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SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.
CHURCHES.
PARSON- AGES.
MONEYS EXPENDED.
DISTRICT.
Local Preachers.
Members.
Number.
Officers and
Teachers.
Scholars.
Volumes in
Library.
Number.
Sittings.
Value.
Number.
Value.
Church Property.
For Sunday-
For Churches
and Parson-
ages.
NASHVILLE.
12
279
1
21
221
1
300
$5,000
$110.00
Carroll Street.
2
301
1
23
200
208
1
900
7,000
$450
177.37
$251.27
Arlington
88
2
21
124
284
2
300
3,000
61.56
Sawrie Chapel
3
116
1
16
211
517
1
300
3,000
72.55
Tulip Street
5
420
1
37
279
1150
1
500
8,000
1
$4,000
600
400.00
1,176.80
North Edgefield.
2
152
1
15
109
185
1
285
2,700
100
51.50
438.00
Hobson Chapel.
1
83
1
7
47
300
1
300
4,300
1
1,700
100
51.75
480.00
Greenland.
252
3
18
160
245
9
550
4,000
150
68.35
300.00
Hermitage Circuit
1
296
4
36
263
310
3
750
2,000
33.25
48.00
Nashville Circuit.
5
570
4
28
110
120
6
1,650
3,330
10.00
McKendree ..
6
866
1
36
270
324
1
1,250
60,000
7,500
245.00
13,273.50 177.80
GALLATIN.
2
312
5
29
225
300
4
830
4,200
80
39.20
Forest Grove Mission
5
230
6
42
125
300
5
1,200
2,200
MURFREESBORO'.
1
260
5
26
999
200
3
950
2,500
1
500
75.00
Hollandale ...
1
68
Total.
51
4594
38
400
2956
4817
33
10,689
$126,730
6
$14,700
$2305
$1835.44
$16,145.37
The following is a list of the presiding elders for the territory of Davidson County, now included in the Nash- ville District, and parts of Murfreesboro' and Gallatin Dis- tricts, with their stationed and circuit preachers :
1802 .- William McKendree, Presiding Elder; Levin Edney.
1803 .- John Page, Presiding Elder; Thomas Wilker- son, P. C. Edney.
1804 .- Lewis Garrett, Presiding Elder; Levin Edney, Fletcher Sullivan, William Crutchfield.
1805 .- William McKendree, Presiding Elder; Nash- ville, Zadok B. Thaxton.
1806 .- William McKendree, Presiding Elder; Jacob Young,* Hezekiah Shaw.
1807 .- James Ward, Presiding Elder; Joseph Oglesby, David Young.
1808 .- Miles Harper, Presiding Elder; Elisha P. Bow- man.
1809 .- Learner Black man, Presiding Elder.
1810 .- Learner Blackman, Presiding Elder; William B. Elgin.
Nashville District.
1811 .- Learner Blackman, Presiding Elder.
1812 .- Learner Blackman, Presiding Elder; John John- son.
1813 .- Learner Blackman, Presiding Elder; Thomas L. Douglass, Nashville ; John Henninger, Nashville Cir- cuit.
1814 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder; Baker Wrather, Nashville.
* Elder Young says of himself in his autobiography, "Mckendree went towards Nashville, David Young towards Eddyville, and I to Nashville Circuit. This was the largest field of labor assigned me by the bishop, and I trembled under the responsibility. I found by looking over the minutes that the membership was very large, and the local preachers upwards of forty, many of whom had been trav- eling preachers, and were men of splendid talents."
1815 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder ; Hardy M. Cryer, Nashville.
1816 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder; William McMahon, Nashville.
1817 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder ; Niles Harper, Nashville.
1818 .- William McMahon, Presiding Elder; John Johnson, Nashville; Hartwell II. Brown, Thomas L. Douglass (Supernumerary), Nashville Circuit.
1819 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder ; John Johnson, Nashville; Sterling C. Brown, Nashville Circuit. 1820 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder; Hartwell H. Brown, Nashville; Samuel Hartwell, Richard W. Mor- ris, Nashville Circuit.
1821 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder ; Thomas Stringfield, Nashville; Benjamin P. Seweli, John Brooks, John Rains, Nashville Circuit.
1822 .- Thomas L. Douglass, Presiding Elder ; Benjamin P. Sewell, Nashville; R. Ledbetter, N. D. Scales, T. J. Neely, Nashville Circuit.
1823 .- James Gwin, Presiding Elder ; Lewis Garrett, Sr., Nashville; Joshua W. Kilpatrick, William Johnson, Nashville Circuit.
