EV. P. W. ALLEN was a son of Rev. Chastine Allen. He was chosen secretary of the North Carolina and Virginia Conference at Union chapel in Alamance county, in 1859. The committee on ordination recommended that Revs. John N. Manning, P. W. Allen, and Henry Gant be ordained, and accordingly they were ordained at 11 o'clock A. M., Sunday, October 9, 1859. He was appointed a fraternal messenger to the Eastern Virginia Conference, which conference he attended at Providence chapel in Norfolk county, Virginia, and the second day, Thursday, "during the recess, a very eloquent and impressive discourse was delivered by Rev. P. W. Allen." He also preached at Jerusalem (Berkley, Virginia) an "effective discourse." During this year he was pastor of Pope's chapel, Fuller's, Oak Level, Good Hope, and Liberty Hill.

      At the Conference at Pleasant Hill, in 1860, he was appointed a fraternal messenger to the Eastern Virginia Conference, which met at Cypress chapel, Virginia, this year. He was "received and invited to participate in the proceedings of the body during the session." He was elected also a member of the Board of Directors of the Home Missionary Society of the North Carolina and [327] Virginia Conference. The following year he was stationed at Newborn by the committee on itinerancy.

      He reported to the Conference at Damascus chapel In Orange county, in 1862, and was passed by the committee on the standing of the ministry. The statistical report showed him to have charge of Parks' Stand, and the committee on ministerial supply appointed him to Shallow Ford Association, District No. 9, for the next year.

      At the Conference at Antioch in Chatham county, in 1864, the statistical report shows him in charge of Ebenezer, Salem chapel, and Mt. Bethel. In 1865, the Conference was held at Oak Level, in Franklin county, and this being the regular time for the election of delegates to the Southern Christian Convention, Rev. P. W. Allen was chosen as one of the number, At the Conference at O'Kelly's chapel in Chatham county, in 1866, he was chairman of the committee on Sabbath schools. In his report, he says, "The wisest statesmen, and the most pious and useful ministers trace their first and best impressions to the Sabbath school. "We therefore recommend that each minister be required to deliver at each of his churches an appropriate address on this subject, and cause to be organized in each congregation under his charge an efficient Sabbath school, and that each church be required to report the result of the same to the next annual session of this body."

      Rev. P. W. Allen attended the General Christian Convention in extra session in 1867, but did not attend the regular session in 1866, at Mt. Auburn. In 1868, he attended the Conference at Salem chapel in Forsyth county, and was principal of Allen's Institute. In 1870, he attended Conference at Union chapel in Halifax county, Virginia, preached at Rock Hill, and was still principal of Allen's Institute. In 1872, he had returned to Granville county, and, in 1873, he reported himself subject to [328] the Home Mission committee. He reported by letter in 1874 to the Conference at Antioch, in Rockingham county. In 1875, at the Conference at Pope's chapel in Franklin county, he served on the committee on organization of a Home Missionary Society, and on a committee to consider the right of the local church to license ministers. He was also appointed on the standing committee on Sunday schools. At Damascus in Orange county, in 1877, he was appointed on the committee on religious literature and on the executive committee. He reported himself for several years by letter, and was present at the Conference at Catawba Springs in Wake county, in 1881. He labored as opportunity offered. He was appointed on the standing committee on temperance. In his ministerial report to the Conference at Oak Level in Franklin county, in 1882, he states that he had preached at Liberty and at Rolesville, and had engaged in Sunday school work. In 1883, at the Conference at Poplar Branch in Moore county, he conducted the opening religious services the third day with prayer, and during the year he had had charge of Union in Halifax county, and Hebron, Virginia. He also attended the Conference at Union in Alamance county, in 1884, was appointed on the committee on Sunday schools, and had preached, taught, and aided in protracted meetings. He was located at Henderson, North Carolina.

      In 1860, Rev. P. W. Allen at the Conference at New Providence was on the committee of ministers in the case of Rev. J. T. Ball, and was on the Sunday school committee. He was put on the Educational committee at the Conference at New Elam in Chatham county, in 1887. From this time he changed his residence from Oxford, in Granville county, to Walnut Cove, in Stokes county, and to Winston, North Carolina. [329]

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