methodistchurch Inventory of the United Methodist Church Records, 1784-1984, bulk 1800-1940 Processed by: Syreena Bibbs, Ruth E. Bryan, Elizabeth Floyd, Anna Navroskaya; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ruth E. Bryan, Elizabeth Floyd, Anna Navroskaya David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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 Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University United Methodist Church (U.S.) United Methodist Church Records, 1784-1984,bulk 1800-1940 Material in English 48.8 Linear Feet 5922 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Methodist Church in N.C. began about 1772 with the first Methodist preaching at Currituck Court House. In 1785, the Christmas Conference was held in Baltimore, Md., establishing the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) in the United States. At that time, N.C. territory was encompassed within the Va. and S.C. Conferences. In 1824, the Holston Conference formed, including sections of N.C. west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1836 the N.C. Conference was formed. Between 1844-1845, pro-slavery dissenters left the MEC and formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS). A majority of N.C. churches joined the MECS, significantly reducing the number of churches in the MEC. What had been the N.C. Conference and Holston Conference, MEC, became N.C. Conference and Holston Conference, MECS. Between 1845 and 1865, there was no official N.C. Conference, MEC. However, in 1869, the N.C. Conference of the MEC re-formed, which included the entire state of N.C. In 1870, southern and western piedmont counties moved from the S.C. Conference of the MECS to the N.C. Conference, MECS. At this time, the N.C. Conference, MECS, included all N.C. counties except those west of the Appalachian mountains. In 1890, the Western N.C. Conference was organized, composed of the western part of the N.C. Conference, MEC, and territory west of the Blue Ridge Mountains that had been in the Holston Conference, MEC. In 1939 the MECS, MEC, and Methodist Protestant Church (MPC) merged to become the Methodist Church (MC), and the Western N.C. Conference and N.C. Conference of the MC formed, composed of white ministers and congregations. At the same time, the Central Jurisdiction of the MC formed, composed of African-American congregations and ministers. In 1968, all conferences and jurisdictions of the MC and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged into the United Methodist Church (UMC). The United Methodist Church Records are comprised primarily of bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes that document the administrative life of church units (circuits, charges, and churches) in the N.C. Conference (1784-1974, bulk 1841-1919) and the Western N.C. Conference (1884-1962, bulk 1893-1932) of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS). Counties in N.C. represented in the collection include Alamance, Ashe, Bladen, Burke, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Dare, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Gates, New Hanover, Iredell, Lincoln, Perquimans, Randolph, Rowan, Yadkin, and Wake. However, this collection does not include complete runs of any set of bound minutes, correspondence, or other documentation for any N.C. county or district. There are also bound volumes of N.C. Conference, MECS, district conference minutes (1866-1939); financial, administrative, and legal records for the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Western N.C. Conference, MECS (1909-1952); bound journals of annual conference meetings of the N.C. Conference, MECS (1838-1913); as well as some district, conference, and national records for non-N.C. conferences and for the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). National records include correspondence and financial records from the American Mission in North Africa, MEC (1909-1952). Although the entire collection dates from 1784-1984, the bulk of the material dates from 1800-1940. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], United Methodist Church Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

The United Methodist Church Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1948-1997.

Processing Information

Processed by William Erwin, 1965

Re-processed by Syreena Bibbs, Ruth E. Bryan, Elizabeth Floyd, Anna Navroskaya, July 2005

Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan, Elizabeth Floyd, Anna Navroskaya, Jan. 2006

Updated by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, one volume added, May 2013.

Accessions from 1948-1997 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

 Historical Note

Although this collection contains records primarily from the N.C. and Western N.C. Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), and national records from both the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), this chronology is provided as an aid to understanding the context of the records contained in this collection.

1772 First Methodist preaching in North Carolina at Currituck Court House in northeastern N.C. 1774 Petersburg Circuit extends into N.C. 1776 Carolina Circuit forms and is located in the north central part of N.C. 1780 Yadkin Circuit forms out of the Pittsylvania Circuit in Va. and is located in the present area of the Western N.C. Conference 1783 Salisbury Circuit forms out of the Yadkin Circuit 1780s Preachers from S.C. circuits extend their range into western N.C. 1785 Christmas Conference held in Baltimore, Md., establishing the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) in the United States 1785 Virginia Conference, MEC, forms; exists until 1837 1787 South Carolina Conference, MEC, forms; exists until 1844 1824 Holston Conference, MEC, forms out of the Western Conference, which includes the section of N.C. west of the Appalachian mountains; exists until 1844 1828 Dissenters over Bishops' powers leave the Methodist Episcopal Church and form the Methodist Protestant Church (MPC); MPC exists until 1939 North Carolina Conference, MPC, forms, which overlaps geographically with the part of N.C. that was in the Va. Conference of the MEC; conference exists until 1939 1836 North Carolina Conference of the MEC forms out of the Va. Conference, composed from the northern half of N.C. to the Appalachian mountains in the West; territory overlaps with the N.C. Conference of the MPC 1838 First session of the North Carolina Conference, MEC, is held in Greensboro 1844-1845 Dissenters leave the MEC over slavery and form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS); majority of N.C. churches join the MECS N.C. Conference and the Holston Conference also join the MECS MECS exists until 1939 1845-1865 No official MEC conference in N.C. 1850 Sandhills region of southeastern N.C. moves from the S.C. Conference, MECS, into the N.C. Conference, MECS 1865 Holston Conference of the MEC forms again, which includes the section of N.C. west of the Appalachian mountains; exists until 1878 1867 Virginia-North Carolina Mission Conference of the MEC forms, which includes the northern half of N.C. to the Appalachian mountains in the West; comprises both African American and white members Exists until 1869 1869 N.C. Conference of the MEC forms out of the Va.-NC. Mission Conference, which includes the entire state of N.C.; exists until 1878 1870 Southern and western piedmont counties move from the S.C. Conference, MECS, to the N.C. Conference, MECS; the N.C. Conference is now composed of all N.C. counties except territory to the west of the Appalachian mountains, which remain in the Holston Conference of the MECS 1870 A separate Methodist Church, the Colored Methodist Church in America (CMCA), forms out of the MECS for all African-American members; exists until 1956 1879 White members of the N.C. Conference of the MEC and the N.C. part of the Asheville District of the Holston Conference, MEC, form the Southern Central Conference, MEC; exists until 1880 1879 N.C. Black Conference of the MEC forms out of the Va.-NC. Mission Conference; exists until 1939 1881 Name of Southern Central Conference, MEC, changes to Blue Ridge Conference, MEC; name remains through 1912 1890 Western North Carolina Conference of the MECS forms out of the western part of the N.C. Conference of the MECS and the N.C. part of the Holston Conference, MECS; exists until 1939 1896 Blue Ridge Conference, MEC, divides into the Atlantic Mission Conference in the eastern half of the state and the Blue Ridge Conference in the western half; both conferences exist until 1912 1912 Blue Ridge and Atlantic Mission Conferences of the MEC merge to form the Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference of the MEC, which is composed of all of N.C., seven counties in southeastern Va., and twelve counties in S.C. 1913 Boundaries of the Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference of the MEC change to include only N.C. 1939 MECS, MEC, and MPC merge into the Methodist Church (MC) Western N.C. Conference and N.C. Conference of the MC forms, composed of white ministers and congregations CMCA continues as a separate denomination 1939 Central Jurisdiction of the MC forms, composed of African-American congregations and ministers; exists until 1964 1956 CMCA changes name to Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 1965 North Carolina-Virginia Conference Central Jurisdictions, MC, form from the Central Jurisdiction, MC; jurisdictions exist until 1968 1968 MC and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merge into the United Methodist Church (UMC) North Carolina-Virginia Central Jurisdictions merge into either the Western N.C. Conference or the N.C. Conference, UMC

Resources used to write this history include Methodism in the Upper Cape Fear Valley, Chapter 1: The North Carolina Conference, 1838, by C. Franklin Grill (Nashville, Tenn.: The Parthenon Press, 1966) and History of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference, by Joseph W. Lasley, Southeastern Jurisdiction Historical Society Proceedings June 30-July 3, 1989 (Lake Junaluska, N.C., [1989]). See the information folder for this collection in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library for a copy of the latter resource.

 Collection Overview

The United Methodist Church Records are comprised primarily of bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes that document the administrative life of smaller church units (circuits, charges, and churches) within the N.C. Conference (1784-1974, bulk 1841-1919) and the Western N.C. Conference (1884-1962, bulk 1893-1932) of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS). Counties in N.C. represented in the collection include Alamance, Ashe, Bladen, Burke, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Dare, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Gates (also Va.), New Hanover, Iredell, Lincoln, Perquimans (also Va.), Randolph, Rowan, Yadkin, and Wake. There are also bound volumes of N.C. Conference, MECS, district conference minutes (1866-1939); financial, administrative, and legal records for the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Western N.C. Conference, MECS (1909-1952); bound journals of annual conference meetings of the N.C. Conference, MECS (1838-1913); as well as some district, conference, and national records for non-N.C. conferences and for the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The national records include correspondence--especially to and from J. H. Colpais Purdon--and financial records from the American Mission in North Africa, MEC (1909-1952); and correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material documenting the planning for the reunification of the MEC and the MECS (1906-1916, 1932-1939), especially hymnal revision.

In addition to the quarterly conference and district conference minutes, the N.C. Conference and Non-N.C. Conference Series include membership, Sunday School, abstinence society, and susbscription and class lists (Buckhorn, Currituck, Forsyth, and Haw River Circuits); plans and maps of circuits (Currituck, Forsyth, and Holly Springs Circuits); notes, drawings, and inventories of church buildings and furniture (Iredell and Roanoke Circuits); and handwritten responses of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the MEC split, some written by William Gwynn Coe. The Historical Sketches Series includes land deeds for churches and correspondence written by or pertaining to Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke; and some information about churches with mixed-race congregations. Although the entire collection dates from 1784-1984, the bulk of the material dates from 1800-1940.

This collection does not include complete runs of any set of bound minutes, correspondence, or other documentation for any N.C. county or district. Thus, it does not provide a full view of the activities of the Methodist Church in N.C. However, for both the N.C. and Western N.C. Conferences, some districts, circuits, and counties are well-represented. These include, in the N.C. Conference, MECS, the Durham District (1885-1927), Elizabeth City District (1911-1922), Raleigh District (1914-1915 and 1935-1939), and Wilmington District (1866-1898); and Bath Circuit (Beaufort Co., 1849-1894), Dare Circuit (Dare Co., 1859-1903), Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station (New Hanover Co., 1844-1905), Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1784-1911), Iredell Circuit (Iredell Co., 1823-1873), Leasburg Circuit (Caswell Co., 1883-1930), North Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1884-1937), Pasquotank Circuit (Pasquotank Co., 1852-1906), Pittsboro Circuit (Chatham Co., 1854-1943), and Yanceyville Circuit (Caswell Co., 1844-1902). In the Western N.C. Conference the Asheville District (1912-1916) and Winston-Salem District (1924-1935) are well-documented, along with Alamance Circuit (Alamance Co., 1893-1908), First Methodist Church/Station (Lincoln Co., 1902-1962), Jefferson Circuit (Ashe Co., 1893-1932), Morganton Circuit (Burke Co., 1889-1932), Polkville Circuit (Cleveland Co., 1911-1927), and Randolph Circuit/Charge (Randolph Co., 1893-1930).

Arranged in five series and three indexes: National Records Series; Non-N.C. Conference Records Series; N.C. Conference Records Series; Western N.C. Conference Records Series; Historical Sketches Series;Circuit, Charge, and Station Index;Church and Mission Index; and Baptismal Records, MECS, Index.

The National Records Series comprises national-level records from the MEC (1820-1952) and the MECS (1857-1939), including correspondence and financial records from the American Mission in North Africa of the MEC (1909-1952), especially correspondence to and from Joseph Cooksey, Edwin Frease, and Joseph Purdon (1909-1925). The MECS national records comprise primarily correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material documenting the planning for the reunification of the MEC and the MECS (1906-1916, 1932-1939), especially hymnal revision.

The Non-N.C. Conference Records Seriesconsists primarily of bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes for circuits, charges, and churches in the Baltimore, North Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and other Conferences, especially those in Lumpkin Co., Ga.; Marion Co., S.C.; and Gates and Loudoun Cos., Va. Circuit, charge, and church-level records include a classbook of the Pleasant Hill Society (1851-1879, Dallas Co., Ala.); a hand-drawn map from the 1800s of the Holly Springs Circuit (unknown Co., Miss.); and a history of the formation of the Methodist Protestant Church in Maryland, 1833. There are conference-level records only for the Virginia and Wisconsin Conferences and these include an 1815 list of ministers serving Virginia Conference districts and circuits, as well as a group of hand-written "responses" of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the Methodist Episcopal Church split (1864-1866).

The N.C. Conference Records Seriescomprises primarily bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes that document the administrative life of circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations of the N.C. Conference, MECS, in the eastern and central counties of North Carolina, particularly Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Dare, Durham, Gates, New Hanover, Perquimans, and Wake, but also including other counties (1784-1974). In addition, the series includes bound journals of annual conference meetings for the N.C. Conference of the MECS (1838-1913), as well as bound volumes of district conference minutes and quarterly conference minutes for, among other districts, the Durham, Elizabeth City, Raleigh, and Wilmington Districts of the N.C. Conference of the MECS (1866-1939).

The Western N.C. Conference consists primarily of bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes and church registers that document the administrative life of MECS and Methodist Church (MC) circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations in the western and west central counties of North Carolina (1893-1932). Counties include Alamance, Ashe, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Forsyth, Iredell, Lincoln, Randolph, Rowan, and Yadkin, among others. The series also includes financial, administrative, and legal records for the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Western N.C. Conference of the MECS (1909-1952), as well as quarterly conference and district conference minutes and trustees minutes for districts within the Western N.C. Conference including, among others, the Asheville and Winston-Salem districts (1912-1935).

The Historical Sketches Series comprises primarily historical and biographical information solicited from N.C. ministers about themselves, their churches, circuits, and counties in 1879 by H. T. Hudson and in 1895 by an unknown person. Also includes earlier and later sketches, especially typescript or handwritten articles, essays, or sermons on Methodism in N.C.

The Circuit, Charge, and Station Indexlists in alphabetical order all circuit, charge, and station names found in this finding aid and gives their box location. It excludes circuits, charges, or stations already listed in the Historical Sketches Series. This index is not an inclusive list of all circuits, charges, and stations that may be found in this collection. Users are encouraged to consult the quarterly conference minutes for the geographical area or county in which they are interested to find additional references to other circuits, charges, and stations.

The Church and Mission Index lists in alphabetical order all church and mission names found in this finding aid and gives their box location. It excludes churches or missions already listed in the Historical Sketches Series. This index is not an inclusive list of all churches and missions that may be found in this collection. Users are encouraged to consult the quarterly conference minutes for the geographical area or county in which they are interested to find additional references to other churches and missions.

The Baptismal Records, MECS Index is arranged in three groupings: N.C. Conference, Western N.C. Conference, and Va. Conference, and within these groupings, the records are listed by county. This index was compiled in 1968 and does not include any additions to the collection since that date.

There are also Related Materials, which list Methodist Church-related collections (but not all collections with Methodism as a subject area) in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University and in the Duke University Archives. This section also notes which records in this collection are available on microfilm. Like this collection, the related materials are organized by series and then by subseries name.

