Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts and Archives Department

BEDFORD CIRCUIT METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
RECORDS, 1892-1899

Collection #:
BV 2630

Table of Contents

 Collection Information
Historical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Cataloging Information

Processed by:
Paul Brockman
27 October 1992

COLLECTION INFORMATION

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Bedford Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church was established in the early 1840s and included congregations in Judah, Shiloh, Pleasant Hill, Bryantsville, Wesley Chapel, Silverville, Mitchell, Oolitic, Red Cross, Bedford, and Dark Hollow in Lawrence County. The first Methodist Church in the county was established in Shiloh in 1821. The Bedford congregation was founded in 1826.

Sources: Information from collection.
History of Lawrence County (1884), pp. 200-223.
Heller, Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church, p.79.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The volume contains the church records for the Bedford Circuit, 1892-1899. Included are the records of pastors, record of official members, record of classes, record of members in full connection, record of probationers, record of marriages, and record of Baptisms. In some instances the records are separated by churches, but in most the individual's residence determined the member church.

CATALOGING INFORMATION

For additional information on this collection, including a list of subject headings that may lead you to related materials:

1. Go to the Indiana Historical Society's online catalog
2. Click on the "Local Catalog" icon.
3. Search for the collection by its call number, using the letter or letters designation and four digits (e.g., M 0715, SC 2234).
4. When you find the collection, go to the "Holdings" screen for a list of headings that can be searched for related materials.

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