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COMPILED BY W. H. FORSYTH A MBMORIAL OF WBSLBY CHAPKL Introduction This is intended to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Wesley Chapel, the first church in Atlanta, and the forerunner of several Methodist churches in the city. This year, 1972, is also the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Atlanta, near the 150th anniversary of the acquisition of this land from the Creek Indians, and about the 200th anniversary of the start of the preaching career of Francis Asbury, the first Methdist Bishop in America. He came from England in 1771 and was one of Methodism's greatest ministers. Thus 1972 is consequential in many respects. Wesley Chapel was named for John and Charles Wesley, ordained mini­ sters of the Church of England, who came to Savannah, Georgia, in 1736, to conduct a preaching mission. They returned to England and were importaat persons in the formation of the Methodist Church. This Memorial is not annotated. My main sources on information were: Atlanta Illustrated, a history by E. Y. Clarke, 1881 History of Atlanta, by Walter P. Reed, 1881 Atlanta and Its Environs, by Franklin M. Garrett, 19,4 Pioneer Citizens, by members of a historical society, 1902 DeKalb County Records of the Clerk of Court Records of the Lawyers Title Company Library of the Candler School of Theology Library of the Atlanta Historical Society Much early historical data is duplicated in the first four books and credit cannot be given to anyone author. Mr. Garrett and the staff at the Atlanta Historical Society have been especially helpful. I am a historian of the Forsyth family. Two Forsyth brothers came to Atlanta in 1843 from North Carolina, and were founders of the City. Another Forsyth came in 1853 and was a reputable citizen for many years. I have not traced the ancestry of these men and do not know if they are my kin or merely of the same generic family. I have been a member of the Methodist Church for about 60 years and a resident of Atlanta for more than 40 years. My mother was a member of a Methodist Church for 75 years. My grandfather, Rev. J. W. Forsyth, was a Methodist minister. A great uncle was the pastor for 6 years of The Old Stone Church in Leesburg, Virginia, the first Methodist Church in America, founded by other ancestors in 1766. Another W. H. Forsyth was pastor of that church from 1871 to 1875. Two cousins are Methodist ministers, one is also a conference historian. An official of the church in Nashville was another cousin. So being a Methodist and an Atlantan, the subject of the Memorial is of great personal Interest to me. William Henry F0rsyth-1972 A MBMORIAL OF ilBSLEY CHAPBL 2 A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 1 shortage of labor. Many railroads sent agents to Europe to recruit ATLANTA'S FIRST CHURCH labor crews. The going pay of $16 a month attracted many men Who had never before earned a franc or a farthing. The first building constructed in Atlanta exclusively for church The railroads made no provision for housing these men and shanty purposes was avery humble little frame structure known as Wesley towns cropped up near the end of each line. One large settlement known Chapel. It was located at about No. 101 Peachtree Street, across from as "Slab Town" was near the present police headquarters on Decatur the new Equitable Building on Peachtree Street at Luckie Street. It Street. Another near the Federal Reserve BaRk on Marietta Street, and was sponsored by a group of Methodists, and the first service was held another on Peters Street near the viaduct over the railroad tracks. in it on December 12, 1847. The lot on which it stood began at the There was much rOWdyism and drunkenness in these shanty towns. One junction of Peachtree and Pryor Streets, at the candy store opposite mayor attempted to control the situation and his life was threatened. the Grand Theater building, and ran for more than 600 feet down those He assembled every reputable man in the city and marched on Sl~ Town streets to form a triangle. It was purchased for $150. The Candler armed for a fight. When the miscreants saw them approach, they fled, Building now occupies a part of the lot. and every shack Was burned to the ground. This show of force subdued Atlanta was then known as Marthasville. The name was changed on the revellers someWhat. December 29, 1847 by the Legislature, Which also gran~ed the settlement The railpoads not only contributed greatly to the growth of Atlanta, a city charter, although there were only about 300 residents. but also caused its near destruction in the Civil War. The line to Chatt­ Many refer to Wesley Chapel as the "Mother Church" of Methodism in anooga connected with other railroads that ran from New Orleans by way Atlanta. It was not only the first Methodist church in the city, but of Memphis, Chattanogga, Knoxville, Lynchburg, Richmond, Washington to was also the only church of any denomination in the city at that time. New York. These lines were all of the same gauge, space between the Wesley Chapel sponsored a number of other Methodist churches which were rails, so that equipment could operate over any of the lines and it was established in Atlanta at later dates. There are older churches in areas not necessary to transfer shipments at terminals. The other route to that were not a part of Atlants at that time, but have been taken into Washington, by way of Augusta, Columbia, Charlotte, Gre~nBboro and Rich­ the city at various times when the city limits have been extended. mond was over lines with different gauges and freight had to be reloaded Mount Gilead United Methodist Church on Fairburn Road was orsanized in whenever the guage changed. Many war facilities were located in Atlanta, 1824~ and Mount Zion Methodist Church on Stewart Avenue was organized because of the railroads. The city becmne known as "The Arsenal of the in 1~28, lonG before there was a single resident on the site of Atlanta. South" and was a prime target for enemy forces. Many cities trace their origin to a few pioneers who built cabins It appears appropriate to mention in this Memorial some of the in a cluster at a common corner of their lands for mutual protection early history of Atlanta. So many records were destroyed when the city and communion. The rough terrain around Atlanta did not attract settlers was burned in the Civil War, that the recorded history of Wesley Chapel There are many towns in Fulton and adjoining counties that predate At­ is very brief. lanta. The location of Atlanta was determined by an engineer who drove By comparison with other cities in Georgia, Atlanta is a newcomer. a stake into