OLD NEWSPAPER CUPPING TttLS OF I
PROGRESS OF METHODISM IN EDENTON
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Os interest to Methodists in Eden
ton and other citizens is an old news
paper clipping sent to The Herald by
Mrs. G. L. Davenport of Mackeys.
Mrs. Davenport attended a Methodist
Church on West Eden Street (refer
red to as an alley) before the brick
church was built at the present site
on Broad Street and was a Sunday
School teacher when the Rev. N. M.
Watson was pastor.
The clipping sent by Mrs. Daven
port was written by Mr. Watson and
has to do with a history of Methodism
in Edenton. The article follows:
HISTORY OF METHODISM
IN EDENTON
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By Rev. N. M. Watson, Pastor
“It is doubted, if there is another
place in America, where the growth of
Methodism has been so slow, or where
the visible returns have been so mea
ger in proportion to effort expended.
As far back as 1793, Edenton appears
on the General Minutes with Archer
Davis as preacher in charge. Wheth
er he tried and failed, or what became
of him or the appointment does not
appear. Not until 1804 was a second
attempt made; this time with Joseph
Moore, preacher in charge. To the
succeeding Conference he could report
no progress. In 1807, a third effort
was made, this time with John Latti
more in charge, but again the record
is silent, and we conclude that like
his predecessors he found Edenton a
hard soil in which to plant Methodism.
But the Methodist Fathers were not
disheartened. Next came the Rev.
Enoch Jones. At last the soil was
broken and a Society of 18 members
—9 white and 9 colored—was organiz
ed and reported to the annual Confer
ence which met at Tarboro, February
2nd, 1809.
“It will be interesting to note that,
the total Methodist membership in the |
United States, at that time, was 151,- 1
995, having grown from 65,980 to that
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■ number since 1793,. when Archer Davis
• was first appointed to Edenton. It is
1 also interesting to note that, since
. 1808, when Edenton had 18 members,
; Methodism in the United States has
grown fipm 151,995 to 5,397,702 mem
: bers* at the close of the statistical
i year 1894.
“If the increase at Edenton had been
' in proportion to the increase in Ameri
can Methodism, there would now be
■ about 900 members. The writer will
l not undertake to say how long it will
t probably be before that number is
reached.
“For the year 1809, the Rev. Enoch
Jones was returned to Edenton, and
succeeded in building a Methodist
Church, and to the succeeding Confer
ence which met at Petersburg, Va., re
• ported 75 members— ls white and 60
’ colored. In 1810 Robert Thompson
i was preacher in charge, and to the
■ next Conference, which * met at Ra
. leigh, N. C., reported 39 white and
i 129 colored members. Next comes
■ Rev. Pleasant Thurman, (the father
• of Hon. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio)
: a young man and unmarried. On the
; Uth of May after his arrival in Feb-
I ruary he was “happily married,” so
i the old record says, to Miss Mary G.
! Allen, daughter of Col. Nathaniel Al
; len of the town of Edenton.
“On the Minutes of a Church Con
| ference held September 11th, 1811,
1 may be seen the following entry:
1 Pleasant Thurman made the follow
ing motion, viz: That the residue of
the monev after the payment of his
own board and church expenses, should
1 be applied to the board and salary of
: his wife. Motion was refused unani
' mously; because Pleasant Thurman
was received by the society as a sin
gle preacher and are only bound to
support him as such. An appeal to
quarterly Conference was craved by
, P. Thurman, which was accordingly
! granted. When the appeal came up
' 1 for trial we find the following decis
• ion recorded: ‘That the Society is not
bound to support P. Thurman’s wife
under the circumstances stated.’
Doubtless they intended to teach their
future pastors not to rush headlong
to matrimonial bliss. How many will
heed the warning, the muses have yet
to tell.
“In 1812 Joel Arrington was preach
er in charge; next came Henry
Holmes, a pious, godly man, who was
permitted to labor but a few short
weeks, when the Master called him to
his reward. In the old church yard
his body awaits the dawn of the resur
rection mom.
