EV. BENJAMIN REEVES was a minister of the
Christian Church in the earlier days of the organization.
He entered the ministry after O'Kelly had withdrawn
from the Methodists, not before 1794. It is said
that he labored in North Carolina about the beginning
of the last century. He was advanced in life before he
took upon himself the obligation of preaching the word
of eternal life, but he served in an humble way and was
a pious good man. [63]