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Bethlehem Methodist Church Records (Taylor's Island, Md.)

4 cartons (4.6 linear feet)

(1785 – 1978)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2001.004
Creator(s) Bethlehem Methodist Church
Acquisition See Nabb Center Staff
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Thomas Long, January 2020
Related Materials None
Separated Materials

Separate materials housed in oversize box:

 

2: Taylor’s Island Membership and Church Record, 1951 - 1959
Abstract

The Bethlehem Methodist Church Records document the membership and activities of the Dorchester County church, as well as Taylor's Island's Methodist congregation before the official church's establishment in 1858. This collection includes minutes from church conferences, membership rolls and congregation registers, and records from meetings, contribution records, Sunday school records, attendance lists, marriage licenses, deeds, and other material related to the church's history.

Administrative History

Bethlehem Methodist Church was erected in 1858 in Taylors Island, MD, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The church is still active today. A Taylor's Island's Methodist congregation is believed to have been established as early as 1781.

Scope and Content Note

Bethlehem Methodist Church was erected in 1858 in Taylors Island, MD, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The church is still active today. A Taylor's Island's Methodist congregation is believed to have been established as early as 1781.This collection includes minutes from church conferences, membership rolls and congregation registers, and records from meetings, contribution records, Sunday school records, attendance lists, marriage licenses, deeds, and other material related to the church's history. 

Arrangement Statement

Collection is arranged into 11 series:

  1. Series I: Conference Records
  2. Series II: Church Registers and Membership Rolls
  3. Series III: Church Meeting Records and Secretary's Books
  4. Series IV: Contribution and Funds Records
  5. Series V: Sunday School Records
  6. Series VI: Taylor's Island Church Service Material
  7. Series VII: Marriage Licenses
  8. Series VIII: Deeds
  9. Series IX: Church History
  10. Series X: Microfilm
  11. Series XI: Miscellaneous Material

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Minutes (Records)
    • Religious History
  • Corporate Names
    • Bethlehem Methodist Church
  • Location Terms
    • Taylor's Island (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. 1: Conference Minutes, 1860 - 1881
  2. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1882 - 1885
  3. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1885 - 1889
  4. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1889 - 1893
  5. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1891 - 1895
  6. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1894 - 1897
  7. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1898 - 1900
  8. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1898 - 1902
  9. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1898 - 1902
  10. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1902 - 1906
  11. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1906 - 1910
  12. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1911 - 1915
  13. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1915 - 1918
  14. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book, 1919 - 1921
  15. 1: Taylor’s Island Church Conference Reports, 1972 - 1978
  16. 1: Quarterly Conference Record Book (Blank), undated
  17. 2: Taylor’s Island First Church Record, Proper, With Partial Member Listing, 1785 - 1842
  18. 2: Records Book for Scott’s Chapel near Bucktown, 1835
  19. 2: Cambridge Circuit, Eastern Shore District Church Register, 1880 - 1900
  20. 2: Pastor’s Memorandum Book (Includes Baptism Record), 1886 -1896

Box 2

  1. 2: Taylor’s Island Membership Roll Book, 1888 - 1958
  2. 2: Dorchester Charge Church Register, 1901 - 1918
  3. 2: Bethlehem Church Baby Book, 1914
  4. 2: Bethlehem Church Register, 1921 - 1977
  5. 2: Taylor’s Island Membership and Church Record (separate), 1951 - 1959
  6. 2: Miscellaneous Member Record Book, undated
  7. 3: Proceedings of Board of Trustees, Taylor’s Island, 1798 - 1860
  8. 3: WSCS Bethlehem Church Secretary’s Book, 1949 - 1950
  9. 3: WSCS Bethlehem Church Secretary’s Book, 1952 - 1955
  10. 3: Bethlehem Church, Taylor’s Island Secretary’s Book, 1955
  11. 3: WSCS Bethlehem Church Secretary’s Book, 1956, 1958
  12. 3: Official Records of Recording Steward for Taylor’s Island, 1960 - 1961
  13. 3: WSCS Bethlehem Church Secretary’s Book, 1963 - 1967
  14. 3: Taylor’s Island Official Board Meeting Notes, 1964 - 1968
  15. 4: Contribution Booklets for Bethlehem Church, 1873 - 1875
  16. 4: Records Book for Rebuilding Fund, Bethlehem Church, Taylor’s Island, 1954 - 1959
  17. 5: Bethlehem Sunday School Teachers Class Books, 1863 - 1890
  18. 5: Superintendents Condensed Record, Bethlehem Church, 1864 - 1869
  19. 5: Taylor’s Island Sunday School Register, 1864 - 1888
  20. 5: Taylor’s Island Superintendent’s Condensed Record, 1868 - 1870
  21. 5: Sunday School Record Book, 1878 - 1884
  22. 5: Superintendent’s Condensed Record, 1879 - 1886

