Church and Family History Research
Assistance
for Grant County, Indiana
CHURCHES:
HARMONY (MATTHEWS)
Harmony Church, west of Matthews, was organized on February 22, 1845. Land for the church building was obtained from John Richards, and it was built in 1847 or 1848. Harmony Church is a member of the Lebanon Association.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Campbell, Carter, Chastain, Couch, Cushman, Detamore, Dickerson, Eaton, Finchum, Ford, Gillespie, Hickam, Johnson, Kesinger, Kimbrough, Leach, McGinnis, McIntosh, Millspaugh, Newby, Patterson, Richards, Russel, Scott, Thacker, Vetor, Wallace (very incomplete list).
TAYLOR'S CREEK (SWAYZEE)
Taylor's Creek Church, north of Swayzee, was organized August 29, 1854, and is a member of the Lebanon Association.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Beaman, Bebout, Brandenburg, Crowe, Cupp, Dawson, Downey, Dryer, Dye, Ellison, Ford, Gillam, Goble, Hamblin, Harvey, Hedrick, Holloway, King, Lee, Masters, Nelson, Owens, Parker, Pence, Plummer, Powers, Ragan, Roach, Roberts, Robeton, Roll, Saul, Skinner, Weesner (very incomplete list).
LITTLE KILLBUCK
FOWLERTON (FOWLERTON)
Fowlerton Church was organized on July 30, 1910, with eighteen charter members, viz., William J. Leach, R. H. Dickerson, John G. Leach, Joanna Gregg, Naoma Deeren, Minnie Leach Crecraft, Ida Jane Ford, Warren R. Crawford, Martha Royal, Jennie Leach, E. C. Leach, Hester S. Leach, Zibbie Leach, Margaret Corn, Ina Whybrew, Jennie Crawford, David E. Whybrew, and Elder Noah L. Ford.
Pastors who served Fowlerton Church were Elders N. L. Ford, L. B. Ragan, James E. Watson, C. I. Goble, Ralph Culy, Lawrence Carter, and Lloyd Pitney.
Fowlerton Church petitioned for membership in the Lebanon Association in 1910. A new church building was erected in 1914 on land purchased from J. A. Morris.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Corn, Crawford, Crecraft, Deeren, Dickerson, Ford, Goble, Gregg, Himelick, Kerr, Lane, Leach, McIntosh, Newby, Royal, Skinner, Vetor, Whybrew (incomplete list).
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