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Colored drawing depicting the church building and grounds. Published by Beckley News Co. of Beckley, W. Va.

1. First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hinton, W. Va.

Writing on back of photo reads, "First church in Forest Hill district was Forest Hill Methodist Church. Erected on this site was a one room log structure used until 1860. This picture presents Forest Hill Methodist Church but on the same site as log church."

2. Forest Hill Methodist Church, Summers County, W. Va.

St. Mark's was organized in 1844, but was previously known as First M.E. Church.

3. St. Mark's Methodist Church, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, W. Va.

The church was originally built and dedicated in 1782 in honor of Henry Payne, Sr. and his wife.  The current chapel was built in 1902.

4. Payne's Chapel Methodist Church, Berkeley County, W. Va.

The Methodist Church in Rocky Marsh was organized in 1844. The current building was dedicated in 1938.

5. Marvin Chapel Methodist Church, Berkeley County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1831

6. Castleman's Run Methodist Church, Brooke County, W. Va.

The church was founded in 1834 and the first building was a log cabin.  A second church was built in 1854, but was destroyed by a storm in 1902.  The present church building was dedicated in 1904.

7. Franklin Methodist Church, Brooke County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1785 and is the oldest church in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.

8. Kadesh Chapel Methodist Church, Wellsburg, Brooke County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1824. The building was dedicated in 1884.

9. First Methodist Church of Barboursville, Cabell County, W. Va.

The Church of the Brethren Greenland Congregation was organized in 1849.

10. Greenland Congregation, Maysville, Grant County, W. Va.

The original church was organized in 1860 and the present church was built in 1881.

11. Oak Grove Methodist Church, Hardy County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1815.

12. Old Fields Methodist Church, Hardy County, W. Va.

New Bethel Methodist Church was organized between 1784 and 1786.  The church burned in 1942.  The church then met in the community hall until August 1948. Money was raised and the present stone church was eventually built.

13. New Bethel Methodist Church, Good Hope, Harrison County, W. Va.

The Methodist church became a part of the Jefferson Circuit in 1861. The 'Old Stone Church' was built in 1850. The stone church was used by all Protestant denominations. It is now unused and in ruins.

14. Old Stone Church, Methodist Church, Kabletown, Jefferson County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1849.  The church lasted through the Civil War and remains in use.

15. Bolivar Methodist Church, Bolivar, Jefferson County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1856.

16. Logansport M. E. Church, Logansport, Marion County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1843.

17. Monumental Methodist Church, Marion County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1830.

18. Berlin Methodist Church, Berlin, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1838.  The present church building was built in 1869.

19. Laurel Lick Methodist Church, Berlin, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1850 and gets it's name from an early settler.  The current building was built in 1886 and remodeled in 1902.

20. McCanns Run Methodist Church, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1850.

21. Duffy Methodist Church, Duffy, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1856.  The church was torn down and moved in 1892.

22. Horner Methodist Church, Horner, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1858.

23. Vandalia Methodist Church, Vandalia, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1844.

24. Shepherds Methodist Church, Adaline, Marshall County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1836.  The current church was dedicated in 1887.

25. Clouston Methodist Church, Cameron District, Marshall County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1808.

26. Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, Sherrard, Marshall County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1853.  A new building was dedicated in 1914.

27. Salem Methodist Church, Dallas, Marshall County, W. Va.

A group of church goers are gathered outside of the church, which was established in the Rock Gap District in 1797. The chapel had a greater influence on rural religion and in the spread of the German Evangelical movement than any other in Morgan County, W. Va. For years, the German preachers of the United Brethren shared the chapel with English Methodist preachers, often conducting services in both the English and German languages.

28. Ambrose Chapel, Rock Gap District, Morgan County, W. Va.

The organization was established in 1852 and was originally called Friendship Methodist Church. The building is located just off of Route 9 at Ridersville.

29. Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

A group of church goers are gathered outside of the church, which was established in the Rock Gap District in 1797. The chapel had a greater influence on rural religion and in the spread of the German Evangelical movement than any other in Morgan County, W. Va. For years, the German preachers of the United Brethren shared the chapel with English Methodist preachers, often conducting services in both the English and German languages.

30. Ambrose Chapel, Rock Gap District, Morgan County, W. Va.

The organization was established in 1786 and is the oldest continuous congregation in Morgan County.

31. Berkeley Springs Methodist Church, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

The organization was established before the Civil War, but the exact date is unknown.

32. Paw Paw Methodist Church, Paw Paw, Morgan County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1831.

33. Black's Chapel Methodist Church near Allingdale, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Liberty was officially established in 1820.

34. Liberty Methodist Church, Carl, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1822.

35. Penile Methodist Church, Hominy Falls, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1842.

36. Gilboa Methodist Church, Gilboa, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The church is located in Hookersville Rural Station and was established in 1825.

37. Muddlety Methodist Church near Summersville, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The church was established before 1847 when a small group of Christians decided to build a church in what is now the Mt. Nebo community. Grave markers for Civil War veterans can still be found in the church's graveyard today. The exact date of the church's establishment is unknown.

38. Gilgal Methodist Church near Mt. Nebo, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The church was established some time between 1803 and 1810. During the Civil War, church members were openly divided as "northern" members would hold service inside the church while "southern" members would stand outside or vice-versa.

39. Bethel Methodist Church, Poe, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1820 and officially unified all branches of the denomination within the Summersville area in 1939.

40. Memorial Methodist Church, Summersville, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The church was founded in 1893. The church has had a few different names and locations. In 1894 it moved to a large frame building and acquired it's name of Fairview.

41. Fairview Methodist Church, Spillman Mt., Webster County W. Va.

The first Methodist society organized in Webster County in 1833 at the Hamrick Barn by Reverend Addison Hite. The first methodist church built in the county was at Pleasant Grove in the early 1840's.

42. Hamrick Barn, Webster County, W. Va.

The church was built around 1821 about two miles north of Ft. Seybert. It was the first ever Methodist church in Pendleton County.

43. Bethel Methodist Church near Fort Seybert, Pendleton County, W. Va.

The church was built around 1821 about two miles north of Ft. Seybert. It was the first ever Methodist church in Pendleton County.

44. Bethel Methodist Church near Fort Seybert, Pendleton County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1845 and sits about five miles below Winfield, W. Va. at Fraziers Bottom. The church was originally built for community use, allowing services in all orthodox denominations including Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, and Presbyterian. In 1870, it became officially Methodist, but still allowed other denominations to use it.

45. Fraziers Bottom Church, Putnam County, W. Va.

The church began with services held in homes and other buildings in 1784. Later a log building was built.  A frame church was built in 1867 and the present church building was built in 1890.

46. Beverly Methodist Episcopal Church, Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.

The church was first established in 1851.  The Methodist Protestants and the Methodists Episcopals shared the early church until 1856. A church was built in the present church's location in 1893.  The present church building was built in 1906.

47. First Methodist Church, Elkins, Randolph, County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1850. This building was erected in 1900 about three miles from Talcott, W. Va.

48. Oak Grove Methodist Episcopal South Church, Ballengee, Summers County, W. Va.