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ready to make — no obstacle, however appalling, that he 

 was not willing to encounter — in order to sustain and 

 carry forward his Master's cause. 



James Tolleson was also a native of South Carolina. 

 He was admitted on trial in 1791, and labored as a 

 traveling preacher between eight and nine years, dur- 

 ing which time he filled several important stations 

 with dignity and usefulness, and moved in the circuit 

 of his appointments from Georgia to New Jersey. 

 He was a man of ability, and with him originated the 

 plan of a delegated General Conference, which he 

 proposed and advocated in May, 1800; but what is of 

 infinitely more importance, he was a man of piety, 

 and uniform in his religious deportment. He died in 

 August, 1800, of the malignant fever, in Portsmouth, 

 Virginia, with due preparation and great resignation 

 of mind, manifesting that he possessed a lively sense 

 of his acceptance with God. 



William Fulwood entered the traveling connection 

 in 1792, and after rendering acceptable service for 

 four years, located in 1796. 



Joshua Cannon was admitted on trial in 1789, and 

 continued in the traveling connection about nine years, 

 during which he was appointed to Charleston and 

 Georgetown in 1791 and 1795, respectively; the other 

 seven years were occupied in filling prominent ap- 

 pointments in North Carolina and Virginia. 



Samuel Kisher was in the traveling connection 

 twelve years; he was admitted in 1793, and located in 

 1805. His first three years were given to the South 

 Carolina Conference ; the remaining nine were devoted 

 to North Carolina and Virginia. 



John Clark traveled in South Carolina from 1791 

 to 1796, when he withdrew from the Connection, on 



