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Carolina Conference on trial in January, 1S30, and was appointed 

 to Morganton Circuit ; 1831, Montgomery ; 1832, Darlington ; 1833- 

 84, Deep River; 1835, Rockingham; 1836, Wadesboro; 1837, Fay- 

 etteville; 1838-39, Rock Fish; 1840-41, Orangeburg; 1842-43, 

 Union ; 1S44-45, Edgefield ; 1846, Deep River ; 1847-48, Bladen ; 

 1849-50, Marion; 1851, Winnsboro ; 1S52, Sumterville Circuit; 

 1853-54, St. James, Charleston; 1855, Cypress; 1856-57, Darling- 

 ton Circuit; 1858-59, Liberty Chapel Mission ; 1860, Shelby ; 1801- 

 62, Pineville; 1863, Ansonville ; 1864-65, St. Matthew's; 1866, 

 Bennettville ; 1867-72, supernumerary on Bishopville Circuit; 1873, 

 took a superannuated relation, which he continued to hold until 

 November 14, 1875, when he died at his home, near Bishopville. 

 He was tall, well built in frame, temperate, and of a cheerful mind ; 

 full of natural humor, well toned, and seldom exceeding proper 

 bounds; quick in sensibility, yet always ready to forgive an injury. 

 The children loved him, and the poor and afflicted blessed him. As 

 a pastor, his presence was everywhere a benediction ; his preaching 

 was mostly expository, and, when in the fullness of his strength in 

 the pulpit, often searched the consciences and swayed the sensibil- 

 ities of his hearers with power. He loved his Church, and gave 

 liberally to support its interests. In his last sickness, during par- 

 tial delirium, he preached in his native tongue, frequently recover- 

 ing himself with shoutings of glory to* God. His last message to his 

 brethren in Conference was, "Tell them my heart„is fixed, trusting 

 in the Lord." 



McGilvkay, Aechibald B. was born in the Isle of Skye, on 

 the coast of Scotland ; came to America in 1806; entered the South 

 Carolina Conference on trial in 1832, and was appointed to Sandy 

 River Circuit; 1833, Chesterfield; 1834, Bladen; 1835-36, Deep 

 River; 1837, Morganton; 1838, Brunswick ; 1839, Wadesboro ; 1840, 

 Charlotte; 1841, Rutherfordton; 1842, Pendleton; 1843-44, Lin- 

 colnton; 1845, Newberry; 1846, Greenville Circuit; 1847, located; 

 1848, readmitted, and sent to Laurens; 1849, Greenville Circuit; 

 1850, Paris Mountain ; 1851-52, Pendleton; 1853, Newberry ; 1854, 

 Lexington; 1855, Greenville Circuit; 1856, Fairfield; 1857, Pick- 

 ensville Circuit; 1858, supernumerary on Greenville Station ; 1859, 

 Pickens Circuit; 1860, Williamston Circuit; 1861, Cokesbury Cir- 

 cuit; 1862, without appointment at his own request; 1S63, superan- 

 nuated, and died in peace, at Greenville, on the 9th of June. He was 

 a modest, cheerful, and agreeable man ; a faithful friend and good 

 citizen. As a minister of Christ, he was holy, laborious, and useful. 