 Processing Note

The intellectual organization of this collection is designed to provide maximum geographic and personal and church name access to the records in the collection, while maintaining as much administrative Methodist Church structure as possible. The organization thus reflects several situations found in the records: Although the physical location of individual churches, charges, stations, and missions tends to remain stable over time, the administrative and geographical boundaries that surround them do not. In fact, Methodist districts sometimes changed boundaries every year, and thus circuits went in and out of different districts with astonishing regularity. Also, the unification, in 1939, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Episcopal Church into the Methodist Church appears to have not had a strong impact on the local church level, especially in the Western N.C. Conference, where the conference continued to provide the same ministries, with the same names, and using the same forms. They simply crossed out the Episcopal and the South (see, especially, aid applications). Added to these two circumstances is the patron's need to locate material either by county or by church name.

Thus, in this collection, national-level records are organized by the type of church that created them (Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Methodist Church), while the conference-level records for the Non-N.C. Conferences, the N.C. Conference, and the Western N.C. Conference are each arranged into three further groupings of conference, district, and circuit records. When the records on the conference level were created by churches other than the MECS, an abbreviation in parentheses notes which church (MEC or ME).

Information regarding what counties and which circuits, charges, and churches in the collection can be found within each district has been retained, as has any administrative history relating which district(s) a particular circuit, charge, or church was a part of during what time period. In the 1800s in the Methodist Church in the United States, a circuit consisted of two or more local churches or societies that were served by one pastor or a group of pastors in regular succession. A station or acharge comprised one or more churches served by one preacher. These stations or charges also supported their pastor financially. A minister would be appointed to a circuit, station, or charge. (See the entries for circuit andcharge, pastoral in the Encyclopedia of Methodism (1888) and Encyclopedia of World Methodism(1974))

Patrons should be able to search the Non-N.C. Conferences, the N.C. Conference, and the Western N.C. Conference for information by county. They may also use the Historical Sketches Series, as well as the various indexes at the end of the finding aid, to locate minister, circuit, and church names in alphabetical order. This collection may contain records, or information about, other churches that are not listed in the Historical Sketches or the indexes, but which formed a part of a particular circuit. In these cases, the best method for finding information would be to begin with a county name or several county names.

County locations are approximate, based primarily on circuit, charge, or station name, and current to 2004.

Abbreviations used in this finding aid: N.C. (North Carolina); MECS (Methodist Episcopal Church, South); MEC (Methodist Episcopal Church); ME (Methodist Church); MPC (Methodist Protestant Church); UMC (United Methodist Church); Dist. (District); Ct. (Circuit); Co. (County).

 Related Material Related Material to the Non-N.C. Conferences Kentucky Conference Unknown Co., Lexington First Church, Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1809-1841 (not entire volume) (Lexington District). Available on microfilm, #189-1-1. Mississippi Conference Unknown Co., White Sands, Westville, and Mt. Carmel Circuits, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1835-1877 (Choctaw District). Available on microfilm, #190-1-1. Related Material in the N.C. Conference Conference Records Journals, 1838-1923. Available on microfilm, #191-1-1 to 191-5-1/ N.C. Conference Historical Society, Letter on Society formation, 1874. Found in William Clark Doub Papers. District Records Rockingham District, Presiding Elder's Minutes, 1892. Found in Marquis L. Wood Records and Papers, (Duke University Archives), Box 3, Folder 15. Rockingham District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1891-1893. Found in Marquis L. Wood Records and Papers. Wilmington District, District Conference Records, beginning 1897. Found in the N.C. Conference of the United Methodist Church Media Center, Raleigh, N.C. Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Bladen Co., Elizabeth Circuit (Fayetteville, Rockingham, and Wilmington Districts), Church Registers Nos. 1-2, 1888-1930; Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1908-1949; and Papers, 1926 and 1942. Available on microfilm, #191-7-1. Chatham, Moore and Carteret Cos., Deep River Circuit (Hillsboro District) and Trent Circuit (New Bern District), Class Book, 1871-1872. Found in William F. Clegg Papers. Dare Co., Roanoke Island and Dare Mission/Circuit (Suffolk and other districts), Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1888-1891. Available on microfilm, #192-1-1 and #192-1-2 Forsyth Co., Forsyth Circuit (Salisbury District), Class Book, 1851. Found in William Clark Doub Papers. Gates Co., Gates Circuit (Elizabeth City and Suffolk, Va. Districts), Church Register, 1784-1887. Available on microfilm, #192-2-1. Gates Co., North Gates Circuit (Elizabeth City, Murfreesboro, Va., and Suffolk, Va. Districts), Church Register, 1884-1937. Available on microfilm, #192-2-1. Halifax Co., Roanoke and Littleton Circuits (Warrenton District), Methodist Church Records, 1860-1905 and undated Found in Edward Alston Thorne Papers. Randolph Co., Randolph Circuit (Greensboro and Trinity College Districts), Quarterly Conference Minutes (original copy), 1888-1892. Found in the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Trinity, N.C. Richmond Co., Rockingham Station (Fayetteville District), Pastor's Visiting and Memorandum Book, 1889-1890. Found in Marquis L. Wood Records and Papers (Duke University Archives), Box 3, Folder 15. Mulitple Cos., deed abstracts of Methodist churches in 56 counties in the NC Conference. Joseph W. Watson, author. Available on microfilm, number M 6626 Unknown Co., Davidson Circuit (Greensboro District), Plan of Davidson Circuit and Preacher's Memorandum, 1860-1861. Found in John Wesley Lewis Papers. Unknown Co., Duke's Chapel Methodist Church. Found in Rosa Belvin Papers. Unknown Co., Franklin Circuit (Va.), Class Book, 1851-1852. Found in John Wesley Lewis Papers. Unknown Co., Green Valley Mission (Va.), Notebook, 1870-1878. Found in Washington Varner Papers. Unknown Co., Hardy Circuit (West Va.), Notebook, 1870-1878. Found in Washington Varner Papers. Unknown Co., Pastor's Books, 1903-1934, for Grimesland and Vanceboro, Spring Hope and Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Pleasant, Richmond, Robeson, Chadbourn, Jonesboro, Creedmoor, Durham and Mt. Tirzah Circuits. Found in Benjamin E. Stanfield Papers. Unknown Co., plan of Tar River Circuit. Found in John Wesley Lewis Papers. Related Material in the Western N.C. Conference Conference Records Key to Map of the Western N.C. Conference. Found in John C. Kilgo Records and Papers (Duke University Archives), Lectures, Folder 96. Western N.C. Conference (generally), Methodist Board of Education, and Women's Society of Christian Service (Mary Eskridge King). Found in Carl Howie King Papers. [Note re: Lake Junaluska] Related Material on Historical Sketches Methodism Writings on the History of Methodism in N.C., 1876-1892. Found in Marquis L. Wood Records and Papers (Duke University Archives), Box 3, Folder 27 Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816. Coe, William Gwynn. Coke, Thomas, 1747-1814. Purdon, J. H. Colpais (Joseph H.) Methodist Episcopal Church. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Methodist Episcopal Church. American Mission in North Africa. United Methodist Church (U.S.) Methodist Episcopal Church, South--History. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. North Carolina Conference. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Western North Carolina Conference. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Western North Carolina Conference. Board of Missions and Church Extension. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--History. Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--18th century. Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--19th century. Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--20th century. Methodist Church--Missions--Africa. Church architecture--United States--North Carolina. Church controversies--Methodist Church. Methodism. Methodism--History--18th century. Methodism--History--19th century. Methodism--History--20th century. North Carolina--Religious life and customs. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Alamance County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Ashe County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Bladen County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Burke County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Caswell County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Catawba County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Chatham County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Cleveland County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Dare County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Davidson County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Durham County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Forsyth County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Gates County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--New Hanover County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Iredell County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Lincoln County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Perquimans County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Randolph County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Rowan County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Yadkin County. Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Wake County. Race relations--Christianity--Methodist Church. Church records and registers--North Carolina. Minute books. Minutes. Contents of Collection National Records Series, 1820-1952,bulk 1908-1939

Comprises national-level records from the Methodist Episcopal Church (1820-1952) and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1857-1939), including correspondence and financial records from the American Mission in North Africa of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1909-1952. Arranged in two subseries by church name and alphabetically therein.

 Methodist Episcopal Church Subseries, 1820-1952, bulk 1909-1925

Comprises primarily American Mission in North Africa correspondence to and from Joseph Cooksey, Edwin Frease, and Joseph Purdon (1909-1925). Also includes a small amount of administrative records from various conferences (1820-1907) and correspondence to and from missionary bishops (1885-1907). Arranged alphabetically.

 American Mission in North Africa, 1909-1952

Began in 1908 and was staffed by missionaries of both genders and of a variety of nationalities, including American, English, Irish, German, Algerian, Tunisian, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Reports for 1911-1912 by all the missionaries can be found in the Official Minutes of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Mission in North African of the Methodist Episcopal Church,E Pam #240.

The mission records comprise primarily correspondence to and from Joseph Cooksey, Edwin Frease, and Joseph Purdon (1909-1925), who were mission superintendents in Algiers (Frease) and Tunis (Cooksey followed by Purdon). Subjects in the correspondence include purchases of the New Testament intended for prospective converts as well as for French soldiers; letters to and from the White House on the subject of the appointment of the American Consular Agent at Tunis; correspondence with French authorities; dealings with particular cases (employee relations, pupils from Muslim families, the Boys' School matters in Tunis); Purdon correspondence with The Times (1912-1913); and descriptions of local customs and rituals. Although the correspondence is mainly in English, some letters and documents are in French and Arabic. The mission's records also include contracts, bills, and receipts for the residences of various missionaries, 1914-1952.

Processing Note: In order to preserve them, some documents have been photocopied on both sides.

 Correspondence N1 Cooksey, Joseph J., Tunis, 1911-1913, 1923-1925 (5 folders) Frease, Edwin F., Algiers, El-Biar, and Tunis, 1912-1919 (4 folders) Purdon, J. H. C., Tunis, 1909-1919 (1-2 of 50 folders) N2 Purdon, J. H. C., Tunis, 1909-1919 (3-11 of 50 folders) N3 Purdon, J. H. C., Tunis, 1909-1919 (12-22 of 50 folders) N4 Purdon, J. H. C., Tunis, 1909-1919 (23-34 of 50 folders) N5 Purdon, J. H. C., Tunis, 1909-1919 (35-47 of 50 folders) N6 Purdon, J. H. C., Tunis, 1909-1919 (48-50 of 50 folders) Contracts, Bills, Receipts, Tunis, 1914-1952 (4 folders) Licenses to preach, deacon and elder appointments, affirmations of faith, and membership transfers for several conferences 1820-1907 Missionary Bishops, Correspondence, 1885-1907 Methodist Episcopal Church, South Subseries, 1857-1939, bulk 1908-1939

Comprises primarily correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material documenting the planning for the reunification of the MEC and the MECS (1906-1916, 1932-1939), especially hymnal revision. Also includes records for the Methodist Board of Publication, including audits, a catalog, and a report (1885, 1927-1930), as well as reports of the Board of Education (1926) and the Historical Society (1908-1918). Arranged alphabetically. Oversize items have been removed to the Oversize Materials section of this finding aid.

 N6 Board of Education, annual reports, 1926 Board of Missions, statement by Walter A. Hearn and proceedings against him, 1927 Aug. 5 Districts, lists of, approximately 1890s and undated (2 folders) Historical Society, reports of the historian, 1908-1918 Licenses to preach, affirmations of faith, deacon and elder appointments for several conferences, 1857-1932 Methodist Board of Publication Audits, 1927-1930 (2 folders) Catalog (Publishing House of the MECS), 1885 Report, 1928-1929 [Missionary Society, membership certificate, 1857: Removed to Oversize Material, Oversize Folder 1.] Reunification Hymnal revision Correspondence, 1932-1933 Matters for decision, 1933 May-July Minutes, 1929, 1932 (1-2 of 4 folders) N7 Minutes, 1929, 1932 (3-4 of 4 folders) Observations on and classifications of hymns, undated Participants, MECS, undated Joint Commission on Methodist Federation, addresses delivered before the commission, 1911 May Joint Commission on Methodist Union, meeting minutes, 1939 Jan. 24-29 Judicial Council

Includes notes made by R. L. Flowers. Copy of photograph of attendees to the General Conference, 1906, removed from this folder to Oversize Material, Oversize Folder 2.

 Newspaper clipping, How Mulatto Kitty, Slave Girl Who Refused Freedom, Brought About Division of Methodist Church in 1844, Atlanta Constitution Magazine Section, 1916 Test case on unification, Clarendon Co., S.C., 1939 Uniting Conference, Kansas City, Mo., bulletins, 1939 May 1 and May 10 Non-N.C. Conference Series, 1806-1910

Primarily bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes for circuits, charges, and churches in the Baltimore, North Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia Conferences and other conferences, especially those in Lumpkin Co.; Ga., Marion Co., S.C.; and Gates and Loudoun Cos., Va. Circuit, charge, and church-level records include a classbook of the Pleasant Hill Society (1851-1879, Dallas Co., Ala.); a hand-drawn map from the 1800s of the Holly Springs Circuit (Unknown Co., Miss.); and a history of the formation of the Methodist Protestant Church in Maryland, 1833. There are conference-level records only for the Virginia and Wisconsin Conferences and these include an 1815 list of ministers serving Virginia Conference districts and circuits, as well as a group of hand-written responses of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the Methodist Episcopal Church split between 1864-1866. Many of the circuits, charges, and churches described in the North Carolina Conference Series were originally part of the South Carolina and Virginia Conferences.

Arranged in groups alphabetically by conference name, and within each group, by conference, district, and/or circuit, charge, and church records. Within each district name is included a list of the counties represented in the district, as well as a list of the circuits, charges, and churches in this collection that were in that district. Circuit, charge, and church records are organized by county name. The names of districts represented in the circuit, charge, and church records in this series, but for which there are no district records, are also listed in the district grouping in this series. Oversize items have been removed to the Oversize Materials section of this finding aid.

 NNC1 Alabama, 1851-1879 Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Dallas Co., 1851-1879 Pleasant Hill Circuit, Unknown District, 1851-1879 Classbook of the Pleasant Hill Society, 1851-1879(M-6464) NNC1 Baltimore, 1863-1901 District Records [Rockingham District: No district-level records]

Counties represented in the Rockingham District: Unknown.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches found in this collection that were in the Rockingham District: Bridgewater Circuit; Rockingham Circuit; and Upper Rockingham Circuit.

 [Winchester District: No district-level records]

Counties represented in the Winchester District: Unknown.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches found in this collection that were in the Winchester District: Jefferson Circuit.

 Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Unknown Co., 1863-1874, 1899-1901 Bridgewater Circuit (MEC and MECS), Rockingham District, 1864-1874 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1864-1874

Includes list of district presiding elders, 1863-1907; list of circuit ministers, 1863-1908; minutes of meetings of parsonage trustees, 1897; and accounts of P. Herring, 1849-1859.

 Jefferson Circuit, Winchester District, W.Va., 1899-1901 Record of Twentieth Century Thank Offerings, 1899-1901(M-2981) Rockingham Circuit, Rockingham District, 1863 [Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1863: Found in Baltimore Conference, Unknown Co., Bridgewater Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1864-1874.] Upper Rockingham Circuit, Rockingham District, 1863 [Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1863: Found in Baltimore Conference, Unknown Co., Bridgewater Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1864-1874.] NNC1 Georgia, 1830-1866 District Records [Dahlonega District: No district-level records]

Counties represented in the Dahlonega District: Lumpkin.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Dahlonega District: Dahlonega Circuit/Station.

 Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Carroll Co., 1830-1846 Carronton Mission (MEC), Unknown district, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1830-1846 Lumpkin Co., 1861-1863, 1866 [Dahlonega Circuit/Station, Dahlonega District, 1861-1863, 1866: Found in North Georgia Conference, Lumpkin Co., Dahlonega and Jones Chapel, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1878.] NNC1A Kentucky, 1809-1867 Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Fayette Co. Lexington First Church, Board of Trustees Minutes, 1809-1867 NNC1 Maryland, 1833 Conference Records History of formation of the Methodist Protestant Church, 1833 Mississippi, 1800s Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Various districts: Biloxi, Choctaw, Covington, Paulding, Pearl River, Mt. Carmel, and Seashore Districts; Mt. Carmel, Westville, and White Sand Circuits NNC1-BQuarterly Conference Minutes, 1835-1877 (312 pp.) Holly Springs Circuit, unknown district NNC1 Hand-drawn map, 1800s Mar. 14

Includes description of town of Memphis, [Miss.?].

