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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 94 (part 2)

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Joseph Wilson, present minister. The Methodist society of Tarrytown was first organized by the Rev. Mr. Witsell of Haverstraw, A. D. IS31. The present church was erected in 1840. Since that period it has been at-tached to the Bedford circuit. The Asbury Methodist Episcopal church in this village was erected A. D. 1837. There is also a Baptist church, of which the Rev. Charles Underhill is the present pastor. Mr. Christopher Collins, the first projector of the Erie canal in 1805-6, was for several years a resident of this place, and lies interred in the grave yard at Sleepy Hollow.