A Listing of Deeds and Records
for Primitive Baptist Churches in Illinois
Adams County Organized Deed Found? Records?
We have a complete file of minutes of the Salem Association from 1835-1992.
(IRAD has deed indexes and deeds for Adams County)
New Salem (later Brown County) 1826 No Part Letter given to Asa Tungate from church in Kentucky to join Salem Church, Adams County, in 1826
**Mill Creek, Burton 1832 Yes(1)No(2) No 1834 & 1879 - NE Part of SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 18, T25 R7W 4PM; deed of disposition.
New Bethel, Payson/Fall Creek 1832 No No
**New Providence (Old Stone
Church), Ursa 1833 No(1)No(2)Yes(3)Yes(4) Yes 1839 - Matthew Bruen to trustees, Part of NE 1/4 of Sec 7, T1N R8N 4PM, and later deeds
Arm of New Providence, Quincy
Bear Creek, LaPrairie 1835 No No
Pigeon Creek, Payson 1835 No No
**Little Flock, Coatsburg 1838 No(1)No(1)Yes(2)Yes(2) Yes October 1872 - Lots 5 and 6, Blk 2, Lots 7 and 8 Blk 2, Coatsburg, purchased for $270.00 from J. W. Bonney and wife Eveline; Lots 7 and 8 in Block 2 were sold to Charles M. Gibbs for $135.00 in April 1874; in December 1921 Frank B. Pollock, Charles A. Jones, and Joe Rice were appointed trustees, and they sold the property to Wesley Albert Shanholtzer for $600.00.
Alexander County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed indexes and deeds for Alexander County)
Shiloh, Trinity No No
(See Pulaski County)
Bond County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Our file of annual printed minutes of the Kaskaskia Association is almost complete except a few of the earliest years)
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Bond County)(will need to hire a researcher to find remainder of Bond county deeds)
Shoal Creek 1810 No No (deed this early would be in Madison county's records)
Shady Grove 1830 No Yes
**Mt. Nebo, Greenville 1833 Yes Clerk 1843 - 1 1/2 A. SW Corner of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 35, T6N R4W 3PM; 1860 - 1/3 A. SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 35, T6N R4W 3PM; 1880 - Part of S 1/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 3, T5N R4W 3PM. Parcel #08-09-03-405-001
**Bethlehem 1835 No Yes Uncertain of location. Supposedly in Pleasant Mound (formerly Fairview) township, T5N R2W Sec 12 center of North 1/2. (Trustees appointed for the meeting house in Oct 1841 - John Crouch, Elisha Matthews, and Benjamin Hart, according to the church records.)
New Hope 1840 No No
Concord 1845 No No
Shiloh 1894 Yes/Yes No 1891 - Elisha Elam and Sarah Elam his wife, to Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church and Gillham Hedges of the "Ancient Free and Accepted Masons", one acre in a triangular shape, part of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 9, T6N R2W 3PM, beginning at the southeast corner of the one acre tract belonging to School District No. 4. The church to have the lower room and the Masons the upper room. Also found an agreement, recorded in 1906, giving permission to the Masons to build a stairway on the inside of the building to replace the outside stairway.
(Also have deeds for Smith's Grove United Baptist - 1871 - Part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 29, T5N R3W 3PM; and Shoal Creek Baptist Negro - 1/4 A. NW Corner of W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 3 T5N R4W 3PM). Deeds for the other churches will require hiring a researcher.
