Drakesboro Methodist Church
Photo contributed by Roberta Smith
Register
Transcription of the Church Register, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now Drakesboro United Methodist Church), Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Transcribed by Fran Salyers, Frankfort, Kentucky June 2007
Judy Brown LaFlare, a member of the church, made this wonderful old membership register available to me. Thanks, Judy.
Construction of the present-day Drakesboro United Methodist Church began in 1912 on the site of the church's previous building. The new building was open by 1914, based on the register's recording of the first wedding performed there. (For some reason, only three weddings are recorded in the register.)
The latest date in the register is 1934, when George S. Wood was appointed pastor. The latest addition in the original list of members is dated April 4, 1915.
In the back of the register are pages labeled “Church roll revised Oct. 28, 1919, A.H. Reynolds, Pastor.” This revised section appears to be a copy of the original register with some names added between 1919 and 1921.
Some names in the register are crossed out, with occasional notations that a member has died, transferred to another church, or is simply “gone.” It is not clear when the notations were made.
The register contains many blank pages. Still, the names that were recorded may be useful to many whose Muhlenberg County ancestors were affiliated with the Methodist denomination.