Shawnee Methodist Mission Records

The following entries were transcribed from surviving records of the Shawnee Methodist Mission.

Shawnee Mission (Kan.) Steward's Book. "Third Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. School Minutes." Source: Kansas State Historical Society, microfilm call number MS 1107.

Transcribed and submitted by Linda K. Lewis, 1 Apr 2010.

Transcriber Note: M.L.S. refers to the Manual Labor School.

1853 3rd Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. S. Minutes

"List of Death of Persons 1853"

Jan 9

Otaniah Barnett aged 21 years 10 months 22 days departed this life on Jan. 9, 1853.

1856 2nd Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. S. Minutes

"The second quarterly meeting for the Shawnee Mission was held at the church March 8th 1856."

"The following members were present

Nathan Scarritt	P.E.
Charles Boles	P.C.
Eli Blackhoof	N.H.C.
Charles Bluejacket	Int. C.
William Barbee	S.
Joseph White	S.
Samuel M.Cornatzer	S.
Jessy Whitedeer	C.
James Liggitt	C.
George Doherty	C.
Niamah	C."

1857 4th Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. S. Minutes

"The fourth quarterly meeting for the Shawnee Mission was held at the church August 17th 1857."

"The following members were present

N. Scarritt	P.E.
C. Boles	P.C.
Chas. Bluejacket	Int.
Eli Blackhoof	N.H.
John Shane	S.
George Dougherty	C.L.
Jessy Whitedeer	C.L.
James Liggitt	C.L."

1858 1st Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. S. Minutes

"The first Quarterly Conference for the Shawnee Reserve Mission, Shawnee Mission and Shawnee M.L.S. for the current year was held at the Shawnee Church Jan. 20th, 58."

"Members present:

Wm. Bradford	P.E.
Thomas Johnson	Sup. M.L.S.
N. Scarritt	P.E.
J. Spencer	U.P.
Wm. Holmes	Sup. P.
C. Bluejacket	Int. & C.L.
Eli Blackhoof	L.L. & C.L."

"These minutes also presented the state of all schools and their holdings. Three schools were mentioned: Shawnee Manual Labor School, Monticello School, and a school in Shawnee."

1859 3rd Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. S. Minutes

"The Third Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. School met at the Indian Creek Chapel on Saturday the 17th of June 1859.

"Members Present

Wm. Bradford	P.E.
J. Spencer	P.E., Shawnee Missino
N. Scarritt	P.E., Shawnee Reserve
A Davidson	Exhorter
Sam'l M. Cornatzer	Steward
James Liggtt	C. Leader"

Nathan Scarritt was responsible for the Shawnee Reserve and exhibited his new Indian Creek Chapel for this conference. The church / school became commonly known as Scarritt's Chapel. As pioneers settled in and began using the land, lack of open prairie made the trip to school much longer and Indian Creek Chapel began to wane by the late 1860s. By 1873 this community shifted to the new and more easily accessible Linwood School.

The minutes state that N. Scarritt was elected Secretary for the conference. During the course of the meeting Scarritt gave a report of the condition of the four Conference Sabbath Schools, the Shawnee M. L. School, the Shawnee S. School, the Monticello S. School, and the Indian Creek S. School. Indian Creek had the largest number of teachers and scholars, with a reported "1 Superindentent, 6 teachers, 27 scholars, and 100 volumes in the library."

Towards the end of this Conference meeting, "N. Scarrett then nominated the following brethern as Stewards for the Shawnee Reserve; Henry Wagoner, Alex. Smith, Thos. Hawkins, Alex. S. Johnson, and William Holmes, all of whom were elected."

1859 4th Quarterly Conference of the Shawnee Kansas Mission, Shawnee Mission, and Shawnee M. L. S. Minutes

"The 4th Quarterly Conference for Shawnee Reserve and Shawnee Mission and S. M.L. School of Kansas Conf. M.E. Church South was held at the Shawnee Camp Ground Aug. 27th, 1859."

"Members present:

From Shawnee Reserve Mssion	Thos. A. Hawkins	L.
" Shawnee Mission	Joab Spencer	Missionary
" " "	Eli Blackhoof	L.D.
" " "	John Punkin	Ex.
" " "	Charles Bluejacket	C.L.
" " "	George Dougherty	C.L."

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