NNC1 North Georgia, 1867-1878 District Records [Dahlonega District: No district-level records]

Counties represented in the Dahlonega District: Lumpkin.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Dahlonega District: Dahlonega Circuit/Station/Mission; Dahlonega and Auraria Station; and Dahlonega and Jones Chapel Circuit/Station.

 Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Lumpkin Co., 1867-1878 [Dahlonega Circuit/Station/Mission, Dahlonega District, 1869-1873: Found in North Georgia Conference, Lumpkin Co., Dahlonega and Jones Chapel, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1878.] [Dahlonega and Auraria Station, Dahlonega District, 1867-1868: Found in North Georgia Conference, Lumpkin Co., Dahlonega and Jones Chapel, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1878.] Dahlonega and Jones Chapel Circuit/Station, multiple districts, 1874-1878

At least 1861-1866: Circuit in Dahlonega District, Ga. Conference

1867-1873: Circuit in Dahlonega District, North Ga. Conference

1874-1875: Circuit in Gainesville District, North Ga. Conference

1876-at least 1878: Churches in Dahlonega District, North Ga. Conference

 [Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1874-1878 (L-2706 and one folder): Bound volume removed to Oversize Materials, Oversize Box 1.] NNC1 South Carolina, 1807-1873 District Records [Camden District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Camden District: Unknown.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches found in this collection that were in the Camden District: Montgomery Circuit and Rocky River Circuit.

 [Catawba District: No district records. See also the N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Catawba District: Lincoln, N.C., and Unknown.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Catawba District: Lincolnton Circuit (N.C.); Montgomery Circuit; and Rocky River Circuit.

 [Cheraw District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Cheraw District: Unknown.

Circutis, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Cheraw District: Wadesboro Circuit.

 [Fayetteville District: No district records. Primarily found in the N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Fayetteville District: Unknown.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Fayetteville District: Wadesboro Circuit.

 [Lincolnton District: No district records. Found in the N.C. Conference.] [Marion District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Marion District: Marion County.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Marion District: Bennettsville Circuit.

 [Spartanburg District: No district records. Found in the N.C. Conference.] Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Marion Co., 1846-1873 Bennettsville Circuit, Marion District, 1846-1873 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1846-1873(L-5704) Unknown Co., 1807-1819, 1845, 1849 [Montgomery Circuit (MEC), multiple districts, 1808: Found in South Carolina Conference, Unknown Co., Rocky River Circuit.] Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1808 Rocky River Circuit (MEC), multiple districts, 1807-1819

Circuit in Camden and Catawba Districts.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1807-1819

Includes Montgomery Circuit, 1808.

 Wadesboro Circuit, multiple districts, 1845, 1849

Circuit in Cheraw and Fayetteville Districts.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1845, 1849 NNC1 Virginia, 1806-1910, bulk 1817-1872 Conference Records Board of Education, minutes, 1902-1910(M-2927) Ministers serving districts and circuits (MEC), 1815 Minutes, 1806-1808 Responses of eastern shore of Va. to Methodist Episcopal church split, 1864-1866 (See also the Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Coe, William Gwynn.) District Records [Fredericksburg District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Fredericksburg District: Loudoun County.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Fredericksburg District: Loudoun Circuit.

 [Murfreesboro District: No district records. Found in the N.C. Conference.] [Norfolk District: No district records. Found in the N.C. Conference.] [Norfolk and Murfreesboro District: No district records. Found in the N.C. Conference. See either the Norfolk or the Murfreesboro Districts.] [Suffolk District: No district records. Primarily found in the N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Suffolk District: Gates County.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Suffolk District: Gates Circuit.

 [Washington District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Washington District: Loudoun County.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Washington District: Loudoun Circuit.

 [Yadkin District: No district records. Found in the N.C. Conference.] Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Loudoun Co., 1850-1858 Loudoun Circuit, multiple districts, 1850-1858

1850-1852: Circuit in Fredericksburg District

1853-1858: Circuit in Washington District

 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1850-1858(M-2929) Unknown Co., 1854-1856 Pittsylvania Circuit, Unknown District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1854-1856 NNC1 Wisconsin, 1848-1849 Conference Records Annual Conference, minutes of first session (typescript of original), (MEC), 1848-1849 N.C. Conference Records Series, 1784-1974, bulk 1838-1939

Comprises primarily bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes that document the administrative life of circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations of the N.C. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) in the eastern and central counties of North Carolina, particularly Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Dare, Durham, Gates, New Hanover, Perquimans, and Wake, but also including other counties (1784-1974). The series also includes bound journals of annual conference meetings for the N.C. Conference of the MECS (1838-1913) as well as bound volumes of district conference minutes and quarterly conference minutes for, among other districts, the Durham, Elizabeth City, Raleigh, and Wilmington Districts of the N.C. Conference of the MECS (1866-1939). There is some overlap with the Western N.C. Conference. All records are MECS unless noted otherwise by the abbreviationsMEC for Methodist Episcopal Church andMC for Methodist Church. Arranged in three subseries: Conference Records, District Records, and Circuit, Charge, and Church Records.

Conference Records Subseries (Restricted), 1812-1953, bulk 1838-1931

Comprises primarily the bound journals, both originals and copies, recording the annual conference meetings (1838-1913) of the N.C. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS). Also includes conference statistics (1886-1899); records from trials of ministers (1885-1901); and minutes, reports, and financial and legal documents for the Board of Education (1910-1930), Board of Trustees (1848-1953), the Relief Society (1838-1847), and the Raleigh Advocate Publishing Co. (1879-1919). There are a few records for the N.C. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Church. These are noted by the abbreviationsMEC and MC.Arranged alphabetically. Oversize materials have been removed to theOversize Materials section of this finding aid.

Patrons must use copies of journals and then consult originals if required.

 NCC1 Account Book, 1887 (M-2724)

Includes a report on the standing of Trinity College.

 Board of Education Minute Book, 1911-1930, and Ledger, 1910-1930(M-6911) Staff report (MC), 1952-1953 Board of Trustees minutes, 1848-1957(M-6916) [Conference attendees, photograph, including names, 1887 (51st annual conference): Removed to Oversize Materials, Oversize Folder 3.] Conference Statistics 1886-1889(M-2738) 1894-1897(M-2739) NCC2 1900-1903(M-2741) Duke Endowment Superannuate Fund, letters of thanks to W. P. Few, 1915-1932 (2 folders) Journals

[Patrons must use copies of Journals for 1838-1885 and then consult the originals if required.]

 Xerox copies NCC3 1838-1842(M-7031)

Copy of original volumes L-2725 and part of L-2726, found in box NCC8.

 1843-1848(M-7032)

Copy of parts of original volumes L-2726 and F-2727, found in boxes NCC8 and NCC9.

 1849-1852(M-7033)

Copy of part of original volume F-2727, found in box NCC9.

 1853-1855(M-7034)

Copy of part of original volume F-2727, found in box NCC9.

 1856-1858(M-7035)

Copy of part of original volume F-2727, found in box NCC9.

 NCC4 1859-1862(M-7036)

Copy of part of original volume F-2727, found in box NCC9.

 1863-1866(M-7037)

Copy of part of original volume F-2727, found in box NCC9.

 1867-1868(M-7038)

Copy of part of original volume F-2728, found in box NCC10.

 1869-1870(M-7039)

Copy of part of original volume F-2728, found in box NCC10.

 1871-1872(M-7040)

Copy of part of original volume F-2728, found in box NCC10.

 NCC5 1873-1874(M-7041)

Copy of part of original volumes F-2728 and F-2729, found in boxes NCC10 and NCC11.

 1875-1876(M-7042)

Copy of part of original volume F-2729, found in box NCC11.

 1877(M-7043)

Copy of part of original volume F-2729, found in box NCC11.

 1878(M-7044)

Copy of part of original volume F-2729 found in box NCC11.

 1879(M-7045)

Copy of part of original volume F-2729, found in box NCC11.

 NCC6 1880(M-7046)

Copy of part of original volume F-2729, found in box NCC11.

 1881(M-7047)

Copy of part of original volume F-2729, found in box NCC11.

 1882(M-7048)

Copy of part of original volume F-2730, found in box NCC12.

 1883(M-7049)

Copy of part of original volume F-2730, found in box NCC12.

 1884(M-7050)

Copy of part of original volume F-2730, found in box NCC12.

 NCC7 1885(M-7051)

Copy of part of original volume F-2730, found in box NCC12.

 Originals

Patrons must use copies of Journals for 1838-1885 and then consult the originals if required.

 NCC8 1838-1842(L-2725)

Original of xerox copy, found in box NCC3. Also available on microfilm.

 1840-1846(L-2726)

Original of xerox copy, found in box NCC3. Also available on microfilm.

 NCC9 1846-1866(F-2727)

Original of xerox copy, found in boxes NCC3 and NCC4. Also available on microfilm.

 NCC10 1867-1873(F-2728)

Original of xerox copy, found in box NCC4. Also available on microfilm.

 NCC11 1874-1881(F-2729)

Original of xerox copy, found in boxes NCC4 and NCC5.

 NCC12 1882-1885(F-2730)

Original of xerox copy, found in box NCC6. Also available on microfilm.

 NCC13 1886-1889(F-2731) NCC14 1890-1893(F-2732) NCC15 1894-1897(F-2733) NCC16 1898-1901(F-2734) NCC17 1902-1905(F-2735) NCC18 1906-1909(F-2736) NCC19 1910-1913(F-2737) NCC20 Methodist boys in military service, lists and correspondence compiled by M. T. Plyler, 1918 Oct.-Dec. Raleigh Advocate Publishing Co. Raleigh Christian Advocatefinancial papers and correspondence, 1879-1894 and undated Minute Book, 1902-1919(M-6910) Relief Society minutes, 1838-1847(M-2723)

An organization that gave financial aid to ministers, their widows, and children.

 Receipts and other material (MEC, MECS, MC), 1812-1953 and undated Sunday School Board minutes and reports, 1926-1931 (3 folders) Trials of Ministers MECS vs J. T. Abernathy, 1891 (3 folders) NCC21 MECS vs J. T. Bagwell, 1886 (2 folders) Appeal of D. D. Bailey, 1888, 1893 MECS vs J. B. Bobbitt, 1888 (6 folders) MECS vs D. R. Bruton, 1890 MECS vs W. A. Forbes, 1893 MECS vs L. L. Hendren, 1885

[Minutes of this trial moved to Oversize Materials, Oversize Folder 4.]

 MECS vs R. J. Moorman, 1901 MECS vs G. A. Oglesby, 1890 District Records Subseries, 1866-1939

Comprises bound volumes of District Conference Minutes and Quarterly Conference Minutes that document the administrative activities of districts within the N.C. Conference. There may be some overlap with the Western N.C. Conference. Districts with the largest number of records include Durham (1885-1927), Elizabeth City (1911-1922), Raleigh (1914-1915 and 1935-1939), and Wilmington (1866-1898). The Elizabeth City District also includes reports from various circuits (1894-1910). Some districts were originally part of either the Va. or S.C. Conferences, and this is noted next to their name.

Arranged alphabetically by district name. Within each district name is included a list of counties represented in the district, as well as a list of the circuits, charges, and churches in this collection that were in that district. Names of districts represented in the Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Subseries but for which there no district-level records are also listed in this subseries. Date ranges in this series are given for district-level records only. Oversize items have been removed to theOversize Materials section of this finding aid.

 NCC22 [Burlington District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Burlington District: Alamance.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Burlington District: Mt. Hermon Circuit.

 NCC22 [Catawba District, N.C. and S.C. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Catawba District: Lincoln.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Catawba District: Lincolnton Circuit.

 NCC22 [Charlotte District, N.C. and Western N.C. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Charlotte District: Anson, and Union.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Charlotte District: Ansonville Circuit; and Monroe, Matthews and Clear Creek Circuits.

 NCC22 [Danville District, N.C. and Va. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Danville District: Caswell, Chatham, and Randolph.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Danville District: Caswell Circuit; Cedar Falls Station and Franklinsville; Chatham Circuit; Franklinsville Circuit; and Yanceyville Circuit.

 NCC22 Durham District, 1885-1923, 1926-1927

Counties represented in the Durham District: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, and Person.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Durham District: Burlington Charge/Station; Burlington, Graham, and Haw River Charge; Carr Church; Duke Memorial Church; Durham Circuit; Front Street Charge/Church; Gregson Street Church; Haw River Circuit; Leasburg Circuit; Main Street Church; Milton Circuit/Charge; Pittsboro Circuit/Church/Charge; Woodsdale Circuit/Charge; and Yanceyville Circuit.

District Conference Minutes 1885-1895(F-2749)

Includes Hillsboro District, 1882-1884.

 1896-1912(F-2750) Quarterly Conference Minutes 1912-1913(F-2710) 1914-1915(F-2713) 1915-1916(M-2714) NCC23 1916-1917(M-2715) 1917-1918(M-2716) 1918-1919(M-2717) 1920-1921(M-2718) 1922-1923(M-2719) 1926-1927(M-4291) NCC24 Elizabeth City District, 1894-1914, 1919-1922

Counties represented in the Elizabeth City District: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrel, and Unknown.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Elizabeth City District: Bethany Church; Camden Circuit; Chowan Circuit; Columbia Circuit; Dare Circuit; Elizabeth City Station; Gates Circuit; Hatteras Circuit; Hertford Church; Hertford Circuit; Kitrell's Church; Kitty Hawk Charge; Kitty Hawk Circuit; Moyock Circuit; North Gates Circuit; Pantego Circuit/Charge; Pasquotank Circuit; Perquimans Circuit; Roanoke Island Circuit/Station; and South Camden Circuit.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1911-1912(M-2708) 1912-1913(M-2709) 1913-1914(M-2711) 1919(M-2746) 1919-1920(M-2821) 1921(M-2747) 1921-1922(M-2822) NCC25 Reports from Various Circuits, 1894-1910 NCC25 Fayetteville District, 1922-1923

Counties represented in the Fayetteville District: Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Montgomery, Richmond, and Wake.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Fayetteville District: Buckhorn and Cokesbury Churches; Buckhorn Circuit; Cape Fear Circuit; Elizabeth Circuit/Charge; Haw River Circuit; Montgomery Circuit; Pittsboro Circuit/Church/Charge; and Rockingham Circuit.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1922-1923(M-2863) NCC25 [Greensboro District: No district records. See also the Western N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Greensboro District: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, and Stokes.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Greensboro District: Cedar Falls Station and Franklinsville; Chatham Circuit; Forsyth Circuit; Franklinsville Circuit; Guilford Circuit; Haw River Circuit; Montgomery Circuit; Pleasant Garden Circuit; Randolph Circuit; South Guilford Circuit; Stokes Circuit; Trinity College Circuit; and Yanceyville Circuit.

 NCC25 Hillsboro District, 1882-1884

Counties represented in the Hillsboro District: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, and Randolph.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Hillsboro District: Cedar Falls Station and Franklinsville; Chatham Circuit; Franklinsville Circuit; Guilford Mission; Haw River Circuit; Leasburg Circuit; South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits; and Yanceyville Circuit.

 [District Conference Minutes, 1882-1884: Found in Durham District, District Conference Minutes, 1885-1896.] NCC25 [Lincolnton District, N.C. and Va. Conferences: No district records. See also the Western N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Lincolnton District: Lincoln.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Lincolnton District: Lincolnton Circuit.

