Methodist Episcopal
Church Directory

Deborah Smith contributed the following from an 1896 church directory that belonged to her grandmother, Rophila Elizabeth English Wade.

Church Directory of the Halletsville Charge, M. E. Church South
Cuero District, West Texas Conference

Re. B. F. McManama, Pastor

Nov 2, 1896
New Era Printing House
Halletsvile, Texas

Hallettsville Membership Arnim, Mrs. C. W. Adams, Mr. W. G. Avant, Nathan Avant, Mrs. N. Avant, Theo. Avant, Mrs. Theo. Anderson, A. B. Anderson, Mrs. A. B. Anderson, Mamie Anderson, Seth Atkinson, Mallie Atkinson, Eva Anderson, J. N. Anderson, Robt. Anderson, Mac Anderson, Lula Barnes, W. J. Barnes, Mrs. W. J. Ballard, Mrs. Lela V. Brown, Mrs. R. M. Brown, P. M. Barnes, Miss Willie Barnes, Myrtle Barnes, Walter Barnes, Hugh Barnett, Mrs. Anna Barrett, Nannie Bull, John Sr. Bull, John Jr. Brown, Mabel Breeden, D. R. Breeden, Mrs. D. R. Burns, Mrs. R. L. Black, Miss Lizzie Bourland, Felix Bourland, Mrs. F. Cummins, J. M. Jr. Cummings, Mrs. D. Clark, Wm. Clark, Lillie Clayton, Kitty Cummings, Katie Chapman, L. F. Chapman, Mrs. L. F. Dickey, Mrs. Appie Dickey, Mrs. Sue Dickey, Miss Etta Daily, J. P. Daily, Mrs. J. P. Daily, Nathan Davis, V. R. Davis, Mrs. V. R. Easterling, J. T. Easterling, Mrs. J. T. Easterling, Floyd Easterling, Claud Easterling, Earnest Estes, Mrs. Kate Farley, Mrs. L. C. Farley, Mr. F. S. French, Henry Holland, Mrs. Cleo. Hester. T. A. Hester, Mrs. T. A. Hester, W. P. Heath, Etta Hale, Mrs. E. Hale, Leonidas Hale, Lester Hinch, Mrs. E. Hinch, Albert Hinch, Maggie Jones, Jane Jones, Laura Jones, Mrs. May King, Hardy King, Mrs. Hardy Kemp, Mrs. S. S. Lewis, Mrs. E. J. Landry, Bert Landry, Willie Moore, A. V. Moore, Mrs. A. V. More, Miss Carrie Moore, A. V. Jr. Mallick, Wm. Mallick, Mrs. Wm. Mohrmann, L. F. Mohrmann, Mrs. L. F. Morgan, J. W. Morgan, Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, J. W. Mitchell, Mrs. J. W. Middlebrooks, Mrs. J. B. Morgan, Daisy Moore, J. A. McNair, Mrs. Bertha Nichols, Mrs. Angie Neeld, A. L. Neeld, Mrs. A. L. Neeld, Rosa Norwood, Arcola Neeld, Ruth Norman, J. A. Norman, Mrs. J. A. Neely, Mrs. Ellen Nelson, Mrs. George Peterson, Wm. Peterson, Mrs. Wm. Peterson, Lula Peterson, Miss Fannie Rogers, Miss Irine Rees, J. W. Rees, Mrs. J. W. Rees, Stafford Rowell, Isabel Smother, Emmett Smothers, Mrs. E. Smothers, Miss Dora Smothers, Miss Jennie Searcy, Miss Emma Searcy, Bennett Secrest, Miss Flora Speakerman, Miss Kate Turk, W. H. Turk, Miss Daisy Turk, Willie Townsend, S. J. Townsend, Mrs. S. J. Townsend, Gus Townsend, Fred Townsend, Jennie Townsend, J. R. Townsend, Mrs. J. R. Townsend, Miss Irine Townsend, Willie Traxler, Mrs. V. Traxler, Walter Traxler, Walker Traxler, Miss Cora Traxler, Griffith Traxler, Oscar Tarkington, S. G. Tarkington, Wilson Tarkington, Mrs. W. Tarkingtn, E. L. Tarkington, Mrs. E. L. Tim, Ed Tim Mrs. Ed Tim, Mrs. Ada Tim, Chas. Tim, August Tim, Mrs. A. Woodward, Mrs. Julia Wharton, Miss Mary Wharton, Miss Rilla Williams, Miss Georgia Woodward, Miss Jennie Youngkin, Mrs. H. C. Zumwalt, R. D. Zumwalt, Mrs. R. D. Zumwalt, Miss Luella Zumwalt, Floyd Zumwalt, Sam Zumwalt, Ed

