On October 1–7, 1808 a very important Western Conference met at Liberty Hill, Williamson County, Tennessee. Mr. Green Hill, a well-to-do planter and a devout Methodist asked them to use part of his land as a campground for the Conference. It is mentioned in Annon West's, D.D. History of Methodism that over a thousand people met for the church work there and for revival services. This Conference was important to Ford's Chapel, because the missionary James Gwinn was sent to the "Big Bend Area" in October 1808.