Burch continued circuit riding in the United States until 1835, when he was declared supernumerary due to illness.

In 1833, decades of circuit riding preacher visits ended with the establishment of the Methodist Church.

The Judiciary Act of 1802 reinstated circuit courts but also resurrected the practice of circuit riding.

This flexibility proved crucial to the demise of circuit riding.

With circuit riding largely optional, Supreme Court justices were no longer saddled with what they had previously felt was a tremendous burden.

The Act's flexibility proved crucial to the demise of circuit riding, which essentially disappeared by 1840.

These were circuit riding courts of the King which were roundly feared and hated.

Mull was the grandson of Wallace B. Mull, a circuit riding preacher in the 1800s.

Her father was a Methodist circuit riding minister.

The district was named after Rev. Joseph Badger, a circuit riding minister of the late 18th century.