EV. RICHARD DAVENPORT, who was residing in Tennessee, at the time of the session of the North Carolina and Virginia Conference held at Apple's chapel, in 1851, was granted letters of ordination. The committee appointed to arrange for the carrying out of the purpose of the resolution consisted of S. A. Turner, E. F. Watson, and J. R. Holt. This brother was laboring under the direction of brethren who had removed from the State of North Carolina to Tennessee, and in which state a Conference was organized. [300]

[LCM 300]