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Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Preferred Citation

Restrictions on Access

Subject Terms

Container List [ + ]

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Guide to the William Colbert Journals

Prepared by Kristen D. Turner and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivists

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church

2/13/2002


Overview of Collection

Record Creator: Colbert, William
Title: William Colbert Journals
Date Span: 1790 - 1822
Abstract: William Colbert (1764-1833) was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister who served several circuits in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Virginia. This collection contains his travel journals.
Extent: 0.66 cubic feet
Resource ID: gcah.ms.2007



Biographical Note

William Colbert (1764-1833) was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister who served several circuits in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Virginia. He was admitted on trial to the Philadelphia Conference in 1790. Colbert served most of his time as a traveling minister and had a traveling connection with the Baltimore Conference until 1811, when he located. In 1826 he was readmitted as a supernumerary in the Philadelphia Conference. He was instrumental in forming the Strousburg (Pennsylvania) and Milford circuits.

In November 1804 he married Elizabeth Stroud, whose parents were the original founders of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The Colberts had six children.


Scope Note

This accession contains a typed copy of the travel journals of William Colbert. It recounts his work as a Methodist preacher in parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Virginia. There are ten volumes in this collection. The total work is approximately 1,120 pages in length. There is no notation about who completed the transcription of these journals.


Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, William Colbert Journals, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.


Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.


Subject Terms

Subject Topics
Circuit riders
Ministry.
Subject Geographic
Delaware
Maryland
New York (State)
Pennsylvania
Virginia.
Genre
Journals.
Occupations
Minister.


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1306-3-1: 1 JOURNAL VOL. I 1790-1794
1306-3-1: 2 JOURNAL VOL. II 1794-1798
1306-3-1: 3 JOUNRAL VOL. III 1797-1801
1306-3-1: 4 JOURNAL VOL. IV 1801-1804
1306-3-1: 5 JOURNAL VOL. V 1804-1807
1306-3-1: 6 JOURNAL VOL. VII 1807-1810
1306-3-1: 7 JOURNAL VOL. VIII 1810-1814
1306-3-1: 8 JOURNAL VOL. IX 1814-1817
1306-3-1: 9 JOURNAL VOL. X 1817-1822