 NCC25 [Murfreesboro District, N.C. and Va. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Murfreesboro District: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Murfreesboro District: Bertie Circuit; Camden Circuit; Currituck Mission; Dare Circuit; Dare Mission; Gates Circuit; Gates and Bertie Circuit; Gates and Edenton Circuit; Hertford Circuit; Kitty Hawk Mission; Murfreesboro amd Gates Circuit; North Gates Circuit; Pasquotank Circuit; and Roanoke Island Circuit/Station.

 NCC25 New Bern District, 1893-1909

Counties represented in the New Bern District: Carteret and Craven.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the New Bern District: Newport and Trent Circuits.

 District Conference Records, 1893-1909(F-2879) NCC25 [Norfolk District, N.C. and Va. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Norfolk District: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, and Pasquotank.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Norfolk District: Bertie Circuit; Currituck Circuit; Currituck Mission; Dare Mission; Gates Circuit; Gates and Edenton Circuit; Murfreesboro and Gates Circuit; and Pasquotank Circuit.

 NCC25 [Norfolk and Murfreesboro District: No district records. See either the Norfolk or the Murfreesboro Districts.] NCC25 Raleigh District, 1914-1915, 1935-1939

Counties represented in the Raleigh District: Alamance, Chatham, Randolph, Wake, and Warren.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Durham District: Buckhorn and Cokesbury Churches; Buckhorn Circuit; Cary Circuit; Cedar Falls Station and Franklinsville; Chatham Circuit; Franklinsville Circuit; Haw River Circuit; and Henderson Station.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records 1914-1915(M-2712) 1935-1936(M-4296) 1936-1937(M-4297) NCC26 1937-1938(M-4298) 1938-1939(M-4299) NCC26 Rockingham District, 1913-1914

Counties represented in the Rockingham District: Bladen.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Rockingham District: Elizabeth Circuit/Charge.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes/Minutes of Presiding Elder 1913-1914(M-2883) NCC26 Salisbury District, N.C. and Va. Conferences, 1868-1875 (See also the Western N.C. Conference.)

Counties represented in the Salisbury District: Forsyth, and Iredell.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Salisbury District: Forsyth Circuit; and Iredell Circuit.

 District Conference Minutes, 1868-1875(L-2884) NCC27 Shelby District, N.C. and S.C. Conferences, 1870-1876 (See also the Western N.C. Conference.)

Counties represented in the Shelby District: Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Durham District: Double Shoals Circuit; Gaston Circuit; Lincolnton Circuit; Lincolnton Station; Morganton Circuit; Rock Spring Circuit; and Stanley Creek Circuit.

 District Conference Minutes 1870-1874

Includes minutes from 1867-1870, when district was in the S.C. Conference.

 1875-1876 and undated NCC27 [Spartanburg District, N.C. and S.C. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Spartanburg District: Lincoln.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Spartanburg District: Lincolnton Circuit.

 NCC27 [Suffolk District, N.C. and Va. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Suffolk District: Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Suffolk District: Camden Circuit; Gates Circuit; Hertford Circuit; North Gates Charge; Noth Gates Circuit; Pasquotank Circuit; and Perquimans Circuit.

 NCC27 Trinity College District, 1885-1890

Counties represented in the Trinity College District: Chatham, Guilford, and Randolph.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Trinity College District: Cedar Falls Station and Franklinsville; Chatham Circuit; Franklinsville Circuit; Randolph Circuit; South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits; and Trinity College Circuit.

 District Conference Minutes, 1885-1890(M-4290) NCC27 Warrenton District, 1913-1915

Counties represented in the Warrenton District: Halifax, and Warren.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Warrenton District: Roanoke Circuit.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1913-1914(M-2882) 1914-1915(M-2881) NCC27 Washington District, 1896-1910

Counties represented in the Washington District: Beaufort, Dare, Pamlico, Tyrrel, Warren, and [Unknown].

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Washington District: Bath Circuit; Columbia Circuit; Dare Circiut; First Methodist Church; Hatteras Circuit; Ocracoke and Hatteras Circuit; Roanoke Island Circuit/Station; and Washington Station.

 District Conference Minutes, 1896-1910(F-2905) NCC28 Quarterly Conference Minutes/Minutes of Presiding Elder 1907(M-2906) 1907-1908(M-2907) NCC28 Wilmington District, 1866-1898

Counties represented in the Wilmington District: Bladen, Dare, and New Hanover.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Wilmington District: Elizabeth Circuit/Charge; Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station; and Kitty Hawk Mission.

 [District Conference Records, 1866-1898 (F-2908): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS1.]

Includes references to the need for public education. Minutes beginning in 1897 are housed in the Methodist Archives in Raleigh.

 NCC28 Wilson District, District records only, 1892-1894 [District Conference Minutes, 1892-1894 (F-2926): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS2.] NCC28 [Yadkin District, N.C. and Va. Conferences: No district records]

Counties represented in the Yadkin District: Iredell.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Yadkin District: Iredell Circuit.

 Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Subseries, 1784-1974, bulk 1841-1919

Comprises primarily bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes that document the administrative life of Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations in the eastern and central counties of North Carolina, especially those that until the late 1800s were part of the Virginia Conference. Counties with the most records in this subseries include Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Dare (also Va.), Durham, Gates (also Va.), New Hanover, Perquimans (also Va.), and Wake. There is some overlap with the Western N.C. Conference. Records that span a large number of years and comprise a complete set of minutes during those years include Bath Circuit (Beaufort Co., 1849-1894), Dare Circuit (Dare Co., 1859-1903), Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station (New Hanover Co., 1844-1905), Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1784-1911), Iredell Circuit (Iredell Co., 1823-1873), Leasburg Circuit (Caswell Co., 1883-1930), North Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1884-1937), Pasquotank Circuit (Pasquotank Co., 1852-1906), Pittsboro Circuit (Chatham Co., 1854-1943), and Yanceyville Circuit (Caswell Co., 1844-1902).

Some of the oldest records, from 1784 to about 1851, include Bath Circuit (Beaufort Co., 1849-1891); Bertie Circuit (Gates Co., 1817-1822); Burlington, Graham, and Haw River Charge (Alamance Co., 1849-1852); Chatham Circuit (Chatham Co., 1833-1841); Currituck Circuit (Currituck Co., 1829-1838); Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station (New Hanover Co., 1844-1851); Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1784-1840); Guilford Circuit (Guilford Co., 1832-1865); Iredell Circuit (Iredell Co., 1823-1873); Lincolton Circuit (Lincoln Co., 1828-1876); Newport and Trent Circuits (Carteret and Craven Cos., 1837-1844); and Yanceyville Circuit (Caswell Co., 1844-1877).

Some of the latest records, from 1930 to 1974, include Elizabeth Circuit (1875-1974), Duke Memorial Church (Durham Co., 1885-1970), North Gates Circuit (Gates Co., 1884-1937), Leasburg Circuit (Caswell Co., 1883-1930), and Pittsboro Circuit (Chatham Co., 1854-1943).

In addition to the quarterly conference minutes, there are also education, financial, missionary contribution, ministers, Sunday school, Epworth League, and Women's Missionary Society reports and minutes (Buckhorn Circuit, Wake Co.; Duke Memorial Church and Main Street Church, Durham Co.); membership, Sunday school, abstinence society, and class lists (Buckhorn Circuit, Wake Co.; Currituck Circuit, Currituck Co.; Forsyth Circuit, Forsyth Co.); plans of circuits (Currituck Circuit, Currituck Co.; Forsyth Circuit, Forsyth Co.); and notes, drawings, and inventories of church buildings and furniture (Iredell Circuit, Iredell Co.; Roanoke Circuit, Halifax Co.). The Buckhorn and Cokesbury Churches records (Haw River Circuit, Wake Co.) include subscription lists to support the gospel on Haw River and Buckhorn Circuits, 1855-1858.

Arranged by county (boundaries current in 2004) and then alphabetically by circuit, charge, church, mission, or station name. Records from counties in the western section of North Carolina can be found in theWestern N.C. Conference Series. Additional information on circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations may be found in the N.C. Conference Series, District Records Subseries, as well as the Historical Sketches Series, Circuits/Counties Subseries and the Churches/Cities Subseries. Information about ministers and other Methodists can be found alphabetically by last name in theHistorical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, while overviews of Methodism in general, and in North Carolina and Virginia in specific, can be found in the Historical Sketches Series, Methodism Subseries. Oversize items have been removed to theOversize Materials section of this finding aid. All circuit, charge, church, mission, and station names listed in this subseries can also be found alphabetically arranged without regard for their county, district, or conference location in the Circuit, Charge, and Station Index and the Church and Mission Index at the end of this finding aid. Baptismal records found in this collection can be located through the Baptismal Records Index.

 Alamance Co., 1841-1868, 1895-1906 (See also the Western N.C. Conference.) NCC29 [Buckhorn Circuit, multiple districts: see Wake Co., Buckhorn Circuit.] [Buckhorn Church: see Wake Co., Buckhorn Circuit, Buckhorn Church. [Cokesbury Church: see Wake Co., Buckhorn Circuit, Cokesbury Church.] Burlington Charge/Station, Durham District, 1897-1900, 1903-1906 (See also Durham Co., Front Street Church.) Quarterly Conference Minutes 1897-1900(M-2753)

Includes Burlington, Graham, and Haw River Charge, 1897-1898; and Front Street Charge, 1900.

 1903-1906(M-2756) [Burlington, Graham, and Haw River Charge, Durham District, 1897-1898: Found in Alamance Co., Burlington Charge, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1897-1900.] Haw River Circuit, multiple districts, 1841-1852, 1854-1887

1842-1851?: Circuit in Raleigh or in Greensboro Districts

1850?-1866: Circuit in Fayetteville or in Greensboro Districts

1866-1868: Circuit in Greensboro District

At least 1881: Circuit in Hillsboro District

At least 1878: Circuit in Durham District

 [Buckhorn Church: See Wake Co., Buckhorn Circuit, Buckhorn Church.] Church Book, 1841-1852(M-6170) [Cokesbury Church: See Wake Co., Buckhorn Circuit, Cokesbury Church.] Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1854-1887(F-2864)

Includes Pittsboro Circuit, 1868-1887.

 Mt. Hermon Circuit, Burlington District, Class Book, 1895-1898 (F-5916) [Pittsboro Circuit, Durham District: See Chatham Co., Pittsboro Circuit.] Anson Co., 1860-1881 NCC30 Ansonville Circuit, Charlotte District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1860-1881 (L-2745) Beaufort Co., 1849-1902 NCC30 Bath Circuit, Washington District, 1849-1902 [Church Records, 1860-1902 (F-2892): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS3.] Quarterly Conference Minutes 1849-1891(F-2895) 1891-1894(M-2893) Pantego Circuit/Charge, Elizabeth City District, Quarterly Conference Minutes 1896-1898 (M-2847 and one folder) Bladen Co., 1875-1933, 1945-1974 NCC30 Elizabeth Circuit/Charge, mulitple districts, 1875-1933, 1945-1974

1875-1903: Circuit in Wilmington District

1905-1921: Circuit in Rockingham District

1922-1933: Circuit in Fayetteville District

1933?-1949 (1945-1949 certain): Circuit in Wilmington District

 Church Register No. 1, 1888-1903 (Also available in microfilm.) [No. 2, 1898-1930: Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS3. Also available in microfilm.] Quarterly Conference Minutes 1875-1887(M-2913) 1887-1891(M-2918) 1892-1895(M-2914) NCC31 1896-1899(M-2915) 1900-1903(M-2916) 1904-1907(M-2917) 1908-1949 (Also available on microfilm.) (1-7 of 8 volumes or folders) NCC32 1908-1949 (Also available on microfilm.) (8 of 8 volumes or folders) Singletary Church Church Register, 1883-1974 (bulk 1900-1952) Quarterly Conference Minutes 1895-1905(M-4293) 1905-1920(M-4294) Brunswick Co., 1865-1870 NCC32 Cape Fear Circuit, Fayetteville District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1865-1870 Burke Co., 1857-1872 NCC32 Morganton Circuit, Shelby District, 1857-1872 Brindletown Church Class Book, 1857-1872(S-96) Camden Co., 1877-1909 NCC32 Camden Circuit, multiple districts, 1877-1909

At least 1877-1885: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

At least 1890: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1891-1893: Circuit in Suffolk District, Va. Conference

Until 1895: Circuit in Va. Conference; moved to N.C. Conference

1895-1897: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records 1877-1885 1886-1889(M-2931) 1890(M-2932) 1891-1893(M-2932) 1893-1897(M-2933) NCC33 1898-1901(M-2818) 1901-1905(M-2819) 1905-1909(M-2820) [Pasquotank Circuit, multiple districts: See Pasquotank Co., Pasquotank Circuit.] South Camden Circuit, Elizabeth City District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1899-1902 (M-2862) Carteret and Craven Cos., 1837-1844 NCC33 Newport and Trent Circuits, New Bern District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1837-1844 (M-2928) Caswell Co., 1844-1877, 1883-1930 NCC33 [Caswell Circuit, Danville District, 1844-1854: Found in Caswell Co., Yanceyville Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1844-1877.] Leasburg Circuit, multiple districts, 1883-1930

Until 1885: Circuit in Hillsboro District

After 1885: Circuit in Durham District

 Bethany Church, Church Conference Minutes, 1884-1902(M-2748)

Includes Leasburg Church, 1883-1902.

 [Leasburg Church, 1883-1902: Found in Caswell Co., Leasburg Circuit, Bethany Church, Church Conference Minutes, 1884-1902.] Quarterly Conference Minutes 1883-1886(M-2878) NCC34 1887-1890(M-2790) 1891-1894(M-2791) 1895-1898(M-2792) 1899-1902(M-2793) 1903-1906(M-2794) 1907-1910(M-2795) 1911-1914(M-2796) 1923-1926(M-2797) 1926-1930(M-2798) NCC35 Union Church, Hillsboro District, Church Conference Minutes, 1883-1904(M-2789) Milton Circuit/Charge, Durham District, 1894-1901, 1902-1908 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1894-1897(M-2805) 1898-1901(M-2806) 1902-1908(M-2814)

Includes Person Co., Woodsdale Circuit/Charge.

 Yanceyville Circuit, multiple districts, 1855-1877, 1891-1902

1844-1858: Circuit in Danville District

1858-1872: Circuit in Greensboro District

1872-1877: Circuit in Hillsboro District

1891-1902: Circuit in Durham District

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1844-1877

Includes Caswell Circuit, 1844-1854.

 1891-1894(M-2815) 1895-1899(M-2816) 1899-1902(M-2817) Chatham Co., 1833-1841, 1854-1943

[For more on Chatham Co., see also the Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Asbury, Francis.]