1824 .- Lewis Garrett, Presiding Elder; Robert Paine, Nashville; Elijah Kirkman, William V. Douglass, Thomas L. Douglass (Supernumerary), Nashville Circuit.
1825 .- Lewis Garrett, Presiding Elder ; Robert Paines, Nashville; E. Kirkman, A. B. Rozell, T. L. Douglas (Supernumerary), Nashville Circuit.
1826 .- Robert Paine, Presiding Elder ; James W. Allen, Nashville ; John Page, D. C. McLeod, J. W. Kilpatrick (Supernumerary), Nashville Circuit.
1827 .- Robert Paine, Presiding Elder; James Rowe, Nashville ; John M. Holland, J. B. Summers, Benjamin S. Clardy (Supernumerary), Nashville Circuit.
1828 .- Robert Paine, Presiding Elder; James Gwin, Nashville; James Tarrant, H. B. North, Nashville Circuit,
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3
743
1
39
360
374
1
524
15,000
1
1,000
300
439.91
Riverside Circuit ..
2
100
1
6
30
1
100
500
525
Midway Circuit.
Woodbine Circuit.
Value of other
schools.
West End
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1829 .- L. Garrett, Presiding Elder ; James Gwin, A. L. P. Green, Nashville.
1830 .- L. Garrett, Presiding Elder; John M. Holland, A. L. P. Green, James Gwin (Supernumerary), Nashville ; G. W. D. Harris, Edward D. Sims, Nashville Circuit.
1831 .- L. Garrett, Presiding Elder; Lorenzo D. Over- all, John B. McFerren, James Gwin (Supernumerary), Nashville; Fountain E. Pitts, Greenbury Garrett, Thomas L. Douglass (Supernumerary), Nashville Circuit.
1832 .- William McMahon, Presiding Elder; A. L. P. Green, Pleasant B. Robinson, J. Gwin, African Missions, Nashville ; Greenbury Garrett, E. J. Dodson, T. L. Doug- lass (Supernumerary), Nashville Circuit.
1833 .-- T. L. Douglass, Presiding Elder; Fountain E. Pitts, S. S. Moody, D. F. Alexander, Nashville ; James Gwin, African Mission ; E. J. Dodson, Erastus B. Duncan, Nashville Circuit.
1834 .- T. L. Douglass, Presiding Eider ; F. E. Pitts, Nashville ; F. G. Ferguson, College Hill ; James Gwin, African Mission; D. C. McLeod, S. S. Yarborough, Nash- ville Circuit.
1835 .- T. L. Douglass, Presiding Elder ; J. B. McFer- rin, R. Jones, L. Garrett (Supernumerary), Nashville; J. Williams, B. F. Weakley, Nashville Circuit.
1836 .- F. E. Pitts, Presiding Elder ; Robert L. An- drews, T. L. Douglass (Supernumerary ), Nashville ; George W. Morris, George R. Jordan, Circuit; James Gwin (Su- pernumerary), African Mission.
1837 .- F. E. Pitts, Presiding Elder ; A. L. P. Green, Alexander Wiubourne, Nashville; William Mulkey, George W. Sneed, Circuit.
1838 .- F. E. Pitts, Presiding Elder; A. L. P. Green, D. F. Sawrie, Nashville; Cornelius Evans, Warren M. Pitts, Circuit.
1839 .- F. E. Pitts, Presiding Elder ; J. B. McFerren, McKendree; S. S. Yarborough, College Hill ; John Rains, African Mission ; John Kelley, T. N. Lankford, Circuit.
1840 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder; J. W. Han- ner, McKendree ; S. S. Yarborough (Supernumerary ) ; John Sherrill, College Hill; G. W. Martin, Circuit.
1841 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder ; J. W. Han- ner, McKendree; W. H. Wilkes, College Hill; Martin Clark, Thomas B. Craighead, Circuit.
1842 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder; Thomas Randle, McKendree; Joseph B. Walker, College Hill; John H. Mann, II. A. Graves, Circuit.
1843 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder; Philip P. Neely, McKendrce; Adam S. Riggs, College Hill; Martin Clark, African Mission.
1844 .- John W. Hanner, Presiding Elder; Fountain E. Pitts, McKendrce; W. D. F. Sawrie, Andrew ; Robert G. Ervine, North Nashville; J. Willis, African Mission ; Benjamin R. Gaut, James R. Plummer, Circuit.
