History

Bishop H.H. Kavanaugh
Presiding Bishop 1878
Origions of Salem United Methodist Church
The Salem Methodist Church is a decendent of the first organized church in what is now Fulton Countyu. The first church was organized and sevices held in a private home about 3 miles north of what is now the town of Salem. This was around the year of 1836. This makes it the oldest organized church in Fulton County. The church was issued its charter July 13, 1874. Many of the charter members names were also listed as members of the origional church. The present church building is locaed on land donated to the church by John and Recca Saunders. The origional structure was a frame building which was destroyed by a tornado in 1924. The present building sits on the same site and was built in the 1920's. However, the members had to wait until November 4, 1938 for the building to be dedicated, at which time, Bishop Selectman came to town for the dedication.
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Pastors of Salem United Methodist Church

1874.......J.F. Jemian
1875.......T.J. Settles
1876.......J.M. Steele
1877.......A.P. Staffold
1878-80....J.C. Carter
1881.......No Record
1882.......E.C. Castleberry
1883.......S.W. Register
1884-85....I.A. Vernon
1886-87....J.S. Brooks
1888.......John S. Watson
1889-91....F.R. Noe
1892.......T.J. Settle
1893-94....W.S. Southworth
1895-96....F.R. Noe
1897-98....W.E. Hall
1899.......P.B. Wallis
1900-01....H.H. Hunt
1902.......J.S. Watson
1903.......C.L. Castleberry
1903.......W.W. Gibson
1904.......J.D. Spence
1905-06....E.M. Davis
1907-08....F.E. Hall
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1909.......A.E. Horton
1910-11....B.F. Mason
1912.......G.C. Emmons
1913.......W.C. Barham
1914.......J.B.Stewart
1915.......H.E. May
1916.......I.C. Brasher
1917-18....J.C. Wimpey
1919.,,,,,,J.M. Crimshaw
1920-21....H.H. Hunt
1922.......M.F. Johnson
1923-24....George S. Burr
1925.......H.H. Hunt
1926-27....W.W. Peterson
1928-30....Eli Craig
1931.......T.H. Wright
1932.......A.L. Riggs
1933-34....W.F. Fausi
1935-36....A.W. Harris
1937.......Don C. Holman
1938-39....W.H.Dunlap
1940-41....T.C. Chamberliss
1942-44....Jesse Johnson
1945.......Farris McDonald

1946.......R.P. Sessions
1947-48....Luther Wilson
1949-50....B.L. Wilford
1951-54....Maurice Lanier
1955-56....B.W. Stallcup
1957-58....H.W. Jinske
1959-60....Elvis Wright
1961.......V.M. Hainsey
1962-64....Kenneth Renfroe
1965-71....L.L. Bounds
1971-72....D. McCammon
1973-78....DuBois M. Pettit
1979-80....Ortho Straghorn
1981.......B.W. Stallcup
1982-86....Orvil Sthl
1987-88....Will Dublin
1989-93....Betty Robinson
1994-96....Everett P. Isom
1997-06....Douglass Criss
2006.......David Eaton
2007.......Sam Williams
2007.......Marion Flemming
2008.......Sam Williams
2008.......Gary Wiles