EV. JONATHAN FULLER was a minister in the Christian Church in the formative period. He was a member of the North Carolina and Virginia Conference or General Meeting, having united with the church in the early part of the last century. He was recognized as a leader in the Conference meetings, and in 1828 at the General Meeting of the Christian Church at Union meeting house in Orange (now Alamance) county, North Carolina, he "delivered a sermon on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock to the ministers of the gospel of the Christian Church." In 1838, he was present at the General Meeting held at Kedar (Mt. Auburn), in Warren county. At this Conference it was decided to establish a paper to be known as the "Christian Intelligencer," but the purpose lacked sufficient momentum to carry it to success. His labors were confined to his own locality, though his reputation extended over the whole connection. His influence did much in moulding the plans of operation. The next General Meeting that he attended was held at O'Kelly's chapel, in Chatham county, in 1886, where he was placed on the presbytery with Revs. J. Hanks and D. W. Kerr to ordain Rev. Solomon Apple to the work [124] of the gospel ministry. He also delivered an address before the Conference. In 1838, he attended the General Meeting at Pope's chapel, in Granville county. Here it was decided, "That A. Iseley, E. T. Berryman, and J. T. Petty be ordained to' the order and office of Elder in the church of Christ and that it be done on Sabbath morning after 8 o'clock preaching;" and "That Bros. J. Fuller, S. Turner and J. P. Lemay be the presbytery to perform the ordination." The most profound solemnity and tender feelings pervaded the whole congregation.

      Rev. Jonathan Fuller was chosen Moderator or President, in 1840, of the North Carolina and Virginia Conference held at Union, in Orange (Alamance) county. At this Conference the question of "Union" was opened and resolutions were passed respecting a correspondence with the Christians, North, and union with the Methodist Protestant church. The latter at the next regular session of the Conference was indefinitely postponed, but the former was accepted upon the terms agreed to by the "committee of correspondence."

      The Conference at Union church, in Halifax county, Virginia, in 1842, was opened with prayer by Elder Jonathan Fuller. This Conference recommended that churches situated nearer to the Eastern Virginia Conference unite with it. (The name of Lewis Craven was transferred to it.) He attended the Conference at Pope's chapel, in Granville county, in 1847. This Conference was the last which he attended, and his name disappears from the records of the Conference. At the Conference held at Apple's chapel in 1851, it was ordered that a suitable tomb stone be erected at the grave of Elder Jonathan Fuller with funds to be furnished by the Conference. [125]

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