Preachers. Members. 1773 10 1,160 1783 83 13,740 1793 269 67,643 1803 393 86,734 1813 700 214,307 1823 1,226 312,540 1833 2,400 599,736 1843 4,286 1,068,525 1850 3,716 629,660[26] 1859 6,502 971,498 1862 -- 942,906 1863 5,885 923,394 1864 -- 928,320 1865 6,121 925,285 1866 6,287 1,032,184[27] 1867 8,004 1,146,081 1868 8,481 1,255,115 1869 8,830 1,298,938 [26] Separation of South in 1845. [27] Centenary year. The average annual increase since the separation of the South, and during seventeen years, has been 30,377. Since the close of the war conferences have been organized in eight of the Southern states, and 100,000 members gained from the church South. 34. A secession took place in 1830 from the Methodists, and the persons who composed it assumed the name of the "Methodist Protestant Church." Its statistics have been as follows: Travelling preachers. Members. 1830 83 5,000 1842 -- 53,875 1850 740 64,219 1854 -- 70,018 1858 2,000 90,000 In 1866, a convention was held in Cincinnati to unite the Methodist Protestants, the Wesleyan Connection, the Free Methodists, the Primitive Methodists, and some independent Methodist congregations, under the name of the "Methodist Church." The union was joined by few save the Northern conferences of the Methodist Protestant body, who now compose the Methodist Church; the Southern conferences retain the original name of Methodist Protestant. Their numbers in 1867 were estimated at 50,000; in 1869, they were estimated at 72,000. There has been no actual increase in those now indicated by this name in twenty-five years preceding 1868. 35. The "Methodist Church" is composed of the Northern conferences of the Methodist Protestant Church which, in attempting to form a union with others in 1866, caused a split among themselves. Their report, made in 1867, states as follows: Ministers. Members. 1867 625 50,000 1869 624 49,030 This is strictly an increase of the Methodist Protestants, but appears under a new name. It is an average annual increase of 2,000. 36. Out of the original separation of the Methodist Protestants from the Methodist Episcopal another denomination sprang up, under the name of the "True Wesleyan Methodists." The denomination has increased very slowly since its organization, as appears by the following statements: