Lewis Morgan was paid as a reader for Camden Parish in Pittsylvania  
County. That would be for the Anglican Church and his pay would have  
come from the parish levy assessed throughout the parish. Baptist and  
Methodist or Presbyterians would have been responsible for their own  
ministerial costs during the colonial era and likely still had to pay  
the parish levy. Mick Nicholls
On Nov 14, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Phebe wrote:

> I have been asked by a church to help them write their 100 year  
> history.  In
> the early days the church had Itinerant Preachers.
>
> Would someone kindly point to where I could find additional source  
> material
> on Itinerant Preachers.  I really know very little on this subject.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that in rural churches, members of the  
> congregation
> took on the responsibility of preaching.  From my own research I  
> have found
> that in the 1700's that Lewis Morgan (my husband's ancestor) was  
> paid for
> being a "READER" in Pittsylvania County.  Did this money come from the
> county?
>
> Would Itinerant Preachers be limited to those of the Baptist faith?
>
> Phebe Morgan
> Sarasota, FL
>
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