Boone County - none found
Brown County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Brown County)
(The records of Mount Gilead Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
Mt. Pleasant, Camden 1829 Yes(1)No(2) No 1855 - 1A. NE corner of NW 1/4 Sec 29, T1N R3W 4PM; deed of disposition not found - may have been taken over by adjoining landowner without deed
Camp Creek, Versailles 1832 Yes(1)No(1)No(2)No(2) Yes William Perry, William Bridges, Richard Bridges, James Bullard, and George Summy appointed to select first site: 1837 - SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 8, T2S R2W, Versailles township; Second site - 1875 - about 2 miles NW of Versailles, SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Sec 12, T2S, R3W, Elkhorn township; deed of disposition
New Salem, Timewell 1832 Yes(1)Yes(2) Part 1844 - 31 Rods, 5' N of SE Corner of NW 1/4, Sec 7, T1S R4W 4PM; sale in 1902
Mt. Gilead, Hersman 1842 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4) Yes 1852 - SW Corner of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 25, T1S R3W 4PM; sale in 2000
Bureau County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index but not deeds for Bureau County)
Princeton 1836 No No
Indiantown (Tiskilwa) 1836 No No
Bureau, Tiskilwa 1844 No No
Zion Hill 1850 No No
Calhoun County - none found
Carroll County - none found
Cass County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Cass County)
**Clear Creek, Monroe 1827 Yes(1)No(2) No 1849 - Part of E side of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 11, T17N R11W 3PM; deed of disposition. Another deed also found, from Oswald Thompson Jr. to David Epler et al, as trustee for the Regular Baptist Church, and others as trustees of the Methodist Church, for an acre of land on which to build a meeting house which would be used by the Regular Baptists and Methodists on different Sundays, the location being Part of the west half of the south east quarter of section 36, in township seventeen north, Range 11 west of the third principal meridian, to wit: commencing at the south west corner of the west half of the south east quarter of said section 36, running thence north thirteen rods, thence east twelve rods, thence south thirteen rods, thence west twelve rods, to the place of beginning. Legal description: part of W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec 36, T17N, R11W, 3rd PM.
**Little Flock, Virginia 1831 Yes(1)Yes(1)Yes(2)No(2) Yes/Film 1840 - One Acre deeded by John Lucas to Little Flock Church, in Sec 7, T18N R8W. Parcel #07-003-004-00; addition to the cemetery - 1896 - Part of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 7, T18N, R8W 3PM, deeded to trustees of the Little Shepherd Cemetery by Charles Lucas and wife. Second location - 1888 - Sarah Thomas and Pleasant Thomas deeded 1A. in the SW Corner of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 6, T18N R8W 3PM to Little Flock Church (this site is in Newsmansville township). Parcel #07-002-004-00; it is across the road from the Pontiac Cemetery, which is in Panther Creek township, beginning one rod south of the NE corner of Sec 12, T18N R9W 3PM); disposition - reverted by deed to the adjoining farm or heirs of grantor.
Champaign County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Champaign County)
Salt Fork, Homer 1832 No No
**Blue Ridge, Fisher 1859 No No
New Liberty, Champaign 1941 Yes/Yes Clerk 1940 - Lot 15, Miller & Toll's Subdivision, SW 1/4 of Sec 11, T19N R8E 3PM. Deed of sale - April 3, 2014.
Christian County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds beginning with 1839)(IRAD has not been able to find any of the deeds we have requested for this county)
Horeb (on Clear Creek) 1829 No No
**South Fork, Sharpsburg 1831 No Part (Found a deed for a South Fork Baptist Church, but probably not ours in Book 32, page 272.)(Church was on Martin Hanon's farm, at site of Ralston cemetery, but no deed has been found for either).
Liberty on Mosquito Creek, Mt.
Auburn/Stonington 1837 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1906 - Buckhart township - T14N R2W 3PM, purchased from trustees of New Stonington Baptist Church, for $1,200.00. 2000 - NE Corner of the NW 1/4 of Sec 1, T14N R2W 3PM, south 10 rods, west 16 rods, north 10 rods, east 16 rods, containing one acre, to The Younker Trust. Building was donated and moved to Paublo Agricultural Museum grounds. Museum has become inactive, and the State of Illinois now has possession of it. Also obtained deed from individuals to Good Hope Baptist Church, and from Good Hope Church to New Stonington Church, also occurring in 1906.