 NCC36 [Chatham Circuit, multiple districts, 1833-1841: Found in Randolph Co., Franklinsville Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1849-1871.] Pittsboro Circuit/Church/Charge, multiple districts, 1854-1943

1854-1887: Circuit in Fayetteville District

1888-1894: Circuit in Durham District

1895-1927: Circuit in Fayetteville District

1926/1927-1930: Circuit in Durham District

1930-1934: Circuit in Fayetteville District

1939-1943: Circuit in Durham District

 Church Register, 1894-1901(F-2807) Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records 1854-1923 (2 folders) [1868-1887: Found in Alamance Co., Haw River Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1854-1887.] 1888-1891(M-2808) 1892-1894(M-2809) 1895-1898(M-2865) 1899-1902(M-2866) 1903-1906(M-2867) 1907-1910(M-2868) NCC37 1911-1914(M-2869) 1915-1918(M-2870) 1919-1922(M-2871) 1923-1927(M-2872) 1926-1930(M-2810) 1930-1934(M-2873) 1939-1943(M-2812) Chowan Co., 1896-1897 NCC37 Chowan Circuit, Elizabeth City District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1896-1897 (M-2823) [Gates and Edenton Circuit, multiple districts, 1822-1824: Found in Gates Co., Gates Circuit, Recording Steward's Book, 1817-1872.] Cleveland Co., 1868-1895 (See also the Western N.C. conference.) NCC37 Double Shoals Circuit, Shelby District, Quarterly Conference Records, 1884-1887 (M-2887) NCC38 Rock Spring Circuit, Shelby District, 1868-1895 Church Register, 1881-1895(M-2889) Quarterly Conference Minutes [1868-1876: Found in Lincoln Co., Lincolnton Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1828-1876.] [1877-1880(F-2890): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS3.] [Craven Co.: See Carteret and Craven Cos.] NCC38 Currituck Co., 1829-1860, 1867-1870, 1907-1910 Currituck Circuit, Norfolk District, 1829-1860

At least 1859: Circuit in Norfolk District, Va. Conference

 Mount Zion Meeting House, (MEC), Church Book, 1829-1838

Includes records of an abstinence society and an annotated members list.

 Letter from J. B. Houk, 1860

Includes description and plan of circuit.

 [Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1859: Found in Dare Co., Dare Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1859-1878.] [Currituck Mission, multiple districts, 1860, 1867-1870: Found in Dare Co., Dare Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1859-1878.] Moyock Circuit, Elizabeth City District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1907-1910 (M-2846) Dare Co., 1859-1878, 1887-1913 NCC38 Dare Circuit, multiple districts, 1859-1878, 1889-1903

At least 1860: Circuit in Norfolk District, Va. Conference

At least 1871: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

At least 1872: Circuit in Norfolk District, Va. Conference

Probably 1872-1890: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1889-1895: Circuit in Washington District, N.C. Conference

1896-1903: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1859-1878(M-2934)

Includes Currituck Circuit, 1859; Currituck Mission, 1860 and 1867-1870; and Dare Mission, 1871-1872.

 1888-1891(M-2949)

Includes Roanoke Island and Dare Circuit, 1888. Also available on microfilm.

 1892-1895(M-2897) 1896-1899(M-2826) 1900-1903(M-2827) [Dare Mission, multiple districts, 1859-1872: Found in Dare Co., Dare Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1859-1878.] Hatteras Circuit, multiple districts, 1887-1890, 1896-1911

1887-1890: Circuit in Washington District

1896-1911: Circuit in Elizabeth City District

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1887-1890(M-2899) 1896-1899(M-2832) NCC39 1900-1903(M-2833) 1904-1907(M-2834) 1908-1911(M-2835) Kitty Hawk Charge, Elizabeth City District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1910 Kitty Hawk Circuit, Elizabeth City District, 1896-1899, 1904-1911 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1896-1899(M-2843) 1904-1907(M-2844) 1908-1911(M-2845) Kitty Hawk Mission, multiple districts, 1888-1891

1888-1890: Mission in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

Beginning 1891: Mission in Washington District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1888-1891(M-2940) Roanoke Island Circuit/Station, multiple districts, 1888, 1892-1913

Until 1890: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1892-1895: Circuit in Washington District, N.C. Conference

1896-1913: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes [1888: Found in Dare Co., Dare Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1888-1891.] 1892-1895(M-2900) 1896-1899(M-2858) NCC40 1900-1903(M-2859) 1904-1907(M-2860) 1908-1911(M-2861) 1900-1913 [Dare and Pamlico Cos.: See Pamlico and Dare Cos.] Durham Co., 1885-1941, 1944-1956, 1961-1963, 1966, 1969-1970 NCC40 Carr Church, Durham District, Register of Members, 1887-1897 (M-2767) Duke Memorial Church, Durham District, 1885-1941, 1944-1956, 1961-1963, 1966, 1969-1970 (See also Main Street Church/Charge.) Board of Stewards' Minutes, 1916-1923(M-2768) 1945 Jan.-1956 June (1-3 of 5 folders) NCC41 1945 Jan.-1956 June (4-5 of 5 folders) Church Directories, 1966, 1969 Church Register, 1885-1924(F-2780) Commemorative Programs, 1944, 1963 Epworth League Annual Report, 1909(M-2769) Record Book, 1911(M-2770) Record Book, Senior Division, 1911-1912(M-2771) Historical Materials, 1886-1932, 1954, 1966, 1970 List of Members 1919-1923(M-2772) 1924(M-2773) Pastor's Aides Bulletin, 1961-1962 Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records 1915-1920(M-2774) NCC42 1921-1924(M-2775) 1925-1928(M-2776) 1928-1932(M-2777) 1933-1935(M-2778) 1935-1941(L-2779) Women's Missionary Society Minutes and papers, 1919-1933 Minutes 1917 Sept.-1922 Oct. 9 (M-2781) NCC43 1922 Nov.-1925 July (M-2782) 1934-1935(M-2783) Roll Book 1912-1924(M-2784) 1927-1929 Durham Circuit, Durham District, 1889-1934 Church Register 1889-1906(M-2786) 1908-1925(F-2787) Quarterly Conference Minutes 1895-1898(M-2757) 1903-1906(M-2758) 1907-1910(M-2759) 1911-1914(M-2760) NCC44 1915-1918(M-2761) 1919-1922(M-2762) 1922-1926(M-2763) 1927-1930(M-2764) 1930-1934(M-2765) [Front Street Church, Durham District, 1900: Found in Alamance Co., Burlington Charge, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1897-1900.] Gregson Street Church, Durham District, Register of Members, 1908-1927 (F-2788) Main Street Church/Charge, Durham District, 1885-1910 (See also Durham Co., Duke Memorial Church.) Bethany Sunday School, 1891-1896 (2 folders) Board of Stewards' Record of Proceedings, 1891-1908(M-2800) NCC45 Church Assessments, 1900(L-2801) Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records 1890-1893(M-2751) 1894-1898(M-2752) 1899-1902(M-2754) 1903-1906(M-2755) 1906-1910(M-2802) Register of Members 1885-1909(F-2803) 1890(M-2804) Forsyth Co., 1857-1866, 1875-1876 NCC46 Forsyth Circuit, multiple districts, 1857-1866, 1875-1876

1857-1858: Circuit in Salisbury District

1858-1867: Circuit in Greensboro District

 Mt. Pleasant Church, Class Book, 1857-1866 Plan of Forsyth Circuit and Preacher's Class Book, 1875-1876 Gaston Co., 1864-1890 NCC46 Gaston Circuit, Shelby District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1864-1890

Includes Lincolnton Station, 1864-1868; Lincolnton Circuit, 1869-1881; and Stanley Creek Circuit, 1890.

 [Stanley Creek Circuit, Shelby District, 1890: Found in Gaston Co., Gaston Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1864-1890.] Gates Co., 1784-1937

[For more on Gates Co., see also the Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Asbury, Francis.]

 NCC46 [Bertie Circuit, multiple districts, 1817-1822: Found in Gates Co., Gates Circuit, Recording Steward's Book, 1817-1872.] Gates Circuit, multiple districts, 1784-1911

1784-1817: Circuit in Suffolk and other districts, Va. Conference

1817-1855: Circuit in Norfolk District, Va. Conference

1855-1856: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1856-1858: Circuit in Norfolk and Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1858-1866: Circuit in Norfolk District, Va. Conference

1866-1877?: Circuit in Suffolk and other districts, Va. Conference

1872?-1891: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

Until 1895: Circuit in Va. Conference

After 1895: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference

 [Church Register, Suffolk and Other Districts, 1784-1840, 1866-1877 (F-5016): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS4. Also available on microfilm.] Quarterly Conference Minutes 1872-1891(F-2936) 1891-1895(M-2937) 1896-1899(M-2928) 1900-1903(M-2929) 1904-1907(M-2830) 1908-1911(M-2831) NCC47 Recording Steward's Book and laid in records (financial reports to Quarterly Conference), 1817-1872 (2 folders)

Includes Bertie Circuit, 1817-1822; Gates and Bertie Circuit, 1830-1831; Gates and Edenton Circuit, 1822-1824; Gates Circuit, 1825-1872; and Murfreesboro and Gates Circuit, 1824-1825.

 [Gates and Bertie Circuit, multiple districts, 1830-1831: Found in Gates Co., Gates Circuit, Recording Steward's Book, 1817-1872.] NCC48 North Gates Charge, Suffolk District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1892-1894 North Gates Circuit, multiple districts, 1884-1937

1888-1890: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1891-1892: Circuit in Suffolk District, Va. Conference

Until 1985: Circuit in Va. Conference

After 1895: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference

 [Church Register 1884-1937 (F-5013): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS5.] Quarterly Conference Minutes 1888-1892(M-2941) 1892-1895 (M-2942 and one folder) 1895-1898(M-2848) 1898-1902(M-2849) 1907-1910(M-2943) Guilford Co., 1832-1883 NCC48 Guilford Circuit, Greensboro District, 1832-1865 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1832-1865 (L-3543 and one folder) (Also available on microfilm.)

Missing 1854-1861. Includes Xerox copies of pages 1-37.

 [1861: Found in Guilford Co., South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1883.] [Guilford Mission, Hillsboro District, 1867: Found in Randolph Co., Franklinsville Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1849-1871.] [Pleasant Garden Circuit, Greensboro District, 1880-1883: Found in Guilford Co., South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1883.] South Guilford Circuit, Greensboro District, 1862-1879 Quarterly Conference Minutes [1862: Found in Randolph Co., Franklinsville Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1849-1871.] [1863-1879: Found in Guilford Co., South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1883.] South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits, multiple districts, 1861-1883

1863-1865: Circuit in Trinity College District

1867-1872: Circuit in Hillsboro District

1880: Pleasant Garden Circuit established

 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1883

Includes Guilford Circuit, 1861; Franklinsville Circuit, 1862; South Guilford Circuit, 1863-1879; Trinity College Circuit, 1863; Pleasant Garden Circuit, 1880-1883. There are no minutes for 1866-1867 and 1873.

 Halifax Co., 1882-1885 and undated NCC48 Roanoke Circuit, Warrenton District, 1882-1885 and undated

Circuit located mostly in Halifax Co., N.C., but also includes town of Littleton, Warren Co. Includes Tabor Church, Calvary Church, New Hope Church, Littleton Church, Bethel Church, and Pegram's Church, as well as an inventory of parsonage furniture (1882). Edward Alston Thorne was a prominent layman.

 Quarterly Conference Financial Papers, 1885 and undated Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1882-1885 Hertford Co., 1824-1825 NCC48 [Murfreesboro and Gates Circuit, multiple districts, 1824-1825: Found in Gates Co., Gates Circuit, Recording Steward's Book, 1817-1872.] Iredell Co., 1823-1873 NCC49 Friendship Congregation (MP), unknown district, meeting minutes, 1871 Iredell Circuit, multiple districts, 1823-1873

1823-1835: Circuit in Yadkin District, Va. Conference

1835-1838: Circuit in Salisbury District, Va. Conference

1838-1873: Circuit in Salisbury District, N.C. Conference

 Church Records, 1834-1850(L-2885)

Volume includes notes and drawings on church buildings. Also includes a photographic copy of one of the church building drawings.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1823-1851(M-2939) 1852-1873(M-2886) Lincoln Co., 1828-1881 (See also the Western N.C. Conference.) NCC49 Lincolnton Circuit, multiple districts, 1828-1867, 1869-1881

1828-1852: Circuit in Lincolnton District, S.C. Conference

1853-1854: Circuit in Spartanburg District, S.C. Conference

1855-1859: Circuit in Shelby District, S.C. Conference

1860-1862: Circuit in Lincolton District, S.C. Conference

1863: Circuit in Catawba District, S.C. Conference

1864-1869: Circuit in Shelby District, S.C. Conference

1870-1876: Circuit in Shelby District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1828-1876

Includes Rock Spring Circuit, 1868-1876.

 NCC50 [1869-1881: Found in Gaston Co., Gaston Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1864-1890.] [Lincolnton Station, Shelby District, 1864-1868: Found in Gaston Co., Gaston Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1864-1890.] Montgomery Co., 1854-1880 NCC50 Montgomery Circuit, multiple districts, 1854-1880

Until 1858: Circuit in Fayetteville District

After 1858: Circuit in Greensboro District

 Mt. Olivet Church, Class book, 1854-1880(S-2722) New Hanover Co., 1844-1905 NCC50 Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station, Wilmington District, 1844-1905 Church Conference Minutes, 1903-1905(M-2912) Church Register 1851-1884(M-2925) 1885-1888(M-2921) Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records 1844-1870(M-2919) 1873-1880(M-2920) 1880-1888(M-2909) NCC51 1888-1892(M-2910) 1892-1896(M-2922) 1896-1900(M-2911) 1900-1904(M-2923) 1904-1905 Pamlico and Dare Cos., 1892-1895 NCC51 Ocracoke and Hatteras Circuit, Washington District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1892-1895 (M-2720) Pasquotank Co., 1852-1887, 1892-1906 NCC51 Elizabeth City Station, probably Elizabeth City District, 1858-1873

[For more on Elizabeth City Station, see also Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Overman, John P.]

 A Record of the Proceedings of the Board of Official Members, 1858-1873 Kitrell's Church, Elizabeth City District, 1898-1904 Church Conference Minutes, 1898-1904(M-2842) Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1899 Pasquotank Circuit, multiple districts, 1852-1887, 1892-1899, 1902-1906

1854-1855: Circuit in Norfolk District, Va. Conference

1855-1856: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1856-1858: Circuit in Norfolk and Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1858: Circuit in Norfolk District, Va. Conference

1883-1887: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1892-1894: Circuit in Suffolk District, Va. Conference

1895: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference.

Circuit located in Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Camden counties and includes McBrides Church, Newland Church, Newbegun Church, Union Church, Mt. Hermon Church, Halls Creek Church, Oak Grove Church, New Hope Church, Concord Church, Providence Church, Mt. Zion Church, and Woodville Church.

 Church Register, 1854-1858(M-2944) NCC52 Quarterly Conference Minute Book/Minutes 1852-1883 1883-1887(M-2945) 1892-1899 (four folders) 1902-1906 (2 folders) Perquimans Co., 1874-1918 NCC52 Hertford Church, Elizabeth City District, Sunday School Record Book, 1904-1905 (M-2841) Hertford Circuit, multiple districts, 1874-1904

1874-1891: Circuit in Murfreesboro District, Va. Conference

1892-1894: Circuit in Suffolk District, Va. Conference

1895-1904: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1874-1891(F-2836) NCC53 1892-1894(M-2938) 1894-1897(M-2837) 1898(M-2838) 1899-1902(M-2839) 1902-1904(M-2840) [Pasquotank Circuit, multiple districts: See Pasquotank Co., Pasquotank Circuit.] Perquimans Circuit, multiple districts, 1892-1918

Until 1895: Circuit in Suffolk District, Va. Conference

After 1895: Circuit in Elizabeth City District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1892-1895 (four folders) 1895-1898(M-2852) 1898-1902(M-2853) NCC54 1902-1906(M-2854) 1906-1910(M-2855) 1910-1914(M-2856) 1914-1918(M-2857) Person Co., 1902-1903 NCC54 [Woodsdale Circuit/Charge, Durham District, 1902-1903: Found in Caswell Co., Milton Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1902-1908.] Randolph Co., 1841-1872, 1875-1899 (See also the Western N.C. Conference.) NCC54 [Franklinsville and Cedar Falls Station, various districts, 1872: Found in Randolph Co., Franklinsville Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1849-1872.] Franklinsville Circuit, multiple districts, 1849-1872

1833-1838: Circuit in Danville District, Va. Conference

1838-1841: Circuit in Greensboro District, N.C. Conference

1849-1850: Circuit in Raleigh District, N.C. Conference

1850-1862: Circuit in Greensboro District, N.C. Conference

1862-1865: Circuit in Trinity College District, N.C. Conference

1865-1872: Circuit in Hillsboro District, N.C. Conference

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1849-1872(F-2880)

Includes Chatham Circuit, 1833-1841; Guilford Mission, 1867; South Guilford Circuit, 1862; and Franklinsville and Cedar Falls Station, 1872.