the ground on September 17, 1837, to establish the end of Savannah was founded in 1733, A~sta in 1735, Milledgeville in 1803, a railroad line to be built from Chattanooga, Tennessee, by the State Columbus in 1828 and Rome in 1834. The Atlanta area was Creek Indian of Georgia. The stake was near where Foundry Street crosses the railroad territory until it was acquired by a treaty signed on January 18,1821. tracks. The word "Terminus" was written on the map to indicata the end ~enry County was created out of these Creek tands by the Legislature on of the line, and the settlement was known by that name until 1843. The May 15, 1821. DeKalb County was created out of Henry County ands'IUIll railroad was the Western and Atlantic, still owned by the State, and op­ parts of other counties on December 9, 1822, and Fulton County was taken erated under lease by the Louisville and Naahville Railroad Company. out of DeKalb County on December 20, 1853. The State Legislature, in 1833 and 1835, r,ranted charters for three State owned lands in Georgia were sold to citizens by a lottery other railroads which were to connect with the State railroad whereever system. The area was surveyed and divided into parcels known as Districts the terminus was established. These are the lines that run from Macon, and Land Lots. A District was 9 miles squara. A Land Lot was a subdiv­ Augusta and West Point. All finally terminated at a depot on Central ision of a District. It was an area 2900 feet square and contained 202~ Avenue, and Wall and Pryor Streets, a site now used for a parking lot acres. Any resident of Georgia could enter a lottery and was not required just to the east of downtown Plaza Park. to live on the land if a parcel was obtained. PartiaJpants registered This location may have been selected because of the bold spring of in their home county. The names were sent to the State Capitol in Mill­ pure water that gushed from the Ground on the land now occupied by the edgeville, where lottery commissioners drew from two barrels the names of First National Bank. Both locomotives and humans need pure water. The the winners and ~a description of the land which they had won. spring had long been the meeting place for the Indians who lived in The Henry County Land Lottery was authorized on May 15~ 1821.The Georgia. Whitehall Street, Marietta Road, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Peachtree original city of Atlanta lies in Land lots 51 52, 77 and 7~ of the Road and other thoroughfares were once Indian trails leading to the 14th District of Henry County. The price was $19 a Land Lot, less than spring, and their meandering is the result of the Indians using the easi­ 9l:l cents an acre. est route for their treks, avoQding swamps, cliffs and rough ground that James R. Moore of Jones County drew Land Lot 51, John T. Waller of made walking difficult. Putnam County drew Lan.cl Lot 52. Benjamin Beckman of Putnam County drew As a consequence of the railroads, Atlanta quickly became a comm­ Land Lot 77. Jane Doss of Jackson County drew Land Lot 78. The DeKalb ercial, industrial and railroad center. This does not mean that the city County Court House burned on January 9, 1842 and all of the records was entirely populated by an educated, aristocratic, professional soc­ were destroyed, so the chain of title cannot be traced completely. It iety. Railroads were bAing built allover America and there was a great is not known when Mr. Moore sold Land Lot 51, but there is a record A MEMORIAL OF WBSLBY CHAPEL 3 A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 4 that Hardy Ivy bought it from James Paden for $200 on January 1, 1839. Mr. Waller held Land Lot 52 until 1844, when he contracted to sell it died in 1853 and William Kile bought the corner and it became known to Lemuel P. Grant and Stephen Terry. Mr. Grant paid $450 for an undiv­ as the Kile corner. These numerous stores indicate that Atlanta ided one half interest on June 26, 1844, and when Mr. Terry did not quickly became the shopping center for a wide area. There were.only a dozen families in Atlanta in 1843, prehaps a exercise his option, Mr. Grant took the other half for ~475 on July 27 1844. This is the same Mr. Grant that gave other land to the city for' hundred men, women and children. Among these were Stephan Terry, what is now Grant Park. James A. Collins, Dr. G. G. Smith, Ambrose B. Forsyth, Joseph Thom­ Benjamin Beckman, the owner of Land Lot 77, was visiting in Pike ason, William Crawford, Harrison Bryant, John Thrasher, William Kile, County, Georgia, and became involved in a horse trade with Samuel E. A. Werner and S. B. Hoyt. A petition tp the State Legislature ob­ !1itchell, and gave the Land Lot to Mr. l·iitchell as "boot". Mr. Mitchell tained a village charter on December 23, 1843, and the settlement was never lived in Atlanta but contributed ereatly to the erowth of the named Marthasville to honor the Governor's daughter. city by many generous acts. He gave a lot to any church that would The first public enterprise in the village was the construction build on his land, and when asked to put a price on 6 acres of the most of a log cabin on the triangle of ground bounded by Peachtree, Pryor valuable land in the city for a union depot, he gave the land to the and Houston Streets in 1845. Funds for the project were obtained by railroad. public subscription. It was used for a school and' a church. Services were alternated so that every denomination worshipped in it. Dr. J. S. HI'S. Doss sold Land Lot 78 to Hatthew Henry for $50 in 1826. He sold it to Reuben Cone of Decatur for 9300 in 1838. Hr. Cone sold an Wilson, later pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Decatur, undivided one-half interest to Ammi Williams for $300. Wesley Chapel preached the first sermon. was located on ground in this Land Lot. A small part of the lot which The first organized religious body in the village was an inter­ wesley Chapel bouGht for 9150, was sold by later owners in 1970 for $125 denominational Sunday School known as the Atlanta Union Sunday School. Ambrose Forsyth is said to have proposed the school. The first service a square foot, or at the rate of ~5,445,000 an acre. Even after the railroads were planned, there was no rush of sett­ was held on June 13, 1847. Oswald Houston and James A. Collins were lers to the Atlanta area, nor ~reat interest in land speculation. the first superintendents. Robert M. Clarke was the secretary and Decatur had been established in 1823. It was only 6 miles from the ter­ treasurer. R. M. Brown was the librarian. There is a record that 70 minus of the new railroads, but few residents of Decatur appear to have scholars were in attendance on December 12, 1847. been interested in tl-te new town. Hardy Ivy was the first settler. He Other significant events of 1845 were: The first train over the came in 183j. John Thrasher came in 1839 and built a store on Marietta Georgia Railroad arrived from Augusta on September 1 •••.The "Lumin­ Street. Samuel Hitchell offered his property for sale at auction, but ary", the t:irst newspaper, was established by Joseph Baker...A Mr. only 3 parcels were sold. Thomas GeorGe Washineton Crusselle came with Dunn opened a bonnet and hat shop.