Methodist Episcopal Church of Mecklenburg records

Collection — microfilm reel: 1

Identifier: 6054

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The records of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mecklenburg comprise three items (volumes): item 1 is quarterly conference meeting minutes for the Mecklenburg charge and Methodist Episcopal Church (1849-1893); item 2 is a church membership register (1863-1883)1 containing lists of baptisms, marriages, probationers, members in full, and class members, with removals, deaths and dismissions; and item 3 is also a church register (1882-1963)2 with contents same as item 2, plus an "Historical Record" (covering years [1817]-1963, incomplete), including a wide variety of information; a list of pastoral and statistical records; and lists of official church members.

Dates

1849-1963.

Creator

Methodist Episcopal Church of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Mecklenburg originated about 1823 in a Methodist Episcopal class near the McIntyre Settlement on the Ulysses Circuit, Genesee Conference. A division of the Ulysses Circuit in 1843 prompted the annexation of the Mecklenburg charge to the Enfield Circuit in 1844. The charge included appointments at Mecklenburg (where the church was located), Little Flatts (or Cayutaville) and Allen's.

A subsequent division or reorganization placed the Mecklenburg charge on the Hector Circuit in 1846. In 1849, the Mecklenburg charge was organized into a station "by itself," with a full-time pastor. (For a more thorough history, see item 3 in this collection.)

Extent

1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Three volumes which include a quarterly conference meeting minutes of the Mecklenburg charge and the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mecklenburg (1849-1893); a church membership register (1863-1883) containing lists of baptisms, marriages, probationers, members in full and class members, with removals, deaths and dismission; and a "Comprehensive Church Record of th Methodist Episcopal Church" (1882-1963) with much information on early Mecklenburg, the McIntyre settlement, area churches, circuits and villages.

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:: Aug. 1981
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, June 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2015