Minutes of Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1895. Held at Troy, Ala. December 12-16 1895.
Francis H. Wardlaw was born in Gwinnett county, Ga. August 20 1820.
In Harris County, Ga. September 1836 he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was licensed to exhort in Chambers county, Ala in 1846. The quartery Conference of LaFayette Circuit licensed him to preach in 1848. In 1854-55
he was employed as a supply on the Uchee Colored Mission and during these years filled twenty-eight regular appointments monthly. He was admitted on trial into the Alabama Conference in 1856. His work for 1856-57 was the Dadeville Circuit In 1858-59 he served the GlenvilleColored Mission, and at the close of the latter year was ordained elder by Bishop Paine. In 1860 he served the Cowikee Colored Mission. In 1861-64 he was in charge of the Uchee Colored Mission. For 1865 he was appointed post chaplain at Opelika, Ala but the close of the war in May 1865, left him without work, and he followed a secular avocation until the session of the conference of that year, when he was granted a supernumery relation, in which he continued until 1869. Though on the supernumery list, he undertook in 1867 to organize and hold the colored members of the MECS in Opelika. His own brief comment on the years work was "I failed." Like Anthony, Levert, and
many other of our best men, he found that no self-sacrificing devotion to the service of our newly emancipated freedmen could hold them in communion with the church which had converted them from paganism, and ministered to them in their slavery. The intoxication of newly acquired freedom made them easily accessible to alien influences. The experience of this year no doubt convinced Brother Wardlaw that his special vocation as a missionary to the people of color was at an end, and in 1869 he took a local relation, in which he continued until 1876 when he was readmitted to the Conference. In 1877-78 he served the Newton Circuit; In 1879-80 the Elmore Circuit; in 1881 the Deatsville Mission; in 1882 the Tallapoosa Mission; in 1883-84 Brownsville and Girard; 1885 the Louisville Circuit; 1886 the Conoe Mission. At the close of this year he was superannuated , and so remained until the close of his life.
He died Sept. 7 1895, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Crawford, in Ft. Gaines, Ga. and was buried Sept 9 1895 in Opelika, Ala by the side of his faithful wife, who preceded him five months to the better world.
Brother Wardlaw's heart was always in the itinerant work. He left upon record the statement that he considered the seven years of his location as lost years. After his superanuation he did not cease to ask year by year for work. The above record of his service shows that he did not labor for earthly honors or emoluments. A man of meager culture, he was content to serve in lowly station. He belonged to a class of workmen who are rapidly passing away. The present generation cannot too highly honor their memories for their work's sake.
Francis H. Wardlaw was born in Gwinnett county, Ga. August 20 1820.
In Harris County, Ga. September 1836 he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was licensed to exhort in Chambers county, Ala in 1846. The quartery Conference of LaFayette Circuit licensed him to preach in 1848. In 1854-55
he was employed as a supply on the Uchee Colored Mission and during these years filled twenty-eight regular appointments monthly. He was admitted on trial into the Alabama Conference in 1856. His work for 1856-57 was the Dadeville Circuit In 1858-59 he served the GlenvilleColored Mission, and at the close of the latter year was ordained elder by Bishop Paine. In 1860 he served the Cowikee Colored Mission. In 1861-64 he was in charge of the Uchee Colored Mission. For 1865 he was appointed post chaplain at Opelika, Ala but the close of the war in May 1865, left him without work, and he followed a secular avocation until the session of the conference of that year, when he was granted a supernumery relation, in which he continued until 1869. Though on the supernumery list, he undertook in 1867 to organize and hold the colored members of the MECS in Opelika. His own brief comment on the years work was "I failed." Like Anthony, Levert, and
many other of our best men, he found that no self-sacrificing devotion to the service of our newly emancipated freedmen could hold them in communion with the church which had converted them from paganism, and ministered to them in their slavery. The intoxication of newly acquired freedom made them easily accessible to alien influences. The experience of this year no doubt convinced Brother Wardlaw that his special vocation as a missionary to the people of color was at an end, and in 1869 he took a local relation, in which he continued until 1876 when he was readmitted to the Conference. In 1877-78 he served the Newton Circuit; In 1879-80 the Elmore Circuit; in 1881 the Deatsville Mission; in 1882 the Tallapoosa Mission; in 1883-84 Brownsville and Girard; 1885 the Louisville Circuit; 1886 the Conoe Mission. At the close of this year he was superannuated , and so remained until the close of his life.
He died Sept. 7 1895, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Crawford, in Ft. Gaines, Ga. and was buried Sept 9 1895 in Opelika, Ala by the side of his faithful wife, who preceded him five months to the better world.
Brother Wardlaw's heart was always in the itinerant work. He left upon record the statement that he considered the seven years of his location as lost years. After his superanuation he did not cease to ask year by year for work. The above record of his service shows that he did not labor for earthly honors or emoluments. A man of meager culture, he was content to serve in lowly station. He belonged to a class of workmen who are rapidly passing away. The present generation cannot too highly honor their memories for their work's sake.
