Lorenzo Dow

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1807–1812

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Lorenzo Dow, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Primitive Methodism originates at Mow Cop camp meeting

   1807–1812

   Role: American evangelist (1777–1834) whose visits inspired open-air preaching; an influence on the movement rather than an attendee at Mow Cop

   1. 131 May 1807 · Staffordshire and Cheshire borderMow Cop Camp Meeting

      Bourne and Clowes held a fourteen-hour camp meeting at Mow Cop on 31 May 1807, resulting in many converts.

   2. 2February 1812 · Tunstall (chapel site; county not stated in cited passage)Formation of the Primitive Methodist Society

      The group formally adopted the name The Society of the Primitive Methodists in February 1812.

Sources

1. Primitive Methodist Church Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-04