A list of Ministers who have traveled Dorchester Circuit since 1804, and the Presiding Elders of the District since 1810 - J. Elmer Kidney, July 1880
I have compared this list with the minutes and find it wholy
untrustworth - T.O. Ayres 1884
1804 Richard Lyons and John Collins
1805 Alward White + John Collins
1806 Thos. Walker + J. Jeffreys, G. McCracken
1807 Jas. Adkins + Thos. Banninq, (Error.) It was Cambridge. Jas. Herron
at Dorchester
1808 Jan. Ridgeway + Thos. Drummond, Error - Robert sparks, Saml Ron -
1809 Jan. Polermus + John Smith
1810 Saml. Griffith + Thos. Davis = Presiding Elder, J. Smith.
1811 George Street + John Emory, afterward Bishop Emory
1812 Wm. Hardisty + Wm Rider.
1813 Jas. Ridgeway + William Allen
1814 David Daily + Daniel Moore, = P.E., Wm. Bishop
1815 Sylvester G. Hill + Wm. Lunis
1816 William Prettyman
1817 John Smith
1818 John Collins + Jas. Cary, = P.E., Henry Boehm
1819 Chas. Reed + Edward Stevenson
1820 Chas. Reed + Wm. Allen
1821 Wm. Quinn + Wm. Rose, = P.E., Laurence Laurenson
1822 Wm. Quinn + John Bayne
1823 Jas. Eydlott + Manyon
1824 John Finley + Levin Prettyman
1825 Lott Warfield + Levi Stokes
1826 Daniel Lamdin + Levi Stokes, = P.E. Henry White
1827 Daniel Lamdin + Wm. Allen
1828 David Daily + Geo. Whitshire
1829 Asa Smith + Richard Gould
1830 Asa smith + J.S. Poster, = P.E. David Daily
1831 William Leonard + John Edwards
1832 Wm. Leonard + Enoch Reed
1833 John Bell + John J. Kerr
1834 John Bell + S.T. Ames, - P.E., Levi Scott, = Bishop
1835 Dan1. Lamdin + Isaac Adkins
1836 Danl. Lamdin + Jas. Hargis
1837 Wm. Spry + John Ruth
1838 Wm. Spry + Nathan Dougherty
1839 Jno. D. Onins + John A. Watson, = P.E. Jas. A. Massey
1840 Jno. D. Onins + Jno. Quimby
1841 Jno. Bayne + Jno. S. Taylor
1842 Jno. S. Taylor + Robt. Mcnamar
1843 John T. Hazzard + Isaac R. Willet, = P.E., T.J. Thompson
1844 Jno. T. Hazzard + Robt. R. Richardson,
1845 Robt. E. Kemp + Elon J. Way.
1846 Robt. E. Kemp + Robt. H. Pattison
1847 M.D. Kurts + Isaac R. Merrell, = P.E., Jno. D. Onins
1848 M.D. Kurts + Wm Rink
1849 B.F. Price + Henry F. Hurst
1850 B.F. Price + Jas. Pasterfield
1851 Vaughan Smith + Jno. Allen + Geo. Maddox, = P.E., David Daily
1852 Vaughan Smith, Charles Chock + Henry T. Johns
1853 Jas. Hargis + John T. Chaplain
1854 James Hargis + Jno. T. Chaplain
1855 R.E. Kemp + Jno. L. Heysenger, = P.E., Jno. T. Hazzard
1856 R.E. Kemp + Jas. A. Kennedy
1857 Jno. B. Quigg + A.M. Wiggins, = P.E., H. Coldazier
1858 Jno. B. Quigg + Geo. S. May
1859 Jas. B. Merritt + T. Kirkpatrick
1860 Jas. B. Merritt + Wm. Formiso
1861 John Hough + David D. Hudson, = P.E., Adam Wallace
1862 John Hough + David D. Hudson
1863 Wm. Rink + J.M. Williams for 3 mos. + E. Davis for the balance of
the year.
1864 Wm. Rink + C.P. Marden
1865 H.S. Thompson + E. Davis, = P.E. V. Smith (A mistake, V. Smith was
not P.E. until 1867. Solomon Cooper was P.E. in 1865 and 1866)
1866 E.G. Erwin + Wm. McDowell
1867 E.G. Erwin + E.E. White
1868 Wm. Merrill
1869 N.M. Brown + Wm. P. Davis, = P.E., Jno. B. Quigg
1870 N.M. Brown + Wm. P. Davis
1871 N.M. Brown + Edw. H. Nelson
1872 Thos. H. Haynes + S.S. Baker, = P.E., John Hough
1873 Thos. H. Haynes + S.S. Baker, = P.E., Wesley Kenney
1874 Thos. H. Haynes + T.J. Prettyman
1875 Adam Stengle + T.C. McSorley, = Jas. M. Williams, P.E.
1876 Adam Stengle + J.G. Carroll, M.D. = P.E. Jno. Hough
1877 Jos. Robinson + E.T. Atkins
1878 Jos. Robinson + E.N. Kirby, 5 mos. + J.M. Lindel, 5 months
1879 J. Elmer Kidney, + Alfred Smith, = P.E. Robt. W. Todd
1880 J. Elmer Kidney, + Alfred Smith
1881 W.P. Davis + Julious Dodd
1881 A.R. Bender - (Note Davis Transferd)
1881 T.O. Ayres. (Bender died)
1882 T.O. Ayres and S.M. Morgan (Note Morgan resigned in September and
R.B. Hazzard filled the place
1883 T.O. Ayres + C.H. Williams, P.E. A.W. Milby