Sometimes called the Old Town,Md circut, but I'm sure circut riders on itpreached in s Pa,and nw Va[WV] . Had 50 members soon after formation,from,I'll guess, the South Branch circut of 1782,cut from the Berkley circut of 1778. May,28,1784,the Redstone Methodist circut of sw Pa was formed. All of Pa west of Allegany Mts. John Cooper and Samuel Breese. Local minister,Robert Wooster preahed in the Uniontown,Pa area from 1780. Bishop Francis Asbury preached in Uniontown,sw Pa in 1784,and 1785-wILSON LEE rode a 1785 circut. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I think you will find that Bishop Francis Asbury also preached at the Blooming Rose Methodist Church in Friendsville, MD about then. ----------------------------------------------------- Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL --New e-mail address: WPyles@cfl.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "HERMON B FAGLEY" <hermfagley@juno.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 12:15 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Cumberland,Md Methodist circut formed 1783. > Sometimes called the Old Town,Md circut, but I'm sure circut riders on > itpreached in > s Pa,and nw Va[WV] . Had 50 members soon after formation,from,I'll > guess, the > South Branch circut of 1782,cut from the Berkley circut of 1778. > May,28,1784,the Redstone Methodist circut of sw Pa was formed. All of Pa > west of > Allegany Mts. John Cooper and Samuel Breese. > Local minister,Robert Wooster preahed in the Uniontown,Pa area from 1780. > Bishop Francis Asbury preached in Uniontown,sw Pa in 1784,and 1785-wILSON > > LEE rode a 1785 circut.