EV. WILLIAM BOWMAN was in attendance upon
the first regular session of "The Christian Conference
of the Valley in Virginia," at Antioch chapel, in
Rockingham county, November 8, 1838. At the Conference
at Christian chapel, in 1839, he was appointed on
the presbytery to ordain Rev. L. W. N. Barton. In 1840,
at the Conference at Timber Ridge, his standing as a
minister was found to be good. As to his success in
the work of the Church, no records have been available.