EV. JOSEPH EVANS was recommended for ordination in 1845, at the meeting of the North Carolina and Virginia Conference held at Apple's chapel in Guilford county, North Carolina. The committee consisted of Elders D. W. Kerr, J. S. Swift, and J. R. Holt. The ordination took place on the 5th of October (Sabbath). At this Conference he was a delegate from the church at Pleasant Hill in Chatham county, and had been previously licensed. In 1846, he attended the Conference at New Providence. His work was local.

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