17 Facts About Enoch George

Enoch George was the subject of deep religious impressions early in life.

However, his father moved his family to a place where there happened to be no evangelical clergy, such that Enoch George became negligent of his religious duties, neglecting the Christian ordinances altogether.

Indeed, Enoch George was called upon to the exercise of public prayer and exhortation.

The Rev Enoch George was sent by Bishop Francis Asbury to assist in forming a circuit on the headwaters of the Catawba and Broad rivers, in North Carolina.

The difficulties were so great there that Enoch George wrote Bishop Asbury asking for a transfer to some other field.

Enoch George was ordained, both Deacon and Elder, by Bishop Asbury.

Rev Enoch George served for two years as the Junior Preacher on the Caswell Circuit.

Enoch George then went to South Carolina, where in 1796 he was appointed Presiding Elder of the Charleston District.

The Rev Enoch George's health failed a second time, and he "located".

Enoch George was stationed, successively, in Baltimore, Alexandria, and Georgetown, then on the Baltimore and then the Georgetown Districts.

Enoch George belonged to the "primitive" school of American Methodist preachers.

Enoch George was especially distinguished for the fervor and pathos of his pulpit ministry.

Enoch George served with great zeal and effectiveness for the remaining twelve years of his life.

Enoch George traveled, chiefly by private conveyance, through all parts of the country.

Enoch George went as far as the frontier settlements of the west and southwest, usually preaching nearly every day at prearranged appointments.

Enoch George was a man of deep piety, of great simplicity of manners, a pathetic, powerful and successful preacher, greatly beloved in life, and very extensively lamented in death.

Bishop Enoch George died August 23,1828, in Staunton, Virginia, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Baltimore.