"The White Pole Meeting House"

 

The book, "The White Pole Meeting House", focuses on the story of pioneer John McNeel and his pledge to God after experiencing a great deliverance.

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John Smith, the first circuit rider assigned to the Greenbrier Circuit, arrived at the Little Levels on September 19, 1787.

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John Smith preached his first sermon at John McNeel's on October 17, 1787, and stayed for two days.

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John Smith's journal entries mention his visits to McNeel's and the surrounding area, including preaching at Clendenin's Fort.

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In 1790, Bishop Francis Asbury visited McNeel's in the Little Levels and preached a sermon that offended many attendees.

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The first documented evidence of Methodist services at the Little Levels comes from John Smith's journal entries, which predate evidence of Presbyterian services in the same area by a year and three days.

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Richard Bird became a circuit rider in 1797.

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By 1803, the Greenbrier Circuit had been established as a district within the Baltimore Conference.

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A camp meeting held at the Little Levels in 1803 led to the conversion of over one hundred people in six days, and over five hundred conversions occurred at similar meetings in Botetourt and Greenbrier.