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Wayne, 1791-94, was written by Elder Ferris for
a Lawrenceburg paper. He died at his home in Law-
renceburg April 19th, 1857.
There were other men prominent in the Association,
such as Elder George Hume, Elder Thomas Curtis,
related to the large family of Curtises who did so
much to make Ebenezer church what it was and is;
Elder John Givan, who gave so much of promise as
a preacher, and who gave to Dr. L. Moss, the prince
of pulpit orators, the first impulse to become somebody
and do something worthy; Elder A. R. Hinkley, who
was not only a preacher but also editor, and who was
Pastor of the Franklin church as well as professor in
Franklin College.
PERRY COUNTY ASSOCIATION was organized in 1821,
and its name indicates its territory. A church was
organized about three miles west of Rome as early
as 1819, with the assistance of Elders Samuel Ander-
son and Charles Polke. The church at Tobin's Bot-
tom is one of the strongest in the Association, and
has had as pastors Elders R. M. Snyder, J. Arm-
strong and J. Van Winkle. The statistics for 1864,
record nine churches and 370 members.
WHITE RIVER ASSOCIATION
(COUNTIES OF LAWRENCE, OWEN, GREENE AND MONROE).
This association was organized in 1821 at Gilgal
meeting house in Lawrence county and consisted of
eight churches with a membership of 245. Most if
not all these churches had belonged to the Blue River
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Association, it was therefore quite natural that the
new Association should adopt the Articles of Faith
and Rules of Decorum of the old--which was done.
It is quite natural, too, that the name of the new
should be White River, for it was bounded in the
main by the two branches of White river; and rivers
were far more formidable barriers to travel then than
they are today--there were no bridges. In five years
the body had grown to twenty churches with a total
membership of 603; and had in its bounds Elders Am-
brose Carlton, Wesley Short and Abram Mitchell.
The fifth anniversary was held also at Gilgal meeting
house, and two of the ministers appointed to preach
on Sunday were Daniel Parker and John M. Peck--
two men as widely separated as the poles in their con-
ceptions and convictions; and yet in some measure
they represent the two divergent tendencies in the
Association. From item fifteen of the proceedings of
this session we may easily infer that missions and anti-
missions early became an issue in the Association; the
item is as follows:
"From the face of the letter from Wabash Asso-
ciation we discover that that body had excluded from
her fellowship Moriah (Maria) Creek church for re-
fusing to deal with her members who are engaged in
aiding the cause of missions; therefore after mature
deliberation, withdrew our correspondence from her."
At the same session it was agreed to open corre-
spondence with Union Association, which was known
to be favorable to the mission cause. Whether the
presence of Elder John M. Peck, the enthusiastic mis-
