Federated Church of Ovid records

Collection — microfilm reel: 1

Identifier: 6036

Abstract

Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Ovid, N.Y. including histories of the church written in 1868, 1877, 1878 and 1880; lists of probationers, class members, members, pastors, baptisms, marriages and other church statistics; and a secretary's book of the church's Christian Endeavor Society. Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Ovid including session meeting minutes (1810-1832, 1832-1864); lists of members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths; and trustee records (1849-1897). Also records of the Federated Church in Ovid, formed in 1956 containing trustee records (1956-1965) and membership information.

Dates

1803-1977.

Creator

Federated Church of Ovid (Ovid, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Before the Methodist Episcopal Church was built and opened in 1828-29, several different circuit preachers served the church organization in Ovid. Prior to 1820, Ovid was a charge on the Seneca circuit, but in 1820 it appears in the General Assembly records as a distinct appointment served by Rev. William Fowler. He formed the first class in the same year, consisting of eight people, one of whom was a black women named Lydia Demond. The Methodist Church at Sheldrake was under the same administration until about 1887 (not represented in this collection). Similarly, in 1836 and 1837 Ovid and Trumansburg villages united on the Seneca cir-cuit as a single charge. Until 1858-59 the Methodist Episcopal Church at Ovid was in the Geneva District, but was moved to the Elmira District shortly afterward, then moved back to Geneva in 1860-61, and moved yet again to Elmira in 1863. In 1876 the church went into debt $9,010, but managed to pay it off by October 1877.

Extent

1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)

Additional Description

SERIES LIST

Series I. Methodist Episcopal Church of Ovid, N.Y.

Subseries A.: Book I 1. History, covering 1793-1880.

Subseries B.: Book II 1. History Cont., 1868-1880 (Note: should be 1868-1905).

Subseries C.: Book III 1. Christian Endeavor Society a. A Secretary's Book, 1919-1924 (Note: should be 1919-1948).

Subseries D.: Book IV 1. Funerals and Marriages, 1945-1951.

Subseries E.: Book V 1. Membership Roll, 1946-1956.

Subseries F.: Book VI 1. Membership cont., 1956-1977.

Series II. Presbyterian Church of Ovid, New York. (see Item 2 below)

Subseries A.: Book I 1. History, volume I, 1803-1832.

Subseries B.: Book II 1. History, volume II, 1832-1862 (Note: should be 1832-1864).

Subseries C.: Book III 1. Trustee's Book, 1849-1897.

Subseries D.: Book IV 1. Trustee's Book, 1894-1946.

Subseries E.: Book V 1. Trustee's Book, 1846-1950.(Note: should be 1946-1957). 2. Trustee's Book, 1950-1956.(Missing).

Series III. Ovid Federated Church, 1956-1965

Subseries F.: Book VI 1. Trustee's Book of the Ovid Federated Church, Methodist-Presbyterian, 1956-1965.

Subseries G.: Book VII 1. Membership, 1803-1866.

Subseries H.: Book VIII 1. Membership cont., 1864-1902.

Subseries I.: Book IX 1. Membership cont., 1887-1945.

Subseries J.: Book X 1. Membership cont., Baptisms, 1889-1931.

Physical Description

Microfilm.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: P.W.
Date completed:: July 1979rev. May 1980
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, June 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2015