Bayou Chicot and White’s Chapel Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a quarterly conference record book for the Bayou Chicot and White’s
Chapel Circuit of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In 1899, it
begins documenting the newly-formed Chicot and Washington Circuit. Both circuits were part of the
Alexandria District in central Louisiana. Quarterly conference reports dated 1897 to 1903 indicate the
circuits included the following congregations: Bayou Chicot, Bayou Clair, Bethel, Elm Bayou, New
Haven, Turkey Creek, Washington, Waxia, and White’s Chapel.
The administrative reports include information about Sunday Schools, the general state of the churches,
finances, missions, and statistical information about baptisms and membership. Specific individuals
identified in the volume are usually church administrators. In some instances, members are identified
upon baptism or death.
Dates
- 1897 - 1903
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
The Bayou Chicot and White’s Chapel Circuit of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South appears to have formed in 1895, though it included some long-established congregations. The circuit was part of the Alexandria District in central Louisiana. In December 1898, the Louisiana Conference realigned congregations to form the Chicot and Washington Circuit (Alexandria District) and the Lecompte and White’s Chapel Circuit (Alexandria District). Quarterly conference reports dated 1897 to 1903 indicate the circuits included the following congregations: Bayou Chicot, Bayou Clair, Bethel, Elm Bayou, New Haven, Turkey Creek, Washington, Waxia, and White’s Chapel.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection transferred in 1992.
- Bayou Chicot Methodist Episcopal Church South (Bayou Chicot, La.)
- Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Evangeline Parish
- Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Saint Landry Parish
- Financial records
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Louisiana Conference
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Sunday schools
- White’s Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South (Gold Dust, La.)
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Bayou Chicot and White’s Chapel Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South records
- Author
- Olivia Brignac and Chris Brown
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository