Mechanicstown Charge (Frederick Co., MD)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 148

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Mechanicstown Charge collection consists of 1 box containing: MECHANICSTOWN CHARGE: - Church Records (Apple's & Trinity)(original): Baptisms, 1853-1885; Confirmations, 1876-1886; Marriages, 1875-1884; Deaths, 1867-1886 - History - Committees: - Joint Consistory ( Apple's, St. John's Creagerstown & St. John's Sabillasville): Constitutions, 1859; Minutes, 1857-1874 TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH, MECHANICSTOWN, MD: - Church Records (original): Communicants, 1883-1886; membership, 1880-1886 - Church Records (transcriptions): Baptisms, 1880-1951; Marriages, 1880-1951; Deaths, 1880-1952; Pastoral Register, 1880-1956 by Margaret E. Myers, 1970 - Constitutions, 1882 (found in original record book) APPLE'S UNION CHURCH, THURMONT, MD: - Bulletins - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1773-1869; Deaths, 1858; Communicants, 1782-1848, 1858-1886; Membership, 1858; Officers, 1814-1836 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1773-1795; Confirmations, 1773-1800; Communicants, 1773-1800 by George Merle de Fere Zacharias - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1773-1849 by E. E. Higbee, 1857 and Revised & Indexed by Elizabeth Kieffer, 1963 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1885-1942; Confirmations, 1933-1944; Marriages, 1887-1959; Deaths, 1886-1962; Pastoral Register, 1875-1956 by Margaret E. Myers, 1970 - Constitutions, n.d. - Financial Records, 1813-1849, 1858 - History: General (some in original record book); Anniversary Celebrations, 1920-1951; News Clippings - Photographs - Committees: - Consistory: Minutes, 1858-1859, 1870 (found in original record book)

Dates

Creation: 1770 - 1970

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical / Historical

Apple's (aka Jacob's, Owens or Owings' Creek) Union Church was organized ca. 1768 outside the town of Mechanicstown, MD. (Mechanicstown later changed its name to Thurmont). In 1859, the Mechanicstown Charge consisted of Apple's Church, St. John's Church of Creagerstown and St. John's Church of Sabillasville, MD. In 1880, the majority of the congregation moved into town to form Trinity Reformed Church, which was added to the charge. Apple's closed for a period of about 5 years, but was reorganized in 1885. Pastors who served these churches include: 1770-1790 Jacob Weymer 1790-1795 Johnathan Rahauser 1795-1817 Friederich Rahauser 1818-1820 William Runkle 1821-1833 David Bossler 1834-1835 Elias Heiner 1836-1842 Samuel R. Fisher 1843-1844 Andrew P. Frease 1844-1846 William Philips 1846-1856 George W. Aughinbaugh 1857-1857 E. E. Higbee 1858-1866 Henry Irving Comfort 1866-1867 VACANT 1867-1874 Nicholas E. Gilds 1875-1884 Henry Wisler 1885-1887 Abraham B. Stoner 1889-1906 George A. Whitmore 1906-1909 Guy P. Bready 1909-1910 John W. Renieche 1910-1912 J. B. Shontz (supply) 1913-1929 Peter E. Heimer 1931-1946 Edwin D. Bright 1947-1947 William H. Groff 1948-1949 VACANT 1949-1955 Edouard Taylor 1956-1962 Samuel A. Moyer 1962-1967 Richard A. Ruof 1968-???? George B. Halteman

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Additional copy of Transcribed Church Records of Trinity Church, 1880-1951 by Margaret E. Myers, 1970 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #78b & #94 For: Additional copy of Original Church Records of Apple's Church, 1773-1849 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #48 For: Additional copy of Transcribed Chuch Records of Apple's Church, 1773-1848 by E. E. Higbee, 1857 & revised by Elizabeth Kieffer, 1963 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #110 For: Additional copy of Transcribed Church Records of Apple's Church, 1884-1959 by Margaret E. Myers SEE ALSO: Microfilm #74 For: Additional copy of Transcribed Church Records of Apple's Church, 1773-1848 by George Merle de Fere Zacharias SEE ALSO: Microfilm #94 For: Church Records, Lutheran and Reformed of Apple's Church, 1773-1849, found in "Maryland German Church Records," vol. 11 translated by Frederick S. Weiser. SEE ALSO: F 190 .G3 W38 1986 v.11 For: Information and photos of Apple's Church Pewter found in "Pewter in Pennsylvania German Churches", by Donald M. Herr SEE ALSO: F 146 .P232 v.29 For: Pastoral Records, 1821-1832 of Rev. David Bossler (1800-1875) SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 248 or Microfilm #63 For: Pastoral Records, 1896-1902 of Cyrus Cort (1834-1920) while at Sabillasville SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 073 or Microfilm #111 For: Pastoral Records, 1962-1967 of Richard Ruof SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 331 For: Information regarding St. John's Reformed Church, Creagerstown, MD SEE ALSO: Church RG 450 For: Information regarding St. John's Reformed Church, Sabillasville, MD SEE ALSO: verticle files for church and Sabillasville Charge