Excerpts  from

"Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee: 

Knox County, Knoxville"

The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration

1941


METHODIST BODIES 

  1. The Methodist Church
  2. American Methodist Church
  3. Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America
  4. African Methodist Episcopal Church
  5. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
  6. Colored Methodist Church

 

THE METHODIST CHURCH:

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
Board of Education
810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee
Bishop Adna W. Leonard, President
Methodist Publishing House
810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee
Ben A. Whitmore and Fred Stone, Agents
Southeastern Jurisdiction Bishop Urban V. W. Darlington, Senior Bishop
Baxter Seminary
Baxter, Tennessee
Dr. Harry L. Upperman, President
Hiwassee College
Madisonville, Tennessee
T. A. Frick, President
Lambuth  College
Jackson, Tennessee
Dr. R. E. Womack, President
Martin College
Pulaski, Tennessee
Dr. Keener Rudolph, President
Scarritt College for Christian Workers
Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Jesse L. Cunninggim, President
Tennessee Wesleyan College
Athens, Tennessee
Dr. James L. Robb, President
Christian Education Magazine Rev. Boyd M. McKeown, Editor
Methodist Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Dr. Henry Hedden, Superintendent
Holston Orphanage
Greeneville, Tennessee
J. L. Hardin, Superintendent
Holston Conference Bishop Paul B. Kern, President

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Harriman District:
Rev. R. L. Stapleton, District Superintendent

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution
Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Beaver Ridge Church
Beaver Ridge Road
Byington
Rev. W. N. Graves
Active Bell's Camp Ground Church
Bell's Camp Ground Road
Fountain City
Rev. John L. Cupp
Active Concord Church
Concord
1865 Rev. Edgar R. Lewis
Active Copper Ridge Church
Copper Ridge Road
Fountain City
1869 Rev. John F. Lynch
Active Ebenezer Church
Wright's Switch Road
1861 Rev. Edgar R. Lewis
Active Grisby's Chapel
Rt. 2, Concord
1850 Rev. Edgar R. Lewis
Active Heiskell Church
Heiskell
1870 Rev. John L. Cupp
Active Mount Harmon Church
Copeland Road
Rt. 1, Powell Station
1880 Rev. John L. Cupp
Active Solway Church
Solway
1874 Rev. John D. Babb
Active Stony Point Church
W. Emory Road
1842 Rev. W. T. Evans

