“On Saturday, 16th, Brother J. L. Gragg’s quarterly-meeting commenced at Providence, near Kiddville. The Presiding Elder, John C. Harrison, preached at eleven o’clock, and we staid all night together at Younger Hisle’s. He preached again on the Sabbath, and we dined together at Peyton Adams’s, Esq. Brother Adams and his wife were members of the Baptist Church, but unusually friendly, and I thought they possessed that charity which ‘suffereth long and is kind.’

The following Tuesday I dined at James Barnett’s, who married Martha Ware, the only daughter of my sister Elizabeth. There I met with her grandmother Ware, an old acquaintance, and had quite a pleasant visit. I supped that evening at Mother Garner’s, and found her and her daughter Lucinda still on their way to the heavenly land. I had known them a long time, and we were glad to meet once more on earth and talk about loving Jesus and getting home to heaven where friends shall never part again.”

Reference Data:

The Life and Travels of William B. Landrum, by William Bbb Landrum, 1878, page 399