Primitive Baptist Churches Organized in Illinois
Between 1796 and 1840
Churches of the Primitive Baptist faith and order were established in Illinois in the earliest pioneer days, the first being in May 1796. Without a modern missionary system, the following churches were established throughout Illinois by pioneer Primitive Baptist ministers, who preached the gospel without charge.
New Design 1796 May 28 Monroe
Mississippi Bottoms 1798 Apr 28 Randolph
Richland (later called
Ogle's Creek) 1804 May 25 St. Clair
Big Creek 1806 July 19 Pope (later Hardin)
Silver Creek (later called
Turkey Hill) 1807 May St. Clair
Wood River 1807 May 31 Madison
Richland Creek 1807 September 12 St. Clair
Looking Glass Prairie 1808 St. Clair
Shoal Creek 1810 Bond
Lamotte 1811/12 Crawford
Prairie de Long (later
called Horse Prairie) 1814 May 1 St. Clair/Randolph
Little Wabash 1815/16 White
East Fork of Muddy River 1817 or earlier Franklin
Little Village 1817 May Crawford/Lawrence
Canteen Creek 1817 June 21 Madison
Hurricane Fork 1818 March Montgomery
Middle Fork of Muddy River 1818 September (arm) Franklin
Bethel (later called
Sugar Creek) 1818 Clinton
Grand Prairie 1819 May 15 Crawford
Union 1819 Monroe
Elkhorn 1819 Washington
Bankston's Fork 1819/1820 Saline
Bethel's Creek 1820 June 17 Saline
Glady Fork 1820 June 26 Lawrence
Hopewell 1820 August 5 Wayne
Ten Mile Creek 1820 September 2 Hamilton
Sangamo, (later called
Richland) 1820 September Sangamon
Lusk Creek 1820 or earlier Pope
Lick Creek 1820 December 23 White
Twelve Mile Prairie 1820 St. Clair
Mt. Tabor (later called
Muddy Bridge, then
Mt. Vernon) 1820 Jefferson
Providence 1820/21 Greene
Concord 1821 Washington
Island Ripple 1821 Gallatin
Indian Creek 1822 Morgan
Clear Spring 1822 July Montgomery
Apple Creek 1822 Greene
Unity 1822 October Jackson
Elk Prairie 1822 Wayne
Lick Creek 1822/23 Sangamon
Mt. Pleasant 1823 Edgar
North Fork 1823 Hamilton
Hargrave's Prairie 1823 Wayne
Big Mt. Prairie 1823 Wayne
Antioch 1823 Richland
Springfield 1824 Sangamon
Sugar Creek 1824 Sangamon
Island Grove 1824 Sangamon
Bon-Pas 1824 October 23 Edwards
Clary's Grove 1830-1831 Menard
Rector's Fork 1825 June Hamilton
Long Prairie 1825 July 1 Edwards
Union 1825 August 6 Morgan
Village Creek 1825 2nd Sat in August Wabash
Bethel 1825 Fulton
Burnt Prairie 1825 White/Wayne?
Republican M. H. (later
called Mt. Tabor) 1825 Wayne
Big Spring 1825 St. Clair
Spring Creek 1826 January Sangamon
Liberty 1826 June 10 Sangamon
Middle Fork of Saline River 1826 July 1 Saline
Bethel 1826 September 2 Montgomery
Mauvaisterre 1826 November Morgan
Crane Creek 1826 December 16 Schuyler
Birk's Prairie 1826 Edwards
Lake Fork 1827 January 20 Logan
South Fork of Mauvaisterre 1827 January 27 Morgan
Fox Prairie 1827 July 7 Clay
Grand Pier 1827 October 21 Pope
Union 1827 November 7 Richland
Clear Creek 1827 Cass
Embarrass 1827 Coles
Mt. Gilead 1827 White
Bethlehem 1827 Williamson
Okaw 1827 June 2 Shelby
Little Springs 1828 February 16 Hamilton
Crooked Creek 1828 April 26 Clay
Head of Apple Creek 1828 May 2nd Sat Morgan
Taylor's Creek 1828 July 12 Greene
Salem 1828 August 25 Clay
Moore's Prairie 1828 Jefferson
Salem 1828 Franklin
Town Mount Prairie 1828 Franklin
North Fork 1829 February 10 Jasper
Plum Creek 1829 March 27 Scott
Concord 1829 June 13 Macoupin
Mt. Pleasant 1829 June Brown
Nine Mile 1829 June Perry
Hopewell 1829 July 27 Vermilion
New Salem 1829 August 19 Menard
Little Bethel 1829 Coles
