well ▁County , ▁South ▁Carolina ▁His ▁parents ; ▁Capt . ▁John ▁Mc T ye ire ▁( 1 7 9 2 – 1 8 5 9 ) ▁and ▁Elizabeth ▁N imm ons ▁( 1 8 0 3 – 1 8 6 1 ), ▁were ▁both ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Method ist ▁Epis cop al ▁Church , ▁South . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁" a ▁cot ton ▁plan ter ▁and ▁a ▁slave holder ." ▁ ▁Mc T ye ire ▁attended ▁the ▁higher ▁schools ▁available ▁at ▁the ▁time : ▁first ▁at ▁C okes bury , ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁then ▁Collins worth ▁Institute ▁in ▁Georgia . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Rand olph - Ma con ▁College ▁in ▁Virginia ▁( A . B . ▁degree , ▁ 1 8 4 4 ). ▁ ▁Career ▁Al ready ▁lic ensed ▁to ▁pre ach , ▁Mc T ye ire ▁was ▁admitted ▁on ▁trial ▁into ▁the ▁Virginia ▁Ann ual ▁Conference ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 8 4 5 . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁Williams burg , ▁Virginia . ▁After ▁one ▁year ' s ▁service , ▁he ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Alabama ▁Conference , ▁admitted ▁into ▁full ▁connection ▁at ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 8 . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁past or ▁in ▁Alabama ▁( Mobile ▁and ▁Dem opol is ) ▁and ▁Mississippi ▁( Col umb us ), ▁before ▁transfer ring ▁to ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁Conference , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁ord ained ▁elder ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 9 . ▁He ▁also ▁was ▁a ▁past or ▁in ▁New ▁Orleans . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 4