Center, Beck's Point (see
Shelby County) 1856 No No
Mt. Zion, Taylorville 1856 No No
Mt. Gilead
(see Effingham County) 1854 Yes No
Clear Creek 1886 No No
Clark County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Clark County)
Mill Creek (later called
Big Creek) 1820 No No Found deed of sale from Elder Daniel Parker of a tract of land at or near the site of what had been called "Parker's Mill," on Mill Creek. Undoubtedly close to the site of this church, which may have met in the log homes of its members.
**Concord, Kansas 1831 Yes/Yes/Yes Part/Clerk/Film 1832 - John Barbee and wife to the church for the meeting house lot; 1855 - land donated by John Barbee and wife. Beginning at the northwest corner of the meeting house lot thence west five poles, thence south thirty-seven and one-third poles, thence east fifteen poles, thence north five and one-third poles to SE Corner of the meeting house lot, so as to include an acre and a half, in the NE corner of the East half of the NE 1/4 of Sec 27, t12N R14W. Also located a deed to the church for a cemetery addition.
Good Hope, Westfield Twp. 1832 Yes Yes 1836 - George Parker and Elizabeth his wife to William Parker, William Lee, and Joel Connely, trustees of Good Hope Church, part of the SW 1/4 of Sec 31 in T12N R14W, beginning at the NW corner of said lot, at a stake, running west 12 and one half poles, thence south thirteen poles, thence east twelve and one half poles, thence north thirteen poles to the beginning. Also found an 1855 deed from John Doughty and Jane his wife to the cemetery and church trustees of the Cumberland Regular Baptist Church in the town of Cumberland.
Bethel, Oliver 1880 No No
Clay County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Clay County)
Fox Prairie (may have been located
in Richland County) 1827 No Yes
**Salem, Xenia 1828 Yes/Yes/Yes Part/Clerk/Film 1871 - SW Corner of NW 1/4 of Sec 4, T2N R5E 3PM; 1884 - an addition to the same; also several deeds pertaining to the Onstott Cemetery. Deed of disposition of the property on October 29, 2013.
**Crooked Creek, Iola 1828 Yes(1)Yes(2) Yes/Part 1839 - SE Part of W 1/2 of W 1/2 of NE 1/4, Sec 10, T4N R5E 3PM; 1852 - 18 R N of SE Corner of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec 3, T4N R5E 3PM; overlap of deed for Old Settlers Association needs to be corrected, or acknowledged to them.
Maysville (Skillet Fork?), Clay City 1829 No No
Clinton County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Clinton County)
Bethel (Later called
Sugar Creek) 1818 No No
Concord 1821 No No
Coles County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Coles County)
(The manuscript records of Okaw Association have been copied or transcribed but they are incomplete, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(Coles County Clerk & Recorder will not do deed searches)
**Embarrass, Charleston 1827 Yes(1)No(1) No 1838 - Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth his wife, to Charles S. Morton, Stephen Miller, and Joseph Fowler, trustees of the Regular Baptist Church called Embarrass (including a list of their articles of faith), dated Feb. 26, 1838, for the following tract, adjoining the town of Charleston, viz., beginning at the north west corner of the Hanks lot in Nathaniel Parker addition to Charleston, running westwardly in a direct line with the south side of Lafayette Street one hundred feet, thence southwardly parallel with the western boundary of Hanks lot one hundred and nine feet, six inches, thence eastwardly one hundred feet to said Hanks southwest corner, thence northwardly with the line one hundred and nine feet to the beginning
**Little Bethel, rural Mattoon 1829 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Yes (digital/xerox) S. Line of Sec 23, Lafayette township. Building sold in June 1927 for $200 to Albert McGrannaham, to tear down for lumber. Sold land to Elza Bailey in Feb 1931 for $50 minus $10 for surveying and 50 cents for deed. Deed shows John W. Riley and Mary E. Martin as trustees of the church in 1931. December 25, 1835. Thomas Threlkeld and wife Martha, to William Jeffries, Lewis W. True, trustees of Little Bethel Church. Articles of faith; March 22, 1861. Thomas Threlkeld and wife Martha to John Martin, R. A. Miller, and Levi Doty, trustees of Little Bethel Church, for fifty dollars, Commencing thirty poles east of D. MIchaels southeast corner, in a section line dividing section twenty-three and twenty-six, running thence North 7 degres W 18 poles, thence east 7 degrees, north 18 poles to three white oaks. containing two acres and four poles, in Township 12N Range 8.