First Danville 1829 Vermilion
Lynn Creek 1829 Moultrie
Hopewell 1829 Shelby
North Fork of Macoupin 1829 Macoupin
Copperas Creek 1829 Fulton
Mt. Pleasant 1829 July 11 Franklin
Little Muddy 1829? Franklin/Jefferson
Horeb 1829 Christian
Clear Spring 1829 August Fayette
Salt Creek 1829 Sangamon/Logan
Salem Sugar Creek 1830 2nd Sat. In January Sangamon
North Fork of Sangamon 1830 March Sangamon
Bethlehem 1830 March 30 Edgar
Wolf Creek 1830 June Saline
New Salem 1830 June Morgan
Hickory Grove 1830 Jul (1st Sat.) Greene
Shady Grove 1830 July 10 Fayette
Mt. Zion 1830 July 16 Crawford
Springfield 1830 July 17 Sangamon
Mt. Pleasant 1830 July White
Salem 1830 August 10 Fulton
Henderson 1830 August 14 Knox
Big Grove 1830 August 14 Logan
Lick Creek 1830 August Sangamon
Union 1830 September 1 Greene
Hopewell 1830 Greene
Pleasant Grove 1830 Coles
Old Concord 1830 Cumberland
Four Mile Prairie 1830 Fayette
Waterford 1830 Fulton
New Hope 1830 Shelby
Beaver Creek 1830 Hamilton
Bethel on Otter Creek 1830 Sangamon
Cedar Creek 1830 Knox
Salt Creek 1830 Logan
Long Run 1830 Macoupin
Pleasant Mount 1830 Macoupin
Shiloh 1830 Macoupin
Clary's Grove 1830-1831 Menard
Horse Creek 1831 2nd Sat. In April Sangamon
Little Flock 1831 July 17 Cass
Hopewell 1831 August 6 Macoupin
Sugar Camp Creek 1832 August Jefferson
Little Muddy 1831 Jefferson
Concord Richwoods 1831 September 4 Clark
Union 1831 November McDonough
Salem 1831 Fayette
Shiloh 1831 Johnson
South Fork 1831 Christian
Liberty 1831 Marion
Crooked Creek 1831 Schuyler
Mt. Pleasant 1832 April 21 Macoupin
Mill Creek 1832 2nd Sat in June Adams
Union 1832 June Sangamon
Middle Creek 1832 August (Sat bef 2nd Sun) Hancock
Mt. Zion 1832 August White
Camp Creek 1832 September (4th Sat.) Brown
Good Hope 1832 Clark
Fall Creek 1832 Adams
Pisgah 1832 Scott
Bethel Indian Grove 1832 Livingston
Bloomfield 1832 Edgar
New Providence 1832 Fulton
Little Vermilion 1832 Vermilion
Salt Fork 1832 Champaign
New Bethel 1832 Adams
Mt. Nebo 1833 Feb 9 Bond
Pilgrim 1833 July 26 Crawford
New Providence 1833 3rd Sat in September Adams
Mt. Olive 1833 Macoupin
Mt. Pleasant 1833 Macoupin
Cold Spring 1833 Fayette
Bear Creek 1833 Fayette
Paint Rock 1833 Marion
Pleasant Grove 1833 Tazewell
Lick Boundary 1834 July Gallatin
New Salem 1834 Brown
New Salem 1834 Pike
Piasaw 1834 Jersey
Little Flock 1835 June 9 Fulton
New Harmony 1835 4th Sat in June Hancock
Zion 1835 June Morgan
Bear Creek 1835 June-September Adams
Providence 1835 September Hancock
Bethlehem 1835 November Bond
Honey Creek 1835 Macoupin
Bethlehem 1835 Greene
Gravel Creek 1835 Jackson
Holt's Prairie 1835 Perry
Providence 1835 Pike
Friendship 1836 April 23 Scott
Liberty 1836 July Fayette
New Hope 1836 July 16 Warren
Clear Spring 1836 Shelby
Sandy Creek 1836 Putnam
Peoria Lasalle Precinct 1836 Peoria
Indiantown 1836 Bureau
Bethel 1836 Macoupin
Little Flock 1838 1st Sat in August Adams
Grayville 1838 August White
Sugar Creek 1838 Edgar
Sugar Creek 1838 Macoupin
Rock Springs 1838 Macoupin
Holmes Prairie 1838 Fayette
Zion 1838 Douglas
Bethany 1839 June 29 Hancock
Edwards River 1839 June 29 Mercer
New Hope 1839 August 17 Richland
New Hope 1839 October 12 Hamilton
Big Creek 1839 Edgar
Crow Creek 1839 Bureau
Lower Apple River 1839 Jo Daviess
Concord 1839 2nd Sat in August Mercer
Honor roll of names of some of the earliest Primitive Baptist ministers who established churches in the state of Illinois in pioneer days.