Minutes of Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1895. Held at Troy, Ala. December 12-16 1895.
Francis H. Wardlaw was born in Gwinnett county, Ga. August 20 1820.
In Harris County, Ga. September 1836 he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was licensed to exhort in Chambers county, Ala in 1846. The quartery Conference of LaFayette Circuit licensed him to preach in 1848. In 1854-55
he was employed as a supply on the Uchee Colored Mission and during these years filled twenty-eight regular appointments monthly. He was admitted on trial into the Alabama Conference in 1856. His work for 1856-57 was the Dadeville Circuit In 1858-59 he served the GlenvilleColored Mission, and at the close of the latter year was ordained elder by Bishop Paine. In 1860 he served the Cowikee Colored Mission. In 1861-64 he was in charge of the Uchee Colored Mission. For 1865 he was appointed post chaplain at Opelika, Ala but the close of the war in May 1865, left him without work, and he followed a secular avocation until the session of the conference of that year, when he was granted a supernumery relation, in which he continued until 1869. Though on the supernumery list, he undertook in 1867 to organize and hold the colored members of the MECS in Opelika. His own brief comment on the years work was "I failed." Like Anthony, Levert, and
many other of our best men, he found that no self-sacrificing devotion to the service of our newly emancipated freedmen could hold them in communion with the church which had converted them from paganism, and ministered to them in their slavery. The intoxication of newly acquired freedom made them easily accessible to alien influences. The experience of this year no doubt convinced Brother Wardlaw that his special vocation as a missionary to the people of color was at an end, and in 1869 he took a local relation, in which he continued until 1876 when he was readmitted to the Conference. In 1877-78 he served the Newton Circuit; In 1879-80 the Elmore Circuit; in 1881 the Deatsville Mission; in 1882 the Tallapoosa Mission; in 1883-84 Brownsville and Girard; 1885 the Louisville Circuit; 1886 the Conoe Mission. At the close of this year he was superannuated , and so remained until the close of his life.
He died Sept. 7 1895, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Crawford, in Ft. Gaines, Ga. and was buried Sept 9 1895 in Opelika, Ala by the side of his faithful wife, who preceded him five months to the better world.
Brother Wardlaw's heart was always in the itinerant work. He left upon record the statement that he considered the seven years of his location as lost years. After his superanuation he did not cease to ask year by year for work. The above record of his service shows that he did not labor for earthly honors or emoluments. A man of meager culture, he was content to serve in lowly station. He belonged to a class of workmen who are rapidly passing away. The present generation cannot too highly honor their memories for their work's sake.
Francis H. Wardlaw was born in Gwinnett county, Ga. August 20 1820.
In Harris County, Ga. September 1836 he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was licensed to exhort in Chambers county, Ala in 1846. The quartery Conference of LaFayette Circuit licensed him to preach in 1848. In 1854-55
he was employed as a supply on the Uchee Colored Mission and during these years filled twenty-eight regular appointments monthly. He was admitted on trial into the Alabama Conference in 1856. His work for 1856-57 was the Dadeville Circuit In 1858-59 he served the GlenvilleColored Mission, and at the close of the latter year was ordained elder by Bishop Paine. In 1860 he served the Cowikee Colored Mission. In 1861-64 he was in charge of the Uchee Colored Mission. For 1865 he was appointed post chaplain at Opelika, Ala but the close of the war in May 1865, left him without work, and he followed a secular avocation until the session of the conference of that year, when he was granted a supernumery relation, in which he continued until 1869. Though on the supernumery list, he undertook in 1867 to organize and hold the colored members of the MECS in Opelika. His own brief comment on the years work was "I failed." Like Anthony, Levert, and
many other of our best men, he found that no self-sacrificing devotion to the service of our newly emancipated freedmen could hold them in communion with the church which had converted them from paganism, and ministered to them in their slavery. The intoxication of newly acquired freedom made them easily accessible to alien influences. The experience of this year no doubt convinced Brother Wardlaw that his special vocation as a missionary to the people of color was at an end, and in 1869 he took a local relation, in which he continued until 1876 when he was readmitted to the Conference. In 1877-78 he served the Newton Circuit; In 1879-80 the Elmore Circuit; in 1881 the Deatsville Mission; in 1882 the Tallapoosa Mission; in 1883-84 Brownsville and Girard; 1885 the Louisville Circuit; 1886 the Conoe Mission. At the close of this year he was superannuated , and so remained until the close of his life.
He died Sept. 7 1895, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Crawford, in Ft. Gaines, Ga. and was buried Sept 9 1895 in Opelika, Ala by the side of his faithful wife, who preceded him five months to the better world.
Brother Wardlaw's heart was always in the itinerant work. He left upon record the statement that he considered the seven years of his location as lost years. After his superanuation he did not cease to ask year by year for work. The above record of his service shows that he did not labor for earthly honors or emoluments. A man of meager culture, he was content to serve in lowly station. He belonged to a class of workmen who are rapidly passing away. The present generation cannot too highly honor their memories for their work's sake.
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