1845 .- John W. Hanner, Presiding Elder ; F. E. Pitts, McKendree ; Lewis C. Bryan, Andrew ; J. Willis, African Mission ; Mark W. Gray, Joseph S. Malone, Circuit.
1846 .- J. W. Hanner, Presiding Elder; Edward C. Slater, McKendree; F. E. Pitts, Andrew; Joseph B. West, Spruce Street ; F. E. Pitts, African Mission; Mark W. Gray, John A. Jones, Circuit.
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1847 .- J. W. Hanner, Presiding Elder; E. C. Slater, McKendree; F. E. Pitts, Andrew; Joseph B. West, Spruce Street; F. E. Pitts, African Mission ; C. C. May- hew, Ferdinand S. Petway, R. Ledbetter (Supernumerary), Circuit.
1848 .- Samuel S. Moody, Presiding Elder; Adam S. Briggs, McKendrce; Joseph S. Malone, Andrew ; Thomas G. Marks, Spruce Street; F. E. Pitts, African Mission ; C. C. Mayhew, J. Hill, G. W. Sneed, Circuit.
1849 .- Ambrose F. Driskill, Presiding Elder ; Lewis C. Bryan, McKendree; Garrett W. Martin, Andrew ; Joseph S. Malone, Spruce Street ; Thomas B. Marks, African Mission ; John S. Williams, Circuit.
1850 .- A. F. Driskill, Presiding Elder ; Joseph Cross, McKendree; Robert C. Hatton, Andrew; William H. Johnson, Spruce Street; William H. Johnson, African Mission.
1851 .- A. F. Driskill, Presiding Elder ; Joseph Cross, McKendree; John Mathews, Andrew ; Arthur W. Smith, Spruce Street; William H. Johnson, African Mission.
1852 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder; Edward Wadsworth, Mckendree; Thomas N. Lankford, Berry ; M. Stevens, Thomas J. Neely, William F. Shapard, F. E. Pitts (Supernumerary), other station; Elisha Carr, African Mission.
1853 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder; Edward Wadsworth, McKendree; C. C. Mayhew, James H. Ritchey, Simon P. Whitten, William Shapard, Thomas N. Lankford, William R. Warren, Station; Elisha Carr, Colored Charge.
1854 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder ; Alexander R. Erwin, McKendree; Edward Wadsworth, C. C. Mayhew, F. S. Petway, Lewis C. Bryan, W. R. Warren, Station ; Thomas N. Lankford, Colored Charge.
1855 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder; A. R. Erwin, McKendrec; Caleb B. Davis, Elisha Carr, John R. Har- well, William R. Warren, William C. Johnson, Station ; Philip Barth, German Mission ; John A. Ellis, City Mis- sion ; Thomas N. Lankford, J. S. Malone, Colored Charge.
1856 .- W. D. F. Sawrie, Presiding Elder; Adam S. Riggs, McKendree; C. B. Davis, William R. Warren, Wil- liam Large, Station ; William P. Hickman, Circuit ; Philip Barth, German Mission ; T. N. Lankford, Colored Charge.
1857 .- Adam S. Riggs, Presiding Elder; William G. Dorris, McKendrec; S. P. Whitten, Jesse J. Ellis, B. M. Stevens, William Burr, F. E. Pitts, J. A. Ellis, W. R. Warren, E. Carr, Station ; Henry Wheeler, Circuit; Philip Barth, German Mission ; T. N. Lankford, Colored Charge.
1858 .- Adam S. Riggs, Presiding Elder; William D. F. Sawrie, William R. Warren, McKendree; Thomas Wainwright, Andrew ; Berry M. Stevens, Elysian Grove; Philip Barth, German Mission ; William Burr, F. E. Pitts, Hobson Chapel ; R. S. Hunter, Edgefield and Trinity ; J. R. Harwell, Elisha Carr, City Mission ; William Randle, African Mission ; James M. Campbell, Circuit.
1859 .- Adam S. Riggs, Presiding Elder; John W. Hanner, William R. Warren, Mckendree; W. Randle, Colored Mission ; S. Barth, German Mission ; Robert K. Brown, Mulberry Street ; Simon P. Whitten, Andrew ; C. C. Mayhew, Elisha Carr, City Mission ; William Burr,
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Edgefield, Trinity, and Russell Street; Joseph S. Malone, Robert S. Hunter, Circuit.