**Little Bethel, Mattoon 1856 No/Yes(1) Yes/No(2) No Built a church in Mattoon, later sold to United Brethren, and built in the Lafayette township (different site as other faction). October 11, 1889: Lewis Monroe and Lydia Monroe, to the trustees of the Little Bethel Baptist Church. One half acre in a square in northeast corner of that, in the west half of east half of section twenty-one, Township twelve, Range 8, lying south of the Charleston and Mattoon road, to have and to hold so long as used for church purposes.
**Old Concord (Curry Cemetery) 1830 No No This faction of Old Concord Church was a member of the Okaw Association.
**Pleasant Grove, Gays 1830 Yes No A deed was found showing one acre, beginning at the southeast corner of the west 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 2, T13, R7E 3PM, running north 12 rods, east 13 rods, south 12 rods, west 13 rods to the place of beginning.
**Big Spring, Campbell 1840 No No Several deeds have been located for the Gordon Cemetery. It appears one of our churches was located at or near this site.
Salem 1840 Yes No April 20, 1865. James Wiley to _____ Roberts, Tilden Rowels and John Lanman, trustees of Salem Regular Baptist Church. Commencing nine rods west of the southeast corner of Sec. 19, nine rods north, nine rods west, nine rods south, nine rods east, to place of beginning, T13 R10E.
**Zoar, Mattoon 1860 Yes No June 2, 1865. George W. Dalby and wife Polly Ann, to George W. Dalby, Peter Miller, and William Miller, trustees of Zoar Church, in North Okaw township, one and one half acres off of the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Sec. 17, Township 13N R7E 3rd p.m.
Cook County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Bethel, Chicago 1928 None No
Chicago, Chicago 1942 None Yes
Crawford County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Manuscript records of the Wabash District Association have not been found, but our file of annual printed minutes is nearly complete except for the earliest years)
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Crawford County)
Lamotte, Palestine 1811 Yes No 1828 - Beginning at the NW Corner of Sec 27, T6N R11W, running south 12 poles, east 20 poles, north 12 poles, west 20 poles with the section line. James Little and wife to Thomas Kennedy, William Ryan, and William Hicks Sr, trustees.
Grand Prairie, Bellair 1819 Yes/Yes Yes 1832 - (Note: July 1822 ordered Jesse Page to receive a deed for the land that the meeting house stands on in his own name or his successors, in behalf of the church.) A deed was found dated 1832, from Jesse Page, to the trustees of the church, "Beginning at a stake 23 poles west from the SE corner of the NE 1/4 of Sec 7, T6N R12W, thence 13 poles north, thence 13 poles west, thence 13 poles south, thence 13 poles east to bhe beginning, to include the meeting house. 1892 - Presley S. Eaton and wife deeded to trustees (Alfred Currell, Presley S. Eaton, J. H. Raynes), a tract commencing at a point ten (10 rods west of the south east corner of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 4, TN7 R12W, thence west four rods, north sixteen rods, east four rods, south sixteen rods to place of beginning, 7/20ths of an acre.
Mt. Zion, Palestine 1830 No No
Pilgrim (moved to Texas) 1833 None Part
Canaan, Flat Rock 1841 Transcript Yes BEG AT THE SE COR NE NE SEC 24, T5 R11 THENCE W 11 RDS N 15 RDS E 11 RDS + S 15 RDS TO POB, (Montgomery township); built in 1885 on land donated by Isaac T. G. Parker and wife Hannah. Deed made to the Baptist and Christian churches, according to one transcript we have.
