Shongaloo Circuit Methodist Protestant Church (Webster Parish, La.) records
Scope and Contents
These records document the activities of church congregations in Webster Parish, Louisiana, that belonged to the Shongaloo Circuit of the Arkansas Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church. The circuit included: Liberty Hill Methodist Protestant Church, New Era Methodist Protestant Church, Potter Methodist Protestant Church, Shongaloo Methodist Protestant Church, and Union Point Methodist Protestant Church. The collection includes membership records, administrative reports, deeds, and church histories. Marriage and baptism records appear in the Shongaloo Circuit church register book and the Shongaloo Methodist Protestant Church register book.
Dates
- 1867 - 1965
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 Shongaloo Circuit of the Arkansas Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church consisted of
congregations located in Webster Parish, Louisiana, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The
circuit included: Liberty Hill Methodist Protestant Church (Sikes Ferry, La.), New Era Methodist
Protestant Church, Potter Methodist Protestant Church, Shongaloo Methodist Protestant Church
(Shongaloo, La.), and Union Point Methodist Protestant Church. In 1938, two of the churches closed –
Potter and Union Point.
Shongaloo Methodist Protestant Church was organized in 1867. In 1939, the church was renamed the
Shongaloo Methodist Church and joined the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church, South
Central Jurisdiction. This coincided with the denominational merger in which the Methodist Protestant
Church joined with the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South to
form the Methodist Church.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by subject, then chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection transferred by Shreveport District in 2010.
- Administrative records
- Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Webster Parish
- Liberty Hill Methodist Protestant Church (Sikes Ferry, La.)
- Methodist Church (U.S.). Louisiana Conference (South Central Jurisdiction)
- Methodist Protestant Church (U.S. : 1830-1939). Arkansas Conference
- Methodist Protestant Church (U.S. : 1830-1939). Louisiana Conference
- Minutes (administrative records)
- New Era Methodist Protestant Church (Webster Parish, La.)
- Potter Methodist Protestant Church (Webster Parish, La.)
- Property records
- Union Point Methodist Protestant Church (Webster Parish, La.)
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Shongaloo Circuit Methodist Protestant Church (Webster Parish, La.) records
- Author
- Chris Brown
- Date
- 2015
- 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