Knoxville District:
Rev. Edwin H. Ogle, District Superintendent

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution
Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Antioch Church
Rt. 1, Mascot
1880  Rev. J. Roy Lynch
Active Asbury Church
Asbury
1854 Rev. Henry Clifton Dawson
Active Bethel Church
Rt. 1, Kodak Road
1890 Rev. William H. Leming
Active Bethel Church
Emory Road
Rt. 2, Byington
1894 Rev. William F. Pitts
Active Bethlehem Church
Elliston Road and Millertown Pike
1825 Rev. J. Roy Lynch
Active Beulah Church
Kimberlin Heights Pike
1891 Rev. W. H. Lewis
Active Bright Hope Church
Maynardsville Pike
Rt. 13, Fountain City
1913 Rev. Carson L. Carr
Active Brookside Church
Elm St. and LeRoy Ave.
1899 Rev. William L. Russell
Active Burlington Church
122 Fern St.
1924 Rev. John I. King
Active Central Church
201 E. Third Ave.
1925 Rev. Clyde E. Lundy
Active Church Street Church
Henley St. and E. Hill Ave.
1795 Rev. William F. Blackard
Active Clapp's Chapel
Emory Road
1843 Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux
Active Corinth Church
Old Tazewell Pike
1874 Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux
Active Corryton Church
Corryton
1866 Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux
Active Dante Church
Callahan Road
1878 Rev. William F. Pitts
Active East Hill Church
E. Hill Ave. and Henderson St.
1795 Rev. William Beets
Active East Main Avenue Church
1249 E. Main Ave.
1893 Rev. Frank E. Trotter
Active Emerald Avenue Church
N. Central and Emerald Ave.
1892 Rev. Oscar L. Simpson
Active Epworth Church
1534 Highland Ave.
1893 Rev. Marquis J. Triplett
Active First Church
518-20 W. Clinch Ave.
1866 Rev. J. Homer Slutz
Active First Church
Second Ave., Inskip
1907 Rev. W. L. Hart
Active Fountain City Church
(Formerly Fountain Head Church)
212 Hotel Ave., Fountain City
1825 Rev. Clyde F. Watkins
Active Hendron's Chapel
Chapman Highway
Rt. 1, Neuberts
1840 Rev. W. H. Lewis
Active Holston Chapel
Wheeler St. and Tenth Ave.
1921 Rev. Otis E. Householder
Active Hopewell Church
Rt. 1, Mascot
1827 Rev. J. Roy Lynch
Active Huckleberry Springs Church
Rt. 2, Strawberry Pains
1883 Rev. William H. Leming
Active Lebanon Church
Rt.1, Byington
1863 Rev. William F. Pitts
Active Lincoln Park Church
501 Pershing St.
1903 Rev. Robert Emmett Regan
Active Lonsdale Church
305 Katherine Ave.
1899 Rev. William Claude Martin
Active Macedonia Church
4804 Holston Drive
1809 Rev. Austin A. Angle
Active Magnolia Avenue Church
2700 E. Magnolia Ave.
1889 Rev. Arvie V. Rudy
Active Marble Hill Church
Riverside Drive
1915 Rev. Harold Simpson
Active Mascot Church
Depot St., Mascot
1913 Rev. Frank F. Essary
Active May's Chapel
Emory Road
1906 Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux
Active Middlebrook Pike Church
Middlebrook Pike
1922 Rev. W. L. Roberts
Active New Salem Church
New Salem Road
1832 Rev. W. H. Lewis
Active Oakwood Church
316-18 E. Burwell Ave.
1906 Rev. Charles B. Tarwater
Active Park City Church
Parkview Ave. and Chestnut St.
1909 Rev. D. Warren Donaldson
Active Perry's Chapel
Price and New Hill Aves.
1921 Rev. C. Walter Martin
Active Pleasant Hill Church
Pleasant Hill Road
1856 Rev. J. Roy Lynch
Active Powell Station Church
Powell Station
1878 Rev. William F. Pitts
Active Ridgeway Church
Kimberlin Heights Road
1894 Rev. A. N. Dailey
Active Riverdale Church
Kodak Road
1895  Rev. William H. Leming
Active Roseberry Church
101 Cedar St.
1916 Rev. Monte K. Provence
Active Second Church
1200 Western Ave.
1872 Rev. George J. Creswell
Active Seven Islands Church
S. Highland Drive and
Old Sevierville Pike
1915 Rev. Joseph A. Henderson
Active Thorn Grove Church
Carter Road
1864 Rev. William H. Leming
Active Trentville Church
Rt.1, Strawberry Plains
1895 Rev. Frank F. Essary
Active Trinity Church
825 Luttrell St.
1889 Rev. Luke W. Pickering
Active Trinity Church
Rt. 1, Strawberry Plains
1887 Rev. Frank F. Essary
Active University Avenue Church
729 S. University Ave.,
1920 Rev. James E. Chesney
Active Vestal Church
(Formerly Jones' Chapel)
Ogle St. and Chapel Lane
1875 Rev. Albert Lee Brewster
Active Virginia Avenue Church
610 W. Virginia Ave.
1875 Rev. Robert Lee Evans
Active Washington Pike Church
2639 Washington Pike
1906 Rev. Robert H. Duncan
Active West Lonsdale Church
3000 Ball Camp Pike
1910 Rev. Fred C. Lawson
Active West View Church
Middlebrook Pike and
N. Liberty St.
1923 Rev. Wallace Fowler
Active Whittle Springs Church
(Formerly Elm Grove Church)
Faber St. and Old Broadway
1888 Rev. William R. Wright
Active Zion Church 1892 Rev. G. Francis Cox
Defunct Asbury Church
Asbury Road
1881-1940 Rev. George M. Keezel
Defunct Bethany Church
Maple St. and Cherokee Road`
1925-28 Rev. Harry Monroe
Defunct Beverly Church
Beverly Road
1927-38 Rev. Henry Jowry
Defunct Broad Street Church
N. Broadway and W. Fifth Ave.
1870-1925 Rev. Hugh E. Kelso
Defunct Centenary Church
1015 N. Broadway
1884-1925 Rev. Jesse F. Benton
Defunct Clyde Street Church
1017 Clyde St.
1921-35 Rev. Frank Wells
Defunct Corryton Church
Corryton Road
Corryton
1894-1939 Rev. Frank F. Essary
Defunct Giezentanner Church
Duncan Road
1868-92 Rev. G. D. Herman
Defunct Murphy's Chapel
Luttrell Road
1847-1934 Rev. William Alson McCormick

Institutions:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution
Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Wesley House
1217 Marion St.
1908  

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Central Jurisdiction (Colored): 
Rev. Robert E. Jones, Senior Bishop

 

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
Board of Missions Rev. Matthew S. Davage, President
East Tennessee Conference Rev. Alexander P. Shaw, Bishop
Morristown Junior College
Morristown, Tennessee
Dr. John W. Haywood, President
Chattanooga District Rev. Nicodemus D. Shamborguer,
District Superintendent

Churches:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution
Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Branch Hill Church
Cobb's Ferry Road
Rt. 1, Byington
1867 Rev. C. B. Cox
Active East Vine Avenue Church
705 E. Vine Ave.
1882 Rev. LeRoy W. Hedrick
Active Martin's Chapel
342 W. Ohio St.
1908 Rev. Joseph F. Maddox
Active Rising Sun Church
Millertown Pike
1867 Rev. Joseph A. Ingram
Active Seney's Chapel
2221 Bethel Ave.
1878 Rev. Moses Malone

Missions:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution
Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Defunct Western Heights Mission
(Merged with Martin's Chapel in 1940)
Martin St. and Western Ave.
1931-40 Rev. J. C. Freeman

 

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