Church and Family History Research Assistance for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
CHURCHES:TROUGH CREEK (COLFAX)
Trough Creek Church, near Colfax, may have been organized as early as 1775 or earlier.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
MILL CREEK
Mill Creek Church was organized in about 1800, at a log meeting house which had been erected, about two miles from the mouth of Mill Creek, with eleven charter members, viz., James Hampson, Nathan Gorsuch, Ann Hall, Mary Hampson, Temperance Brown, Lydia Plowman, Samuel Lane, James Davis, Daniel Brown, Rachel Kelly, and Rachel Davis. Mill Creek Church united with the Baltimore Association in 1817, and then helped organize the Juniata Association in 1821. Early pastors included Elders Samuel Lane, J. Davis, and Jesse Ash.
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HUNTINGDON (CASSVILLE)
Huntingdon Church was organized about the commencement of the nineteenth century, when the population was very sparse, hence the name that was given to it by reason of its being one of the earliest Baptist Churches in the region. Among the early members may be named William Lovell, Jacob and Jonathan Dean. The place of worship was during many years the house of Jacob Dean, three miles northwest from Cassville. In 1825 a house of worship was erected, on land donated by Mr. Dean, near his house. It was a log structure, thirty by thirty-two feet. At first it was furnished with slab benches, but they were replaced with slips, and the outside of the building was "pebble-dashed."
The pastors of this church included Elders Samuel Lane, James Davis, Moses Starr, Richard Proudfoot, Nathan Everett, Zopher D. Pasco, George L. Elgin, Joseph Furr, and Joseph Correll.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Corbin, Correll, Dean, Evritt, Greenland, Lovell, Mierly, Swope, Turner (very incomplete list due to lack of records).
BROAD TOP
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Horton, White (very incomplete list due to lack of records).
SPRINGFIELD (THREE SPRINGS)
Springfield Church was organized early in the nineteenth century. It was located near Three Springs, or about three and a half miles north of Maddensville. The meeting house was of logs, covered with weather boards, and was the oldest church building in the township. In 1883 there were twelve members, and the pastor was Elder Thomas Rose, and Elder Moses Starr the assistant. There is a cemetery at the site. Springfield Church was a member of the Juniata Association. Minutes of 1911, 1917, and 1920 show this church hosted the annual meeting. In 1911, Elder A. Mellott was pastor, and in the later two years Elder J. M. Fenton, of Philadelphia, was the pastor.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Barnett, Brown, Cornelious, Correll, Gutshall, Hess, Lamberson, Madden, Mellott, Price, Sollers, Starr (very incomplete list due to lack of records).
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