•.Willis Carlysle and W. P. Anderson a railroad bridge crew and built the first house in the new city, a bought the land now occupied by the 10 Pryor Street building for $200 log cabin on Decatur Street. John Thrasher became discoura~ed and sold and opened a second grocery.•.Mrs. Oslin took over the Georgia Rail­ his store in 1842 and moved to Griffin. He returned in 1844. Willis road's office building on Decatur Street and opened a boarding house. Carlysle came in June of 1844 and built a store on Marietta Street. The Macon and Western Railroad was completed in 1846 and the first The first frame buildinr, was an office built by the Georeia Railroad train arrived from Macon on October 1. Other important events of that on Decatur Street. year were: 3 short lived newspapers were started, the "Enterprize" by Ambrose B. Forsyth and William G, Forsyth, brothers, came from Boyd and Yarbrough; the "Democrat" by Dr. W. H. Fernerdon; the "Sou­ MecklenberG County, North Carolina, in 1843. Ambrose opened a grocery thern Miscellaney" by C. R. Hanleiter...The Georgia Railroad was com­ store on what is now the site of the Citizens and Southern Bank on pleted and the cost was reported to have been $3,369,856•...The Epis­ copalians held their first service in Atlanta on November 1, in the Marietta Street ~'ith frontage on Broad and Walton Streets. He purchased the lot which is one-half the block for ¥150. William was foreman of home ofSamuel P. Jones at the corner of Forsyth and Mitchell Streets. a saw mill on Decatur Street owned by Jonathon Norcross who came from The first Catholic Mass was observed in the home of Michael McCullough ·Putnam County in 184\. The Forsyth brothers later opened a cotton brok­ near the corner of Hunter Street and Central Avenue. erage office on Decatur Street Where they purchased the lot for $150. There is no record of the first Methodist service in Atlanta. As Ambrose also ran a general store on Whitehall Street and was twice there were established churches nearby, itinerant preachers probably elected to thecity council. He was a member of the committee that pet­ visited the village at a very early date. One of the first Methodist itioned the Legislature to move the Capitol to Atlanta, and was one of services of record was held by Reverand John Thurman in the home of the incorporators of the Georgia-Western Railroad. Forsyth Street is Jeremiah Wells near Ivy and Decatur Streets. Reverend Osborne Smith, named for Ambrose. Both held commissions in the Confederate Army. later President of Oxford College, conducted services in the Georgia Jonathon NOrcross erected a store buildi~~ at the corner of Peach­ Railroad's office building in the winter of 1844-1845. There was a tree and Marietta Streets where the First National Bank now stands, protracted meeting in A. W. Wheat's cotton warehouse on Wheat Street, and employed S. B. Hoyt as a clerk. The lot cost $200. J. A. Collins now Auburn Avenue, in the summer of 1845. Bishop Andrews, Reverend and James Loyd opened a store on Ivy Street near the depot. Addison George W. Lane of Emery College and others preached. Dulin bought the land now occupied by the William Oliver Building and Edwin Payne was the promoter of Wesley Chapel. He .raised $700 the National Bank of Geor~ia for $150 and opened a grocery store. City for the project. The lot mentioned in the first paragraph was pur­ elections and council meetings we~ held in his store until other chased from Reuben Cone and Ammi Williams on March 11, 1848 for $150. arrangements were made. He was a cousin of the Forsyth brothers. He The point of the tract, bounded by Peachtree, Houston and Pryor Streets, sold in 1970 for $230,000. At that rate the entire lot would now be A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 5 worth more than $4,000,000. Thomas L. Thomas, Samuel Walker, Edwin A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 6 Payne, David Thurman, James A. Collins and Stephan Terry were the The map on page 9 is a hand drawn copy of E. A. Vincent's map of trustees for the proper~y. The money was exhausted before the build­ the City of Atlanta made in 1853. Lot and block numbers have been ing was completed, but services were held in the unfinished bUilding omitted, current names of streets have been used, and early churches on December 12, 1847. Slabs were obtained from Jonathon Norcross's have been located. Sites of several other buildings are also shown. saw mill and temporary pews and a platform ware built. A hand made There were at that time, three major Methodist church bodies in tin chandolier held candles that furnished light for night services. the United States, created by divisions of the original Methodist There are no details of the construction of Wesley Chapel, no Episcopal Church which was organized at a Conference held in Lovely plans, specifications or cost figures. These were probably destroyed Lane Chapel in Baltimore, Maryland, from December 24, 1784 to ·Jan­ when Atlanta was burned in 1864. Old p~ctures and sketches show that it was a frame building about 30 feet wide, 50 feet long and the side uary 3, 1785. The Methodist Protestant Church was created by lay-men walls were about 20 feet high. A picture of the interior is in the who resented their exclusion from Councils of the Church. The Meth­ library of the First Methodist Church. There were comforable pews, odist Episcopal Church, South, was created in 1844 by the withdrawal 2 large stoves, and a balcony across the rear reached by stairs from of most of the churches in the South over issues pertaining to the each corner near the entrance doors. Each side had 5 long windows ownership of slaves. All three major bodies built churches in Atlanta, reaching from the ceiling to near the floor. The cost figure of $550, see the map. Wesley Chapel was a Southern Church. The Methodist Pro­ when first used with the interior unfinished, indicates that it was testant Church was of the body that withdrew in 1830•. The Loyd Street w~mounted Methodist Church was a Northern Church. All three major bodies of built of local materials. A bell was purchased in 