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Savannah Mission ; 1832, Black Swamp ; 1833, May and New Riv- 

 er; 1834, Wadmalaw and John's Island Mission; 1835, Pedee; 

 1836, Laurens ; 1837, Pendleton ; 1838, Cambridge and Flatwoods 

 Mission, where he ended his labors. He was a holy and useful man 

 in the work. " Be not afraid to tell me the worst," said he in his 

 last sickness, "for the idea of death does not alarm me." " What a 

 blessed religion is this that supports me in such an hour ! " Fold- 

 ing his hands on his breast, he commended his spirit to God who 

 gave it. He died at Diamond Springs, in Abbeville District, July 

 26, 1838, and his remains were interred at Smyrna Church, after an 

 impressive sermon by the Rev. Isaac Waddell. 



Townsend, Joel Wilson was born in Marlboro District, South 

 Carolina, January 19, 1800 ; awakened and converted under the 

 preaching of Bishop George in 1819 ; admitted on trial in the Con- 

 ference in February, 1823, and appointed to Brunswick, North 

 Carolina; 1824, Lynch's Creek; 1825, Walton, Georgia; 1826, 

 Gwinnett; 1827-28, Broad River, Georgia; 1829-30, Abbeville; 

 1881-32, Saluda ; 1833, Rockingham ; 1834, Pedee ; 1835, Winna- 

 boro; 1836, Cokesbury ; 1837-38, Edgefield; 1839, Barnwell; 1840, 

 Aiken; 1841, superannuated; 1842, Orangeburg; 1843-44, Dar- 

 lington ; 1844, superannuated, and settled at Cokesbury, in Abbe- 

 ville District. He was a close student of the Bible ; had clear con- 

 ceptions of gospel truth and a deep personal experience of its life- 

 giving power. He preached the word with telling effect, and had 

 many seals to his ministry. He was scrupulously exact in his hours 

 of devotion, and punctual in attending to the duties of family relig- 

 ion; when unable to be .up, he would kneel on his bed and pray 

 aloud with his household, and enjoined on his son always to keep 

 up the family-altar after his death. " I feel," said he, " that the 

 time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight ; I 

 have finished my course ; I have kept the faith ; I have done the 

 best I could." And now, " I am borne in his (Christ the Shep- 

 herd's) bosom — thankful! thankful!" In this frame of mind he 

 died at his home in Cokesbury, while his son, as enjoined, was con- 

 ducting the family worship, on the morning of May 14, 1880. 



Townsend, Samuel was born in Marlboro District, South Caro- 

 lina, October 29, 1814 ; converted at a camp-meeting in Marion Dis- 

 trict in 1832; admitted on trial in the Conference in February, 

 1836, and sent to Waccamaw Circuit; 1837, Santee; 1838, Lancas- 

 ter; 1839, Winnsboro; 1840, Camden; 1841, York; 1842, Spartan- 

 burg Circuit; 1843-45, Congaree Mission; 1846-47, Sumterville; 



