Cato Perkins was a Huntingdonian Methodist preacher. The
Huntingdonian church he founded in Sierra Leone is one of the
only remaining churches of that faith remaining in the world
today. He was ordained in 1786 by John Marrant as a traveling
preacher of the faith. Marrant chose Perkins to lead the Nova
Scotia Huntingdonians in Marrant's absence. In 1790 Perkins took
on the duty of chief pastor to black Huntingdonians in Nova
Scotia. He was appointed by Marrant as he left for England, and
carried it out after his death. At the time of the Sierra Leone
exodus almost Cato Perkins' entire congregation went to Sierra
Leone. His congregation was perhaps one quarter of the Christian
population of Nova Scotia who left for Sierra Leone. Perkins
continued to preach while in Sierra Leone and also was involved
in organizing missions to the native African populations. During
the rebellion of the Nova Scotians against the white English
leaders at Sierra Leone almost all of the Huntingdonian
population supported the rebels.