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Blacks In The History Of The Bethel Churches (Methodist) Of Charleston, South Carolina, David Myers Jun 2022

Blacks In The History Of The Bethel Churches (Methodist) Of Charleston, South Carolina, David Myers

Methodist Books

This book is a study of the Black members of the various Bethel Methodist Churches in Charleston, SC, based on the records of those churches and on published histories of those churches.


Historic United Methodist Churches And Places In South Carolina, James A. Neal Oct 2014

Historic United Methodist Churches And Places In South Carolina, James A. Neal

Methodist Books

This is the second printing of this book. The first was by Eastside Printing, Columbia, SC in 2010. The author plans on a second edition sometime in the future that would include a section on churches of historical significance not in this edition. This reprint is the same as the original except for correcting an address, removing two pictures that lacked clarity and changing the cover page. The author is a native of Lancaster, S.C. He received his undergraduate degree from Wofford College, a Master of Criminal Justice degree from the University of South Carolina, and is only a dissertation …


History Of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Bishopville, South Carolina, Circa 1814-2008, John Kelley Segars, Dorothy Tedder Smith, Linda Haley Sutherland, Betty Brown Truesdale Jan 2008

History Of Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Bishopville, South Carolina, Circa 1814-2008, John Kelley Segars, Dorothy Tedder Smith, Linda Haley Sutherland, Betty Brown Truesdale

Methodist Books

This story of Bethlehem United Methodist Church is compiled with much love and deep appreciation of those earlier dedicated Methodists who organized this Church and of those (including early church historians, newspaper editors, archives and courthouse employees) who shared information that is being used by the authors to write this revised version of her history.

While researching and recording this history, we discovered numerous church land conveyances, newspaper articles, 1878-1928 history of the Woman's Missionary Society of Bethlehem, other data that had not been recorded in prior histories, and numerous bits of information about events that occurred during 1990-2008. We …


History Of Nazareth United Methodist Church, Westminster, Sc, Elaine J. Morehead Sep 1971

History Of Nazareth United Methodist Church, Westminster, Sc, Elaine J. Morehead

Methodist Books

Narrative history of Nazareth United Methodist Church from the 1890s to 1971, including list of members, ministers, memorials, the budget for 1972, significant events, and officers for 1972.


History Of Monticello Methodist Church, Monticello, Sc, 1800-1960, Mary Mcgill Shedd Jan 1960

History Of Monticello Methodist Church, Monticello, Sc, 1800-1960, Mary Mcgill Shedd

Methodist Books

A history of the church, with a list of pastors through 1960, pamphlet, 12 pages, black and white, photo of church on cover. Print copy in stacks.


Old Cokesbury In Greenwood County, South Carolina: Religious And Educational Center In Nineteenth Century, John W. Moore Aug 1954

Old Cokesbury In Greenwood County, South Carolina: Religious And Educational Center In Nineteenth Century, John W. Moore

Methodist Books

The sketch in this booklet was wrltten at the request oft The Index-Journal of Greenwood by John W. Moore and was published in The Index-Joumal in three installments, appearing on Aug. 12, Aug. 26 and Aug. 27, 1954. Th author, who now makes his home at Mount Pleasant. S. C., first wrote a shorter sketch about Cokesbury which was published in two installments in the Charleston (SC) News and Courier in February 1954.


William Wallace Duncan, An Appreciation, John C. Kilgo Jan 1908

William Wallace Duncan, An Appreciation, John C. Kilgo

College Books

FOREWORD President John C. Kilgo, of Trinity College, prepared the contents of this volume to be presented in manuscript form to the members of Bishop Duncan's family. He was for many years closely associated with Bishop Duncan and between them there existed the warmest and most intimate friendship. A number of Bishop Duncan's friends and admirers expressed a desire to have a copy of this appreciation in permanent form, and Dr. Kilgo has kindly given us permission to have the manuscript printed. We are issuing this volume as a tribute of respect to one whose life and labors have been …


Work Of South Carolina Methodism Among The Slaves, Leroy F. Beaty Nov 1901

Work Of South Carolina Methodism Among The Slaves, Leroy F. Beaty

Methodist Historical Society Addresses

Summarizes the work of Methodist missionaries and clergy among slaves in the South Carolina Lowcountry during the early 19th century.


A Review Of Methodist Education In South Carolina, Emory Olin Watson Nov 1900

A Review Of Methodist Education In South Carolina, Emory Olin Watson

Methodist Historical Society Addresses

Summary of education in South Carolina in the colonial and antebellum eras, with a focus on the work of the Methodist Church in founding colleges and schools.


Methodism In And Around Orangeburg, W S. Morrison Dec 1899

Methodism In And Around Orangeburg, W S. Morrison

Methodist Historical Society Addresses

A synopsis of the history of Methodism in and around Orangeburg, South Carolina


Sketch Of The Methodist Church In Charleston, S. C., 1785-1887, John O. Willson Jan 1888

Sketch Of The Methodist Church In Charleston, S. C., 1785-1887, John O. Willson

Methodist Books

A history of Methodism in Charleston, from the time of the denomination's founding, including histories of several congregations, of the Hammett Schism, and of the various influential people in the growth of Methodism in South Carolina.


Message Of Dr. James H. Carlisle As Fraternal Messenger From The Methodist Episcopal Church, South To The General Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880, James H. Carlisle Dec 1879

Message Of Dr. James H. Carlisle As Fraternal Messenger From The Methodist Episcopal Church, South To The General Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880, James H. Carlisle

College Books

The message delivered to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1880, on behalf of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The two separate denominations generally sent greetings or fraternal messages while they were operating separately. The pamphlet was published much later, and contains a biography of Carlisle, a note from Methodist Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, and the text of the address. The address was published in this form in 1925 in the Alabama Christian Advocate, and then in pamphlet form around 1943


Marriage License For Mathew Morehead And Elizabeth Snodgrass, Signed By A Clerk Of Court, Sangamon County, Illinois, January 24, 1834., Peter Cartwright Jan 1834

Marriage License For Mathew Morehead And Elizabeth Snodgrass, Signed By A Clerk Of Court, Sangamon County, Illinois, January 24, 1834., Peter Cartwright

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Handwritten note on rites of matrimony performed by Peter Cartwright, a Methodist clergyman, dated February 6, 1834.


Letter From Richard Furman To Reverend John Rippon (?), Richard Furman May 1802

Letter From Richard Furman To Reverend John Rippon (?), Richard Furman

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Richard Furman writes to Reverend John Rippon regarding the aquisition of religious texts. Furman mentions his plans to attend a Presbyterian "extraordinary meeting" lasting 4 to 5 days. 13 May 1802 in the High Hills of the Santee.


Articles Of Agreement Amongst The Preachers, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference. Jan 1795

Articles Of Agreement Amongst The Preachers, Methodist Episcopal Church. South Carolina Conference.

Methodist Books

Articles of Agreement Amongst the Preachers relative to slavery, January 2, 1795. The clergy agree about the impropriety and evil of slavery, and its harmful consequences. They resolve that no member of conference should own slaves, and anyone who becomes the possessor of slaves should emancipate them where the law allows, and that any member who acts otherwise shall forfeit their seat at conference and their letter of ordination.