Archive Record
Metadata
Collection |
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church (Chesapeake City, MD) Collection |
Accession Number |
A2013.36 |
Scope & Content |
This collection contains materials from Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, Chesapeake City, Maryland. The church, "located one and a half miles from Chesapeake City, was organized by Rev. Richard Wright in 1773, being the third organization within the territory of the Peninsula Conference. The church w built in 1780. Before that time they worshipped in Thompson's school house, where preaching had been established as early as 1771" (Hallman, 292). |
County |
Cecil |
State |
MD |
Conference |
Wilmington |
Dates of Creation |
1790-1957 |
Containers |
Sunday school record, 1914-1920 Membership records, 1856-1876 Sunday school records, 1879-1897 Estate of Lizzie E. Wooley, 1944 Membership records, 1939-1957 Trustee records, 1790-1912 Membership records, 1876-1911 Sunday school records, 1869-1893 Membership records, 1891-1944 Sunday school records, 1914-1920 |