Ministers names who took part in the presbyteries which organized the above churches, which were organized before 1830, insofar as that information is available or known:New Design, Elder David Badgley and Bro. Joseph Chance; Mississippi Bottoms, Elder David Badgley, Elder John Simpson, Elder Joseph Chance; Richland (Ogle's Creek), Elder David Badgley; Big Creek, Elder William Jones, Elder Stephen Stilley; Silver Creek (Turkey Hill), Elder David Badgley, Elder Joseph Chance; Wood River, Elder David Badgley, Elder William Jones; Richland Creek, Elder Joseph Chance, Elder Robert Brazil, Elder Edward Ratcliff; Looking Glass Prairie, Elder David Badgley, Elder William Jones, Elder John Baugh, Elder Joseph Chance; Shoal Creek, Elder David Badgley; Lamotte, unknown; Prairie de Long (Horse Prairie), Elder David Badgley, Elder Nathan Arnett, Elder Robert Brazil; Little Wabash, unknown; East Fork of Muddy River, unknown; Little Village, Elder Daniel Parker; Canteen Creek, Elder David Badgley, Elder William Jones, Elder Robert Brazil, Elder William Brazil; Hurricane Fork, Elder Joseph Wright, Elder Ezekiel Rush, Elder George Shipman; East Fork of Muddy River, Elder Isaac Herring; Middle Fork of Muddy River, Elder Isaac Herring, Elder Wilson Henderson; Grand Prairie, Elder Daniel Parker; Mt. Tabor, Elder Chester Carpenter; Bethel's Creek, Elder Wilson Henderson, Elder Chester Carpenter, Elder Isaac Herring, Elder John Wren; Providence, Elder William Jones; Glady Fork, unknown; Hopewell, Elder William Hanks, Elder Benjamin Keith; Ten Mile Creek, Elder Wilson Henderson, Elder Chester Carpenter, Elder John Wren; Sangamo, unknown; Lick Creek, Elder Wilson Henderson, Elder Stephen Stilley, Elder John Wren; Clear Spring, Elder James Street; Unity, Elder Eli Short; Indian Creek, Elder Samuel Bristow; Apple Creek, unknown; Bon-Pas, Elder Elias Roberts; Long Prairie, Elder Elias Roberts, Elder John Clark; Union, Elder Samuel Bristow, Elder William Crow; Sandy Creek, Elder Samuel Bristow, Elder Jonathan Sweet, Elder Theophilus Sweet, Elder Gorham Holmes; Mauvaisterre, Elder Samuel Bristow; Liberty, Elder William Crow, Elder Thomas Ray, Elder Micajah B. Rowland; Middle Fork of Saline River, Elder Wilson Henderson, Elder Charles Lee; Bethel, Elder James Street, Elder Henry Sears; Lake Fork, Elder Hiram Bowman, Elder William Kenner, Elder Phillip Stevens; South Fork of Mauvaisterre, Elder Micajah B. Rowland, Elder William Crow, Elder William Kenner; Fox Prairie, Elder Elias Roberts, Elder William Martin; Grand Pier, Elder Stephen Stilley, Elder William Rondeau; Union, Elder Daniel Parker, Elder William Martin, Elder Elias Roberts; Okaw, unknown; Diamond Grove, Elder Samuel Bristow, Elder Aaron Smith, Elder Jonathan Sweet; Salem, Elder Elias Roberts; Little Spring, Elder Charles Lee, Elder William Gholson, Elder Robert Moore, Elder Lee Caine; Crooked Creek, Elder John Miller; Head of Apple Creek, Elder William Rodgers; North Fork, Elder Thomas Young; Plum Creek, Elder Thomas Henson, Elder Jacob Bower; Concord, Elder William Rodgers, Elder Aaron Smith, Elder Thomas Lee; Mt. Pleasant, Elder John Foster; Nine Mile, Elder Silas Crisler, Elder Eli Short; First Danville, Elder Daniel Parker; Little Bethel, Elder William Martin, Elder Daniel Barham.
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