Year: 2022
Francis Poythress – Methodist Pioneer
Atkinson, John, 1835-1897. Centennial History of American Methodism, Inclusive of Its Ecclesiastical Organization In 1784 And Its Subsequent Development Under the Superintendency of Francis Asbury: With Sketches of the Character And History of All the Preachers Known to Have Been Memebers of the Christmas Conference; Also, an Appendix, Showing the Numerical Position of the Methodist Episcopal Church As Compared With the Other Leadng Evangelical Denominations In the Cities of the United States; And the Condition of the Educational Work of the Church New York: Phillips & Hunt , 1884. (pp 419-20) FRANCIS POYTHRESS. Of Mr. Poythress’s early years little is known. He was born about the year 1745. He, probably, was a native of Virginia, where he was converted in his early manhood. He in- herited a considerable estate and became dissipated. He was led to repentance by the conversation and reproof of a lady of elevated position in society. He began…
Willam Byrd Diary Mentions of Peter Poythress.
Diaries of William Byrd II of Westover William Byrd II (1674-1744) was master of Westover Plantation, on the north side of the James River and about a mile upstream of Flowerdew Hundred Plantation which is on the south side of the River. Westover is operative today at 7000 Westover Road, Charles City, VA 23030, phone 804-829-2882. Westover is one of the more elegant of colonial plantations. It was built about 1730. Its builder, William Byrd, is widely credited to be the founder of both Petersburg and Richmond. The home is highly regarded as architecture, notably for the early-18th century gates. The lawn overlooks the James River. Mr. Byrd was an obsessive diarist, chronicling the most minor events in his life almost daily. Byrd wrote his diaries in code so he was not particularly writing for an audience and thereby gains a measure of credibility. The code was his own and…