Thibodaux Methodist Episcopal Church South (Thibodaux, La.) records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the church register for Thibodaux Methodist Episcopal Church South
(Thibodaux, La.). This volume was begun in 1852, though additional information was added to
document earlier years. The register contains the following sections: introduction describing sections
of the book, ancient members (1836-1852), journal of the station providing history of Methodism in
Thibodaux (1832-1889), registry of names in consecutive order (1836-1857), alphabetical and
chronological registry (1852-1889), registry of those received on trial (1856-1859), registry of those
received into full fellowship (1852-1861), baptisms of adults (1852-1868), baptisms of infants
(1852-1884), marriages (1852-1876), deaths (1842-1886), annual statistics (1852), trustees and
officials (1852-1876), subscribers to our periodicals (1854), and church property/title/original trustees for
Tigerville Methodist Episcopal Church South (1849). Also included is a Gibson United Methodist Church membership list (1976).
The alphabetical and chronological registry section primarily documents members of the congregation
in Thibodaux (1852-1889), but also includes members of congregations in the nearby communities of
Napoleonville (1861-1876), Houma (1867-1884), and Tigerville (1867-1889).
Dates
- 1832 - 1889
Creator
- Thibodaux Methodist Episcopal Church South (Thibodaux, 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
Thibodaux Methodist Episcopal Church South (Thibodaux, La.) traces its history to the appointment of Rev. Benjamin Coxe to the Lafourche Mission in 1832. The Thibodaux congregation began constructing a church building in 1845 which was completed in 1852. During the Civil War and until 1866, the church’s property was used by an African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation. In 1873, the Thibodaux Methodist Episcopal Church South consisted of only eight members with many previous members having transferred to the community’s Episcopal Church. By the 1890s, the congregation remained a small number of members sporadically served by a minister. In the early 1900s, the church’s property was sold. In 1948, the church was reestablished as the Thibodaux Methodist Church.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This item is organized by subject, then chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection transferred in 1990.
- Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Assumption Parish
- Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Lafourche Parish
- Church records and registers -- Louisiana -- Terrebonne Parish
- Gibson United Methodist Church (Gibson, La.)
- Houma Methodist Episcopal Church South (Houma, La.)
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Louisiana Conference
- Napoleonville Methodist Episcopal Church South (Napoleonville, La.)
- Property records
- Tigerville Methodist Episcopal Church South (Tigerville, La.)
Creator
- Thibodaux Methodist Episcopal Church South (Thibodaux, La.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Thibodaux Methodist Episcopal Church South (Thibodaux, La.) records
- Author
- Created by Carolyn Garison in 1990, updated by Olivia Brignac and Chris Brown in 2017.
- 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