Through the next forty years we
might trace the history of many a
struggle, but we pass on to 1857 and
find a white membership of sixty;
moving into a more commodious
church on Eden alley. But in 1865
when the din of war had subsided they
could count but thirty members, three
men and twenty-seven women. Cer
tainly the outlook was dark enough,
but' collecting themselves together
they began a determined struggle for
existence, and a protracted struggle
for many years it proved to be.
“It would take a wiser philosopher
than this writer claims to be, to tell
why the growth of Methodism has
been so slow among the white popu-
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1953.
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lation of Edenton. ’Tis true the at
mosphere is very damp, but the col
ored Methodist Church has not failed
to flourish, and now numbers about
600 members. They can claim the
proud distinction of being the largest
church organization in the county.
“To the hopeful man, a brighter day
for the M. E. Church, South in Eden
ton, seems to be dawning; at least
these years of struggle have evolved
a band of heroic men and women, who
undaunted by the fortunes of the past,
have recently attested their faith in
future Methodism, by contributing
largely and freely of their means to
the erection, on Broad Street, of one
of the handsomest brick churches to
be found in Eastern Carolina.”
Bride-elect Honored
At Number Os Parties
Miss Ruth Goodwin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Goodwin, whose marri
age to George Spencer Warren, Jr.,
will take place June 6 in the Edenton
Baptist Church, has been honored by
friends and relatives with several par
ties recently.
Entertaining for the bride-elect in
cluded: Mrs. H. A. Campen, Mrs. Al
bert Byrum and Mrs. William E. Bond,
who gave a luncheon on May 12 at the
home of Mrs. Byrum on North Broad
Legal Notices
North Carolina,
Chowan Counity.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
The undersigned', having qualified
as executor of itihe estatte of James
N. Bloyce, deceased, late of Chowan
County, N. C., itihds tna to notify all per
sons viaving claims againsft said estate
to present them to Ithe undersigned
on <xr before the 23ad day of April,
1964, or ithis notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. A1 persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the un
dersigned.
This April 23, 1953.
J. CAMERON BOYCE.
HILDA BOYCE PARKER,
Executors of James N.
Boyce, Deceased.
Apri130,May7,14,21,28, Jtme4c
North Carolina,
Chowan County.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
The undersigned, having qualified
as executor of the estate of George
W. Leary, deceased, late of Chowan
County, N. C., (his is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to present them to the under
signed on or before the 23rd day of
April, 1954, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. AH
persons indebted to add estate will
please make munedtete payment to
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This 21st day of May; 1953.
jlkxslLjmkry,
Executor, qLfiscqe 1
Street. Mrs. George Spencer Warren,
Sr., of Wilson, N. C., mother of the
bridegroom, attended the luncheon.
Mrs 1 . Boyd Harless and daughter,
Miss Anne Harless, entertained at a
bridge luncheon at their home on
North Granville Street on May 14.
Mrs. Joe Thorud entertained at a
dessert bridge at her home in Morris
Circle on May 19.
On May 20th, the bride-elect was
honored at a tea at the home of Mrs.
J. H. Conger, Sr., with Mrs. Conger
and Mrs. J. C. Leary, Jr., as hostess
es.
Miss Charlotte Bunch and Miss
Mary MacDonald Holmes entertained
at a dessert bridge at the former’s
home on May 23.
Mrs. Wallace Goodwin gave a mis
cellaneous shower at her home near
Edenton on May 26.
A dinner party was held for the
honoree by Mr. and Mrs. John Raines
on May 26, at their home on North
Granville Street.
Other parties to be given for Miss
Goodwin are as follows:
A dinner party by Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Harrell on May 30. A tea with
Mrs. Lloyd Griffin and Mrs. Clyde
Douglas 11, as hostesses on June 1.
Rehearsal party by Mrs. David Hol
ton and Mrs. Jimmie Earnhardt on
June 5, at the home of Mrs. Holton on
North Granville Street. Mrs. Richard
Elliott and Mrs. Dick Goodwin will be
hostesses at a bridal breakfast at the
home of Mrs. Elliott on West Eden
Street on June 6.
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