A History of Methodism in Alabama . REV. THOMAS STRINGFIELD. (239) CHAPTER IX. The Enlargement and Advancement of the Work of Meth-odism in Alabama. HUNTSVILLE was for a dozen years or more one of theappointments of the Circuit in the bounds of which it wassituated, and for the most of that time the Methodists in thatplace were without a church, and worshiped in rooms impro-vised for the occasion; they were sometimes the rooms of pri-vate residences, and sometimes the rooms in common publicuse. The first deed made to a lot on which to erect a churchfor the use and benefit of the Methodists at
A History of Methodism in Alabama . REV. THOMAS STRINGFIELD. (239) CHAPTER IX. The Enlargement and Advancement of the Work of Meth-odism in Alabama. HUNTSVILLE was for a dozen years or more one of theappointments of the Circuit in the bounds of which it wassituated, and for the most of that time the Methodists in thatplace were without a church, and worshiped in rooms impro-vised for the occasion; they were sometimes the rooms of pri-vate residences, and sometimes the rooms in common publicuse. The first deed made to a lot on which to erect a churchfor the use and benefit of the Methodists at the town of Hunts-ville bears date August 20, 1820, and was made, indefinite as itmay seem, to the Huntsville Church. The lot named in thatdeed was on West Clinton Street, and it was eventually sold bythe Methodists to the Primitive Baptists, and at last said lotwas abandoned by the Baptists, and is now, 1890, vacant, andhas been for many years. At the close of 1821, Huntsville was made a Station, and theRev. Thomas Madden was assi
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