Baldwin, John (1),
a Methodist Episcopal minister, entered the itinerancy, according to Sprague's Annals in 1782, and according to the General Minutes in 1784, and was appointed to Yadkin. His after-appointments were: 1785, Wilmington; 1786,'Guilford; 1787, New Hope; 1788, Salisbury; 1789, Holston; 1790, Contentnlw; 1791, Amelia; 1792, Brunswick; 1793, Sussex; in 1794 he was book-steward at Banks; in 1795 booksteward at Bedford; in 1796-97 book-steward for the western part of Virginia. The latter part of his life is wrapped in obscurity. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1784-97; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 7:162.