1850- and it Methodism were reunited in 1939 and took the name The Methodist Church. in a separate bell tower in front of the church. That body merged with the Evangelical United Bretheran Church in 1968 Reverend J. W. Yarbrough and Reverend J. W. Hinton were the first and formed the present United Methodist Church. ministers. Lewis Lawsche organized the fir$Sunday School in 1848. The The First Baptist Church in Atlanta was organized in 1847 by chapel was completed and comfortable pews were provided in 1849. Reverend D. G. Daniel who had been sent to Atlanta by the Baptist Con­ Reverend J. W. Yarbrough and Reverend A. M. Wynn were the ministers vention for that purpose. He procured donations of $480, and purchased that year. Reverend J. L. Pierce and Reverend Silas Cooper were the a lot for $130 at the corner of Forsyth and Walton Streets, part of ministers in 1850. Reverend George F. Pierce, President of Emery CollegE the ground now occupied by a Federal Building. A plain wooden sanc­ and later a Bishop of the Church, preached at special services. Rever­ tuary was completed and dedicated on July 1, 1848. end C. W. Thomas was the minister in 1851. Reverend W. H. Evans in 1852 The First Prebyterian Church was organized on January 8, 1848 and 1853, Reverend J. P. Duncan and Reverend J. W. Austin in 1854, with 19 members, by Reverend John S. Wilson, D. D., in the log cabin. Reverend S. Anthony and Reverend J. W. Boring in 1855, Reverend C. R. Reuben Cone, Major Terry, Richard Peters and Julius Hayden were mem­ Jewitt in 1856~everend C. W. Key 1857 and 1858, Reverend J. B. Payne bers of the building committee. A lot was purchased on Marietta Street in 1859 and 1860, Reverend W. J. Scott in 1861 and 1862, Reverent for $300. The Federal Reserve Bank now accupie& ~hat entire block J. W. Hinton in 1863, Reverend L. D. Houston in 1864 and Reverend A. including the church lot. The church was dedicated on July 4, 1952. M. Thigpen in 1865. St. Phillip's Cathedral was organized in 1847 and a church was Some details about Wesley Chapel begin to appear in Methodist built on a lot given by Samuel Mitchell at the corner of Hunter Street Conference records in 1854. There were 580 white members and 143 and Washington Street. It was dedicated in 1848. Reverend John Hunt colored members. I~ 1858 there were 414 white members and 199 colored was the first pastor. members. $700 was raised that year and given to the colored members The Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception obtained ground and they withdrew and organized their own church. A new church appears at the corner of Hunter Street and Central Avenue, and constructed a in the 1859 Conference Records, Atlanta Colored Mission, the fore­ modest sanctuary there in 1851. Reverend Thomas O'Neill was the first runner of Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Priest. He was followed by Reverend Thomas O'Re~lly in 1861, who rend­ Wesley Chapel had 417 members in 1861, 480 in 1862, 410 in 1863, ered noteworthy service to Atlanta and all churches during the Civil War. the records for 1864 were destroyed when Atlanta was burned, and the The First Christian Church was organized by Dr. Daniel Hook. A lot dire results of the war are reflected in 1865 when only 227 members donated by Samuel Mitchell was exchanged for one on Decatur Street were reported. between Collins and Loyd Streets, Now Washington Street and Central If Wesley Chapel was the Mother Church of Methodism' in Atlanta, Avenue. A sanctuary was built there in 1853. the log cabin was surely the Mother of all Atlanta churches, for all Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was the Second Metho-· denominations held services in it. It is regretable that the fate of dist Church organized ia Atl8Rta~ It began as a mission Sunday School the cabin was never recorded. The ground on which it stood has an on McDonough Street, now Capitol Avenue. Green B. Haygood was the pro­ interesting history. It was part of the land bought by Wesley Chapel moter, assisted by his wife, Martha A. Haygood, his son, Atticus G. for $150. The triangle bounded by Peachtree, Houston and Pryor Streets Haygood and Willis Peck. The son later became a Methodist Bishop. A on which the cabin stood, was sold to Edwin Payne for $5 on August ~3, lot was procured on Mitchell Street and the cornerstone was laid in 1859. The Adminstrator of his estate sold the lot to James W. English the summer of 1853. Green B. Haygood, Joseph Winship, Edwin Payne and for f1600 on March 16~ 1875. He sold the lot to Mrs. George A. Dunham Dr. George Smith were members of the building committee. The church for $3000 on May 3, 1~82, and her heirs sold it to J. C. Peck for $3000 was completed and dedicated by Bishop James 0. Andrews in Spetember on February 12, 1884. The lot remained:.in the Peck family until 1970, when it was sold for $230,000, the highest price persquare foot paid 1854. for Atlanta property up to that date. Several other churches were organized shortly after Wesley Chapel. A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 7 A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 8 The Second Baptist Church was organized in 1854 by 19 members of land lots, 405 acres, for $5 an acre to provide fuel for his mill. the First Baptist Church. The First Pastor was Reverend Charles M. This land became known as Peters Park, and is now the site of Georgia Irwin. A lot was. purchased on Collins Street, now Washington Street, Tech, Fox Theater, Howell House and other buildings in that area. The and a church was built and dedicated in the summer of 1858. Peters home on Ponce de Leon Avenue is on this tract, and the three The Central Presbyterian Church was organized on February 15, acre lot has been appraised at more than a million dollars. 1858. A lot was purchased on Collins Street, now Washington Street. Fulton County was created by the Legislature on December 20, 1853 The first service was held in the sanctuary on March 4, 1860. Rev­ and Atlanta was made the county seat. The DeKalb County Grand Jury erend John W. Rogers was the first pastor. William and Annie McQueen e~pressed great satisfaction at being divested of Atlanta and noted a Forsyth were charter members. . large reduction in the number of criminal caseR coming before it ...• The most significant civic event of 1847 was that Atlanta received The Legislature was petitioned to move the State Capitol to Atlanta its charter as a city by an Act of the Legislature on December 27. The but this was not accomplished until 1868. first city election was held on January 29, 1848. Moses W. Formwalt The first daily paper, The Daily Examiner, was started in 1853 by was elected the first Mayor. Jonas S. Smith, Benjamin F. Bomar, Robert Kay and Ramsey...J. T. Dodd came to Atlanta that same year.