EV. JOEL CLIFTON was a member of the North Carolina Conference. His work was amongst the churches known as Pleasant Hill, Stony Run, and Mill Creek, and those within the circle of their influence. He attended the Conference held at Pleasant Grove, in Chatham county, in 1836, but at that time was connected with the Freewill Baptists. He soon united with the [217] Christians, and in 1840 attended the North Carolina Conference held at Bethel, in Chatham county. He was chosen a fraternal messenger to the Freewill Baptist Association. He labored in the bounds of the North Carolina Christian Conference acceptably for a season.

[LCM 217-218]