Oblong, Oblong 1869 Yes(1)Yes(2) Part On corner of Grant and East Main Street in Oblong (where Pulliam Funeral Home now stands. David W. Odell to the trustees of Oblong Church, Lot 39, original town of Oblong. Disposition in 1951 by tax deed.
Cumberland County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(The records of Big Spring Association have not been found and our file of annual printed minutes is incomplete)
(Deed records from 1843 to 1885 were destroyed in a courthouse fire. IRAD doesn't have deeds for Cumberland County.)
**Old Concord, Neoga 1830 No/No(1)Yes/No(2) No First deed - in Ash Grove township, Shelby county, not yet found; Second deed - 1884 - Neoga township, T11N R7E, NW corner of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 31 (just across the road from Ash Grove township of Shelby county); George W. Cross and Sarah J. Cross his wife, of Ash Grove township, Shelby Co., to Roger Cross, Anderson Blystone, and James H. Cross, trustees, commencing 24 rods north of the southwest corner of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 31, containing one and 1/8th acre, on which to build a meeting house, dated January 10, 1884. (This Old Concord Church was a member of the Wabash District Association.)
Big Spring, Janesville 1840 No(1)Yes(2) No Lots 1 & 2, Block B, in John Furry's Addition to the town of Janesville. John Furry and his wife Jane Furry, of Janesville, Coles Co., Ill., to A. Dowden, M. G. Ryan, and W. B. Dunn and their successors in office as trustees of Big Spring Church in the county of Cumberland, Lot No. 1 in Block B., for a site to build a church or meeting house thereon, to be held by said church for that purpose only and to be under the control thereof forever. Dated February 18, 1881.
Salem 1845? No No
DeKalb County - none found (Services being held periodically at Sycamore, Illinois, at present time 2016. Contact us for more information).
De Witt County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed but not index for DeWitt County)
**New Providence, Kenney 1853 Yes(1)No(2) No 1874 - 92 Poles S of Sec line, of NW Corner of Sec 13, T19N R1E 3PM; deed of disposition
Douglas County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Douglas County)(Will need to hire a researcher to find deeds for this county)
Zion, Arcola 1838 No No At the corner of North Locust Street and Jefferson, (Block 9 or 10), original town of Arcola
New Hope, Hindsboro 1886 Yes(1)Yes(2) Part/Film 1885 Joseph and Sarah Clapp to Providence Church (the mother church); 1999 - we have the deed of disposition. At corner of Indiana Street and Eleventh Street (Eleventh street was formerly known as Sixth North Street). Legal description: 1 ACRE Sec. 6 T14 R10 BEG N60.92' NW COR E1/2 SW, THEN E292.38', S148.5', W292.38', N148.5 TO POB. Bowdre township, Sec. 6, SW 1/4.
DuPage County - none found
Edgar County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(We have an extensive file of printed minutes of the Wabash District Association.)
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Edgar County)(Will need to hire researcher to find deeds in this county)
Mt. Pleasant, Paris 1823 Yes No Original site - deed not found; 1873 - Robert Lamon and Lucy Lamon his wife, to trustees of the church, a tract in city of Paris: Lot No 12 in the Ten Brook & Others addition. Meeting house built in 1874 on this site, at 406 W. Washington Street, in Paris. 1877 - chancery court proceeding resulting from foreclosure on Mortgage, redeemed by William D. Darnall. 1881 - Sold to Otterbein United Brethren (now United Methodist) Church on May 23, 1881, with stipulation allowing use each third Sunday for ten years (deed not found for this). Trustee certificates of appointment also found.
Bethlehem, Grandview 1830 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1840 - Jacob and Susan Kimmerly, to Daniel Moffett, Philip Chronic, and Alexander Kemper, trustees of Bethlehem church - NW Corner of S 1/2 of W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec 32, T13N R12W. 1898 - C. B. Soralls and Preston N. Soralls to trustees of Bethlehem Church, one half acre out of the north east corner of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 1, T12 R13, to be used for a church. Sold in 1931.
