Data for Jeremiah Able (1)

Contents 1 Related 2 Standard Sources Status [27 May 2008] 3 Other Sources [24 May 2008] 4 Random Notes [24 May 2008] 5 Data Timeline [24 May 2008]

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Person:Jeremiah Able (1)

Standard Sources Status [27 May 2008]

Other Sources [24 May 2008]

Random Notes [24 May 2008]

From Rootsweb Able Mailing List Archives

He married Hannah Aiken and moved to KY by the early 1790s. Initially, he belonged to the Methodist Church, served as an elder and minister in what is now SW WV, before coming to KY. He moved to Green Co., KY, my home county, from Fayette Co., KY in 1796, then eventually to Adair Co., KY. In 1802, he became a Presbyterian minister and served churches in the area. In 1828, he moved to IL where he eventually died in 1845. I know this offers you nothing re. your family, but it may help sort out the Jeremiahs that seem to be in VA, KY, and SC. I have yet to clarify all of them. By the way, you can see a pic. of what is called the Jeremiah Abell cabin in Greensburg, KY by searching Google for the cabin. Sorry I do not have a URL handy for that site. Hopes this helps. [See Walking Tour but site is out of date and does not seem to have the picture pointed to. Has map, though, so you can figure out where this was.]

From Stevens, 1864, vol 2, p. 356

"In 1789," he says, "John Tunnell was presiding elder, and Bottetourt Circuit added. In 1790 two districts were formed; one was composed of West New River, Russell, Holston, and Green Circuits — Charles Hardy, presiding elder. This year John McGee and John West were on Green Circuit. Bottetourt, Greenbrier, and Kanawha Circuits made the other district — Jeremiah Able, presiding elder.

From M'Ferrin, John B. 1888. History of Methodism in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn: Pub. House of the M.E. Church. http://books.google.com/books?id=DWj8ce83Qs0C&dq=%22jeremiah+able%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0

p. 60. n 1789, the work went on in both East and Middle Tennessee. A District was formed in the East, consisting of Holston, West New River, Grcenbrier, and Bottetourt Circuits. John Baldwin and Mark Whittakcr were appointed to the Holston Circuit, and Jeremiah Abel and Joseph Doddridge were placed on the West New River;

p. 288 They were followed by Mark Whittaker and Mark Moore, who were zealous, plain, old-fashioned Methodist preachers, and calculated to make an impression. Their labors were successful, and they were instrumental in raising up many societies. Mark Whittaker in particular was a strong man, and maintained Methodist doctrine in opposition to Calvinism, w:hich was the prevailing doctrine of that time. He laid a good foundation for his successors, and was followed by Jeremiah Matson and Thomas Ware, and after them in succession Joseph Dod- dridge. Jeremiah Able, John Tunnell, John Baldwin, Charles Hardy, John McGee, and John West. Under God these men planted the standard of the cross in the frontier settlements of the French Broad, and numerous societies were raised up; so that in 1791, the societies numbered upward of one thousand.... [p. 289.] Jeremiah Able joined the Presbyterians, and lived and died in the Green River country, not far from Greensburg, Greene county, Kentucky.

Data Timeline [24 May 2008]

This was an experiment in creating a time line for data. It includes various data elements, and includes fields related to identifying the intermediate sources where the information was actually found, and the original source on which that was perhaps based, but which may or may not have been examined. This was an experiment in "reference verification", but a) is probably too complex for routine use, and b) definitely cluttered up the man page. So I took it off the main article page and put it here for future use and reference. one advantage of placeing it here is that there is more lateral space on the talk page, so a complex table is more easily worked with.