Rev Samuel Black
BIRTH
3 Mar 1813
DEATH
13 Jul 1899 (aged 86)
BURIAL
Blacks Farm Cemetery
Rupert, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Country preacher Samuel Black, born in Greenbrier County, March 1813, was a Methodist circuit rider. He traveled through Greenbrier, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, and Kanawha counties, spreading the word to more people than most other ministers of his day. Affectionately known as ‘‘Uncle Sam,’’ he organized many congregations and helped build churches with money earned by selling socks and deerskin gloves made by women church members. He was ordained a deacon in 1844 and was a two-time delegate to the general conference from his church. He was also one of the 16 charter members of the West Virginia Methodist Conference. Samuel Black died July 13, 1899. Sam Black Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is on all the modern maps of West Virginia you will see Sam Black Church listed as a highway landmark, about midway between Rainelle and Lewisburg. Blacks Chapel outside of Craigsville is named after him.
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