1860 .- A. S. Riggs, Presiding Elder ; J. W. Hanner, Elisha Carr, McKendree and Caper's; W. G. Dorris, W. R. Warren, Andrew ; John A. Edmunson, E. G. Robert- son, L. C. Bryan, E. B. Duncan, Chapels ; Francis M. Hickman, A. T. Crawford, John R. Thompson, Circuits.
1861 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder ; S. D. Bald- win, W. R. Warren, McKendree and Caper's; W. D. F. Sawrie, Andrew and Chapel; J. D. Barbee, Mulberry Street and Claiborne; James G. Hinson, Frederick L. Thompson, John R. Thompson, Circuit ; Fountain E. Pitts, John A. Ellis, Jeremiah W. Cullom, John A. Edmunson, Chaplains in C. A.
1862 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder ; S. D. Bald- win, McKendree; Garrett W. Martin, E. Carr, Mulberry Street, Claiborne, and City Mission ; William M. Green, Hobson; J. II. Gardner, Tulip Street, Edgefield, and Trinity ; G. W. Russell, F. L. Thompson, John L. Allen, Circuit ; Lewis C. Bryan, White's Creek ; John J. Comer, HIarpeth.
1863-64 .- No sessions of Conference.
1865 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder ; Samuel D. Baldwin, Elisha Carr, McKendree and Caper's; Carroll C. Mayhew, Andrew ; A. W. Smith, W. R. Warren, Mul- berry ; W. D. F. Sawrie, City Mission ; R. A. Young, Tulip and Hobson ; Felix R. Ilill, Trinity and Ewing; J. R. Thompson, Circuit ; William P. Owens, Willis G. Davis, Harpeth ; F. E. Pitts, Goodlettsville.
1866 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder ; R. A. Young, W. R. Warren (Supernumerary), McKendree and Caper's ; C. C. Mayhew, Andrew and Mulberry ; J. D. Barbee, Tulip and Hobson ; F. R. Hill, Trinity and Ewing Chapels ; W. D. Cherry, P. T. Martin, B. F. Ferrill, F. E. Pitts (Super- numerary), Circuit; W. D. F. Sawrie, City Mission.
1867 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder; Robert A. Young, James D. Barbee, John W. Hanner, A. W. Smith, W. R. Warren (Supernumerary), Station ; W. D. Cherry, P. T. Martin, B. F. Ferrill, Circuit ; W. D. F. Sawrie, C. C. Mayhew, City Mission.
1868 .- A. L. P. Green, Presiding Elder ; R. A. Young, J. D. Barbec, J. W. Hanner, E. R. Shapard, W. R. War- ren, G. P. Jackson, Station ; H. D. Hogan, B. F. Ferrell, Circuit ; W. D. F. Sawrie, City Mission.
1869 .- J. W. Hanner, Presiding Elder; R. A. Young, J. A. Orman, S. L. Orman (Supernumerary ), D. C. Kelley, Thomas Maddin, W. R. Warren, R. L. Fagan, Station ; G. W. Martin, L. C. Bryan, J. II. Richardson, Circuit ; W. D. F. Sawrie, C. C. Mayhew, City Missions.
1870 .- J. W. Hanner, Sr., Presiding Elder; D. C. Kelley, R. A. Young, R. K. Brown, T. O. Summers, Jr., J. W. Hill, T. B. Fisher, L. C. Bryan, F. F. Fagan, Sta- tion; W. D. F. Sawrie, Henry D. Hogan, W. R. Warren (Supernumerary), Mission.
1871 .- J. W. Hanner, Presiding Elder ; D. C. Kelley, R. A. Young, R. K. Brown, William R. Warren, J. W. Hill, T. B. Fisher, Station ; W. D. F. Sawrie, John Rains, City Mission ; F. F. Fagan, W. G. Dorris, A. C. Mathews, Circuit.
1872 .- J. W. Hanner, Presiding Elder; D. C. Kelley,
S. M. Merrill, R. A. Young, R. K. Brown, P. A. Sowell, J. W. Hill, T. B. Fisher, Station; W. G. Dorris, John Chambliss, Circuit ; W. W. Brinsfield, City Mission.
1873 .- D. C. Kelley, Presiding Elder ; R. K. Hargrove, F. E. Pitts, Felix R. Hill, W. D. F. Sawrie, R. K. Brown, Edward T. Hart, William R. Warren (Supernumerary), W. M. Doyle, James W. Hill, Station ; J. J. Ellis, A. P. McFerrin, J. J. Pitts, George W. Winn, John Rains, Cir- cuit; W. W. Brinsfield, City Mission.
