| Object ID |
V-239A |
| Object Name |
Book, Minutes |
| Abstract |
The handwritten minutes record the quarterly conference meetings, documenting the names of the workers, presiding elders, appointed preachers and the activities of the congregation. The minutes follow the required discipline questioning Individual members received into baptism or deceased are not mentioned by name, only by numbers. Local preachers, stewards, trustees, and class leaders are mentioned by name. |
| Admin/Biog History |
Presbyterian preacher, Paruach Owen, was the first preacher within the town limits, preaching in a log cabin that stood in the southwest corner of section 4 in 1835. It was until the 1840s that a Methodist preacher, Steven Beggs, held regular worship services in a building used for carding wool. The worshipers organized a Methodist class meeting and later the conference placed Maquon on the Knoxville Circuit. The class meetings moved to the brick school house in 1848. Shortly thereafter, the Methodist class dispersed because of a "spiritualism" movement and irregular services were conducted by an intinerant preacher from Knoxville. In the 1860s a United Brethren preacher came to Maquon and held sevices in the school house, which was later sold by the town at public auction to the women of the class. The building was refitted to a church. The congregation had grown so that by 1877 a new church building had been erected and by 1879 Maquon became a station |
| Creator |
Maquon MEC |
| Collection |
Open Church Records |
| Dates of Accumulation |
1879-1914 |
| Level of description |
Item |
| Search Terms |
Knox County/Maquon/Knoxville Circuit/Monmouth District/Galesburg District/ |
| Title |
Minutes of the Maquon Station Quarterly Conference |
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