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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M74- 23
Creator: Trinity United Methodist Church (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Title, Dates: Trinity United Methodist Church (Tallahassee, Fla.) records, 1836-1954.
Amount: 2.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1824, Methodist missionaries from South Carolina established Trinity Church as the first Methodist Episcopal church in Tallahassee and one of the first in Florida. The first church building was a plain wooden structure erected on the corner of Bronough Street and West Park Avenue. Itinerant clergy served the church until 1828, when Rev. Josiah Freeman became the first permanent pastor. In 1840 the church moved to its present location on the corner of Duval Street and Park Avenue.
Summary:     The collection contains microfilmed records of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Tallahassee. These records include registers of membership (1836-1837, 1856-1877, 1899-1954), deaths (1876), marriages (1899-1954), baptisms (1899-1954), and pastors (1897-1950). Also included is a church history titled "Some Highlights of the History of Trinity Methodist Church, Tallahassee, Florida" by Frank D. Moor and genealogical information of the Stuart family contained in a family Bible that belonged to Mrs. P. O. DeMilly (Daisy Stuart).
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available. 0
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Trinity United Methodist Church, Tallahassee, Fla.
Associated Materials: Collection M76-151, Trinity United Methodist Church Financial Papers, 1860-1867 (1 folder) contains some financial records for the church including receipts, a partial account ledger and a list of members pledging monetary support.
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Subject Access Fields: Stuart family.
Baptismal records Florida
Church records and registers Florida --Leon County
Marriage records Florida --Leon County
Methodist church records.
Methodists Florida
Registers of births, etc. Florida --Leon County
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Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Added Entries Moor, Frank D., 1894-1984