1874 .- D. C. Kelley, Presiding Elder ; R. K. Hargrove, W. M. Green, F. R. Hill, W. D. F. Sawrie; John Rains (Supernumerary), J. W. Hill, J. J. Ransom, J. W. Hanner, Jr., T. A. Kerley, W. R. Warren (Supernumerary), E. T. Hart, A. P. McFerrin, M. A. Erwin, G. W. Winn, A. Mizell, T. B. Marks, J. W. Bell, Station; W. W. Brins- field, Circuit.
1875 .- R. K. Hargrove, Presiding Elder ; D. C. Kelley, W. M. Green, F. R. Hill, W. R. Lambeth, J. G. Myers, J. Rains (Supernumerary), J. W. Hill, J. T. Pittman, J. P. McFerrin, J. A. McFerrin, W. R. Warren (Supernum- erary), E. T. Hart, D. F. Haynes, W. R. Peebles, J. W. Bell, Station ; J. Nichols, City Mission.
1876 .- R. K. Hargrove, Presiding Elder ; D. C. Kelley, W. R. Lambeth, J. Rains (Supernumerary), F. R. Hill, Jasper Nichols, William M. Green, W. H. Wilkes, J. W. Hill, J. P. McFerrin, W. M. Leftwich, W. R. Warren (Supernumerary), J. G. Myers, W. R. Peebles, Station ; W. W. Brinsfield, City Mission; A. P. McFerrin, A. C. Matthews, Goodlettsville.
1877 .- R. K. Hargrove, Presiding Elder ; D. C. Kelley, John Rains (Supernumerary), William M. Leftwich, J. J. Pitts, William M. Green, Thomas L. Moody, Lewis C. Bryan, J. P. McFerrin, William H. Doss, Clinton Clenny, John G. Bolton, Station ; William W. Brinsfield, Sawrie Chapel and City Mission ; U. S. Bates, Riverside; John W. Hensley, Hollandale; Pinkney T. Martin, Nashville Circuit.
1878 .- R. K. Hargrove, Presiding Elder ; D. C. Kelley, John Rains (Supernumerary), W. M. Leftwich, J. W. Hill, A. Mizell (Supernumerary), T. L. Moody, L. C. Bryan, T. A. Kerley, J. B. West, J. B. Ilamilton (Supernumerary), R. E. Travis, W. R. Warren (Supernumerary), Clinton Clenny, John Bell, Station ; A. P. McFerrin, Hermitage ; A. M. Thornton, Riverside; W. D. Cherry, Nashville; W. G. Dorris, Midway ; J. II. Roberts, Forest Grove ; George W. Winn, Woodbine; W. R. Bellamy, Hollandale Circuit.
1879 .- W. D. F. Sawrie, Presiding Elder ; J. B. West, McKendree; R. K. Brown, J. W. Hill, Clinton Clenny, L. C. Bryan, R. A. Reagan, J. M. Wright, J. B. Hamil- ton (Supernumerary), R. E. Travis, W. R. Warren (Super- numerary), T. A. Kerley, Lewis Powell, Station ; G. W. Hensley, Riverside; William McQueen, Nashville; B. F. Ferrell, A. C. Matthews (Supernumerary), Midway ; R. P. Gray, Forest Grove; G. W. Winn, Woodbine; O. G. Halli- burton, Hollandale Circuit.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The reorganization of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Davidson County was begun by Rev. M. J. Cramer in 1864. A society was organized in Nashville and held ser-
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vices for a time in the McKendree church, and afterwards in the Masonic Hall. Rev. Mr. Cramer was followed in the pastorate by Revs. W. H. Norris, A. A. Gee, and D. F. Holmes, D.D. During Dr. Holmes' pastorate a lot was purchased on Park Street, extending back to Summer Street, near Capitol Avenue. A chapel thirty by fifty feet was erected on the Summer Street front and dedicated in October, 1876.
The Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized at Murfreesboro', Oct. 11, 1866, by Rev. Bishop Clark. This church attached itself to that Conference, and was known as Union Chapel. Rev. D. Rutledge was then appointed pastor, and continued in charge three years. During his pastorate fifteen feet were attached to the length of the church, and a class-room nineteen feet square to the south side. Rev. F. A. Mason was the next pastor, and filled the full term of three years. The annual Conference of 1872 changed the name of the church to First Methodist Episcopal Church, and placed Rev. J. A. Edmunson in charge. During the summer the cholera drove many of the membership and congregation from the city, broke up the Sunday-school, and for a time almost suspended public services. At this time, Rev. Mr. Edmunson resigned his pastorate, and Dr. Braden, presid- ing elder of the district, supplied the pulpit until the next session of Conference.
