Circuit, Charge, and Church Records Subseries, 1884-1962,bulk 1893-1932

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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. There is some overlap with the N.C. Conference. Counties include Alamance, Ashe, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Forsyth, Iredell, Lincoln, Randolph, Rowan, and Yadkin. Records that span a large number of years and comprise a complete set of minutes include Alamance Circuit (Alamance Co., 1893-1908), First Methodist Church/Station (Lincoln Co., 1902-1962), Jefferson Circuit (Ashe Co., 1893-1932), Morganton Circuit (Burke Co., 1889-1932), Polkville Circuit (Cleveland Co., 1911-1927), and Randolph Circuit/Charge (Randolph Co., 1893-1930). Although the majority of the records span the years 1893 to 1932, there are some records from 1884 (Hopewell Church, Catawba Circuit, Catawba Co.) and some records from the 1940s to the 1960s (First Methodist Church/Station, Lincoln Co.). In addition to the quarterly conference minutes and the church registers, there are also Sunday school records (Hopewell Church, Catawba Circuit, Catawba Co.) and a class book (Winston Circuit, Forsyth Co.).

Arranged by county (boundaries current in 2004) and then alphabetically by circuit, charge, church, mission, or station name. Records from counties in the eastern and central sections of North Carolina can be found in the N.C. Conference Series. Additional information on circuits, charges, churches, missions, and stations may be found in the Western N.C. Conference Series, District Records Subseries, as well as the Historical Sketches Series, Circuits and Counties Subseries and the Churches and Cities Subseries. Information about ministers and other Methodists can be found alphabetically by last name in theHistorical Sketches Series, Ministers Subseries, while overviews of Methodism in general, and in North Carolina and Virginia in specific, can be found in the Historical Sketches Series, Methodism Subseries. Oversize items have been removed to the Oversize Materials section of this finding aid.

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