significant center of the free Afro-American community in the 19th Century.' �206 JOURNAL Bethel A.M.E. Church is the largest church of its denomination in Lan- caster County — there being A.M.E. churches in Marietta and Columbia as well. The fact that Bethel"s membership is almost six times greater than the

, bonds, notes, stocks, and carriage) valued at an additional $3,170. Furthermore, he and Joshua P.B. Eddy jointly owned a house and a lot valued at $150. An individual identified solely as "agent for Stephen Smith" owned 5 houses and 5 lots worth $1,000. Smith's total worth in Columbia had now reached