MORGAN'S HISTORY OF THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE Page 88
formation says that at one time the pastor having charge sold the church, or took the money for which it was sold (and with which they intended to buy elsewhere) and went off with it, leaving them with nothing.
Organized 1836 by Noah Cannon. The meetings were first held in the house of Edward Wright, and when the house got too small to accommodate them Edward and his son Thomas made a movable platform for the minister to put a Bible upon, and placed it in front of the house. The prime movers in building the first church were William Wallace and Edward Wright. They purchased an old frame building and moved it upon the present site. The present church was built under the pastorate of Rev. I. J. Hill, in 1851.
- Founders and old Members. Edward Wright, William Wallace, John Grey, Thomas Miller, Ezekiel Cooper, Silby Woodlin, Amy Cooper, Harriet Patrick, Levina Dixon, Mary A. Chase, Rhoda Corse, Henrietta Wright, Maria Wilmore, Mary Wright.
- Present Trustees. John Crawford and Henry Tillman.
- Sunday-school Officers and Teachers. Henry Tillman, Emaline Davis, Lillie Tillman.
- The following Pastors have served them. 1836, William Moore; 1837, J. Bulaugh; 1838, Noah Cannon; 1839, J. C. Cornish; 1840, Henry C. Turner; 1841, J. Bulaugh; 1842 - 3, George Grinley; 1846, A. W. Wayman and A. C. Crippin; 1847, I. B. Parker and J. R. V. Morgan; 1848, G. Grinley; 1850, J. B. Parker; 1851 - 2, Sheppard Holcomb; 1853, D. Dorrell; 1854, C. Woodyard; 1855, H. Davis and J. T. Jackson; 1856, E. J. Hawkins, T. J. Jackson; 1857 - 8, I. J. Hill; 1859, W. F. Fuller; 1860, Andrew Till; 1862 - 3, Richard Barney; 1864, J. Jay; 1867, T. Pierce; 1871, G. Johnson. It was with the Cape May Circuit from 1875 to 1882, and with Millville in 1883.
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