•.Daniel W. Bullard, James A. Collins, A. M. Walton. and Leonard C. Simpson were Pitman, L. J. Gartrell, L. J. Glenn and A. J. McBride came in 1854· elected to the first council ...Other significant civic events of 1848 A temperance organization known as the Grand Knights of Jericho were: Er Lawsche came to Atlanta, openeda store and joined Wesley Chapel. was organized in April, 1853. William G. Forsyth was the chief, and C. W. Hunnicut also arrived that year....Atlanta Lodge No. 59 of Masons Miss Geor~ia J. Forsyth was an officer. received its charter on October 26 ...An Odd Fellows Lodge was organized Alabama Street between Whitehall and Pryor Streets became the first on October 7...Samuel Mitchell died on May 29.1847. pa'Ted street in the city in 1'354 ...'fhe Atlanta Medical Coller;e was The term of the Mayor was for one year. Dr. Benjamin F. Bomar was chartered on February 14, and physicians established fees of ~l for elected to that office on January 17, 1849...Ambrose B. Forsyth was offi~e calls and ~2 for house calls. elected to the council .•.A new newspaper appeared that year, The Intell­ A lasting event of 1855 was the creation of the Atlanta Gas Light icencer, the others had failed .•.The first train over the Western and Company, on December 22. The capacity of the plant was 20,000 cubic Atlantic arrived from Chattanooga, Tennessee, on December 1. The first feet of g'lS a day, enough to heat 20 small homes of the present vintage. telegraph line into the city was built that year .••Mount Zion, Chapter The city immediately installed 50 Gas street lamps ....The first infirm­ No. 16, Royal Arch ~asons, was organized on May 3. ary was opened by Doctors ~. F. and J. O. Westmoreland according to an The Federal Census for 1850 showed that Atlanta had 2572 inhabit­ advertisement in a newspaper on April 24. Patients that were hospital­ ants consisting of 2058 White, 18 free ne~ro and 493 negro slaves .•• ized were charged 15 cents a day for room and board .•.•The volunteer Willis Buell was elected Kayor •..George J. Foreacre arrived in the city. fire department obtained its first fire engine. GeorGe Smith orGanized the first bank, capitalized at $300,000. J. R. Events of 1856 were: The Bank of Fulton County was organized by Valentine was the bank manaf,er ...The City Council authorized 8 foot Alfred Austell and E. W. Holland. It was capitalized for $75,000..•. side walks, but continual complaints about walkinG conditions indicated Addison Dulin died. He was a relative of the Forsyth brothers and ran that few were built. a grocery at 5 points on land now occupied by the William Oliver build­ Important church news for the decade from 1851 to 1861 has been ing ••• P. and T. G. Dodd opened a srocery, and John Silvey and Daniel recorded. Other events of consequence follow. Daugherty opened a merchandise store .•.Jonathon Norcross and others Jonathon Norcross was elected Mayor for the year 1851, Dr. Thomas obtained a charter for a railroad line that would later become the F. Gibbs for 1852, John F. Eims for 1853 but resip;ned because of poor main line of the Southern Railroad to Charlotte, North Carolina, but health and William Markham was elected to complete the term. William construction did not begin until after the Civil War. M. Butt was the Mayor in 1854, Allison Nelson in 1855, but he resigned Fulton Lodge No. 216, of Masons, received its charter on October on July 20 and John Glenn was elected to succeed him. William Ezzard 30, 1857 •.• A unit of the Y. M. C. A. was organized that year. The first served for two years, 1856 and 1857, Luther Glenn for the next two officers were: Basil J. Overby, president, Nathaniel J. Hammond, secre­ years, William Ezzard for 1860. Jared I. Whitaker was elected for 1861 tary, and Moses Cole, treasurer. but resir,ned on December 13 and his term was completed oy Thomas F. Dr. Douglas began the construction of a rolling mill on Boulevard Lowe. James M. Calhoun was elected on January 15, 1862 and served at the Georgia Railroad in 1857. It is now the site of the Fulton Bag throu~h the year 1865. and Cotton I·;ills. Louis Schofield, James Blake and William Markham The Atlanta and West Point Railroad was completed to Grantville bought an interest in it. ~he mill first rolled railroad iron. During on June 1, 1852, and to West Point on Lay 15, 1854...The city purch­ the Civil War it made rail, cannon, armor plate and other war materials. ased a site for a city hall on June 20, 1853. It is now the site of It was completely destroyed by the Northern Army during the Civil War. the State Capitol and cost $5,000. An appropriation of ~30,000 was The last link in the railroad connecting Charleston, Columbia, made for a city hall••.The first public school for the eduaction of the Augusta, Atlanta, ChattanOOGa and Memphis was completed in 1857. This children of the poor was opened in the Angier Building on Forsyth connected at Chattanooga with other lines that ran to Knoxville, Rich­ Street at Garnett Street in 1853. There were 80 to 100 pupils. Only mond, Washington and New York. There was a big celebration in Atlanta, the children of people too poor to pay tuition in private schools were and it was given the appelation "Gate City of the South". A uniformed educated at public expense. Atlanta did not have free public schools unit was organized for military and social purposes in 1858 which for all children until 187~ ...The first fire company was organized on still exists and is known as the Gate City Guards. March 24, 1851. Thfl firemen were all volunteers for there were no paid Jonathon Norcross built a block of store buildings on ~;arietta firemen until 1882 ...A foundry and machine shop was opened by Joseph Street in 1859 on land now occupied by the First National Bank and the Winship in 16S1 ...RiQ~ard Peters built a flour mill, and purchased two Atlanta Federal Savings and L?an Association...McNaught and Scruggins A MKMORIAL OF WESLKY. CHAPKL :LO A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 9 opened a store on Whitehall Street •••J. C. Peck built a planing mill. B. B. Rawson's new home on Pryor Street was no~ed for its iovely grounds .••A. C. and B. F. Wyly opened Whe first wholesale grocery in the city.••.Rawson, Gilbert and Burr started a new dry goods store ••• The first city directory was distributed by M. Lynch•.•Couer de Lion Commandry No.4 was organized in Hay•.