Daybook (31 December 1835 - 3 January 1837)
to 10 oclock next day. Conference met rd according to ajornment opened
by singing & Prayer the case of Lucinda Benton Was Presented Who was found
to have been illegally cut off Wherefore she was restored in full fellowship
untill she could get a fair trial. A short address was delivered from the chair
on the necessity of the Tennessee Conference keeping a Church record of all the
names belonging to the several branches of said conference And allso the
necessity of each branch sending a Priest to represent their branch & to bear the names
before the general conference of all who have been added since the Last conference
& any that may have been blotted out. Further resolved by the conference that
the Church Purchase Books to keep a general record of the Church Also that Brother
Johnston F Lane be chosen & appointed clerk & ordained to the office of an Elder to
keep the general Church record of the Tennessee Conference accordingly J. F. Lane
was ordained to the office of an Elder Also Benjamin Clapp & Randolph Alexander
ware each ordained to the office of an Elder the above ware ordained under the hands
of President D. W Patten Also Br Linzy Braidy was ordained under the hands of Priest
Benton to the office of a deacon. Conference adjourned untill 2 PM. then met according
to adjournment opened by singing & Prayer after which a sermon was delivered by
Counsollor Groves & followed by President Marsh & then adjourned untill 10 oclock next morning
