Sam P. Jones
Even though there aren't much around now,but in the past the Methodist Episcopal south was different from the methodist episcopal because the methodist episcopal south believed in owning slaves.
South Tunbridge Methodist Episcopal Church was created in 1833.
Cornersville Methodist Episcopal Church South was created in 1852.
Old First Methodist Episcopal Church South was created in 1927.
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church South was created in 1873.
Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church South was created in 1885.
There are several mergers in the history of The United Methodist Church. However, the most recent merger was in 1968, which joined the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Bretheren into The United Methodist Church. The other well known merger occurred in 1939 when the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South reunited to become The Methodist Church. The previous split had occurred in 1844 over a dispute about slavery.
P A Peterson has written: 'History of the revisions of the discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South' -- subject(s): South Methodist Episcopal Church, Discipline, History
Methodist
John Nelson Norwood has written: 'The schism in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1844' -- subject(s): History, Methodist Church (U.S.), Methodist Episcopal Church, Slavery and the church, South Methodist Episcopal Church
Anne Moody's book "Coming Of Age In MIssissippi" was published in 1968. It is an autobiography of growing up black and poor in the rural south. "
The address of the Moody County Historical Society is: Po Box 25, Flandreau, SD 57028