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Churches -- Methodist

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1686
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and...
Dates: 1842-1961

Hazel Run Baptist Church Ledger

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Collection Number: A&M 1778
Overview The Hazel Run Baptist Church minute book with the church's covenant, minutes of meetings and lists of newly baptized members, 1856-74. The Hazel Run Baptist Church later became part of the nearby Hopewell Baptist Church, both located in Preston County. The Hopewell Baptist Church ran Sunday School classes (1883-95) of the combined Baptist and Methodist congregations (the Hopewell Union Church Sunday School) and included are class attendance records. The Hopewell Baptist Church records...
Dates: 1856-1985

J.A. Earl, Compiler, Historical Sketches (Typescript)

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Collection Number: A&M 1140
Overview

These historical sketches compiled by J.A. Earl include "The History of Methodism in West Union and Doddridge County, 1778-1958," "The Life of Joseph H. Diss Debar," and "A Biographical History of Schools and Education in Doddridge County, 1883" (on microfilm). Also includes "A Hundred Years of Doddridge County History," by Louis Edwin Jones.

Dates: ca. 1958

John D. Martin Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1531
Overview Letters from John Ruff, Lexington, Virginia, to his son-in-law, John D. Martin, a Methodist clergyman stationed in Lewistown, Pennsylvania; Salem, Lewisburg, Front Royal and Leesburg, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. Also one letter from Martin to his wife, Susan, dated Lewisburg, Virginia, 1841. Subjects include Methodism and meetings in the Lexington-Covington area, slavery controversy within the Methodist Church and in particular the Baltimore Conference, and farming in Lexington,...
Dates: 1839-1851

John Smith, Methodist Circuit Rider, Journal

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Collection Number: A&M 1717
Overview

Journal of John Smith, Methodist circuit rider, concerning his work on the Greenbrier Circuit in West Virginia, 1787 and 1788; the Redstone Circuit in western Pennsylvania and western Virginia, 1786-1787; and the Holston Circuit in 1787. Smith preached Calvinist doctrines of unconditional election, reprobation, and perseverance. There is a typescript, "Greenbrier Circuit - Its First Year; 1787-1788," by the Reverend Lawrence Sherwood, based on the Smith journal.

Dates: 1786-1788, 1963

Kingwood Methodist Church, History and Baptismal Record

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Collection Number: A&M 1020
Overview

A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from the Earliest Times to March, 1874, by W.C. Snodgrass. Also a typed Baptismal Record, dating between 1852 and 1896, listing dates and places of birth, parents' names, and officiating ministers.

Dates: ca. 1816-1896

Martha Neville, Collector, Spruce Street United Methodist Church of Morgantown Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3828
Overview

Records of the Spruce Street United Methodist Church of Morgantown, West Virginia. Includes directories and printed material (box 1, ca. 1965-2005), church bulletins (boxes 2-6; 1954-2009), and photographs and photo albums with many photos identified (boxes 6-8; ca. 1992-2007). There are also two kindergarten class photos (box 1; 1969, 1972) and a cassette sound recording of "Heritage Sunday" (box 1; 1997).

Dates: 1954-2009

Osborne Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0930
Overview

A genealogy of the Osborne family of Greenbrier County. Originally from New Jersey, the family settled in Greenbrier and Hampshire counties.

Dates: 1987

Peter T. Laishley Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0670
Overview

Correspondence, business papers, and an account book of Peter T. Laishley, a Methodist minister, physician, and merchant in Monongalia County. There are papers on the settlement of the estate of Richard Laishley in England, marriages performed by Laishley; Laishley family birth and marriage notes; accounts for services as a minister and physician, 1833-1839; and other items on church and local history.

Dates: 1809-1915

Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal

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Collection Number: A&M 2931
Overview Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the...
Dates: 1789