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Pope's Chapel Methodist Church collection

This collection contains scrapbooks featuring church programs, letters, etc. from Pope's Chapel Methodist Church.

More About This Collection

Creator
Bamford, Sophia Boyd
Boyd, John Wright
Oglesby, Evelyn Bufford
Rucker, James Francis
White, Dan, Rev.

Date of Original
1955/2018

Subject
Methodists
Wilkes County (Ga.)
Pope's Chapel United Methodist Church (Wilkes County, Ga.)
Church history
Congregational churches
Georgia
Homecoming
United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Methodist Church--Anniversaries, etc.
Programs (Publications)
Independence United Methodist Church (Wilkes County, Ga.)
Methodist Church
Letters
Rock United Methodist Church (Oglethorpe County, Ga.)
Tignall (Ga.)
Appling County (Ga.)
Autobiographies
Broad River Valley (N.C. and S.C.)
Cemeteries
Church dedication
Corporate minutes
Georgia--Wilkes County
History
Lent
Methodist church buildings
Sermons

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Medium
scrapbooks
church records

Type
Text

Description
This collection contains scrapbooks featuring church programs, letters, etc. from Pope's Chapel Methodist Church. The Methodist Society, which was later organized into Pope’s Chapel Church, was first organized in August 1786 by Thomas Humphries at the home of James Marks located in what is now Elbert County about 1 1/2 miles Northeast of Baker’s Ferry on Broad River. When Elbert County was formed in 1790 from Wilkes County it left most of the church members in Wilkes County, so the church was moved south into Wilkes and located about two mile from Broad River on property owned by John Landrum adjoining his birthplace on the east side of Baker’s Ferry Road. It was in this location that it received its name, in honor of Rev. Henry Pope who supplied most of the timber for the building. Bishop Asbury preached the Dedication Sermon there in 1805. In 1852 the church was again moved about 2 miles southeast to its present location. In 1871 Trustees of the church were Benjamin W. Fortson, M. T. Cash, Augustus A. Neal and James W. Boyd. A second building was constructed here in 1897 in which 2 stained glass windows were installed as a memorial to Benjamin Winn Fortson and his wife Hannah Rebecca Ogilvie by their children. The Dedication Sermon was preached by Lundye Harris in 1898. This building, severely damaged by windstorms was replaced in 1957 by the present building.

Metadata URL
https://vtext.valdosta.edu/xmlui/handle/10428/4647

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

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