How Methodism Was First Planted in Caroline County
A detailed historical account of early Methodist planting in Caroline County Maryland including the bicentenary birth of John Wesley, the peninsula's role as a cradle of Methodism, key figures like Garrettson Cooper Lee and Whatcoat, and the growth from 700 members in 1783 to about 6000 across 30 churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
John Wesley
Maryland
Delaware
Chauncey Clowe
Kent
Lord Howe
Clowe
Smallwood
Francia Asbury
Whiteleysburg
Thomas White
Common Pleas Court
Asbury
Caroline
Choptank Bridge
Smith
Polk
Turpin
Flowers
Haskins
Harrington
Fisher
Downes
Goslin
Brown
Carlisle
Fowler
Hitch
Todd
Barwick
Hardesty
Charles
Conner
Cooper
Sharp
White
Green
Frazier
LeCompte
Wyatt
Davis
Judge White
Chapel Branch
Garey's Mill
Richard Bassett
United States
Thomas Francis Bayard
Dover
Denton
Freeborn Garrettson
Harford County
Thomas
Wesley
Harford
Garrettson
Daniel Ruff
Queen Anne’s
D. R
Tuckeyhoe Neck
Brother Ruff
Pasits
Rev. E. Cooper
Ezekiel
Jesus
Church of God
Ezekiel Cooper
Nathan Downes
Henry Downes
Chew
America
Tuckahoe
Neck
John Cooper
Miss Conner
Caleb Peddicord
Michael Smith
Ebenezer Chapel
Thomas Coke
Ledman
Tuckahoe Hundred
Thomas S. Chew
Confederacy
Toook Chew
Sheriff Downes
John Emory
Caroline Circuit
David Best
Emory
Hillsborough
Thrree
Caroline Sellers
Henry D. Sellers
Kent County
Strawbridge
Whitefeld
Penisula
Frederick County
Embury
New York
Captain Webb
Sadlersville
Nanticoke
William Watters
Upper
Queen Anne's
Chesapeake Bay
Bridgetown
Greensborough
Peter Harrington
George Ward
Charles Emory
Robert Bell
William Bell, Jr
Benjamin Blunt
Thomas Keets
Edward White
James Layton
Marshy Hope
Jump
Lemuel Davis
Richard Baxter
Reading
Thomas Haskins
Hunting Creek
William Frazier
Federalsburg
Northwest Fork
Richard Whatcoat
Peninsula
Johnstown
St. Johnstown
Greenwood
Del
Tuckeyhoe
England
Kennedy
Solomon Sharp
Tuckerhoe
Chesapeake
Smyrna
Belial
Talbot
Nheater
Thomas Curtis
Dorchester
Philadelphia
Chartered Fund
The
Methodist Church
Union Church
John
Walter Fountain
Stephen Martindale
Thomas Neal
Matthew Greentree
Jesse Lee
Asbury’s
Dr. Coke
New England
Cecil
Faston
Dover Ferry
Lee
Congress
Annapolis
Peter
Henry Downes Sellers
Marcellus Keene
Thetram Thomas
Henry
Brother Sellers
M’kendree
Rey
Christ
Tess
Carolinas
Choptank
Wye
Greensba
Easton
Cera
Ephes
White's
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Swinney & Company
J. H. Nichols
West Denton
Martines and Rues
Sere
Aes
Split
Porto Rico
Milan
Mackinaw
Canton
Shansi
Panama
Swinney & Co
Baltimore's
Howard and
Lexington Streets
Journal
Baltimore
Nuttle Hardware Co
NEW Downes Building
Main and Fourth Sts
W. R. Wright
P. c
Winfield R. Wright
Garrettson and
Paul and
Apollos
Ashery