Western N.C. Conference records Series, 1884-1962 and undated
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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.
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