 
  pastor 
  in 
  'GS 
  

   and 
  'G9. 
  Rev. 
  Jno. 
  Tillett 
  pastor 
  in 
  '70 
  and 
  '71, 
  and 
  followed 
  

   b}' 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Renn 
  in 
  '72, 
  who 
  remained 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   church 
  four 
  years, 
  laying 
  broad 
  and 
  deep 
  the 
  foundations 
  of 
  

   truth 
  as 
  held 
  by 
  Methodists 
  — 
  redemption 
  for 
  all 
  men 
  who 
  

   will 
  believe 
  — 
  christian 
  perfection 
  — 
  and 
  a 
  life 
  without 
  sin. 
  

  

  In 
  1873, 
  on 
  the 
  28th 
  of 
  August, 
  the 
  Hillsboro 
  District 
  

   Conference 
  held 
  its 
  annual 
  session 
  in 
  Trinity 
  church, 
  Col. 
  

   D. 
  C. 
  Parrish 
  being 
  the 
  lay 
  delegate, 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  P. 
  Moore, 
  Pres- 
  

  

  