••Greater Atlanta was reported to have a population of 11,5000. The Federal Census for 1860 showed that Atlanta had 7741 inhabit­ ants, and Fulton County outside the city had 383L. There were no new enterprises that year, probably due to the tensions of the war that would soon start. Empire ancampment of Odd Fellows was organized. The Civil War began in 1861. Atlanta became a great war center. The population was reported to have increased to 13,000 in 1862 and t020,000 by 1864. There are not many church records for the war years, few important events occurred. Wesley Chapel could not pay its pastor for 1861 and deeded the Houston Street frontage to him in lieu of his salary. He sold the property to Franklin P. Rice, a contractor. The Confederate author­ ities tried to buy the lot from Mr. Rice. He would not sell and the lot was confiscated. A two story commissary building was erected on it. After the war, the Federal Government confiscated the property as "Captured Confederate Property". The building was later moved to the northwest corner of Houston Street and Piedmont Avenue and used as a negro school until 1923. The records are moot as to how Wesley Chapel recovered the lot. A biography of the great Methodist Bishop, Enoch M. Marvin, who was induced to become a church member by Reverend Joseph Forsyth, relates that when Southern cities were captured by Northern armies, Northern Methodists moved in and took possession of Southern Methodist property. Presidsnt Andrew Johnson issued an executive .order restoring such property to its rightful owners, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. There is no evidence that Northern Methodists siez9d Wesley Chapel but the President's order may have applied to all Southern churches. Atlanta entered the war with great enthusiasm. 25 companies of troops were raised comprised of 330 officers and 2262 enlisted men. The rolls contained many familiar names: Bzzard, Foreacre, Ballard, Cooper, Johnson, Neal, Barrett, Haddox, Jenkins, Forsyth, 'Smith, Kendricks, Holcombe, Fuller, Rankin, Brown, Belle Isle, Candler and others. Some soon appeared on casualty lists. 15 were lostin the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861: Cook, Cooper, George, Puckett, Orr, White, Ballard, Simpson, Woodruff, Todd, Whitaker, Bagwell, Hamilton, Watkins. and Smith. 12 were lost in an ambush at Laurel Hill, Virginia, more fam­ 1. Log Cabin A. Henry Grady Hotel 2. Wesley Chapel iliar names: Atkinaon, DUdley, Farris, GateWOod, Wylie, King ~d Brown. B. C. & S. National Bank Ambrose Fcrsyth1s son was killed in Kentucky. 3. First Baptist Church C. William Oliver Building 4. First Presbyterian Church The only church organized during the war was 'Saint Luke "s Epfs­ D. Firat National Bank copal Church in 1864. It was built on Valton Street where the Grant 5. Loyd Street Methodist Church E. State Capitol 6. Catholic Church Building now stands, and was dedicated on April 22, 1864. The funeral F. Fulton County Court House of Bishop Leonidas Polk, a Confederate General who was killed in action 7. Central Presbyterian Church G. Georgia Railroad Roundhouse 8. Second Baptist Church was held in this church on June 15, 1864. The church was destroyed in H. Union Depot the siege of Atlanta which occured shortly thereafter. 9. St. Phillip's Cathedral 1. W. & A. Shops 10. Trinity Methodist Church The siege, capture and destruction of Atlanta in the fall of 1864 11. First Christian Church have been made the SUbject of so many histories, that.it appears pertin­ 12. Methodist Protestant Church ent to mention only a few items here. Fulton County Ordinary Records were taken to Pike County, and Superior Court records to Jackson County and all vital records of the county were saved. The siege and burning of Atlanta destroyed 4,500 homes and other structures, about 90 per cent A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 11 A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 12 of the city. 705 adults, 860 children and 79 servants were forcihly erend Francis A. Kimball was the pastor in 1868 and 1869. There evacuated. Saint Luke's, Methodist Preotestant, Christian and African were 402 members in his first year and 506 in his last. Sunday school Methodist Churches were completely destroyed. All other churches were attendance attendance was reported to have been 250 and 275. The damaged and desecrated. Wesley Chapel was struck by shells a number of budget was $2515 for 1868 and$2917 for 1869. times. A citizen wrote: "Wesley Chapel remains •••but horribly desecrated, The Georgia Air Line Railroad, chartered before the war, was act­ it is left more in the condition of a hog pen, than ahouse of God." ivated and construction was completed to Peachtree Creek in 1869. What It is said that Father O'Reilly, pastor of Immaculate Conception was then the main line, is now the belt line of the Southern Railroad Catholic Church, personally intervened With General Sherman, and saved that runs from Decatur Street to Armour Park across the easterly side his church, Central Presbyterian, Trinity Methodist, and Saint Phillip's of Piedmont Park. This part of the Air Line became a switch track when Cathedral. Also the city hall. All of these structures· were in the area it was merged with the Southern. of the present State Capitol. Fire fighting was on a volunteer basis in Atlanta until 1882. The When General Sherman set out from Atlanta on November 16,1864 on senior Robert F. Maddox, grocer, banker and illustrious member of his march to the sea with 62,203 Federal troops, he left a smoldering Wesley Chapel, was one of the first firemen. Equipment and fire stations mass of rubble. Only 50 families remained in the city. 50 more had were financed by public subscription with an occassional contribution returned by December 6, 1864. Atlanta was left with no police or mil­ by the city council. Atlanta did not have a water works system until itary protection. Bush-whackers, thieves, looters and citizens from as 1875 and water to fight large fires was stored in large cisterns con­ far away as 50 miles, descended on the city and stripped it of nearly structed in many streets down town. Some fires got out of control when everything movable. Petty larceny was rampant. Even in this utter deso­ water in the cisterns was exhausted. Such a fire occured on September lation, reliGion was not forgotten, and Doctor H. C. Hornaday conducted 12, 1869 and burned all of the buildings on the southerly side of a service in the First Baptist Church on Christmas Day. Marietta Street between Broad Street and Peachtree Street. Coura~eous Atlantans soon came back to rebuild. They lived in A new constitution was adopted by the Legislature in 1868. It was bomb shelters, basements, tents and wrecked buildings while they salvaged dictated by the Federal Government and was a requisite for readmission materials from the debris. A prominent lawyer cleaned the brick, mixed of Georgia to the Union. Atlanta had been the headquarters of the North­ the mortar and rebuilt his home and office with his own hands. Labor ern occupation forces and the new Constitution provided that the State could be hired for 75 cents a day. Salvaged material was prefered for Capital was to be moved to Atlanta. Occupation forces had been housed new lumber sold for $35 to ~55 a thousand board foot, higher than the in camps throughout the city. Upon the return of civic affairs to the price in Atlanta in the 1930's. Foodstuffs and seeds were scarce. Seed elected officials, the army leased property on Greensferry Avenue, corn sold for ~5 a bushel in Griffin. Humphries Street and Chapel Street and established a permanent military The Civil War practically ended on April 9, 1865 when General post. