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Site Summary: REVEREND J.W.B. ALLEN

        II. New World      

             A. Georgia

                   (1) Georgia Historical Marker at the site of
Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Bethlehem as of 31 August, 1991 on
which is inscribed: "BETHLEHEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH- Oldest Methodist
Church in Barrow County organized in the 1780's. Services first held in
log house two miles N.E. of present site. In 1790 a church was built
nearby. The present site was originally a camp ground with an arbor,
tents & cottages for camp meetings. Arbor used as mobilization center
during War between the States. Exact date church move to this site
unknown. Land deeded by Rev. John W.B. Allen to trustees in 1847. First
church here torn down in 1878 and another erected. Present church was
built in 1949 and a memorial added in 1967. Nanthex and steeple added in
1970."

           B. Texas

                (1) Near Brownwood, Texas at the site of the now defunct
town of Thrifty, Texas, a commemorative, memorial to the Pioneers of
Thrifty, Texas, especially the contributions of Reverend John William
Barkley Allen and Charles Mullins, approved by the Texas Historical
Commission, is under construction in preparation for a dedication date
not yet scheduled.

Literary: REVEREND J.W.B. ALLEN

    (1) LESSONS FOR YOUTH, Rev. J. W. B. Allen, North-West Texas
Conference, M.E.Church, South, Southern Methodist Publishing Company,
Nashville, Tennessee, 1983. Entered, According to An Act of Congress in
the year of 1883 by J. W. B. Allen in the Office of the Librarian of
Congress, at Washington. 

    (2) Pamphlet, HISTORY OF BETHLEHEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,
Bethlehem, Georgia. Names mentioned other than the Reverend J.W.B. Allen
are Thomas Camp, Abner Camp as Trustee, and his wife, Elizabeth Ragsdale
Camp, 1976.