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Thursday, 3. Left the city and directed our course 

 toward Augusta- 

 After giving a month to the work in Georgia, they re- 

 turned to South Carolina, traveled through Abbeville, 

 Newberry, Laurens, Union, and Spartanburg districts, 

 and passing the Cowpens, " where Morgan and Tarle- 

 ton had their fray," they went through Eutherford to 

 Morganton, in Burke county, North Carolina. The 

 Conference of 1797 was attended by Doctor Coke, who 

 lias left the following interesting account of his visit: 



"From Mr. John Handle's (in Montgomery coun- 

 ty, North Carolina) I rode the next day to his broth- 

 er William's, where, the weather being cold and the 

 congregation small, I preached in his large parlor in 

 preference to our chapel; and the next day went to 

 Brother Threadgill's, a local preacher and justice of 

 the peace, who had a congregation ready to receive me 

 on my arrival. Our next engagement was at Anson 

 Court-house ( Wadesboro), which I reached about noon, 

 after being wet to the skin. Here I had a small con- 

 gregation on account of the rain, and after preaching 

 rode about eighteen miles to Brother Plante's, where 

 a little company awaited me in his dwelling-house. 

 The next day I preached in our chapel about half a 

 mile from Brother Plante's to a considerable audience, 

 and was favored of the Lord with one of my best times. 

 After preaching I rode about twelve miles, and lay at 

 the house of a pious Baptist. In the morning we 

 breakfasted at a tavern on the road, and at night reached 

 another tavern where the pious landlady, being ap- 

 prised of my coming, provided for me a little congre- 

 gation, and gave us tea, supper, lodging, and breakfast 

 gratis. The next day we rode fo Camden, in South 

 Carolina, a tolerable town containing; about two hun- 