 [1862: Found in Guilford Co., South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1883.] Randolph Circuit, multiple districts, 1841-1854, 1875-1899

1841-1854: Circuit in Greensboro District

1875-1885: Circuit in Greensboro District

1885-1898?: Circuit in Trinity College District

1899?: Circuit in Greensboro District

 Church Register (facsimile copy), 1885-1898 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1875-1887 1881-1899 and undated

Includes ministers' reports.

 NCC55 1888-1892(fascimile copy) (M-2891)

Contains lists of members and registers of deaths and disposals, baptisms, and marriages. Purchased and begun by Rev. Frank H. Wood. Includes Trinity College Church. Original register is in the custody of the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Trinity, N.C.

 Tabernacle and Union Churches, 1841-1854 Sunday School Minute Book 1841-1854(M-3830) [Trinity College Circuit, multiple districts, 1863: Found in Guilford Co., South Guilford and Pleasant Garden Circuits, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1861-1883.] Richmond Co., 1845-1869 NCC55 Rockingham Circuit, Fayetteville District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1845-1869 Stokes Co., 1860-1877 NCC55 Stokes Circuit, Greensboro District, 1860-1877 Stokesburg Church, Class Book, 1860-1877 Tyrrel Co., 1892-1894, 1900-1903, 1908-1911 NCC55 Columbia Circuit, Elizabeth City and Washington Districts, 1892-1894, 1900-1903, 1908-1911

1892-1894: Circuit in Washington District

1900-1911: Circuit in Elizabeth City District

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1892-1895(M-2896) 1900-1903(M-2824) 1908-1911(M-2825) Union Co., 1877-1886 NCC55 Monroe, Matthews and Clear Creek Circuits, Charlotte District Register (Fascimile), 1877-1886

[Patrons should use copies of register and then consult originals if required.]

 NCC55A Register (Original), 1877-1886

[Patrons should use copies of register and then consult originals if required.]

 Wake Co., 1850-1853, 1855-1944 and undated NCC55 Buckhorn Circuit, multiple districts, 1850-1853, 1855-1901, and undated

1869-1876?: Circuit in Raleigh District

1876: Circuit in Fayetteville District

1881-1882: Circuit in Raleigh District

1883-1884/1885: Circuit in Fayetteville District

1885-1891: Circuit in Raleigh District

1892-1901: Circuit in Fayetteville District

Circuit includes Apex Church, Cokesbury Church, Buckhorn Church, Harnett Chapel, Olive Branch Church, Pleasant Plains Church, Ebenezer Church, and Holly Springs Church.

Buckhorn Church, Class Books, 1850-1853, 1855-1866 (3 volumes)

Until 1858: Church in Haw River Circuit

Buckhorn and Cokesbury Churches, Subscription to support the gospel on Haw River and Buckhorn Circuits, 1855-1858

Until 1858: Churches in Haw River Circuit

Church property petitions and reports, 1874-1900 Education reports, undated Financial reports, 1876-1900 Membership and Sunday School lists, meeting minutes, and reports, 1857-1901 and undated (2 folders) NCC56 Memorials of deceased ministers, 1884-1900 Minister's reports to circuit quarterly conference, 1873-1895 Missionary contribution reports, 1897-1898, 1900-1901 and undated Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1871-1901 (2 folders) Resolutions and Appointments, [ca. 1869] and undated State of the Church reports to the circuit, 1871-1901 and undated Steward meeting minutes, 1871-1901 Cary Circuit, Raleigh District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1912 (M-4292) Franklinton Methodist Sunday School (MECS and MC), Records, 1901-1944 Warren Co., 1888-1894 NCC56 [Henderson Station, Raleigh District, Treasurer's Book, 1888-1894 (F-6620): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS4.] [Roanoke Circuit, Warrenton District: See Halifax Co., Roanoke Circuit.] Washington Co., 1887-1914 NCC56 Washinton Station, Washington District, 1887-1914 Church Conference Minutes, 1891-1911(M-2903) Church Register, 1887-1893(M-2901) Quarterly Conference Minutes 1891-1894(M-2902) 1911-1914(M-2904) Unknown Co., 1887-1889 NCC56 Zion Methodist Episcopal Sunday School, Librarian's Book, 1887-1889 Unknown Co., Eastern N.C., 1911-1913 NCC56 Bethany Church, Elizabeth City District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1912 First Methodist Church, Washington District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1911-1913 (M-2898) Western N.C. Conference records Series, 1884-1962 and undated

Comprises primarily bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes and church registers that document the administrative life of Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) and Methodist Church (MC) circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations in the western and west central counties of North Carolina. Counties include Alamance, Ashe, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Forsyth, Iredell, Lincoln, Randolph, Rowan, and Yadkin, among others (1893-1932). The series also includes financial, administrative, and legal records for the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Western N.C. Conference of the MECS (1909-1952) as well as quarterly conference and district conference minutes and trustees minutes for districts within the Western N.C. Conference including, among others, the Asheville and Winston-Salem districts (1912-1935). There is some overlap with the N.C. Conference. All records are MECS unless noted otherwise by the abbreviation MC for Methodist Church. Arranged in three subseries: Conference Records, District Records, and Circuit, Charge, and Church Records.

Conference Records Subseries, 1902-1952 and undated

Comprises primarily accounting ledgers, financial records, executive committee meeting minutes, and correspondence (1909-1952) for the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Western N.C. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) and the Methodist Church (MC). Also includes a Minute Book for the Board of Finance (1919-1939) and a journal of the annual conference (1902-1905). Arranged alphabetically. Oversize materials have been removed to the Oversize Materials section of this finding aid.

 WNC1 Board of Finance Minute Book, (MECS and MC), 1919-1939(L-2951) Board of Missions and Church Extension Accounting ledger, 1909-1938 Applications for aid (MECS and MC), 1912-1952 (1-6 of 19 folders) WNC2 Applications for aid (MECS and MC), 1912-1952 (7-17 of 19 folders) WNC3 Applications for aid (MECS and MC), 1912-1952 (18-19 of 19 folders) Bank Book, 1915-1936 Bank statements and cancelled checks (MECS and MC), 1934-1951 (8 folders) Executive Committee meeting minutes (MECS and MC), 1926-1942 (1-3 of 6 folders) WNC4 Executive Committee meeting minutes (MECS and MC), 1926-1942 (4-6 of 6 folders) Letters (MECS and MC), 1927-1950 and undated (1-9 of 30 folders) WNC5 Letters (MECS and MC), 1927-1950 and undated (10-20 of 30 folders) WNC6 Letters (MECS and MC), 1927-1950 and undated (21-30 of 30 folders) Treasurer of the Conference (MC), 1938-1942 [Journal of the Western N.C. Conference, 1902-1905 (F-4289): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS6.] District Records Subseries, 1894-1935

Comprises bound volumes of quarterly or district conference minutes and trustees minutes that document the administrative activities of districts within the Western N.C. Conference. There may be some overlap with the N.C. Conference. Districts with the largest number of records include Asheville (1912-1916) and Winston-Salem (1924-1935). Some districts were originally part of the either the Va. or S.C. Conferences, and this is noted next to their name.

Arranged alphabetically by district name. Within most district names is included a list of counties represented in the district, as well as a list of the circuits, charges, and churches in this collection that were in that district. Names of districts represented in the Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Subseries but for which there no district-level records are also listed in this subseries. However, a list of counties and circuits, charges, and churches is not included for those districts for which the collection does not include circuit-level records. Date ranges in this series are given for district-level records only. Oversize materials have been removed to theOversize Materials section of this finding aid.

 WNC7 Asheville District, 1912-1916 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1912-1913(M-5367) 1913-1914(M-5368) 1914-1915(M-5369) 1915-1916(M-5370)

Includes Shelby Station and Central Shelby, 1917-1920.

 WNC7 Charlotte District, 1913-1934 (See also the N.C. Conference.) [District Conference Minutes and Trustees Minutes, 1913-1934 (F-4289): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS7.] WNC7 Franklin District, 1910-1911 Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1910-1911 WNC7 [Gastonia District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Gastonia District: Lincoln.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Gastonia District: First Methodist Church/Station.

 WNC7 [Greensboro District: No district records. See also the N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Greensboro District: Alamance, and Randolph.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Greensboro District: Alamance Circuit; Randolph Circuit/Charge, and West Randolph Circuit.

 WNC7 [Lexington District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Lexington District: Davidson, and Forsyth.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Lexington District: Lexington Circuit, and Winston Circuit.

 WNC7 [Lincolnton District: No district records. See also the N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Lincolnton District: Lincoln.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Lincolnton District: First Methodist Church/Station.

 WNC7 [North Wilkesboro District: No district records]

Counties represented in the North Wilkesboro District: Ashe.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the North Wilkesboro District: Jefferson Circuit.

 WNC7 [Mount Airy District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Mount Airy District: probably Yadkin.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Mount Airy District: West Davie Circuit.

 WNC7 [Salisbury District, Western N.C. and Va. Conferences: No district records. See also the N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Salisbury District: Rowan.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Salisbury District: Salisbury and Church Street Church.

 WNC7 [Shelby District, Western N.C. and S.C. Conferences: No district records. See also the N.C. Conference.]

Counties represented in the Shelby District: Cleveland, and Lincoln.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Shelby District: Double Shoals and Polkville Circuits; First Methodist Church/Station; Polkville Church; Polkville Circuit; and Shelby Station and Central Shelby.

 WNC7 Statesville District, 1894

Counties represented in the Statesville District: Burke, Catawba, and Iredell.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Statesville District: Broad Street Church; Catawba Circuit; Iredell Charge; and Morganton Circuit.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes of Presiding Elder, 1894(M-2977) WNC7 [Thomasville District: No district records]

Counties represented in the Thomasville District: Catawba.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Thomasville District: Catawba Circuit; and Hopewell Church.

 WNC8 Winston-Salem District, 1924-1935

Counties represented in the Winston-Salem District: Forsyth.

Circuits, charges, and/or churches in this collection that were in the Winston-Salem District: Winston Circuit.

 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1924-1925(M-5000) 1925-1926(M-5001) 1926-1927(M-5002) 1927-1928(M-5003) 1928-1929(M-5004) 1934-1935 Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Subseries, 1884-1962,bulk 1893-1932

Comprises primarily bound volumes of quarterly conference minutes and church registers that document the administrative life of Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) and Methodist Church (MC) circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations in the western and west central counties of North Carolina. There is some overlap with the N.C. Conference. Counties include Alamance, Ashe, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Forsyth, Iredell, Lincoln, Randolph, Rowan, and Yadkin. Records that span a large number of years and comprise a complete set of minutes include Alamance Circuit (Alamance Co., 1893-1908), First Methodist Church/Station (Lincoln Co., 1902-1962), Jefferson Circuit (Ashe Co., 1893-1932), Morganton Circuit (Burke Co., 1889-1932), Polkville Circuit (Cleveland Co., 1911-1927), and Randolph Circuit/Charge (Randolph Co., 1893-1930). Although the majority of the records span the years 1893 to 1932, there are some records from 1884 (Hopewell Church, Catawba Circuit, Catawba Co.) and some records from the 1940s to the 1960s (First Methodist Church/Station, Lincoln Co.). In addition to the quarterly conference minutes and the church registers, there are also Sunday school records (Hopewell Church, Catawba Circuit, Catawba Co.) and a class book (Winston Circuit, Forsyth Co.).

Arranged by county (boundaries current in 2004) and then alphabetically by circuit, charge, church, mission, or station name. Records from counties in the eastern and central sections of North Carolina can be found in the N.C. Conference Series. Additional information on circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations may be found in the Western N.C. Conference Series, District Records Subseries, as well as the Historical Sketches Series, Circuits and Counties Subseries and the Churches and Cities Subseries. Information about ministers and other Methodists can be found alphabetically by last name in theHistorical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, while overviews of Methodism in general, and in North Carolina and Virginia in specific, can be found in the Historical Sketches Series, Methodism Subseries. Oversize items have been removed to theOversize Materials section of this finding aid. All circuit, charge, church, mission, and station names listed in this subseries can also be found alphabetically arranged without regard for their county, district, or conference location in the Circuit, Charge, and Station Index and the Church and Mission Index at the end of this finding aid. Baptismal records found in this collection can be located through the Baptismal Records Index.

 Alamance Co., 1893-1908 (See also the N.C. Conference.) WNC9 Alamance Circuit, Greensboro District, 1893-1908 Quarterly Conference Records/Minutes 1893-1896(M-2957) 1896-1900(M-2958) 1900-1903(M-1959) 1904-1908 (M-2960 and one folder) Ashe Co., 1893-1905, 1908-1932 WNC9 Jefferson Circuit, North Wilkesboro District, 1893-1905, 1908-1932 Church Register 1893-1905(F-2971) 1908-1925(F-2972) WNC10 1911-1929(F-2973) 1921-1932(F-2974) Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1926-1929(M-2975) Burke Co., 1889-1902, 1906-1910, 1919-1924, 1928-1932 WNC10 Morganton Circuit, Statesville and Marion Districts, 1889-1902, 1906-1910, 1919-1924, 1928-1932

Through 1932: Circuit in Statesville District

At least 2004: Circuit in Marion District

 Church Register, 1889-1902(F-2976) Quarterly Conference Records 1906-1910(M-2978) 1919-1924(M-2979) 1928-1932(M-2980) Catawba Co., 1884-1895 WNC11 Catawba Circuit, Statesville and Thomasville Districts, 1884-1895, 1955-1960 Hopewell Church General records (MC), 1955-1960 Sunday School Records, 1884-1895(M-2628) Cleveland Co., 1892-1895, 1897-1920, 1923-1927 (See also the N.C. Conference.) WNC11 Double Shoals and Polkville Circuits, Shelby District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1892-1895(M-2953) Polkville Church, Shelby District, Church Conference Record, 1897-1914 (M-2952) Polkville Circuit, Shelby District, 1911-1927 Quarterly Conference Minutes 1911-1914(M-2954) 1915-1918(M-2955) 1917-1927 1923-1927(M-2956) [Shelby Station and Central Shelby, probably Shelby District, 1917-1920: Found in the District Records Subseries, Asheville District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1915-1916.] Davidson Co., 1898-1904 WNC11 Lexington Circuit, Lexington District, Class Book, 1898-1904 (L-5923) Forsyth Co., 1890-1907 WNC11 Winston Circuit, Lexington and Winston-Salem Districts, 1890-1907 Class Book, 1895-1901(L-5922) Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1890-1907(F-5921) Iredell Co., 1894, 1917-1924 WNC12 Broad Street Church, Statesville District, Church Register, 1917-1924 Iredell Charge, Statesville District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1894 Lincoln Co., 1902-1962 (See also the N.C. Conference.) WNC12 First Methodist Church/Station, Lincolnton, Shelby and Gastonia Districts, 1902-1962 and undated

Includes Lincolnton Station/Charge.