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to General U. S. Grant John H. James built a beautiful home on Peachtree Street which was at Appama~tox Court House, Virp,inia. President Abraham Lincoln was sold to the State for ~100,000 in 1870 for a Governor's mansion. The assassinated on April 15, 1865 and Andrew Johnson became the President land is still owned by the State and a new hotel is proposed for the of the United States. site which has recently been occupied by the Henry Grady Hotel and two The Atlanta National Bank was orr,anized on September 15, 1865, and office buildings. by several merr,ers became the First National Bank of today. A number Other events of 1870 were: A new Union Station was built between of its officers have been prominent members of Wesley Chapel and other Pryor Street and Loyd Street (now Central Avenue) at a cost of ~135,OOO. Methodist churches. Georgia was readmitted to the Union and Federal troops were withdrawn... James E. Williams served as hayor of Atlanta from 1865 to 1869. The Legislature approved the purchase of the Kimball Opera House on Post war recovery was remarkable. 338 business firms were licensed in Marietta Street as a site for a new Capitol. It is now occupied by 1865. An 1866 census showed 10,940 white and 9288 colored citizens. Western Union•••William Ezzard, a member of Wesley Chapel was elected All ·rail serv~ e was restored by 1866. The city limits were extended to Mayor. 1 1/2 miles from the passeneer depot. The first Confederate Memorial Sometime in the late 1860's, plans were drawn for a new Methodist Day was observed on April 26, 1866. So many important events took place Church to replace Wesley Chapel. Er Lawsche, Joseph Winship, R. F. that only a few can be mentioned here. Maddox Senior, G. W. D. Cook, F. P. Rice, J. C. Davis and George C. There were 50,000 children without fathers, and 10,000 with no Winship constituted the buildine committee. A contract for the new parents in Georgia in 1867. The first ~lethodist effort to help them was building was executed on March 14, 1870. w. C. Newman and J. N. Fain instituted by Reverend Doctor Jesse Boring. The Nethodist Childrens were the builders. The new church was built on the ground that Wesley Home in Decatur is largely the result of his efforts. Chapel had owned since 1847, on the portion facing Houston Street. A Young Men's Library Association was f-ormed in 1867 and estab. The southerly portion of the ground became surplus and was sold for lished a library that later became the Atlanta Carnegie Library•••. $12,324.22 which was applied to the building fund. Morris Rich came to Atlanta in 1867 and opened a little store on White­ The cornerstone of the new church was laid on September 1, 1870. ball Street with $1,000 of borrowed money which was the start of Rich's The Masonic Lodge participated in the ceremony. The stone was inscribed: Incorporated. W. P. Harrison, Pastorj W. H. Parkins, Architectj Newman and Fain, Reverend W. P. Harrison was the pastor of Wesley Chapel in 1866 Contractorsj Samuel Lawrence, MAG Mj First Methodist Episcopal Church, and1867. Membership was reported to be 412 and hOO respectively•. Rev- South, September 1, 1870. The Board of Stewards of the church for 1870 was: William Ezzard, Willis Peck, Er Lawsche, J. N. Simmons, G. W. D. Cook, E. G. Moore, N. A MEMORIAL OP WESLEY CHAPRL :13 A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL l4

J. Hammond, J. L. Hopkins, C. W. Hunnicut, J. C. Davis, W. H. Busbee, Cohron, Joseph Gilmore. Harman J. J. Jenkins Sidney Dell and G. T. Hammond •.The Trustees were: William Ez;arI'J.. Cohron, Mrs. Irene Gilmore, Mrs. Lucy Jenkins, Mrs. E. A. Joseph Winship, Er Lawsche, B. J. Hammond. J. C. Davis, and ~;'L: Clardy, P. E. J. Godfrey. Rev. J. E. Jenkins. Miss Amanda J. Hopkins. Professor E. G. Moore was the Superintendent of the Sunday Clarchy, Mrs. T. J. Godfrey, Mrs. Agnes Jenkins, G. W. School which had 41 teachers and 305 pupils. Clarke, Lewis H. Godfrey, Miss Anna B. Joroer. H. There are no records of the cost of the new building nor the Clower, Mrs. Nancy H. Goode. Hamilton Joiner, Mrs. Mary names of all who gave of their time and substance toward the enter­ Clower, Mrs. Sarah E. Goode, Mrs. A. E. Johnson, Jacob prize. The lot on which the new church was built fronted 69 1/2 feet Cofer, Merritt J. Gordon. Daniel L.. Johnson. Mrs. Mary on Houston Street, 286 feet on Peachtree Street and 256 feet on Pryor Collins, Mrs. Cynthia G~non, Mrs. N~e1 M. Johnson. Miss Lizzie Street. The sanctuary was 52 feet by 96 feet and seated 1.000 persons. Cook, G. W. D. Griffin, J. D. Kelly. David The main spire was 180 feet tall and there were 2 pinnacles that were Cook, Mrs. Mary Griffin, Mrs. J. C. Kelly. Mrs. Lucy 90 feet tall. A Quarterly Conference report states that $29.228.09 Corley, Miss Ella Grist, B. C. Kile. Mrs. Mary had been paid to the contractors by Septmeber 30. 1870 and that it Corron. Miss Parrie Grist. Mrs. A. J. Kile. Miss Josephine would requ!re about $8,000 more to complete the construction. Cox. Wm. B. Grist, Mrs. Elizabeth King, Rev. H. K. Apparently services were conducted in the basement of the new Cox. Mrs. Kate H. Grubbs. Mrs.Sarah King. Mrs. M. C. church for Wesley Chapel was disposed of in 1871. The October 22. 