On Thursday we reached the residence of James Gwin, near Fountain Head. Here we found a comfortable home. Mr. Gwin was one of the early pioneers in Tennessee, and with Andrew Jackson he fought the Cherokee Indians. General Jackson greatly admired him. He was chaplain in Jackson’s army at the time of the battle of New Orleans. He was a noble man, and did noble service in the Western and Tennessee Conferences. Bishop M’Kendree and James Gwin were long intimate friends, and the latter named his son after the bishop.[35] There was a chapel not far from his house called “Gwin’s Chapel.” On Friday I went to see Bishop M’Kendree’s father; he was a venerable looking man of eighty-six years, and was like a patriarch in the family, greatly beloved. Also James M’Kendree, brother of the bishop, and his sister Frances. The family emigrated from Virginia. James was a sterling man. Frances was converted under John Easter as well as the bishop. Frances married Rev. Nathaniel Moore in 1815, and she died in peace January 1, 1825. The venerated father of the bishop died in holy joy in 1815. And here in Tennessee, many years after, at the house of his brother James, the bishop fell at his post, loaded with honors and covered with scars, shouting, “All is well.” Here he was buried. On Saturday and Sunday night I lodged with Bishop Asbury at James M’Kendree’s. On Sunday morning Bishop Asbury preached at Gwin’s Chapel, and the other part of the day at Fountain Head meeting-house. This was near where James M’Kendree lived. Bishop Asbury seemed to be delighted to be rid of his sulky and on horseback again; for he says, “Since I am on horseback my fetters are gone; I meditate much more at ease.” The advantages of being on horseback he thus designates: “1. That I can better turn aside and visit the poor. 2. I shall save money to give away to the needy. 3. I can get along more difficult and intricate roads. And lastly, I can be more tender to my poor faithful beast.” Surely these were weighty reasons. On Monday the 19th the two bishops and myself started for South Carolina by way of Buncombe. We reached John M’Gee’s, (father-in-law of Thomas L. Douglas,) about thirty-five miles from Fountain Head. We have rode one thousand one hundred and fifty-three miles since I left my father’s, and four thousand one hundred and seventy-eight miles from Charleston. Tuesday brought us to Dr. Tooley’s. On Wednesday we started for the Holston settlements with Brother John M’Gee, crossing Cumberland River at Walton’s Ferry. After days of hard toiling, on Saturday evening we reached Brother Winton’s. On Sunday the 25th Bishop M’Kendree preached in the meeting house on Matt. v, 3, “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” etc. John M’Gee and I exhorted. Bishop Asbury preached at Brother Winton’s in the evening.