Bloomfield, Bloomfield 1832 Yes No Original deed not found. 1873 - Bloomfield Baptist Church to trustees of the Bloomfield Regular Predestinarian Baptist Church. Part of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 18, T15N R11W, beginning at a stone in the corner of state road, etc., containing one half acre. Certificate of appointment of trustees, dated 1873.
Sugar Creek, Nevins 1838 No No Deed for the original site not found. 1878 - certificate of appointment of trustees. 1949 - sold building to Nevins Christian Church for $500; did not find a deed for sale of land. In Elbridge township, (Adjacent to Lot 53, near corner of First Street and State Road, on 1910 plat of Nevins; now intersection of a blacktop and Terre Haute Road).
Big Creek, Paris 1839 No No
North Arm, Paris 1840 Yes No 1842 - Ambrose and Eunice Bandy to trustees of North Arm church, beginning at a stake thirty poles from the NW corner of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 20 in T13N R10W, beginning on the west line of said quarter section, etc., from the beginning place thence east five degrees, north seven and a half poles to a stake, thence south five degrees east, eight poles, thence west five degrees south seven and a half poles, thence north five degrees west eight poles to the beginning, together with the appurtenances. 1854 - Ambrose and Eunice Bandy to the trustees of North Arm church, all of that land known as the public burying ground near the Baptist meeting house, on the south end of the east half of the SE 1/4 of Sec 17, T13N R10W, beginning at a honey locust tree on the south line of said lot and not far from southwest corner, thirteen rods and twelve feet from said corner, east, thence west with line of said lot (it being a section line) fourteen poles to a stake, thence north parallel with east and west line of said lot, eight poles to a stake, thence west fourteen poles, parellel with south line to a stake, thence south parallel with east line eight poles to the beginning
Providence, Isabel 1840 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Yes August 2, 1841. Daniel Campbell and wife Anna, to Jackson Chaney, Thomas Moody, Aaron D. Darnall, trustees of Providence Church - one acre in Coles county, beginning on the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Sec. 29, in township 14N of Range 14W, thence east sixteen poles, two poles south, thence sixteen poles west, thence two poles north; August 7, 1854. Deeded back all of the above except one half acre in the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Sec. 29. Daniel B. Powers, Gabriel M. Reeds, and Joseph Clapp, trustees, to Daniel Campbell; April 11, 1857. Abraham Campbell, Jabel Bandy, and Daniel B. Powers, trustees of Providence Church, to Leander M. Hudson, sold for ten dollars the 1/2 acre reserved in the prior deed; 1855 (in Edgar county) - 1A. NW Corner of NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Sec 34, T14N R14W, 3 1/2 miles SW of Isabel. 1967 - Providence Church to James and Ruth Rowe.
Mt. Pleasant, Oliver 1912 No No
Edwards County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Edwards County)
**Bon-Pas, Grayville 1824 No No
Long Prairie, West Salem 1825 No(1)Yes(2) Part/Clerk First deed - not found yet; second site - 1876 - Jonathan Shelby and wife Dorothy, to trustees of the church
**Birk's Prairie, Albion 1826 Yes(1)Yes(2) Part 1836/1837 - One square acre, being a part of the NE 1/4 of Sec 19, T2S R10E, reserved in a deed from Joseph Lane to Milden Kitchel, Book C, pp 44,45, 46. 1893 - 5 Rods N of Corner at SE Corner of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 4, T35 R10E; deed of disposition
Effingham County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Effingham County)
Holmes Prairie 1838 No No
Providence ? No No
Mt. Pleasant,
Effingham/Watson 1854 No/Yes No First deed not found; 1872 - Block 17, Lots 146 and 147 in the town of Watson, John F. Barnard and Louisa C. Barnard his wife, to E. Prater, Wesley Spitler, and Maurice R. Bradley, trustees of the church (Watson township)
Mt. Gilead, Altamont 1854 Yes No 1855 - Andrew J. Gilbert and Elizabeth Gilbert his wife, to Nathaniel Ramsey, A. J. Gilbert and Isaac Daniel as trustees of Mt. Gilead Church, March 3, 1855, one acre in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Sec. 25, T9N R4E 3PM (Moccasin township)
Wabash, Mason/Edgewood 1877 Yes/Yes No 1877 - Harris Winterringer and Mary Jane Winterringer his wife, to trustees of the Wabash Church, one and 83/100ths acres in the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of Sec. 8, T6N R5E (Mason township); sold in 1915 to Jackson Township Baptist church. Harris Winterringer also deeded land for a cemetery in the same township and section.
