Roll of Pastors

Mount Olivet United Methodist Church

South Carolina Conference

Catawba District, Sugar Creek Circuit:
	William B. Barnett	1815-1816
	Reuben Tucker	1817-1818
	Hartwell Spain	1819
	Zaccheus Dowling	1820
	Jacob Hill	1821
	Thomas A. Rosamond	1822
	Jeremiah Freeman	1823
	Daniel Asbury	1824
Cheraw District, Sugar Creek Circuit:
	Elisha Askew	1825
	Daniel F. Christenbury	1826
	Daniel F. Wade	1827

Lincolnton District, Sugar Creek Circuit:
	Benjamin Bell		1828-1829
	Absolom Brown		1830-1831
	James J. Richardson	John K. Morse	1832
	John Watts		1833
[In 1834, the name of Sugar Creek Circuit was changed to Charlotte Circuit]
	T. R. Walsh		1834
	Jacob Ozier		1835
	D. G. McDaniel	J. G. Postell	1836
	W. R. Smith	J. P. Kerton	1836-1837
	William T. Harrison	Mark Russell	1838
	Jacky M. Bradley	Martin Eady	1839
	P. G. Bowman	C. Smith	1840
	Benjamin Hamilton		1841
	Michael Robbins	John A. Porter	1842
	J. L. Potter		1843

[In 1843, Mt. Olivet – then Rogers Church – was moved from Charlotte Circuit to Cheraw District, Center Circuit.]

Cheraw District, Center Circuit:
	John McMackin		1844-1845
	W. L. Pegues		1846
Lincolnton District, Concord Circuit:
	Jacky M. Bradley		1847
	W. C. Patterson		1848-1849
	W. L. Pegues		1850
	J. D. Laney		1851
	W. S. Haltom		1852
Charlotte District, Concord Circuit:
	W. S. Haltom		1853
	Paul F. Kistler		1854-1855
	Jacob L. Shuford		1856
	John Watts		1857-1858
	Aaron G. Stacy		1859
	W.W. Thompson	P. L. Herman	1860-1861
	Sandy Wood		1862
	Sandy Wood	Willis Haltom, Supply	1863
	James Stacy	Willis Haltom, Supply	1864
	Lewis Scarboro	Willis Haltom, Supply	1865
	S. A. Roper		1865
	J. T. Kilgo	Willis Haltom	1866
	M. C. Davis		1867
	R. R. Pegues		1868-1869
Wadesboro District, Concord Circuit:
	Samuel Leard		1870

[In 1870, the Minutes of the South Carolina Conference describe Concord Circuit as being in the Wadesboro District. 1870 was a year of great changes as the Cabarrus County area was transferred to the North Carolina Conference and Concord Methodist (now Central UMC) was made a station church, leaving the Concord Circuit.]

North Carolina Conference

Salisbury District, Concord Circuit:
	D. L. Earnhardt	1881
	H. P. Cole	1882-1883
	Zebedee Rush	1884-1885
	W. L. Grissom	1886-1888
	M. V. Sherrill	1889
	Thomas W. Smith	1890-1891*
	Louis M. Brower	1892
	A. R. Surratt	1893-1894
	W. H. L. McLaurin	1895-1896
	G. G. Harley	1896-1898
	J. S. Nelson	1898-1900
	F. W. Bradley	1900-1903
	W. V. Honeycutt	1903-1906
	Albert Sherrill	1906-1907
	B. A. York	1907-1909
	W. P. McGhee	1909-1911
	W. T. Albright	1911-1915
	P. L. Terrell	1915-1917
	P. L. Shore	1917-1919
	N. C. Williams	1919-1921
	W. A. Rollins	1921-1923
	Seymour Taylor	1923-1924
	A. G. Loftin	1924-1928
	E. E. Snow	1928-1930
	J. A. Baldwin	1930-1932
	Mark Clegg	1932-1933
	J. N. Randall	1933-1937

* During the pastorate of Thomas W. Smith in 1890, Mt. Olivet became a part of the Western North Carolina Conference. Rev. Randall served the Concord Circuit from 1933 to 1937. Mt. Olivet was made a station church and its parsonage built in 1937; he then served Mt. Olivet from 1937 to 1939.

Salisbury District:
	J. N. Randall	1937-1939
	F. W. Kiker	1939-1943
	C. B. Newton	1943-1944
	W. B. Davis	1944-1948
	C. O. Kennerly	1948-1953
	M. C. Ellerbe	1953-1955
	Paul Bruton	1955-1959
	J. J. Powell	1959-1960
	Joseph M. Taylor, Jr.	1960-1963
	Albert W. Wellons	1963-1967
	I. Pressley Rutledge	1967-1973
	Lewis C. Gibbs	1973-1979
	Richard B. Jarrett	1979-1983
	Benjamin F. Wilson	1983-1988
	K. Wesley Judy	1988-2001
	James Bowen	2001-2006
	Brenda Newman	2006-

Those Who Have Gone Forth from Mt. Olivet to Serve as Ministers

	Thomas E. Winecoff
	Milton Litaker
	Clarence Williams
	Fred Shinn
	LeRoy A. Scott
	Cathy Cook Childers

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