The Conference which met in October, 1873, left the First Church to be supplied. Rev. J. A. Lansing was ap- pointed pastor in January, 1874. The society, feeling that the church was poorly located, and pressed by a mortgage, determined to sell the property. Through the efforts of Rev. Mr. Lansing, a lot was purchased in April, on the corner of Spruce and Demonbreun Streets, one hundred by one hundred and nine feet, for eight thousand dollars. A building committee consisting of Dr. Braden, Rev. J. A. Lansing, W. W. Woodmancy, HI. Pierce, J. W. Austin, and J. Lewis, architect, was appointed.
The house standing upon the lot was moved to one side and refitted as a parsonage. The foundation of the church was completed in May, and by the last of December the walls were up and the roof on. In the fall of 1875, Rev. L. P'. Causey was appointed pastor. For want of means, but little work was done on the edifice during 1876. In February, 1877, the Union chapel was sold. The last ser- vice was held in that chapel March 4th, at which time all church service was suspended. Work was resumed on the new building on Spruce Street, and the lecture-room fin- ished and occupied for the first time by religious services, May 27, 1877. Rev. Mr. Causey, who had been returned for the second time, held Sabbath-morning services only until the close of his pastorate. The Sunday-school was reorganized in July with but ten members.
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By the action of the Tennessee Conference, in October, 1877, this charge was then placed in the Central Tennessee Conference, which embraced the whole work in Middle and West Tennessee, and the name of the church changed to Spruce Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. L. A. Rudisill was at the same time appointed pastor. He found a Sunday-school of six grown persons and a boy, and an average congregation of ten persons. Nightly services were
resumed, and earnest church work carried on. In Novem- ber, 1878, a gracious revival was held which resulted in the conversion of half a hundred souls. This was followed in February, 1879, by another revival, in which over forty persons were converted.
In October, 1879, the church was finished and ready for dedication. This service was postponed until December 3d, at which time the Annual Conference was to hold its services in the church. The dedication service was per- formed by Rev. Bishop Wiley. At this time the society had increased to one hundred and the Sunday-school to one hundred and fifty members. The building, which is of the Gothic style of architecture, consists of two rooms and their vestibules, with a seating capacity of about five hundred in the large and two hundred in the smaller hall. The seats in the main room are of ash and walnut beautifully blended, circular in form, and arranged in tiers. The steeple and a portion of the roof were blown down in the great gale of February, 1880, damaging a portion of the interior, and entailing a loss of one thousand dollars. This was promptly repaired. The present church property is valued at twenty thousand dollars. The last Conference returned Rev. Mr. Rudisill for the third year to this charge. Professor T. H. Corkill is superintendent of the Sunday-school. J. W. Austin was the first class-leader, and continues in that office, with the assistance of J. W. Royce and Mrs. T. H. Corkill, who are earnest workers in their position.
Clark Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church .- In the year 1847, Joseph T. Elliston conveyed to Isaac Paul and others, to be held in trust for the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a lot seventy-two by ninety feet, fronting on Franklin Street between College and Cherry Streets. On this site was erected a substantial brick edifice, called An- drew Church, so named in honor of Bishop James O. Andrew. The society occupying the church had recently removed from the corner of Market and Franklin Streets, where they suffered no little embarrassment on account of a lack of sufficient room to accommodate the numbers who attended the services. They continued to worship at the latter place until the year 1865, when the property was sold. It was purchased by the Missionary Society of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Some time during the same year a society was organized here by Bishop D. W. Clark, when the church assumed its present name. A board of trustees, consisting of Randal Brown, Squire Fain, Elias Polk, and others, was elected by the Quarterly Conference, to whom the property was afterwards deeded. To provide educa- tional facilities for a hitherto neglected portion of the citizens who were just emerging from slavery and its con- comitants, -ignorance and superstition, -a school was opened at once in the basement, where a large number re- ceived instruction. Revs. John Seys and O. O. Knight had charge. This school formed the nucleus of what is now known as the Central Tennessee College. The new society commenced under favorable auspices and grew rapidly for a while, when its progress was arrested by an unfortunate division. A few bigoted persons succeeded, by slander and misrepresentation, in producing a feeling of dissatisfaction, which resulted in the withdrawal of a considerable number, who went out and formed themselves into an African
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HISTORY OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
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