Fayette County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Fayette County)(Will need to hire researcher to find deeds for this county)
Clear Spring 1829 No No
Four Mile Prairie, Brownstown 1830 Met in school Yes
Shady Grove/Bethlehem 1830/1835 No Yes Met part of the time in Bond County. Bear Grove township, Sec 7 SE qtr.
Salem, Ramsey 1831 No No Ramsey township - T8N R1E Sec 11, built in 1866?
Cold Spring, Hanson 1833 Yes No 1886 - Ramsey township - T9N R1E SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 21. One acre commencing at the SW corner and running north 8 rods, then east 20 rods, thence south 8 rods, then west 20 rods, to the place of beginning of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Sec 21.
Bear Creek, Vera 1833 No No Sharon township - T7N R1W NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 25
Arm of Bear Creek, Bluff City No No Arm hosted a faction of the Kaskaskia Association at Bluff City in 1881
**Liberty, Bingham 1836 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Part/Film 1879 - South Hurricane township - T8N R1W SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 21, 1 3/4 acres; 1893 and 1941 - two deeds relative to land or lots in the Liberty burying-ground; 2003 - Deed of disposition of church property to Liberty burying-ground
Holmes Prairie (see Effingham County - also met in Fayette county)
Union, Shafter 1842 No No
North Fork, Patoka 1878 Yes No 1880 - Erastus T. Walker and wife to trustees of North Fork Church, half an acre off the NE corner of the NE quarter of the NE quarter of Sec. 36, Township Four North, Range One West, 3 p.m., a tract 170' by 140'.
Sharon, Vera 1894 No Yes Meetings were held at the Union church house in Fayette county
Vandalia, arm of Liberty
Ford County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Chloe 1877 No No
Franklin County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Manuscript records of the Bethel Association are believed to have been lost in a fire, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(Courthouse fire in 1843 destroyed early deed records; IRAD does not have Franklin County deeds)
East Fork, West Frankfort 1817 or earlier (possibly as early as 1813) No No It appears the Regular Baptist church may have met at the same, original site as the East Fork (Pleasant Grove) Missionary Baptist Church, from 1817 until about 1873, when a new meeting house was built, and then moved instead to an unknown site over the line into Williamson County. However, this is by no means certain. Due to the loss of county records by fire, it has been difficult to find deeds in this county.
**Middle Fork, Ewing 1818 No(1)No(2)Yes(3)Yes(4)Yes(5) No(Cemetery Survey) Part/Clerk/Film xx - 1822 deed not found; 1828 deed not found; May 15, 1856 deed from Elias Webb and Nancy Jane Webb to the trustees of Middle Fork Church, being part of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 21, south 30 poles, east 10 rods and 17 links, north 30 poles, west 10 poles and 17 links.; August 19, 1868 from Solomon M. Webb and wife Louisa J. Webb, to trustees of the church, in Sec. 19 of Northern Township; November 25, 1878 deed from Elder E. T. Webb and wife nancy T. Webb to the trustees of Middle Fork Church of Regular Baptists, for a burying ground, NE corner of NE 1/4 of Sec. 20 (T5S R4E) South 20 rods, west 13 rods and 10 links, north 20 rods, east thirteen rods and 10 links; May 4, 1934, from trustees of the church, A. N. Webb, J. M. Webb, and Cyrus M. Webb, to J. S. Webb, at about the time the church merged with Salem Church. Notarized by W. B. Johnson.
