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The church was organized prior to West Virginia becoming a state in 1821 in what was then known as Williamsport, Virginia.

1. Pruntytown Methodist Church, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.

2. Warder Chapel at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1811 and the building served as a community "Meeting House" as well as a school.

3. Knottsville Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized as a part of the Simpson Creek Church in the Bailey Settlement in a circuit of churches in 1837.  A log meeting house was built in 1940.  The present building was built in 1903. The name of the church changed to Bailey Memorial in 1939.

4. Bailey Memorial Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.