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Reverend Sam Black

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Sam Black
Photograph of Reverend Sam Black
Personal life
Born
Samuel Black

March 3, 1813
DiedJuly 13, 1899(1899-07-13) (aged 86)
Resting placeBlacks Farm Cemetery, Rupert, West Virginia
Religious life
ReligionChristianity
DenominationMethodist
ChurchWest Virginia Methodist Conference
ProfessionCircuit Rider

Reverend Samuel Black (March 3, 1813 – July 13, 1899) was a Methodist circuit riding preacher from Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Largely based in Greenbrier County, the Reverend also preached through the counties of Kanawha, Braxton, Webster, Nicholas, Fayette, Jackson, and Clay. One of 16 founding members of the West Virginia Methodist Conference, Reverend Black was ordained as a deacon in 1844 and continued to preach until near his death.[1] The community of Sam Black Church, West Virginia along with its centerpiece, the Sam Black Methodist Church were named after the influential preacher shortly after his death.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Miller, Cathy Hershberger (28 October 2019). "Sam Black". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ Scott, Eugene (April 8, 1946). "Sam Black, Famed Methodist Circuit Rider, Left a Landmark". Beckley Post-Herald. Retrieved September 14, 2020.