First United Methodist Church of Geneva records, 1835-1899.
Collection Number: 6020
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
First United Methodist Church of Geneva records, 1835-1899.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6020
Abstract:
Mainly class leader records (1835-1869) including a decisions on when to hold a Love
Feast and a discussion about an anti-slavery convention to be held in Rochester. Also
records of the Quarterly Conference Meetings (April 1837-October 1899). Also included
is a membership register (1836-1854).
Creator:
First United Methodist Church of Geneva (Geneva, N.Y.)
Quanitities:
1 microfilm reels.
Language:
Collection material in English
The church was established in 1811 by the Reverend George Harrison. The church building
was erected in 1821. After the church was erected, the society had its own minister.
A second church was built in 1839.
Records mainly contain class leader records (Items 1, 2, 3) (1835-1869). The other
large group of records are those of the Quarterly Conference Meetings (April 1837-October
1899). Also included is a membership register (1836-1854).
The class leader records include: records of class money received, names of church
members who were licensed to preach, reports on class and Sabbath school attendance,
accounts of collections received for the poor fund and names of persons who received
money from that fund, and rules of order to be observed at official meetings as veil
as rules for conducting meetings.
Quarterly Conference Records include: records of subscription payments, names of
leaders and numbers of students attending classes, reports of the estimating committee,
and financial reports.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
First United Methodist Church of Geneva records, #6020. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Harrison, George, Rev.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Quarterly Conference
Places:
Ontario County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Geneva (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Subjects:
Methodist Episcopal Church -- New York (State) -- Geneva.
Antislavery movements.
Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Item #1 |
Leaders Meeting Records, May 18, 1835 - April 11, 1842 , Chronological, not paginated
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May 18, 1835 - April 11, 1842 | |
Scope and Contents
Meeting records contain: names of members present, records of class money received;
names of persons on probation from class, examples of how this session acted as a
court, records of persons whose names were removed from church records, names of persons
recommended to the Quarterly Meeting Conferences to be licensed as preachers, de cisions
regarding when and where prayer meetings were to be held, decisions regarding who
guest speakers would be and who would take collections afterwards, decisions regarding
the Pastor's salary, names of church members licensed to preach, reports on Sabbath
School attendance, records of stewards appointed, and decisions on when to hold Love
Feasts.
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Item #2 |
Leaders Meeting Records, September 3, 1849 - June 11, 1855 , Chronological, not paginated
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September 3, 1849 - June 11, 1855 | |
Scope and Contents
Goodwin. Also contains rules of order to be observed at official meetings Meeting
records contain: records of money paid to stewards, names of persons present; reports
on class attendance, records of money paid the society by the congregation, records
of rent payments for the pastor's house, class account records, records of salary
payments to the Reverends Dennis, Gulick, Haines and of order to be observed at official
meetings and rules for conducting meetings.
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Item #3 |
Steward Meeting Records, September 1855 - September 1869 , Chronological, not paginated
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September 1855 - September 1869 | |
Scope and Contents
Minutes contain: names of persons present, reports on class attendance, names of persons
put on and taken off probation, records of money paid by class members to class leaders,
decisions on times to hold prayer meetings, names of persons made full members of
church, decisions on when to hold Love Feasts, discussion about an anti-slavery convention
to be held in Rochester, names of persons recommended to the church, selection of
delegates to attend laymen's Convention in Rochester, records of money sent to the
American Bible Society, suggestions in reference to a district campmeeting, list of
class leaders, accounts of payments to pastor. Also records of pews rented, records
of collection money for the poor, money paid out of that collection, and names of
persons given money from that fund.
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Item #4 |
Membership Register, 1836-1854 , Chronological, not paginated
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1836-1854 | |
Scope and Contents
Contains: list of members, how they were received (by letter or admission), how they
left the church (death, dismissal, expulsion), list of persons on class probation,
their leaders' names, and how they were removed from the probation list.
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Item #5 |
Quarterly Conference Meeting Records, April 1837 - October 1899 , Chronological, not
paginated
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April 1837 - October 1899 | |
Scope and Contents
Contains : unarranged list of leaders and stewards in the front of the book and minutes
of Quarterly Meeting Conference which contain: names of persons present, names of
persons elected stewards, Centneary of Methodism (October 21, 1839), record of subscription
payments, names of persons wishing to be licensed to preach by the Conference, records
of complaints and appeals, numbers of teachers (male and female), numbers of students
(male and female), number of volumes in the library, reports of the estimating committee,
financial reports, pastors' reports on the state of the church, names of persons elected
district stewards, names of persons on various committees, accounts of funds raised
for benevolent purposes, letter to General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church
(May 1, 1884), reports from Missionary Committee, reports from Temperance Committee,
class leaders' reports.
Rear of volume contains a listing of classes, leaders and students.
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