Methodist Churches in Tazewell County

"The first notice of Tazewell appearing in Methodist history as a separate circuit is in the year 1815, when the Conference (Holston Valley Conference) appointed the Rev. George Ekin (grandfather to Rev. J. E. Naff, once pastor of Tazewell Station) as preacher in charge." (Vol. 2, p. 297-298)

PASTORS, 1815-1825:

Isaac Quinn, James Porter, David Adams, Abraham Still, John Bradfield, Ansel Richardson, William Patton and E.T. Peery

By 1854, there were seven Methodist Churches in Tazewell County. "One of them was at the Court House," and the others have not been identified. (Vol. 2, p. 298)

LICENSED METHODIST PREACHERS IN TAZ. CO. BEFORE 1922 (Vol. 2, pp. 298)

John D. Vencil
J. S. W. Neel, b. 1839 on Clear Fork and d. 1923; licensed in 1864
J. Patton Lockhart
William H. Kelly
W.N. Wagoner
G.W. Summers
R.T. McDowell
C.R. Brown
C.E. Painter
J.R. Brown
J.B. Ward
Joseph H. Groseclose
William M. Gillespie
C.K. Wingo
Marcus Williams
George Fox
K.C. Patty
T.I. Prater
L. D. Yost
W. W. Hicks
Z. D. Holbrook
Wm. Holbrook
Geo. Reynolds
Ezra Reynolds
Jno. R. Walker
R. M. Walker
W. H. Walker
Harvey Dillion
Geo. W. K. Brown
W. B. Belcher

LOCAL PREACHERS IN TAZ. COUNTY (Vol. 2, p. 299)

Elgin Neel
Granville Myres (Myers)
George Buston
Joseph Stras
D.A. Daugherty
W.W. Yost
J.H. Bowling
T.A. Repass
W.K. Neel
John Russell
J.W. Laird


METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Boissevain Charge (Boissevain and Sheffey's Chapel). Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	S.L. Jones, Pastor W.S. Asbury, Sunday School Sup't. W. B. Martin, recording steward J. R. Hendricks, district steward C. A. Martin, lay leader Stewards: W. C. Harry, F. W. Barbour, J. E. Wainwright, S. B. Wilson, E. M. Eagle, S. E. Mustard, E. L. Sowers, and Mrs. Abe Hamilton
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Cedar Bluff Charge (Cedar Bluff, Midway, Steelsburg, Green's Chapel, Bandy, Pounding Mill, Maxwell, Cliffield and Mount Carmel) Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	A. E. Weikle, Pastor R. G. McCall, district steward C. H. Peery, recording steward Garnett Lester, lay leader Stewards: Harry Mutter, Charles Steele, William Witt, W. J. Lester, Mrs. C. B. Ascue, Mrs. W. B. Martin, C. H. Trayer, W. B. Greear, and Miss Maude Turner
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Pocahontas Church Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	F. B. Shelton, Pastor J. K. Sult, L. E. Ward, and D. Gilles, Sunday school sup'ts. J. R. Young, lay leader J. K. Peters, recording steward Stewards: W. E. Jenkins, W. E. Catron, H. L. Yowell, Hurbert Butt, D. E. Rouse, W. B. Lowe, A. T. Draper, F. E. Wagoner, and H. N. Felty
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Graham Circuit Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	O. H. Logan, Pastor J. H. Summers, district steward C. H. Harman, recording steward W. E. Stevens, lay leader T. M. Green, C. H. French, McTeer Sanders, E. T. Scott, I. H. Harry, A. S. Wagner, G. W. Liddle, and D. W. Sarver, Sunday school sup'ts. Stewards: J. A. Witten, J. H. Wilson, Mrs. J. C. Cooper, T. E. Ireson, Frank Pyott, C. A. Wagoner, W. M. Nash, J. H. Moore, G. R. Carr, E. E. Hale, F. T. St. Clair, H. J. Harvey, J. M. Hale, H. A. Green, T. E. Anderson, J. G. Bailey, G. M. Wagoner, Miss Stella Tabor, C. M. Wagoner, W. E. Jones, J. H. Tabor, and Moore Compton
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Richlands Church Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	Clyde Douthatt, Pastor G. E. Horton, E. W. Wilson, and Miles Wingo, Sunday school sup'ts J. B. Altizer, lay leader G. R. McCall, district steward C. B. Orr, recording steward F. F. Hurt, district lay leader W. B. F. White, treasurer Stewards: T. A. Draper, R G. Flannery, R. L. Crawford, C. C. Hyatt, N. O. Gillespie, E. W. Wilson, and Miss Rosa Harman
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Richlands Circuit Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	O. C. Caylor, Pastor Stewards: M. F. Lockhart, George Cole and F. W. Harrison C. Vance, Sunday school sup't. Stewards: B. J. Lockhart, John Lockhart, Charles McGlothlin, Lowe McGlothlin, Mrs. Stratton Evans, and Dewey Cole
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Rocky Gap Circuit (in part) Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	H. L. Hanshaw, Pastor Stewards (Calvary Church): Jefferson Higginbotham and T. L. Shufflebarger, Steward (Kinzer's Chapel): H. M. Kinzer, Harris Kinzer, Sunday school sup't. (Kinzer's Chapel)
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Main Street, Tazewell Church Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	W. P. Eastwood, Pastor C. R. Brown, Sunday school sup't. George C. Peery, lay leader R. P. Coperhaver, district steward C. W. Steele, recording steward Stewards: J. Powell Royall, A. Z. Litz, R. C. Peery, Raymond Peery, J. T. Heldreth, C. W. Jones, John O'Keefe, C. T. Peery, and C. R. Bowen, Jr.
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Tazewell Circuit Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	W. D. Larrowe, Pastor H. B. Copenhaver, district steward Reese Mathews, recording steward R. P. Buchanan, lay leader F. E. Bourne and H. B. Copenhaver, Sunday school sup'ts. Stewards: B. R. Moss, W. L. Davis, H. R. Stowers, W. C. Cox, C. G. Jones, L. C. Buchanan, R. P. Barrett, A. J. Scott, H. H. Humphrey, W. H. Buchanan, William Thompson, Mrs. Ellen Peery, Miss Jessie Whitman, and Henry Witten
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: North Tazewell Church Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	W. A. McKee, Pastor R. H. Ireson, Sunday school sup't. F. H. Forbes, lay leader Garland Peery, district steward Wade H. Peery, recording steward Stewards: J. D. Peery, C. P. Beavers, W. L. Baker, Walter Hash, J. W. Jones, and Frank Ireson W. W. Yost, Local Preacher Eugene Crockett, Sunday school sup't. Stewards: Robert Shrader, Robert Gillespie, and Eugene Crockett
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: West Graham Church Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	E. H. Cole, Pastor W. H. Fleishman, district steward G. E. Mahood, lay leader W. E. Tibbs, recording steward Stewards: J. G. Richardson, Mrs. J. S. Warden, Mrs. E. A. Deaton, Mrs. John Beard, C. W. Gill, C. L. Deaton, A. P. Buchanan, J. C. Beard and Herbert Lambert Rev. W. H. Troy, superannuate
METHODIST PASTORS / OFFICERS IN 1925: Graham Church (Bluefield, VA) Vol. 2, pp. 299-301	Roy E. Earley, Pastor Board of Stewards: J. E. Baylor, L. J. Barbee, G. M. Bailey, George P. Crockett, R. K. Crockett, G. M. Goodwin, E. H. Harman, Frank McCrary, W. L. Nash, R. H. C. Palmer, C. L. Shufflebarger, T. C. Tibbs, J. E. Wagner, and Mrs. C. H. Witten