Noble Methodist Church (Noble, La.) records

Collection

Identifier: LACUMC-Noble MC

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Noble Methodist Church (Noble, La.) records consist of two church registers. The older register acquired circa 1883 -- with additional information documenting prior years –- contains the following sections: pastors (1881-1916), members (1881-1925), deaths (1918), baptisms (1884-1907), and marriages (1885-1886). The second register acquired in 1915 -- with additional information documenting prior years –- contains the following sections: pastors (1915-1942), marriages (1916-1917), infant baptisms (1946-1951), and members (1885-1960).

Dates

1881 - 1960

Creator

Noble United Methodist Church (Noble, La.) (Organization)

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 Noble United Methodist Church (Noble, La.) was incorporated in 1899 as the Red Land Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was declared discontinued and abandoned in 2000.

Pastors who served the church include: H. J. Boltz (1881-1883), William Wimberly (1883-1884), J. M. Franklin (1884-1885), H. J. Boltz (1885-1887), S. S. Holladay (1889), William Shulle (1891), E. Singletary (1892-1893), W. A. Clark (1894), S. S. Holladay (1897), C. F. Staples (1901), T. S. Randle (1902), John Franklin (1903), Patterson (1904-1905), John Weems (1906-1907), J. E. Price (1909-1912), J. Cade Rosseaux (1912-1915), W. T. Henderson Jr. (1915-1916), R. T. Ware (1917), D. C. Bennett (1920), J. F. Wilson (1932), G. F. Bazemore (1933-1934), Honeycut (1933-1934), L. E. Crooks (1934-1935), A. H. Baggett (1937-1938), Alfred M. Brown (1939-1943), D. L. Dykes (1943-1945), J. C. Whitaker (1945-1946), B. D. Watson (1946-1949), T. M. Lancaster (1949-1951), A. D. St. Amant Jr. (1951-1953), Frank Collins (1953-1955), J. W. Lawton (1955-1957), A. O. Hancock (1957-1958), E. Lee McKay (1958-1960), W. T. Hall Jr. (1960-1962), Frank Stage (1962-1963), Vernon Fairley (1963-1966), W. G. Stegall (1966-1967), Hal Cansler (1967-1968), Willis Deer (1968-1970), H. B. Crammer (1970-1973), H. Austin Smith (1973-1975), Robert A. Ledden (1975).