 Church Register (MECS and MC), 1909-1954 (6 volumes) Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records, 1902-1962 (1-2 of 11 volumes or folders) WNC13 Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records, 1902-1962 (3-10 of 11 volumes or folders) WNC14 Quarterly Conference Minutes/Records, 1902-1962 (11 of 11 volumes or folders) [Lincolnton Station/Charge: Found in Lincoln Co., First Methodist Church/Station.] Randolph Co., 1893-1896, 1901-1930 (See also the N.C. Conference.) WNC14 Randolph Circuit/Charge, Greensboro District, 1893-1896, 1901-1930 [Church Register, 1902-1928 (F-2962): Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS6.] Quarterly Conference Minutes 1893-1896(M-2963) 1901-1904(M-2964) 1905-1908(M-2965) 1909-1912(M-2966) 1913-1915(M-2967) 1919-1922(M-2968) 1922-1925(M-2969) WNC15 1927-1930(M-2970) [West Randolph Circuit, Greensboro District, Circuit Register, 1902-1906: Removed to Oversize Materials, Box OS6.] (F-2961) Rowan Co., 1895-1898 WNC15 Salisbury and Church Street Church, Salisbury District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1895-1898

1897: Church first listed as Church Street Church

 Probably Yadkin Co., 1922-1923 WNC15 West Davie Circuit, Mount Airy District, Quarterly Conference Records, 1922-1923 (M-5981) Historical Sketches Series, 1786-1997 and undated (3 boxes)

Comprises primarily historical and biographical information solicited from N.C. ministers about themselves, their churches, circuits, and counties in 1879 by H. T. Hudson and in 1895 by an unknown person. Also includes earlier and later additional additions, especially of typescript or handwritten articles, essays, or sermons on Methodism in N.C. Arranged into four subseries: Churches and Cities,Counties and Circuits, Methodism, and Ministers. For additional information, see also the Indexes to this collection.

Churches and Cities Subseries, 1887-1997 and undated

Primarily handwritten answers by ministers to questions about their churches, solicited by an unknown person in 1895. Also includes other resource material compiled by local historians, church history committees, ministers, or other parishioners in the twentieth century, especially copies and/or transcriptions of land indentures, other legal documents, correspondence, photographs; lists of tombstones in church cemeteries; unpublished church histories; and newspaper clippings. Churches with the most information include Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne Co. (1980); Duke Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Durham, Durham Co. (1932, 1986); and Hopewell United Methodist Church, Burnsville, Anson Co. (1874, 1991). There is also some information about churches with mixed-race congregations, particularly Front Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South and Grace Church, both in Wilmington, N.C., and what happened to those congregations at the close of the Civil War.

Processing Note: The dates for each church or city entry are the date of the historical sketch, not necessarily the dates of the information contained in the sketch. The geographical and Methodist Church information are current to the date of the sketch. Arranged alphabeticaly by church or city name. List entries include this information in this order: church or city name, city name (if known, for churches), county (if known), circuit/charge (if known), district (if known), and date of sketch.

HS1 Andrews Chapel UMC, Andrews-Soapstone Charge, Durham Co. (after 1927), 1979 Antioch UMC, Crouse, Gaston Co., Crouse and Pleasant Grove Charge, Gastonia District, W.N.C. Conference, 1968-1969 Asbury UMC, Durham, Durham Co., 1977 [Beston Church, Wayne Co., LaGrange Ct., New Bern Dist., undated: Found in Piney Grove Church.] [Bethany Church, probably Craven Co., undated: Found in Dover Old Church.] [Bethany Church, undated: Found in Grace Church, Morganton.] Bethany Church, Wilmington, probably New Hanover Co., 1895 [Bethel Church, Wayne Co., LaGrange Ct., New Bern Dist., undated: Found in Piney Grove Church.] Bethel Church, Brunswick Co., Brunswick Ct., Wilmington Dist., 1895 Bethlehem UMC, Sydnorsville, VA, Franklin Co., South Franklin Ct., 1989, 1995 Bladen Street Church, probably Wilmington, 1895 Browning's Chapel, Sampson Co., 1895 [Carr Church, Durham, Durham Co., 1895: Found in Trinity Church, Durham.] Clinton Church, Clinton, Sampson Co., Clinton Ct., 1895 Council Methodist Church, Bladen Co., Carvers Creek Ct., Wilmington Dist., 1997 Dover Old Church, undated

Includes Epworth Church and Bethany Church.

 Duke's Chapel MECS, Durham, Durham Co., 1927 Duke Memorial MECS, Durham, Durham Co., Durham Dist., 1932, 1986 (2 folders) Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne Co., approximately 1980 Edwards Chapel, Edwards, probably Pitt Co., LaGrange Ct. [Epworth Church, probably Craven Co., undated: Found in Dover Old Church.] Fifth Street Station, probably Wilmington, Wilmington Dist. (after 1850), 1895 (See also Front Street Church.) Franklinton United MC, Franklinton, Franklinton Ct., 1989 Front Street MC, Wilmington, 1865 (See also Fifth Street Station.) (2 folders)

Includes drafts and research for Lingurn Skidmore Burkhead's History of the Difficulties of the Pastorate of the Front Street Methodist Church..., published 1908-1909.

 Goshen Church, probably Clinton, Sampson Co., Clinton Ct., 1895 Grace Church, Morganton, probably 1895

Includes Bethany Church.

 Grace Church, Wilmington, 1895 Gray's Chapel MPC, probably Franklinville, Randolph Co., probably Alamance Ct., 1996 Grifton ME Church, Grifton, Grifton Ct., 1895 Gum Swamp Church, probably Pitt Co., probably Grifton Ct., 1895 Hookerton Church, probably Snow Hill Ct., 1895 Hopewell UMC, Burnsville, Anson Co., W.N.C. Conference, probably Polkton and Peachland Cts., 1984, 1991 Johnson's Chapel, probably Clinton, Sampson Co., probably Clinton Ct., 1895 Keener's Chapel, probably Clinton, Sampson Co., probably Clinton Ct., 1895 Kendall's Chapel, probably Clinton, Sampson Co., probably Clnton Ct., 1895 Lakewood MC, Durham, Durham Co., 1962 Lane's Chapel MC, probably Dover, probably Craven Co., Craven Ct., 1961 Lang's MC, Pitt Co., probably Farmville Ct., probably Washington Dist., 1970

Includes copy of a deed, 1894.

Lexington Church, probably 1879 Macedonia Church, near Southport, probably Brunswick Co., probably Brunswick Ct., probably Wilmington Dist., 1895 [Main Street Church, Durham, Durham Co., 1887: Found in Trinity Church, Durham.] Mann's Chapel, Chapel Hill, Chatham Co., circa 1985 Market Street ME Church, Wilmington, probably Market St. Ct., probably 1895 Mount Hebron MECS, Durham, Durham Co., undated Mt. Olivet Church, probably Montgomery Co., probably 1879 Mt. Pleasant Church, Clemmons, Forsyth Co., Stokes Dist., 1973-1974, 1960 New Hope Church, near Southport, Brunswick Co., Brunswick Ct., Wilmington Dist., 1895 Newport Church, undated Onslow Mission, probably 1895 Piney Grove Church, Wayne Co., probably LaGrange Ct., probably New Bern Dist.

Includes Beston Church and Bethel Church.

 HS2 Pleasant Green Church, list of graves in churchyard, probably Orange Co., 1981 Pleasant Union UMC, probably Randolph Co., undated

Was Methodist Protestant.

 Providence UMC, Wayne Co., Falling Creek-Providence Charge, circa 1988 Rainbow Church, Green Co., New Bern Dist., Hookerton Ct., 1936 Rehobeth UMC, cemetery history and census, probably Guilford Co., circa 1978 Rock Springs Camp Meeting, Lincoln Co., Rock Springs Charge, 1987, 1988 Salem UMC, probably Sampson Co., Garland Charge, Magnolia Ct., 1969 Salisbury Church, undated Shallotte Village Church, near Southport, Brunswick Ct., Wilmington Dist., 1895 Sharon Church, near Southport, Brunswick Co., Brunswick Ct., Wilmington Dist., 1895 Sharon Church, Lenoir Co., Grifton Ct. Shilo Church, probably Dallas, probably Shelby Dist., 1879 Southport Church, undated St. Francis MECS, Bertie Co., Lewiston Ct., Warrenton Dist., 1895 St. Mary's MECS, probably Bertie Co., Lewiston Ct., Warrenton Dist., 1895-1896 Statesville Church, Iredell Co., probably Iredell Ct., undated Trinity Church, Durham, Durham Co., 1887

Includes Main Street Church and Carr Church.

 Trinity Church, probably Lenoir Co., LaGrange Ct., New Bern Dist., undated Trinity Church, near Waycross, probably Sampson Co., Black River Ct., undated Trinity UMC, Charleston, S.C., 1978 Wesley's Chapel UMC, Franklin Co., Ebenezer-Wesley's Chapel Charge, circa 1988 Wilson Methodist Church, Wilson Co., Edgecombe Ct., undated Winston Church, undated Zion Church, near Wilmington, Brunswick Co., Brunswick Ct., Wilmington Dist., 1895 Counties and Circuits Subseries, 1844-1925 and undated

Contains handwritten or typescript short essays by ministers describing the religious activities of their circuits and in their counties, especially in the late 1890s. Also includes other resource material compiled by church historians or church history committees, especially newspaper clippings, church newsletters or other essays, and transcriptions and/or copies of other letters or clippings.

Processing Note: The dates listed for each county or circuit are the dates of the historical sketch, not necessarily the dates of the information contained in the sketch. The geographical and Methodist Church information are current to the date of the sketch. Arranged alphabetically by county or circuit name.

 HS2 List of sketches, approximately 1895 Anson Co., 1967 Bladen Ct., probably Bladen Co., undated Burlington Ct., probably Caswell Co., 1890 Carteret Co., undated Columbus Ct., undated Dallas Ct., Shelby Dist., 1879 Dare Co., undated Elizabeth Ct., Bladen Co., undated Goldsboro Ct., probably Wayne Co., 1895 Granville Co., Granville Ct., 1879

Includes Vance Co.

 Harrellsville Ct., undated

First in Va. Conference, later in N.C. Conference.

 [Haw River Ct., Chatham Co., Lee Co., Harnett Co., Pittsboro, undated: Found in Hew Hope Ct.] Lincoln Co., 1925 Magnolia Ct., probably Sampson Co., Duplin Co., Wilmington, Kennansville, Magnolia, 1876 New Hope Ct., undated

Includes Haw River Ct. and Pittsboro Ct.

 North Guilford Ct., undated [Pittsboro Ct., undated: Found in New Hope Ct.] Stokes Ct., Stokes Co., undated Tar River Ct., undated Trent Ct., probably Craven Co., 1844 [Vance Co., undated: Found in Granville Co.] Waccamaw Ct., undated

Includes Whiteville Ct.

 Wayne Co., 1879 [Whiteville Ct., undated: Found in Waccamaw Ct.] Wilkes Co., 1879 Methodism Subseries, 1821-1944

Comprises essays or other longer written works that cover the history and development of Methodism generally, primarily in N.C. and the South, especially handwritten or typescript drafts of articles, these, or speeches published elsewhere. Also includes a few letters or extracts from letters, the contents of which appear to have been solicited by H.T. Hudson in 1879.

Processing Note: The dates listed for each essay on Methodism are the dates of the historical sketch, not necessarily the dates of the information contained in the sketch. Phrases in quotes represent the original titles given to individual sketches by their author. Arranged alphabetically by title.

 HS2 Camp Meetings in North Carolina, by Rev. Henry Hardy, 1821 A Central Illinois Methodist Minister, 1857-1891, by Phineas L. Windsor, 1944

Biographical sketch of author's father, Rev. John Alexander Windsor.

 Fresh Light on the Early History of Methodism in NC to 1800, by Rev. A. R. Goodchild, 1897 History of Methodism in North Carolina, by Rev. J. A. Baldwin, 1893 [History of Methodism in North Carolina, by P. F. W. Stamey: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Stamey, P. F. W.] History of Methodism in North Carolina in the Eighteenth Century, by Rev. H. Willis, graduate thesis (handwritten and typescript copies), 1893 (2 folders) History of the MECS, in the State of North Carolina, by Hilary T. Hudson, circa 1870-1880 [ Methodism in Guilford County, by J. W. Shelton, 1879: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Shelton, J. W.] Methodism in High Point, by Dred Peacock, 1916 HS3 Methodism in Virginia, 1806-1832, by A. R. Bernard, 1859 June 8 [ Pioneer Methodism in Virginia, Centennial Address, approximately 1884: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Bennett, William Wallace.] [ Sketch for the History of Methodism in NC, by H. P. Wangh, 1879: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Wangh, H. P.] [Statement of Factsconcerning the state of Methodism in the eastern shore of Va. during the Civil War, by William Gwynn Coe, circa 1864: Found in the Historical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, Coe, William Gwynn. See also the Non-N.C. Conference Series, Va. Conference Subseries, Conference-level records, Responses of eastern shore of Va. to church split, 1864-1866.] The Story of Trans-Mississippi Methodism, by Paul Neff Garber, undated Some First Things in North Carolina Methodism, by Rev. W. L. Grissom, 1908 Ministers Subseries, 1786-1996 and undated, bulk 1786-1889

Contains handwritten biographical information supplied by individual ministers about their careers and activities in N.C., solicited by H. T. Hudson in 1879. Also includes sermon texts, correspondence, funeral service/memorial texts, and elder, deacon, and preacher's licenses. There are several documents--land deeds for churches and correspondence--written by or pertaining to Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke. William Wallace Bennett is also among the ministers represented in this subseries. Finally, there is also a handwritten statement (1864) by William Gwynn Cole regarding the response of the Methodist churches in the eastern shore of Va. to the splintering of the Methodist Episcopal church over slavery. For related material, see also the Non-N.C. Conference Series, Va. Conference Subseries, Conference-level records, Responses of eastern shore of Va. to church split, 1864-1866.

Processing Note: The dates listed for each minister are the dates of the historical sketch, not necessarily the dates of the information contained in the sketch. The geographical and Methodist Church information are current to the date of the sketch. Arranged alphabetically by minister's name.

 HS3 Abernethy, Robert Laban, Happy Home, N.C., circa 1879 Albea, William W., Notebook, 1833-1848 Asbury, Francis (Photostatic copies available.) Deeds to land Chatham Co., from Isaac Cox to Asbury, 1789

Deed for Old Asbury Church and/or Rocky River Church.

Gates Co., from Jethro Benton to Asbury and Thomas Coke, 1786 Letters 1803 June 27, To Stith Mead (copy), Cambridge, N.Y., 1806 Feb. 23, To Mary Asbury? Pilkinton, Isle of White, Va.? Print of Arnold Home, Spottsylvania Co., Va., where Asbury died, undated Bennett, William Wallace Pioneer Methodism in Virginia, Centennial Address, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Va., circa 1884 Sermons, Alexandria and Richmond, Va., 1858-1859 and undated Memorial, 1887 Betts, Alex Davis, circa 1879 Bobbitt, James B., circa 1987 Boone, Thomas A., circa 1879 [Burkhead, Lingurn Skidmore, 1865: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Churches and Cities Subseries, Front Street Church.] Campbell, Thomas S., probably 1879 Carraway, Paul Jones, Winston, N.C., 1879 Charbonnel, F., 1880

Letter to Dr. Hudson from a Canadian minister.

 Coke, Thomas, Sermon, Baltimore, Md., 1785 March 1 (Photostatic copy available. See also Asbury, Francis.) Coe, William Gwynn, Statement of Facts concerning the state of Methodism in the eastern shore of Va. during the Civil War, circa 1864

(See also the Non-N.C. Conference Series, Va. Conference Subseries, Conference-level records, Responses of eastern shore of Va. to church split, 1864-1866.)

