Preachers Who Ministered To Ellijay Methodists

Ellijay was part of a mission, a circuit and a full time charge at different periods in its history. The circuit split during the Civil War over the issue of slavery and formed separate congregations called the Methodist Episcopal Church – South and the Methodist Episcopal Church – North. This separation continued until 1939 when the congregations merged with the Methodist Protestant Church to form the Methodist Church. In 1968 a merger with the Evangelical United Brethren created the United Methodist Church.

YEAR	NAME	MEC SOUTH	MEC NORTH
1844	W. G. ALLEN	X
1845	DAVID CREDSHAW	X
1846	DAVID CREDSHAW	X
1847	DAVID CREDSHAW	X
1848	DAVID CREDSHAW	X
1849	H. H McQUEEN	X
1850	JAMES QUILLIAN	X
1851	J. H. GROGAN	X
1851	J. STRICKLAND	X
1852	W. H. THOMAS	X
1853	G. WINDSOR	X
1854	W. G. ALLEN	X
1855	W. B. BAILEY	X
1855	T. B. HARBIN	X
1856	J. H. MASHBURN	X
1857	J. H. MASHBURN	X
1858	W. P. CLONTZ	X
1859	H. H. McHAN	X
1860	J. V. MORRIS	X
1861	B. SANDERS	X
1862	W. LANE	X
1863	W. LANE	X
1864	H. D. MURPHY	X
1865	L. P. NEESE	X
1866	J. L. FOWLER	X
1867	J. NEWELL	X
1868	B. M. HIPP		X
1868	J. NEWELL	X
1869	B. M. HIPP		X
1869	J. N. SULLIVAN	X
1870	W. B. G. ROGERS		X
1870	J. N. SULLIVAN	X
1871	J. H. ROBINSON	X
1872	M. G. HAMBY		X
1872	H. SHUFFIEL		X
1872	M. MALSBY	X
1872	M. HANSBY	X
1873	F. F. REYONLDS		X
1873	M. MALSBY	X
1874	T. J. ROBINSON	X
1874	J. W. SULLIVAN	X
1875	J. M. HALE	X
1875	A. J. HUGHES	X
1876	A. J. HUGHES	X
1877	E. F. DEAN		X
1877	A. F. ELLINGTON		X
1877	T. J. EDWARDS	X
1878	J. W. QUILLIAN	X
1879	J. C. EMBRY	X
1880	J. J. HARRIS	X
1880	R. H. ROBB		X
1881	J. J. HARRIS	X
1882	S. P. BROKAW		X
1882	R. ENGLAND	X
1883	L. D. ELLINGTON		X
1883	W. T. HAMBY	X
1884	L. D. ELLINGTON		X
1884	C. A. JAMISON	X
1885	L. D. ELLINGTON		X
1885	C. A. JAMISON	X
1886	C. N. LEDBETTER	X
1887	T. G. CHASE		X
1887	G. W. GRINER	X
1888	T. G. CHASE		X
1888	W. F. COLLEY		X
1888	W. B. DILLARD	X
1889	T. G. CHASE		X
1889	W. L. SINGLETON	X
1890	T. G. CHASE		X
1890	J. W. MYERS	X
1891	T. G. CHASE		X
1891	J. W. MYERS	X
1891	J. E. TALLANT		X
1892	T. G. CHASE		X
1892	W. T. HUNNICUT	X
1892	J. E. TALLANT		X
1893	W. T. HUNNICUT	X
1893	J. E. TALLANT		X
1893	J. T. WARE		X
1894	J. H. KING		X
1894	J. C. ATKINSON	X
1894	H. D. HUTCHESON	X
1895	W. F. PITTS		X
1895	J. C. ATKINSON	X
1895	A. J. HUTCHESON	X
1896	A. D. ECHOLS	X
1896	W. F. PITTS		X
1896	A. J. HUTCHESON	X
1897	W. F. PITTS		X
1897	W. O. BUTLER	X
1898	W. F. PITTS		X
1898	W. O. BUTLER	X
