Excerpt from Minutes of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Held at Cheraw, S. C., Beginning December 15, and Ending December 21, 1869 Soon after this event, he felt it his duty to become a Methodist itinerant preacher. Circumstances rendered this impossible at that time, and having graduated in medicine, he gave himself to its practice, at the same time working zealously as a local preacher. Bewas licensed January 4th, 1830, by the Quarterly Conference of Orangeburg Circuit - William Capers Presiding Elder. The 17th of June, 1830, he married Miss Rachel Pooser, of Orange burg District, who still lives to cherish the memory of her departed com panion. The Church, and especially we, his brethren and sons in the gospel, will remember her in our prayers to the Judge of the widow. Success in his profession soon rendered Brother Boyd independent, and he at once responded to the call of duty, entering the missionary work adjacent to Walterboro, South Carolina; the sainted Capers then being Superintendent of Missions In this Conference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.