Methodist Episcopal Church of Montour Falls records

Collection — microfilm reel: 1

Identifier: 6060

Scope and content

Register which lists members and probationers; pastors and trustees; class members, leaders and elders; baptisms, marriages, expulsions and deaths; and annual reports (1850-1855).

Scope and Contents

List of contents by page numbers.

Scope and Contents

Page 1: Table of Contents, lists: quarterly conference of 1866, p. 2; revised alphabetical list, p. 34; baptisms, p. 208; marriages, p. 247; expulsions, p. 288; deaths, p. 325; Quarterly Reports, p. 368; probationers, p. 5; trustees, p. 7.
Page 2: Stewards names (1866-67), class leaders (1866-67), preachers names (1866-67), stewards names (1867-68), estimating committee members, corrected list for 1868-69 of stewards and leaders.
Page 4: Preacher's names and years in service.
Page 5: Probationers: year dates, date received, baptized, remarks.
Page 6: Trustees, 1866-69 (five names).
Page 8-10: Probationers, 1870 : when received, baptized, received in full, remarks.
Pages 11 through 28 are missing: It appears that they were never there and there was probably no information on them. The same L true of all the gaps in the Register (see below).
Page 29: Under the heading "Havana Station" are four entries regarding the size of church membership just before and after quarterly conference meetings held in 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1855.
Page 30: Register of classes: year dates and names of leaders, stewards, local elders and trustees.
Pages 31-33: Pages are missing
Page 34-207: Membership list: name, class number, received on probation, baptized, received in full, received by letter, removed by letter, removed withe letter, withdrawn, discontinued, expelled, died.
Page 208-209: Baptisms: by whom, when, name(s), whether adult or infant.
Pages 210 through 246: Pages are missing
Page 247-263: Marriages: names, where from, date, by whom.
Pages 264 through 287: Pages are missing
Page 288: Expulsions: only two names with dates, but no remarks
Pages 289 through 327: Pages are missing
Page 328: Deaths: date, name, remarks.
Page (no number): "Annual Reports" of preachers expenses. 1849 and 1850 - Amounts listed for: adult claimant (s), table expenses and fuel, parsonage provided, travelling expenses, paid in full. 1 to 1854 - Amounts listed for: adult claimant (s), children under 5, children under 14, table and gravelling expenses, minister's salary paid in full.to 1855 - Amounts listed for: quarterly claims, table expenses, total, what amount paid, how much deficient in minister's salary.

Dates

1850-1869.

Creator

Methodist Episcopal Church of Montour Falls (Montour Falls, N.Y.) (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

"Havana Station" was the name of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Havana while it was still a charge on a circuit (not yet incorporated into society with a full time pastor). The first class was organized in 1820 and services were held in a log school house near the Episcopal church. A church formed in 1829, and the society was incorporated in 1835 in the same year as the church building was dedicated.