County Line Membership Allen, Martha Allen, C. A. Allen, G. A. Allen, Nellie Allen, W. M. Allen, T. J. Allen, Elvina Eason, J. T. Eason, Ollie G. Eason, W. T. Eason, Henry Eason, Comilla Eason, J. R. Eason, Susie Eason, May Eason, Lillie Eason, Harvey Eason, Floyd Eason, Lula English, Sarah E. Grobe, A. J. Grobe, Eliza E. Grobe, Eva Houchins, Sarah E. Kersch, Lenora Little, J. M. Little, Mary J. Little, Robert Little, Susie Little, Lula Little, Oscar Little, H. M. Little, Everett Little, Alma Little, Georgia Myers, H. B. Myers, C. P. Myers, John H. Myers, C. B. Poweleck, Robert Payne, Jostha Washington, Addie Wadsworth, J. M. Wadsworth, Julia A. Wadswroth, Kate Wadsworth, J. A. Wadsworth, T. D. Wadsworth, Lizzie Wadsworth, Ellen Wilson, J. R. Wilson, A. E. Wilson, W. H. Wilson, May Wilson, M. J. A. Wilson, David Weller, J. C. Wade, Raphila

Mossy Grove Membership Autry, Agnes Autry, Lavina Autry, Mary Autry, Clay Autry, Walter Autry, May Anderson, Abbie Anderson, Celia Adams, Ida Barber, Alvin Barber, Mollie Barber, Rufus Barber, Lula Bishop, Margaret Bishop, Etta Baucom, John Brown, Maggie Castellaw, A. J. Castellaw, Almeda Castellaw, Cornelia Castellaw, Laura Castellaw, Elois Chapman, F. R. Chapman, Julia Clark, S. A. Clark, Catherine Clark, Marvin Cordell, Alice Crumbley, Lee A. Dudley, Adrian Dudley, Amy Dudley, Leona Evans, Mrs. Dr. Farrington, H. L. Gotthardt, Lizzie Garner, Alice Grims, W. T. Grims, Kitty Gregory, Sam Gregory, Viola Grace, Mary Henry, Callie Ives, Sallie Ives, Minnie Johnson, Mark R. Johnson, W. T. Johnson, Louisa Johnson, Maggie Johnson, Lillie Livergood, Sarah Livergood, Rees Leggett, T. J. Leggett, Lillie Leggett, Ida Leggestt, Della Leggett, Martha Leggett, Nelia Leggett, Ora Long, Sallie Long, Gazzie Morgan, Mary J. Morgan, Mary Louetta Morgan, Aurelia Morgan, Ed D. Morgan, Annie MElroy, Chas. McElroy, Albert Nolen, Irene Nolen, Mary J. Nolen, Walter Nolen, Fannie Nolen, Ada Nolen, Lillie Nolen, Kizziah Nolen, D. A. Nolena, Henrietta Nolen, Beulah Nance, George O'Neal, Georgia O'Neal, Mark O'Neal, Jas. O'Nea, Lillie Patterson, Tennessee Patterson, W. C. Price, Martha J. Pearce, Henry Pearce, Mary E. Pearce, Annie Pearce, Add Pearce, Sam Reagan, Caroline Rhode, M. W. Rhode, Ann Rhode, Lula Rhode, Maude Rhode, Henry Stockton, Re. T. J. Stockton, Lucy Stockton, D. A. Stockton, Maggie Stockton, Mamie Stockton, Willie J. Stockton, Claude Smothers, Kate D. Smothers, Beulah Smothers, Ella Shaw, Edith Strode, Ella Thompson, W. W. Tarkington, Harmon Tolleson, Willie Tolleson, Louetta Tolleson, Minerva Williams, John Williams, Kate Williams, Mary C. Williams, Margaret Lillie Williams, Carrie E. Williams, David Wilson, T. J. Woodward, Tallie Woodward, Bennie Woodward, Della

Service Directory

Services at Hallettsville 2nd and 4th Sabbath in each month at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. Epworth League services 3 p.m. Business meeting of League first Tuesday night in each month. Prayer meeting every Thursday night. A welcome to all.

Services at County Line 1st Sabbath in each month at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. Epworth League service 3 p.m. Business meeting of League first Friday night in each month.

Services at Mossy Grove 3rd Sabbath in each month at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sabbath School 9:30 a.m.

Related Links

There is an article about the Shimek community which was near the County Line Church, School, and Cemetery at the Colorado County TXGenWeb site. It includes a photograph of the old County Line Methodist Church and a list of ministers and members from 1887- 1910.