 Creasy, Walter S., Surry Ct., circa 1879 Cuninggim, Jesse Anderson, circa 1879 Dodson, Charles C., Thomasville, S.C., 1879 Ervin, James Sherrod, Lenoir Ct., circa 1879 Eudaily, Elisha James, circa 1879 [Freeman, Evan, 1844: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Counties and Circuits Subseries, Trent Ct.] Gattis, Thomas Jefferson, circa 1879 [Gray, Alson (1799-1880), Randolph Co., 1996: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Churches and Cities Subseries, Gray's Chapel MPC.] Hancock, John (1763-1832), Montgomery Co., N.C., 1996 Hardison, George Washington, circa 1879 Heill, James, Notebook, 1804 Jurney, N. M., circa 1879 Moser, James Franklin, N.C., 1967 Nash, Leonidas, L., circa 1879 Nicholson, David B., undated Overman, John P., letters and other material, Elizabeth City, N.C., 1897-1898 Pegram, Thomas Howard, Stokes Ct., circa 1879 Perkins, E. L., circa 1879 Pickens, R. W., License as a Deacon (MECS), Holston Conference, 1847

Signed by Bishop James Osgood Andrews.

 Pope, Erskin, Greensboro, N.C., 1884-1889 Rich, John, N.C., undated Riley, Simpson, Richmond, 1864

Funeral sermon preached by Rev. Archibald A. McMennen, Orange Co., N.C.

 Sharpe, Van Buren A., circa 1879 Shelton, J. W., Guilford Co., 1879 Sherrill, M. V., Olin, N.C., 1879 Simpson, James P., circa 1879 Stacy, Lucius E., circa 1879 Stamey, P. F. W., Morganton Ct., Burke Co., N.C., circa 1879 Steele, William, Letter to Bill, 1856 Tabor, John Boring, Statesville, N.C., undated Thompson, L. E., Montgomery Ct., circa 1879 Wangh, H. P., 1879 Willson, James, circa 1879 [Windsor, John Alexander: Found in Historical Sketches Series, Methodism Subseries, A Central Illinois Methodist Minister.] Wood, Marquis Lafayette, circa 1879

Includes a newspaper clipping on Robert Paine.

 Wyche, Ira T., Albermarle Ct., circa 1879 Yates, Edwin Asbury, circa 1879 Multiple ministers, several states, correspondence and list of names, 1821-1872 and undated (2 folders)

Includes Washington, District of Columbia; Charleston and Sumter, S.C.; Robeson Co., N.C.; Statesville, N.C.; Louisburg, N.C.; New York; and Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.

 Unidentified, sermon, undated Oversize Materials National Records Series Methodist Episcopal Church, South Subseries 1 Missionary Society, Membership Certificate, 1857 2 Reunification, Judicial Council, Copy of photograph of attendees at the General Conference, 1906 N.C. Conference Records Series Conference Records Subseries 3 Conference attendees, photograph and list of names, 1887 (51st annual conference) 4 Trials of Ministers MECS vs L. L. Hendren, 1885 District Records Subseries OS1 Wilmington District, 1866-1898 District Conference Records, 1866-1898(F-2908) OS2 Wilson District, 1892-1894 District Conference Minutes, 1892-1894(F-2926) Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Subseries Beaufort Co., 1860-1902 OS3 Bath Circuit, Washington District, Church Records, 1860-1902(F-2892) Bladen Co., 1898-1930 Elizabeth Circuit/Charge, multiple districts, Church Register, No. 2, 1898-1930 Cleveland Co., 1877-1880 Rock Spring Circuit, Shelby District, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1877-1880(F-2890) Gates Co., 1784-1840, 1866-1877, 1884-1937 OS4 Gates Circuit, multiple districts, Church Register, 1784-1840, 1866-1877(F-5016) OS5 North Gates Circuit, multiple districts, Church Register, 1884-1937(F-5013) Warren Co., 1888-1894 OS4 Henderson Station, Raleigh District, Treasurer's Book, 1888-1894(F-6620) Western N.C. Conference Records Series Conference Records Subseries OS6 Journal of the Western N.C. Conference, 1902-1905(F-4289) District Records Subseries OS7 Charlotte District District Conference Minutes, 1913-1932(F-4289) Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Subseries OS6 Randolph Co. Randolph Circuit/Charge, Greensboro District, Church Register, 1902-1928(F-2962) West Randolph Circuit, Greensboro District, Circuit Register, 1902-1906(F-2961) Circuit, Charge, and Station Index

Lists in alphabetical order all circuit, charge, and station names found in this finding aid and gives their box location. This index is not an inclusive list of all circuits, charges, and stations that may be found in this collection. Users are encouraged to consult the quarterly conference minutes for the geographical area or county in which they are interested to find additional references to other circuits, charges, and stations.

Alamance Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Alamance Co., Box WNC9 Ansonville Circuit, N.C. Conference, Anson Co., Box NCC31 Bath Circuit, N.C. Conference, Beaufort Co., Box NCC32 Box OS3 Bridgewater Circuit, Balt. Conference, Unknown Co., Box NNC1 Buckhorn Circuit, N.C. Conference, Alamance and Wake Cos., Box NCC31 Box NCC57 Burlington Charge/Station, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Alamance Co., Box NCC31 Burlington, Graham, and Haw River Charge, N.C. Conference, Alamance Co., Box NCC31 Camden Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Camden Co., Boxes NCC34-NCC35 Cape Fear Circuit, N.C. Conference, Brunswick Co., Box NCC34 Cary Circuit, N.C. Conference, Wake Co., Box NCC58 Caswell Circuit, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Box NCC35 Catawba Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Catawba Co., Box WNC11 Cedar Falls Station and Franklinsville, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Randolph Co., Box NCC56 Chatham Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Chatham Co., Box NCC38 Chowan Circuit, N.C. Conference, Chowan Co., Box NCC39 Columbia Circuit, N.C. Conference, Tyrell Co., Box NCC57 Currituck Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Currituck Co., Box NCC40 Dare Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Dare Co., Box NCC40 Double Shoals Circuit, N.C. Conference, Cleveland Co., Box NCC39 Double Shoals and Polkville Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Cleveland Co., Box WNC11 Durham Circuit, N.C. Conference, Durham Co., Boxes NCC45-NCC46 Elizabeth Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Bladen Co., Box NCC32 Box OS3 Elizabeth City Station, N.C. Conference, Pasquotank Co., Box NCC53 Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station, N.C. Conference, New Hanover Co., Boxes NCC52-NCC53 Forsyth Circuit, N.C. Conference, Forsyth Co., Box NCC48 Franklinsville and Cedar Falls Station, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Randolph Co., Box NCC56 Franklinsville Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Randolph Co., Box NCC56 Gaston Circuit, N.C. Conference, Gaston Co., Box NCC48 Gates Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conference, Gates Co., Box NCC48 Box OS4 Guilford Circuit, N.C. Conference, Guilford Co., Box NCC50 Hatteras Circuit, N.C. Conference, Dare Co., Boxes NCC40-NCC41 Hatteras and Ocracoke Circuit, N.C. Conference, Pamlico and Dare Cos., Boxes NCC53 Haw River Circuit, N.C. Conference, Alamance Co., Box NCC31 Henderson Station, N.C. Conference, Warren Co., Box NCC58 Box OS4 Hertford Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Perquimans Co., Boxes NCC53-NCC55 Iredell Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Iredell Co., Box NCC51 Iredell Charge, Western N.C. Conference, Iredell Co., Box WNC12 Jefferson Circuit, Balt. Conference, Unknown Co., Box NNC1 Jefferson Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Ashe Co., Boxes WNC9-WNC10 Kitty Hawk Charge, N.C. Conference, Dare Co., Box NCC41 Kitty Hawk Circuit, N.C. Conference, Dare Co., Box NCC41 Leasburg Circuit, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Boxes NCC35-NCC37 Lexington Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Davidson Co., Box WNC11 Lincolnton Circuit, N.C. and S.C. Conferences, Lincoln Co., Boxes NCC51-NCC52 Lincolnton Station, N.C. Conference, Lincoln Co., Box NCC52 Milton Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Box NCC37 Montgomery Circuit, N.C. Conference, Montgomery Co., Box NCC52 Monroe, Matthews and Clear Creek Circuits, N.C. Conference, Union Co.?, Boxes NCC57-NCC57A Morganton Circuit, N.C. Conference, Burke Co., Box NCC34 Morganton Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Burke Co., Box WNC10 Moyock Circuit, N.C. Conference, Currituck Co., Box NCC40 Newport and Trent Circuits, N.C. Conference, Cartaret and Craven Cos., Box NCC35 North Gates Charge, N.C. Conference, Gates Co., Box NCC50 North Gates Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Gates Co., Box NCC50 Box OS5 Okracoke and Hatteras Circuit, N.C. Conference, Pamlico and Dare Cos., Box NCC53 Pantego Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Beaufort Co., Box NCC32 Pasquotank Circuit, N.C. Conference, Camden and Pasquotank Cos., Box NCC35 Boxes NCC53-NCC54 Perquimans Circuit, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Perquimans Co., Boxes NCC55-NCC56 Pittsboro Circuit, N.C. Conference, Alamance and Chatham Cos., Box NCC31 Pittsboro Circuit/Church/Charge, N.C. Conference, Chatham Co., Boxes NCC38-NCC39 Pleasant Garden Circuit, N.C. Conference, Guilford Co., Box NCC50 Pleasant Hill Circuit, Ala. Conference, Dallas Co., Box NNC1 Polkville Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Cleveland Co., Box WNC11 Polkville and Double Shoals Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Cleveland Co., Box WNC11 Randolph Circuit, N.C. Conference, Randolph Co., Boxes NCC56-NCC57 Randolph Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Randolph Co., Boxes WNC14-WNC16 Roanoke Circuit, N.C. Conference, Halifax Co., Box NCC50 Roanoke Island Circuit/Station, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Dare Co., Boxes NCC41-NCC42 Rock Spring Circuit, N.C. Conference, Cleveland Co., Box NCC40 Box NCC58 Shelby Station and Central Shelby Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Cleveland Co., Box WNC11 South Camden Circuit, N.C. Conference, Camden Co., Box NCC35 South Guilford Circuit, N.C. Conference, Guilford Co., Box NCC50 Box NCC56 Stanley Creek Circuit, N.C. Conference, Gaston Co., Box NCC48 Stokes Circuit, N.C. Conference, Stokes Co., Box NCC57 Trinity College Circuit, N.C. Conference, Randolph Co., Box NCC50 Washington Station, N.C. Conference, Washington Co., Box NCC58 West Davie Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Yadkin Co., Box WNC15 West Randolph Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Randolph Co., Boxes WNC15-WNC16 Winston Circuit, Western N.C. Conference, Forsyth Co., Box WNC11 Woodsdale Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Person Co., Box NCC56 Yanceyville Circuit, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Box NCC37 Church and Mission Index

Lists in alphabetical order all church and mission names found in this finding aid and gives their box location. This index is not an inclusive list of all churches and missions that may be found in this collection. Users are encouraged to consult the quarterly conference minutes for the geographical area or county in which they are interested to find additional references to other churches and missions.

Bethany Church, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Box NCC35 Bethany Church, N.C. Conference, [Unknown Co.], Box NCC58 Brindletown Church, N.C. Conference, Burke Co., Box NCC34 Broad Street Church, Western N.C. Conference, Iredell Co., Box WNC12 Buckhorn Church, N.C. Conference, Alamance and Wake Cos., Box NCC31 Box NCC57 Carr Church, N.C. Conference, Durham Co., Box NCC42 Church Street Church, Western N.C. Conference, Rowan Co., Box WNC15 Cokesbury Church, N.C. Conference, Alamance and Wake Cos., Box NCC31 Box NCC57 Currituck Mission, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Currituck Co., Box NCC40 Dare Mission, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Dare Co., Box NCC40 Duke Memorial Church, N.C. Conference, Durham Co., Boxes NCC42-NCC45 Elizabeth Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Bladen Co., Box NCC32 Box NCC58 Fifth Street Charge/Church/Station, N.C. Conference, New Hanover Co., Boxes NCC52-NCC53 First Methodist Church, N.C. Conference, Unknown Co., Box NCC58 First Methodist Church, Western N.C. Conference, Lincoln Co., Box WNC12 Front Street Church, N.C. Conference, Durham Co., Box NCC46 Gregson Street Church, N.C. Conference, Durham Co., Box NCC46 Guilford Mission, N.C. Conference, Guilford Co., Box NCC56 Hertford Church, N.C. Conference, Perquimans Co., Box NCC54 Hopewell Church, Western N.C. Conference, Catawba Co., Box WNC11 Kitrell's Church, N.C. Conference, Pasquotank Co., Box NCC53 Kitty Hawk Mission, N.C. Conference, Dare Co., Box NCC41 Leasburg Church, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Box NCC35 Main Street Church/Charge, N.C. Conference, Durham Co., Boxes NCC46-NCC47 Milton Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Box NCC37 Mt. Olivet Church, N.C. Conference, Montgomery Co., Box NCC52 Mt. Pleasant Church, N.C. Conference, Forsyth Co., Box NCC48 Pantego Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Beaufort Co., Box NCC32 Pittsboro Circuit/Church/Charge, N.C Conference, Chatham Co., Boxes NCC38-NCC39 Polkville Church, Western N.C. Conference, Cleveland Co., Box WNC11 Roanoke Island Circuit/Station, N.C. and Va. Conferences, Dare Co., Boxes NCC41-NCC42 Salisbury [Street] Church, Western N.C. Conference, Rowan Co., Box WNC15 Singletary Church, N.C. Conference, Bladen Co., Box NCC34 Stokesburg Church, N.C. Conference, Stokes Co., Box NCC57 Tabernacle Church, N.C. Conference, Randolph Co., Box NCC57 Trinity College Church, N.C. Conference, Randolph Co., Box NCC57 Union Church, N.C. Conference, Caswell Co., Box NCC37 Union Church, N.C. Conference, Randolph Co., Box NCC57 Woodsdale Circuit/Charge, N.C. Conference, Person Co., Box NCC56 Baptismal Records Index, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Arranged in three groupings: N.C. Conference, Western N.C. Conference, and Va. Conference, and then the records are listed by county. This index was compiled in 1968 and does not include any additions to the collection since then.

Bladen County: Elizabeth Circuit, Church Registers Nos. 1 and 2, 1888-1930, Box NCC32 Beaufort County: Bath Circuit, Church Records, 1860-1902, Box NCC32 Chatham County: Chatham Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1833-1941, Box NCC38 Chatham County: Pittsboro Circuit, Church Register, 1894-1901, Box NCC38 Cleveland County: Rock Spring Circuit, Church Register, 1881-1895, Box NCC40 Durham County: Carr Church, Register of Members, 1887-1897, Box NCC42 Durham County: Duke Memorial Church, Register of Members, 1885-1924, Box NCC43 Durham County: Durham Circuit, Church Registers, 1889-1906 and 1908-1925, Box NCC45 Durham County: Main Street Church, Registers of Members, 1885-1909 and 1890, Box NCC46 Gates County: North Gates Circuit, Church Register, 1884-1937, Box NCC50 Iredell County: Iredell Circuit, Church Records, 1834-1850, Box NCC50 New Hanover County: Fifth Street Church, Records, 1844-1870; Church Registers, 1851-1884 and 1885-1888, Box NCC50 Pasquotank Co.: Pasquotank Circuit, Church Register, 1854-1858 Box NCC53 Washington County: Washington Station, Church Register, 1887-1893, Box NCC58 Ashe Co.: Jefferson Circuit, Church Registers, 1893-1932 Boxes WNC9-WNC10 Burke Co.: Morganton Circuit, Church Register, 1889-1902, Box WNC10 Iredell Co.: Broad Street Church, Church Register, 1917-1924, Box WNC12 Lincoln Co.: First Methodist Church/Station, Church Register, 1909-1954, Box WNC12 Randolph Co.: Randolph Circuit, Church Register, 1902-1928, Box OS7 Randolph Co.: West Randolph Circuit, Church Register, 1902-1906 Box OS7 Va. Conference: Perquimans County: Hertford Circuit, Quarterly Conference Minutes, 1874-1891, Box NCC54