January 3: John Bailey Adger

Reading from the Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina in 1899, we have the following Memorial for the Rev. Dr. John Bailey Adger, freely edited here for our purposes:…

January 2: Rev. John Rosbrugh

The First American Chaplain to Die in the Service of his Country. An Irish immigrant, John Rosbrugh was born in 1714, came to the colonies in 1735 with his brother…