Box 3

  1. 5: Superintendent’s Condensed Minute Book, 1883 - 1887
  2. 5: Bethlehem Sunday School Librarian’s Account Book, 1884 - 1886
  3. 5: Bethlehem Sunday School Record Book, 1888 - 1899
  4. 5: Sunday School Library Record, 1897 - 1902
  5. 5: Bethlehem Sunday School Record Book, 1902 - 1914
  6. 5: Joppa Sunday School Records, 1911 - 1912
  7. 5: M.E. South Sunday School Record Book, 1917 - 1921
  8. 5: Bethlehem Sunday School Record Book, 1932 - 1933
  9. 5: Taylor’s Island Sunday School Record Book, 1933 - 1935
  10. 5: Bethlehem Sunday School Record Book, 1937 - 1939
  11. 5: Taylor’s Island Sunday School Record Book, 1964 - 1965
  12. 5: Superintendent’s Condensed Record, Bethlehem Church, undated
  13. 5: Miscellaneous Sunday School Teacher’s Class Books, 1864 - 1868
  14. 5: Miscellaneous Sunday School Teacher’s Class Books, 1874 - 1877
  15. 5: Miscellaneous Sunday School Teacher’s Class Books, 1878 - 1886
  16. 5: Miscellaneous Sunday School Teacher’s Class Books, 1900 - 1905
  17. 5: Miscellaneous Sunday School Teacher’s Class Books, undated
  18. 6: Attendance List from 151st Anniversary Celebration, 1938
  19. 6: Anniversary Service Programs, 1947 - 1956
  20. 6: Attendance Listing and Memorabilia from Homecoming Services, 1959 - 1963
  21. 6: Homecoming Service Programs, 1958, 1971
  22. 6: Attendance Listing from Homecoming Services, 1959 - 1963
  23. 7: Marriage Licenses from Taylor’s Island, 1886 -1943
  24. William J. Reeve + Ida Ruark, 1886
  25. John Adams + Olivia Travers, 1887
  26. Charles W. Wheeler + Janie Travers, 1890
  27. Harold Louis Brannock + Clara Mace Layton, 1943
  28. 8: Deeds, 1812 - 1888
  29. Henry Scott to Clement Waters, Samuel Cook, Walter Rawleigh, Job Breenwood, and Edward Williams, 1812
  30. James Todd to George Ellisten, William Warfield, and others, 1858
  31. Levi D. Travers and wife to Board of School Commissioners of Dorchester County, 1875
  32. To Benjamin Keene and others from Moses Lecompte and wife (photocopy), 1888
  33. To Benjamin Keene and others from Moses Lecompte and wife (typed copy), 1888
  34. 9: Taylor’s Island Church History, undated
  35. Timeline for Church Creek Charge
  36. The Garden of Methodism
  37. 10 : MD State Archives Listing of Bethlehem Chapel Microfilm Collection, 1988
  38. 11: Miscellaneous Correspondences, undated
  39. 11: Miscellaneous Church Records, undated
  40. 11: Miscellaneous Church Material, undated

Box 4 (Oversize)

  1. 2: Taylor’s Island Membership and Church Record, 1951 - 1959

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