THE TRUSTEES OF THE WEDDING CHAPPEL SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF MANLIUS CENTER
Town of Manlius
Submitted by Kathy Crowell
Miscellaneous Records, Onondaga County Courthouse (G,443):
"State of New York Onondga County: We the undersigned two of the
members of the congregation hereinafter mentioned do hereby certify that
on the 28 day of March instant the male persons of full age belonging to
a congregation in which divine Worship is celebrated according to the rites
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and not already incorporated met at the
place of public worship heretofore occupied by the said Congregation in
the Town of Manlius in said County for the purpose of incorporating themselves
and did then and there Elect by plurality of voices Jacob Hevener, Ralph
Chapin, George Northup, Jacob Crouse, Henry T. Adams, Frederick Reals and
Peter Reals as Trustees of the said Congregation and the said persons did
then and there also determine by the like plurality of voices that the
said Trustees and their successors should forever hereafter be called and
known by the Name or title of "The Trustees of the wedding Chappel Society
of the methodist Episcopal Church of Manlius Center." Witness our
hands and seals this 29 day of March 1853 John W. Lewis, Cor. Van Alstyne.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Rev. David Stowe, State of New York,
Onondaga County. On this 29th day of March 1853 before me came John H.
Lewis and Cornelius Van Alstyne known to me to be the Individuals described
in and who executed the above Certificate and acknowledged that they Executed
the same. Ralph Justice of the Peace, Recorded March 30, 1853 at
4 1/2 O'clock P.M. E. P. Hopkins, Dep. Clk."
Submitted 7 June 1998