Birthplace: GA; Birth Year: 1833

Tenure at Clark Chapel MEC: 1867 Georgia Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: 1867-1872); he located in 1872

Place of Death: Unknown; Year of Death: Unknown

Birthplace: VA; Birth Year: 1816

Tenure: at Clark Chapel MEC: 1868 Georgia Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1867-1871); he died while serving as pastor during the 1871 Conference Year

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1871

Birthplace: GA; Birth Year: 1828

Tenure at Clark Chapel MEC: 1869 and 1870 Georgia Annual Conference Years

Years in Ministry: (1869-1900); he retired in 1900

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1911; he is buried in the Chubb Road Cemetery in Floyd County, Georgia; photo of his headstone or grave marker available

Birthplace: SC; Birth Year: 1850

Tenure at Clark Chapel MEC: 1871 Georgia Annual Conference Year

Years In Ministry (1870-1897); he retired in 1897

Place of Death: Unknown; Year of Death: Unknown

Birthplace: OH; Birth Year: 1843

Tenure at Clark Chapel MEC: 1872 Georgia Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1870-1873); he was expelled from the MEC in 1873

Place of Death: OH; Year of Death: 1935;
at least two photos of him and photo of his headstone or grave marker available

Birthplace: Unknown; Birth Year: 1840 or 1841

Tenure at Clark Chapel MEC: 1873 Georgia Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1870-1900); he retired in 1900

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death 1922?; at least one photo of him available

NOTE: Although at least two sources, including a death certificate, give 1922 as the year of death for Aaron Porter Melton, there are reasons to believe that the death certificate is incorrect because it lists his place of birth as Georgia and his age as 62 when he died. However, three U. S. Census reports show that he was born in Tennessee, and one U. S. Census report shows that he was alive and living in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 79. Moreover, minutes of annual conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church show that he began his ministry in 1870 in the Holston Annual Conference (Chattanooga, Tennessee area) and transferred in 1873 to the Georgia Conference.

Birthplace: GA; Birth Year: 1843 or 1845

Tenure at Clark Chapel MEC: 1873 Georgia Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1873-1900); he retired in 1900

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1906; he is buried at South View Cemetery in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; at least two photos of him available

Birthplace: See information above; Birth Year: See information above

Tenure at Clark Chapel MEC: 1874 Georgia Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: See information above

Place of Death: See information above; Year of Death: See information above; at least two photos of him available

NOTE: According to the 1874 Minutes of the Georgia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the pastoral appointments at Clark Chapel MEC were listed as "TBS" (to be supplied) and Seaborn C. Upshaw. Since TBS was listed first and Seaborn C. Upshaw was listed second, the assumption is that the unnamed “to be supplied” pastor when the sessions of the 1874 Georgia Annual Conference ended would be appointed as the senior pastor. However, to this present day, we have been unable to find if a TBS minister was appointed as senior pastor in 1874, or if a TBS minister was appointed at all. Mindful of this, we have decided to list Seaborn C. Upshaw as the seventh (senior) pastor of Clark Chapel MEC.

Birthplace: NY; Birth Year: 1873; Race: White

Tenure at Lloyd Street (and Clark Chapel) MEC: 1875 Georgia Annual Conference Year as Senior Pastor of the “merged” congregations; during the 1874-75 academic year he also served as president of Clark University in Atlanta, Georgia

Served as Assistant Pastor to George Standing during the 1876 Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1873-1920); he died while serving a Presbyterian congregation in New Jersey in 1920

Place of Death: New Jersey; Year of Death: 1920; he is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut; have at least one photo of him and a photo of his headstone or grave marker

Birthplace: England; Birth Year: 1825; Race: White

Tenure at Loyd Street MEC: 1876, 1877, and 1878 Savannah Annual Conference Years

Years in Ministry in the United States: 1867-1889); he retired in 1889

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1908; at least two photos of him available

Birthplace: See information above; Birth Year: See information above ; Race: See information above

Tenure at Lloyd Street MEC: 1876 Savannah Annual Conference Year; during the 1875-76 academic year, he also served as president of Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia

Years in Ministry: See information above

Place of Death: See information above; Year of Death: See information above; at least two photos of him and a photo of his headstone or grave marker

NOTE: At the close of the sessions of the 1879 Savannah Annual Conference, no minister had been appointed to serve as pastor of Lloyd Street MEC, and the appointment was listed as TBS (to be supplied). We have named this unnamed pastor “FAITHFUL SERVANT.”