1871 Cozart. Mrs. Anna M. Godfrey, Miss Rachael A.Knox, E. P. issue of the Atlanta Constutuion carries this news item: "Passing Cozart. Miss Lou C. Hairston. Mrs. N. A. Lackie, Mrs. Eugenia Away. The church ediface known and revered as 'Wesley Chapell is rapid­ Cozart. Miss Anna M. Hammond, N. N. LandrU1ll. L. L. ly disappearing. It is being torn down and hauled away." Cozart, Miss Susie Hammond. A. W. Lane, Mrs. l"argaret E. The lot on which Wesley Chapel stood was sold for $8,000 on Feb­ Cozart. Miss Sallie Hammond. Mrs. Mary A. Lawsche, Rev. Lewis ruary 16, 1871, the building for $200 and a bell for $l4. The name of Cozart. Miss Ella Hammond, George Lawsche, Mrs. Louisa the church was changed to the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South Crouse, Harry Hammond, N. J. Lawsche, Miss Lou on June 14, 1871, and the name Wesley Chapel with respect to Atlanta Craven, Mrs. Mary Hammond, Mrs. L. F. Lawsche, Er became history. However the spi~it of Wesley Chapel did not expire but Davis, J. C. Hammond, Miss Lula Lawsche. Mrs. Sallie exists to this day in many Atlanta Churches. First Methodist Church at Davis, Miss mary A. C. Hammond, Miss Ella Lester, Mrs. Sarah 360 Peachtree Street is the direct survivor of Wesley Chapel, Trinity Davis, Webster Hammond, Wm. P. Lester. Miss Hattie United Methodist Church at 265 Washington Street, Saint Mark United Davis, C. C. Hammond. Miss Mary Lester, Miss Eva Methodis t Church at 781 Peachtree Street and Grace United Methodist Davis, Mrs. C. C. Haney, Miss Joanna Lester, Miss Mattie r.huroh at 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue, all began as missions of Wesley Davis, Miss Mary Haralson, Mrs. Mira Lester, Miss Ella Chapel, and all may share with pride. the diatiQYtion of being Dean, Miss Georgia Harrison, Mrs. C. A. Lester. Wm. children of Wesley Chapel, Atlanta's Mother Church. DeFoor, Mrs. L. M. Harrison. Mrs. E. J. Lovejoy. Miss Martha.' Delpey, Miss Emily Harrison. John W. Lumpkin, Miss Clementine Dorsey, Miss Mary Harrison, George W. Maddox, Mrs. Anna Ducker, Wm. N. City Directory Hays, 1. N. Maflit, Mrs. Carrie Membership of Wesley Chapel from 1867 Ducker, Mrs. Mary Hays, Mrs. Sarah Mart in, Ganaway Adams, Benson W. Bessent, Peter G. Burnam, Wareham Dunn, Mrs. M. C. Hearn, Miss Emily Mayson. Rev. J. R. Adams, Mrs. l. Bessent, Mrs. V. F. Burnam, Mrs. Mary Edmonson, Miss Mary Henderson, Mrs. Mary Mayson, Miss Emmie J. Adamson, Miss Nellie Bessent, Miss Anna Burnam, A. Elyea, Mrs. Anna Eliza Hendrix, J. C. McAffee, W. W. Atkin, S. T. Bleckley, L. E. Burnam, Miss Emma Ezzard, Wm. Hendrix, Mrs. M. E. McAffee. Mrs. A. L. Atkin, Mrs. N. E. Bleckley, Mrs. Carrie Burnam, Miss Martha Ezzard, Mrs. Sarah S. Hinton, Miss Sallie McConnell, Mrs. '11m. Atkin, Miss Emma Boring, Dr. J. M. Busby, W. T. Ezzard, Mrs. Fannie R. Hill. Miss Melissa McConnell, Miss Leona Atkin, Miss Lizzie Boring, Mrs. Irene P. Busby, Mrs. Ella Fambrough, W. E. Holmes. Matthew McFail. Mrs. V. E. Barnes, Mrs. Amanda Boyd, A. 'I" Butler, 'l'homas Fambrough. Mrs. M. F. Holmes, Mrs. M. McLendon, Capell Barnes, Mrs. H. J. Boyd, Mrs. Nancy A. Butler, Mrs. Elizabeth Flannegan, Mrs. Matilda Holmes, W. C. McLendon, Mrs. Ruth Barnwell, V. T. Boyd, Miss Mary Butler, Miss Emma Foreacre. Mrs. Delia Holmes, Mrs. W. C. McLin, J. G. Barnwell, Mrs. L. A. Boutell, John Butler, Miss Ellen Fowler, Mrs. Flora Hopkins, John L. McLin, Mrs. M. Barret t. W. J. Boutell, Mrs. M. E. Crussell, Thomas Freeman, W. K. Hopkins, Mrs. Mary L. McLin, MiSs Mary ~rs. Barrett, Mrs. Anna Boutell, Mrs. Hannah Crusa~ll, Mrs. Thomas Freeman, Julia Horton, Mrs. Carrie E. Mell, W. H. Bass, Mrs. M. E. Bridwell, John Calhoun, Mrs. Amelia Gartrell. L. J. Howard, R. A. Mell, Mrs. Sarah E. Bass, Mrs. Margaret Bridwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael, Mrs. E. Gartrell, Mrs. Anna Howard, Mrs. T. C. Mell, Miss M. A. Beauchamp, Mrs. E. J. Bridwell, Mrs. Harriet Carmichael, Miss C. E. Garwood. Johnson Howard. Mrs. E. V. Miller. Mrs. Nancy Belding, James Bridwell, Miss Ella Carmichael, Miss Mary A. Garwood, Mrs. Harriet Hoyle. Wm. E. Miller. Miss Mary Bell, M. R. Bridwell, Miss M. E. Center, Miss Julia Gay, A. O. M. Hoyle, Mrs. ~. A. Mills, J. M. Benton, Miss Mary Brown, Mrs. Georgia Champ, Mrs. T. C. Gay, Mrs. Z. E. Hunnicutt, C. W. Mills, Mrs. Jospeh Berry, Mrs. Harriet Brown, J. W. Chandler, Mrs. Julia Gilmore. Almer Hunnicutt, Mrs. Letitia ~ill~' ~£~~ 8~rrie O. Berry, Miss Carrie Bernam, E. B. Chandler, Mrs. E. A. Gilmore, Mrs. Eleanor Jenkins, Miss Sarah A. E. ' A MEMORIAL OF WESLEY CHAPEL 15 Monday, C. E. Rives, Frank Varner, Mrs. Rebecca Monday, R. A. Roberts, Elisha Venable, Miss Julia Monday, Miss Charlotte Roberts, Mrs. A. Walker, Henry C. Monday, Miss Anna Robinson, Miss Susan E. Walker, Mrs. Salli~ S. Monday, Miss Mary Robson, S. B. Warren, Mrs. Amanda Moody, Miss Martha J. Robson, Miss Anna Watley, Mrs. Anna Morgan, Mrs. Eva Rollins, A. P. Watson, A. R.. Morris, Mrs. Mary Rollins, Mrs. C. P. Watson, Mrs. Fannie O'Connor, Mrs. P. Rust, Mrs. Margaret Watts, Mrs. M. L. Orme, Mrs. '"'ucy Sasseen, E. R. Wast, Mrs. J. E. Payne, Edward Sasseen, E. R. ~r. West, Miss Alberta Payne, Mrs. J. B. Sassee'l, George West, Miss Laura Payne, Mrs. Carrie Seymour, Isaiah Westmoreland, Mrs. Dr. H. Payne, Mrs. Elizabeth Seymour, Mrs. Olive Whitaker, Mrs. J. Payne, Mrs. Margaret Silvey, Mrs. A. Whitaker, Miss Mattie Peck, Willis Simmons, Dr. J. N. Whitehead, Geo. W. M. Peck, Mrs. Anna E. Simmons, Mrs. E. C. Willingham, Miss M.E. Peck, Wm. F. Smith, B. D. Willingham, Miss J. Peck, John B. Smith, Mrs. Lizzie Wilson, Dr. Henry Peck, Mrs. Martha A. Smith, Mrs. Cornelia E. Wilson, Mrs. Mary Pegg, Dr. W. H. Smith, Dr. C. H. Wilson, Mrs. Marian Pegg, Mrs. Martha Smith, John A. Wilson, Miss Catherine Pegg, Miss Cynthia South, ~Irs. J. Winship, Joseph Pendley, Mrs. Jane Stegall, Mrs. Nancy Winship, Mrs. Eudosis Pilgrim, Mrs. N. J. Stewart, Miss L. Winship, Robert Pittman, Mrs. Martha C. Starnes, Joel Winship, Mrs. Mary Pitts, Columbus A. Starnes, Mrs. l'iary Winship, George Pitts, Miss Emeline Starnes, Mrs. Anna Winship, Mrs. Eugenia Powell, Mrs. D. C. Starnes, Miss Fannie Winship, Miss Ella C. Powell J. Starnes, Miss Mattie Witt, H. H. Powell, Miss G. S. Strong, Mrs. Elizabeth B.Witt, Mrs. Mr~.·A. A. Partell, Mrs. H. A. Talley, A. S. Wood, Winston Reynolds, J. C. Taylor, Mrs. Susan Wood, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Mrs. U. u. Taylor, Mrs. L. Yarbrough, Joel York, B. W. York, Mrs. C. A. Church Record Location: east side of Peachtree near junction of Broad Street A~gregate Membership: 337 Church Meetings, 3rd Sabbath in each month Communion, 1st Sabbath in each month Services each Sunday at lO~ A. M.,and at Night. Wm. P. Harrison, Pastor Peter G. Bessent, Secretary of Church Meeting Stewards: E. R. Sasseen, Er Lawshe, Willia Peck, J. C. Davis, William Ezzard, J. N. Simmons, S. T. Akin Trustees: William Ezzard, Lewis Lawshe, S. T. Akin, N. J. Hammond, J. C. Davis, John L. Hopkins, Joseph Winship Superintendents of the Sunday School: Lewis Lawshe, E. R. Sasseen Librarian: B. W. York Assistant Librarians: George W. Hammond, George Sasseen Sabbath School: Aggregate, Teachers and Pupils 250 Average Attendance 175