Biography

The Oak Ridge Circuit of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South appears to originated as the Boneida [or Bonidea] Circuit around 1859. This circuit was part of the Monroe District in northeast Louisiana. Quarterly conference reports reveal numerous changes to the circuit: Boneida Circuit, Monroe District (1859-1860); Bartholomew and Jefferson Circuits, Monroe District (1860); Jefferson Circuit, Monroe District (1860-1863); Jefferson Circuit, Bastrop District (1863-1866); Jefferson Circuit, Monroe District (1867); Jefferson Circuit, Lake Providence District (1868); Oak Ridge Circuit and Bastrop Station, Lake Providence District (1869); Oak Ridge and Prairie Mer Rouge Circuit, Lake Providence District (1872); Oak Ridge and Prairie Mer Rouge Circuit, Delhi District (1873-1874); Oak Ridge Circuit, Delhi District (1875-1886).

Churches identified in these circuits include: Bartholomew Methodist Episcopal Church South (Bastrop, La.), Jones Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South (Lampkin, La.), Oak Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church South (Oak Ridge, La.), Prairie Mer Rouge Methodist Episcopal Church South (Prairie Mer Rouge, La.), DeGallion Methodist Episcopal Church South, Good Hope Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Pine Grove Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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