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Fort Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church, South

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Methodist

Pastor

Murdoch A. Shaw

Race/Ethnicity

White

County

DeSoto County (Fla.)

City

Fort Ogden

Established

1879

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On many of the scans, text appears to bleed through from the reverse page as survey workers often used recycled paper printed on one side with unrelated material. Users should be aware that the bleed-through is not a missing page.

Title

Fort Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

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Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

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Description

WPA Church Record for Fort Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Fort Ogden, DeSoto County, established in 1879. This Methodist church served a mainly white congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by Murdoch A. Shaw.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

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State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1879

Format

church records

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Text

Identifier

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Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Methodist

County

DeSoto County (Fla.)

City

Fort Ogden

Race/Ethnicity

White

Pastor

Murdoch A. Shaw

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Church Name

Fort Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church, South

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Fort Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1879. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/247702>, accessed 25 August 2025.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Fort Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1879. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/247702>

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Fort Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church, South

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