Birthplace: MD; Date of Birth: 1853

Tenure at Loyd Street MEC: 1880 Savannah Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1876-1921)

Place of Death: FL; Year of Death: 1944; have at least two photos of him

Birthplace: MD; Birth Year: 1830

Tenure at Loyd Street MEC: 1881, 1882, and 1883 Savannah Annual Conference Years

Years in Ministry: (1865-1896); he died during the 1896 Conference Year

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1896; he is buried at the South View Cemetery in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Birthplace: SC; Birth Year: 1858

Tenure at Lloyd Street MEC: 1882 Savannah Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1881-1883); he died in 1883

Place of Death: SC; Year of Death: 1883

Birthplace: See information above; Birth Year: See information above

Tenure at Lloyd Street MEC: 1884 and 1885 Savannah Annual Conference Years

Years in Ministry: See information above

Place of Death: See information above; Year of Death: See information above; have at least one photo of him

Birthplace: See information above; Birth Year: See information above

Tenure at Loyd Street MEC: 1886 and 1887 Savannah annual Conference Years

Years in Ministry: See information above

Place of Death: See information; Year of Death: See information above; have at least two photos of him

No annual conference records for the Savannah Conference were submitted in 1888. We have not been able to find any listing of black ministerial appointments in Georgia for that year.

Birthplace: LA; Birth Year: 1915

Tenure at Loyd Street MEC: 1889, 1890, and 1891 Savannah Annual Conference Years

Years in Ministry: (1883-1912; 1914-1916); he died in 1915

Place of Death: MD; Year of Death: 1915; his funeral was held in Cincinnati, Ohio, and he was later buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois; have at least five pictures of him

Birthplace: GA; Birth Year: 1855

Tenure at Loyd Street MEC: 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1895 Savannah Annual Conference Years

Years in Ministry (1886-1919); he died in 1918

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1918; he is buried at the South View Cemetery in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; have at least one photo of him

Birthplace: AL; Birth Year; 1842

Tenure at Lloyd Street MEC: 1896 Savannah Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1874-1900); he retired in 1900

Place of Death: Unknown; Year of Death: 1917 or 1918

Birthplace: GA; Birth Year: 1855 or 1860

Tenure at Lloyd Street MEC: 1897 Savannah Annual Conference Year

Years in Ministry: (1877-1922)

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1927; have at least one photo of him

NOTE: At the close of the sessions of the 1898 Savannah Annual Conference no minister has been appointed to serve as pastor of Lloyd Street MEC, and the appointment was listed as "TBS" (to be supplied). We have named the unnamed pastor “FISHERMAN.”

Birthplace: NC; Birth Year: Unknown

Tenure at Lloyd Street MEC: 1899, 1900, 1901, and 1902 Savannah Annual Conference Years

Tenure at Central Avenue MEC: 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1808, 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912 Savannah Annual Conference Years

Years in Methodist Ministry: (1890-1913); he left the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1913

Place of Death: GA; Year of Death: 1915; have at least three photos of him

Birthplace: MS; Birth Year: 1878

Tenure at Central Avenue MEC: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920

Years in Methodist Ministry: Ordained 1907 Atlanta Annual Conference; elected bishop to the Methodist Episcopal Church Central Jurisdiction in 1940

Place of Death: NY; Year of Death: 1946

Birthplace: Unknown; Birth Year: Unknown

Tenure at Central Avenue MEC: 1920,1921,1922,1923,1924

Years in Ministry: Unknown

Place of Death: Unknown; Year of Death: Unknown

Birthplace: Unknown; Birth Year: Unknown

Tenure at Central Avenue MEC: 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927

Years in Ministry: Unknown

Place of Death: Unknown; Year of Death: Unknown

Birthplace: Unknown; Birth Year: Unknown

Tenure at Central Avenue MEC: 1927, 1928

Years in Ministry: Unknown

Place of Death: Unknown; Year of Death: Unknown