donated and conveyed the lot where the Town Street Church now stands, to George McCormick, Peter Grubb, Jacob Grubb, John Brickell, and George B. Harvey, as trustees, for the use and benefit of the church; and a small hewed log house was soon erected thereon for a place of worship. It also for some years was used for a school house. Here the writer taught his first school in Columbus, commencing in the spring of 1815. In 1817, the building was enlarged to about double its original size, by adding a frame addition to it. And in 1825, the old wooden structures were removed, and a good sized brick building erected on the same site, which continued until the spring or summer of 1853, when it was torn down, and the present edifice erected. About the year 1823, the colored part of the congregation separated from the whites, and formed a society or church, by themselves. They held their meetings in rented rooms until about the year 1839 or 1840, when they erected their present brick church, on Long street. In 1844, the German Methodist Church, at the northwest corner of Third street and South Public Lane, was erected, and the German part of the congregation generally met there. In 1846, Wesley Chapel, on High street north of Gay, was erected on a lot donated to the church by Wm. Neil, Esq. In 1854, Bigelow Chapel, on Friend street, was erect ed. Present officers: ZION CHAPEL, (Town Street Church.) Pastor-Rev. J. M. Jamison. Trustees-A. S. Decker, James Watson, P. T. Snowden, John Linebaugh, Lorin Yerington, and John Short. Number of members in 1857-two hundred and ninety. WESLEY CHAPEL. Pastor-Rev. William Porter. Trustees M. Gooding, E. Booth, Richard Jones, Thomas Walker, Daniel Miner, and J. E. Rudisill. Number of members in 1857-one hundred and fifty. BIGELOW CHAPEL. Pastor-Rev. Lovet Taft. Trustees-A. Cooper, E. Glover, M. Halm, W. F. Knoderer, E. H. Link, John Whitsel, J. C. Kenyon, Newton Gibbon. Number of members in 1857-one hundred and ten. German Methodist, in 1857-Rev. Paul Brodbeck, Pastor. tor. Number of members-sixty. Colored Methodist, in 1857-Rev. J. H. Shorter, Pas Number of members-one hundred and thirteen. NAMES OF THE PREACHERS WHO HAVE OFFICIATED AT COLUMBUS, WITH THE YEAR OF EACH APPOINTMENT. Joseph M. Trimble. Do. Do. 1843 John Miley and Abraham Wambaugh, David Whitcomb. 1844 John Miley, . 1845 Granville Moody, 1846 Same, * One vacancy. Jesse F. Wixom, of Columbus, filled it part of the year, by appointment. Year. NAMES OF PREACHERS-CONTINUED. Circuit Preachers. Presiding Elders. 1847 Cyrus Brooks, Town Street, George C. Crum, Wesley Chapel, 1848 Cyrus Brooks, Town St., . George C. Crum, Wesley Chapel, 1849 David Warnock, Town St., . Wm. H. Lawder, Wesley Chapel, 1850 David Warnock, Town St., John W. Weakley, Wesley Chapel, 1851 Clinton W. Sears, Town St., John M. Leavitt, Wesley Chapel, 1852 Asbury Bruner, Town St., John M. Leavitt, Wesley Chapel, 1853 Asbury Bruner, Town St., James L. Grover, Wesley Chapel, 1854 John W. White, Town St., James L. Grover, Wesley Chapel, . 1855 John W. White, Town St., John Frazer, Wesley Chapel, Thomas Lee, Bigelow Chapel, 1856 J. M. Jamison, Town St., John Frazer, Wesley Chapel,. Thomas Lee, Bigelow Chapel, 1857 J. M. Jamison, Town St., William Porter, Wesley Chapel, John W. Clark. Do. Do. Do. Cyrus Brooks. Uriah Heath. Do. Do. Zachariah Cornell. Do. Do. WHITFIELD METHODISTS, (Welch.)-Organized in 1848. About the same year they erected their present brick church at the corner of Long and Sixth streets. The successive Pastors have been Rev. Mr. Perry, from Granville, commenced about the year 1849; retired, 1855. Rev. David Williams, from Pittsburgh, commenced in 1855; retired, 1857. Rev. Mr. Parry, again, commenced 1857. Number of members in 1857, seventy-three. PRESBYTERIAN. THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH had its origin in Franklinton, and was organized on the 8th of February, 1806, as the First Presbyterian Church of Franklin County. Pastor-Rev. James Hoge. Elders-Robert Culbertson, William Read. Trustees-Joseph Dixon, John Dill, David Nelson, William Domigan, Joseph Hunter, Lucas Sullivant. ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION, WITH THEIR FAMILIES GENERALLY. Robert Culbertson, William Read, David Nelson, William Shaw, John Turner, Joseph Dixon, Lucas Sullivant, Samuel King, Luther Powers, Samuel G. Flenniken, William Stewart, John Lisle, Joseph Parks, David Jam. ison, John Hunter, George Skidmore, Joseph Hunter, William Brown, William McElvain. In 1805, the venerable Doctor Hoge, then a young man, first arrived in Franklinton as a missionary; and after laboring in that capacity for some time, he formed |