Formation of the Southern Methodist Church

Formation of the Southern Methodist Church is a Virginia historical marker in Petersburg County, dedicated 1931.

E. Washington Street, near Sycamore Street

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One block west stood the Union Street Methodist Church, completed in 1820. There was held the first general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, May 1-23, 1846. At this meeting the Southern Methodist Church, which had separated from the Northern Church, effected its organization.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1807 · Map Of Virginia (lower right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1818 · Map of Virginia, 1818 (lower right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1840 · A Chart of the Chesapeake And Delaware Bays. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1867 · Petersburg and Five Forks (N. Michler, U.S. Engineers, 1867) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)

Map of Virginia, 1818 (lower right sheet), 1818, covering the location of Formation of the Southern Methodist Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of Virginia, 1818 (lower right sheet), 1818, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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