a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; was born in South Carolina, near a station called Ninety-six (on the then frontier), Oct. 4, 1768; He united with the Church June 1, 1800, and joined the itinerant ministry in 1811, going to South Arkansas in 1813, and soon after to Louisiana. The last regular work he did was in Caddo Parish, holding at that time a supernumerary relation. At the close of that year he became superannuated, and held that relation until his death, March 5, 1857. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Church, South, 1858, p. 808.