1899	J. T. WARE		X
1899	A. B. WEAVER	X
1900	W. R. STILWELL	X
1900	J. F. PETTIT	X
1900	J. T. WARE		X
1901	J. T. WARE		X
1901	L. H. GREEN	X
1902	L. A. McLAUGHLIN	X
1903	T. H. GIBSON	X
1904	G. P. GARY	X
1905	L. L. LANDRUM	X
1906	L. L. LANDRUM	X
1906	D. W. COOK		X
1907	J. T. BRANSON	X
1908	H. A. WINSTON	X
1908	C. L. COOK		X
1909	T. R. BAKER		X
1909	W. A. McMULLEN	X
1909	E. D. HALE	X
1910	T. R. BAKER		X
1910	W. A. McMULLEN	X
1910	E. D. HALE	X
1911	B. F. ALLEN		X
1911	L. D. ELLINGTON		X
1911	I. J. LOVERN	X
1912	A. MANESS	X
1913	A. MANESS	X
1914	F. R. SMITH	X
1915	M. J. SMITH	X
1916	J. H. BAILEY	X
1917	J. H. BAILEY	X
1918	F. C. OWEN	X
1919	Z. SPEER	X
1920	L. M. DAVIDSON	X
1921	F. L. COCHRAN		X
1921	J. M. CROW	X
1922	J. M. CROW	X
1923	J. G. LUPO	X
1924	J. G. LUPO	X
1925	J. G. LUPO	X
1926	E. O. VICKERY	X
1927	E. O. VICKERY	X
1928	J. W. LEE	X
1929	J. W. LEE	X
1930	W. B. HUGHES	X
1931	W. B. HUGHES	X
1932	W. B. HUGHES	X
1933	H. H. DILLARD	X
1934	H. H. DILLARD	X
1935	H. H. DILLARD	X
1936	L. F. Van LANDINGHAM	X
1937	L. F. Van LANDINGHAM	X
1938	W. G. IRWIN	X
1939	E. D. HALE	X
	NORTH & SOUTH MERGE
YEAR	NAME	MC	UMC
1940	W. L. JOLLEY	X
1941	W. L. JOLLEY	X
1942	W. L. JOLLEY	X
1943	Y. A. BAILEY	X
1944	Y. A. BAILEY	X
1945	Y. A. BAILEY	X
1946	Y. A. BAILEY	X
1947	C. B. COCHRAN	X
1948	C. B. COCHRAN	X
1949	C. B. COCHRAN	X
1950	G. F. ERWIN	X
1951	G. F. ERWIN	X
1952	W. D. GRAY	X
1953	W. D. GRAY	X
1954	W. D. GRAY	X
1955	W. D. GRAY	X
1956	R. C. OWEN	X
1957	R. C. OWEN	X
1958	C. C. SHAW	X
1959	C. C. SHAW	X
1960	C. C. SHAW	X
1961	C. C. SHAW	X
1962	J. F. ROLLINS	X
1963	J. F. ROLLINS	X
1964	J. F. ROLLINS	X
1965	J. F. ROLLINS	X
1966	L. CAYWOOD	X
1967	L. CAYWOOD	X
1968	L. CAYWOOD		X
1969	L. CAYWOOD		X
1970	E. BLACKBURN		X
1971	E. BLACKBURN		X
1972	E. BLACKBURN		X
1973	E. BLACKBURN		X
1974	L. JENKINS		X
1975	L. JENKINS		X
1976	L. JENKINS		X
1977	L. JENKINS		X
1978	L. JENKINS		X
1979	A. COLE		X
1980	A. COLE		X
1981	A. COLE		X
1982	A. COLE		X
1983	A. COLE		X
1984	P. DAVIS		X
1985	P. DAVIS		X
1986	P. DAVIS		X
1987	P. DAVIS		X
1988	S. LYLE		X
1989	S. LYLE		X
1990	S. LYLE		X
1991	S. LYLE		X
1992	K. RAY		X
1993	K. RAY		X
1994	K. RAY		X
1995	K. RAY		X
1996	K. RAY		X
1997	R. CAMP		X
1998	R. CAMP		X
1999	R. CAMP		X
2000	S. WATKINS		X
2005	G. McGINNIS		X

NOTE:
Research of historical records has provided very little information on pastoral assignments prior to 1844.

MEC = METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

MC = METHODIST CHURCH

UMC = UNITED METHODIST CHURCH