Church and Family History Research Assistance for Muskingum County, Ohio
CHURCHES:LICKING
Licking Church at Hebron was organized in 1807, and joined the Scioto Association the same year. Elder Benjamin Cave was the first pastor.
In 1805 Benjamin Green, a Baptist preacher, commenced preaching at David Beaver's, and a few years later, a society was formed at this place from members that had been attached to the churches of Hog Run and Pleasant Run, and held their meetings at the house of David Beaver. About the year 1815 or 1816 they erected a hewed-log church, with gallery on the sides & one end; this was for some time called Beaver's meeting-house, but was subsequently named Licking Church. This society later erected a good frame church building and there is a well-kept cemetery at the site.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Atwood, Baker, Beaver, Beech, Beecher, Berry, Dove, Fisher, Geiger, Hardin, Hite, Peters, Phelps, Porter, Ruffner, Smith, Thrivener, Winegarner (very incomplete list due to not having a copy of the records).
FALLS OF LICKING
Falls of Licking Church, near Frazeysburg, was listed as a member of the Muskingum Association in 1814, her messengers being John Dorsey, Samuel Gist, and Isaac Bewley, who reported 29 members.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Baker, Baughman, Beal, Bewley, Bonifield, Bradley, Butler, Dorsey, Downey, Gist, Lynn, McGee, Morgan, Nethers, Prior, Shaw, Smith, Williams (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
SALT CREEK
Salt Creek Church, in Salt Creek township, was organized in 1811 by Elder Henry Pringle and Elder Daniel Horton. The church was represented in the Muskingum Association in 1814, the messengers being Elder Henry Pringle, Lic. John Mott, and Lewis Stunrod, who reported 42 members.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Mott, Pringle, Stunrod (very incomplete list).
BEULAH
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Bradley, Burrier, Crown, Dumm, Farmer, Francis, Gearhart, Hunt, Iden, McCracken, Miller, Nethers, Phillips, Rector, Redman, Victor (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
TIMBER RUN
The Predestinarian Baptists built a church in 1832, on land belonging to Robert Bolin, in Hopewell township, which came to be known as the Timber Run Baptist church.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Allen, Bolin, Bonifeld, Brandon, Burley, Ford, Gray, Nelson, Semmont, Van Horn (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
GOSHEN
Goshen Church was organized October 18, 1822, by Elders Rees and Devol. Members met in homes for two years. Between 1828 and 1844 they met at Flat Run in Guernsey County. Pastors included Elders Rees, McGowan, Sperry, Ogan, M. Brown, Herper, J. Brown, John Pritchard, and George D. Burley (up to about 1880).
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Crosier, Garret, Hickman, Humphrey, West (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
UNIONTOWN
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Moore, Richards (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
ZOAR
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
French, Gibson, Martin, Wells, Woodruff (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
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