Circuit rider is synonymous with clergy, who in the earliest years of the United States, were assigned to travel around specific geographic and sparsely populated areas to minister to settlers and organize congregations. Quite commonly they ministered to multiple congregations over a wide area traveling on horseback, a form of church organization called a preaching circuit. Thus the name circuit rider.
The Reverend Asby Pool(e) was one of these circuit riders who served congregations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and what is now West Virginia. He was born on June 4th, 1787 to William and Esther Pool in Hampshire, Virginia. Records indicate that he received an appointment in the Methodist Episcopal Church for the Monongalia Circuit circa 1813. Subsequently he was appointed to the Mahoning and Redstone Circuits while maintaining a residence in Morgantown. In 1830 he played a significant role in the organization of the first Methodist Protestant Church in Morgantown that eventually became the Spruce Street United Methodist Church. He died in Monongalia County, West Virginia on January 18th, 1867, and is buried in Pool Cemetery in Monongalia County.
For further reading please refer to a wonderful article in "The Monongalia Story" by Dr. Earl L. Core, and if you have any idea why the monument was in this location, perhaps you could include a note in your log to cast some light on the matter.
Reverend Asby Pool
The Final is 480' from where you are standing at a bearing of 60 degrees.
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