▁project ▁in ▁Brook lyn , ▁has ▁found ▁written ▁evidence ▁that ▁Baltimore ▁still ▁lived ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s ; ▁the ▁first ▁documentation ▁of ▁her ▁associated ▁with ▁Brook lyn ▁is ▁from ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁She ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁travel ing ▁between ▁these ▁locations ▁for ▁a ▁time . ▁ ▁Baltimore ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁Method ist ▁pre acher ▁and ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁religious ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁settlement . ▁William ▁Paul ▁Qu inn , ▁then ▁a ▁mission ary ▁of ▁the ▁newly ▁formed ▁African ▁Method ist ▁Epis cop al ▁Church ▁( AME ), ▁visited ▁the ▁settlement ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁and ▁helped ▁found ▁the ▁Brook lyn ▁A ME ▁church ▁that ▁year . ▁He ▁had ▁been ▁assigned ▁as ▁a ▁mission ary ▁that ▁year ▁to ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁called ▁the ▁North west , ▁including ▁Indiana ▁and ▁Ohio . ▁Qu inn ▁was ▁also ▁active ▁in ▁plant ing ▁new ▁con greg ations ▁in ▁Kentucky ▁and ▁Missouri ; ▁he ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁fourth ▁bishop ▁of ▁the ▁A ME ▁Church . ▁Brook lyn ▁A ME ▁Church ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁A ME ▁Church ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁App al ach ian ▁Mountains . ▁It ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁Qu inn ' s ▁Chap el ▁A ME ▁Church ▁in ▁his ▁honor . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 7 , ▁five ▁white ▁abol ition ists ▁pl atted ▁the ▁land ▁and ▁created ▁an ▁un in cor por ated ▁nearly ▁all - black ▁town . ▁Thomas ▁Os burn ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁them ,