A History of the Rise of Methodism in America. Containing Sketches of Methodist Itinerant Preachers, From 1736 to 1785, Numbering One Hundred and Sixty or Seventy. Also, A Short Account of many Hundreds of the First Race of Lay Members, Male and Female, From New York to South Carolina. Together With an Account of Many of the First Societies and Chapels. By John Lednum, of the Philadelphia Conference. Philadelphia: Published By The Author, 1862.
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Early Methodist Meeting Houses in Wake County, North Carolina
Written by C. Franklin Grill, Conference Historian in 1979. Includes pastoral appointments and an index. Click here to download the searchable PDF: Early Methodist Meeting Houses in Wake County, North Carolina.
Pioneer Methodist Preachers: Charter Members of the North Carolina Conference, February 1837
This booklet by Vivian P. Mitchell collects the information available about the first sixty preachers in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Each preacher’s entry may include birth and death dates and places, ordination milestones, church appointments, family information, and other information as known. A list of resource material used is included. This booklet was published in 1987. Click here to download the 60-page booklet as a searchable PDF: Pioneer Methodist Preachers: Charter Members of the North Carolina Conference, February 1837.
The Lumbee Methodists: Getting to Know Them: A Folk History
This book is a comprehensive history of the relationship between Lumbee Indians and Methodism in North Carolina. It includes chapters on the Lumbee people, the impact of Methodism, local church stories, and key people involved in the movement with a foreword by Bishop Minnick. Appendices include tributes, sermon notes, Lumbee lines, a record of service, and some significant dates. The section on church stories includes chapters about the following churches: Ashpole Center, Prospect, Pleasant Grove, Sandy Plains, Fairview, Hickory Grove, Pembroke First, Collins Chapel, New Philadelphus, Branch Street, Coharie, The Lighthouse Mission, West Robeson, Grace. This book was written by Lumbee Methodists, Jane and Michael Smith. It was published by the NC Conference Commission of Archives and History in 1990. Click here to download the searchable PDF: The Lumbee Methodists: Getting to Know Them: A Folk History.