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The Lord hath done great tilings in the State of Georgia within a 

 few years. Perhaps I never traveled more in one year, even when 

 in single life, t han I did this yea r ; and, blessed be God, I did not run ^ 

 in vain, or labor in vain. I saw the pleasure of the Lord prospering 

 in ray unworthy hands. 



The other appointments for the year 1788 were as 

 follows: Reuben Ellis, elder; Saluda, Lemuel An- 

 drews; Broad River, William Partridge; Edisto, 

 Henry Bingham, William Gassaway; Charleston, Ira 

 Ellis; Santee, John Smith, Hardy Herbert; Wax- 

 haws, Michael Burdge; Pedee, Thomas Humphreys, 

 Mark Moore. Of these only Messrs. Ellis, Andrews, 

 and Bingham had before filled appointments in South 

 Carolina. 



Mr. Partridge was born in Sussex county, Virginia, 

 in 1754. He was brought up to industry, and from 

 his childhood was strictly moral. About the twenty- 

 first year of his age he embraced religion. His name 

 appears on the Minutes of 1780 as a traveling preacher, 

 and so continues for about nine years. He then retired 

 and continued a local preacher about twenty-five years, 

 during which time his wife— a pious woman — died and 

 left two children. He continued to keep house with 

 them until they were grown and provided for. He had 

 frequently expressed a desire to labor and die in the 

 traveling connection; an opportunity now offered, he 

 embraced it, and was sent in 1814 to Keowee Circuit; 

 in 1815 and 1816 to Alcovi; and 1817 to Sparta, Georgia, 

 where he died on the 17th of May. As a citizen he 

 respected the rights of man with a nicety seldom 

 equaled, never surpassed. Though surrounded by 

 those who held slaves, he would have none. As the 

 head of a family, it may be said industry, piety, peace, 

 and harmony were the motto of his house. As a 

 Christian, numbers have professed sanctification, but 



