EV. THOMAS J. DRUMWRIGHT attended the General Meeting at Lebanon in Surry county, Virginia, in 1882 (Dr. Graves, office was used for a meeting place after the Conference was organized). He was appointed to the Surry circuit. At the Conference at Kedar (Mt. Auburn) in 1833, he was assigned with Rev. A. Apple to Surry circuit, Virginia. At this Conference Rev. A. Apple was licensed. Rev. Drumwright at this Conference exposed the Rev. Leonard Prather, whose petition was rejected. He was at the General Meeting at New Providence, in 1834, and was again assigned to the Surry circuit in Virginia. In 1837, the General Meeting sent a letter admonishing him and Rev. N. J. Barham to settle their differences "in love and Christian forbearance." In 1838, a committee was appointed by the General Meeting to settle the differences between them, but the matter resulted in their withdrawal from the church and conference.

      He was present at the General Meeting at Lebanon in Surry county, Virginia, in 1839, and was chosen Secretary of the Conference. Finally he connected himself the Methodist Episcopal church and became a local preacher. In 1870, he attended the Eastern Virginia Conference at Spring Hill in Sussex county, and was introduced to the body; he never quite lost his love for the Christian Church.

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