**Salem, Benton 1827 No(1)No(2)No(3)Yes(4)Yes(5)Yes(6)Yes(7)Yes(8)Yes(9)Yes(10) Yes/Part 1827 - original location near home of James R. Hall - deed not found; 1838 - Land Grant from United States to Aaron Neal; 1848 - built new church in Benton - deed not found; 1854 - built church on corner of Jeremiah Neal's land on Crawford's Prairie (deed not found); 1867 - Druzilla Fountain to trustees of Salem Church, Lot 4 in Henry C. Fountain addition in the town of Benton; 1888 - Jeremiah Neal and Sarah Neal gave land for (an addition to) the Neal Family burying ground, part of the SW NE Sec 3 T7S R3(2?)E; 1902 - Carroll Moore and Helen A. Moore his wife to trustees of Salem Church, Lot No. 1 in Block "B" of Moore & Hoblits Addition, to the village of Benton; 1906 - John W. Swofford and Eliza J. Swofford his wife to trustees of Salem Church, North half of Lot No. 2, Block "B" in Moore and Hoblits addition to city of Benton. 1914 - Andy S. Cleveland and Ada his wife to Trustees of Salem Church, Lot 5 in McKenzie's First Addition to City of Benton. 1953 - Trustees of Schools of Township 6S, R3E to Trustees of Salem Church. Also 1867 surveys of the part of Fountain Addition on which the Regular Baptist church was located.
Town Mount Prairie 1828 No No
Mt. Pleasant 1829 No No Orig. site appears to have been later sold by William Mooneyham. This church divided over the modern mission system. The Regular (then called United) Baptists who opposed the modern mission system continued for some years. See Coffey's History of the Regular Baptists of Southern Illinois.
Fulton County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(The records of Spoon River Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(IRAD doesnt' have a deed index but has deeds from 1817-1860)(will need to go in person to find remainder of the deeds for this county)
Bethel, Canton 1824 No No Met in old original log Tatum school at least part of the time
Copperas Creek,
Copperas Creek 1829/30 No No
**Salem, Bryant/Lewistown 1830 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1842 - N38 Rods of SW corner of SE 1/4 Sec 33, T6N R4E (site of what is now called Salem "Cholera" Cemetery); 1857 - 28 Rods South of NE Corner of NW 1/4 Sec 8, T9N R4E 4PM (at or near the site of what is now called the Salem-Willcoxen Cemetery); deeds of disposition
**New Providence, Summum 1832 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1849 - Part of NE 1/4 Sec 16 T3N R2E; 1853 - deed from Joel and Eleanor Onion to the church - commencing 31 poles north of the SW Corner of Sec 9, T3N R2E, containing one acre and twenty nine poles, etc.; deed of disposition
**Little Flock, Table Grove 1835 No(1)Yes(2) No 1839 - Absalom Sargent and his wife Elizabeth Sargent, of the first part, to James Miner, Benjamin Wilkins, and William Stevens, trustees of Little Flock Regular Baptist church, of the second part; 2 acres in the east half of the NE 1/4 of Sec 16, T5N R1E 4PM, beginning 24 rods east from the SW corner of said half quarter section, thence north forty rods, thence east eight rods, thence south forty rods, thence west eight rods to place of beginning, for a meeting house and burying ground; deeds by others taking possession 1917. Site presently known as Temple Cemetery.
Sugar Creek, in Vermont 1840? Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1906 - Joseph Hamer and wife to trustees. Lot 11, at SE Corner of intersection of E. Alley and N. Union streets; 1936 - sold remaining part of lot to Mr. J. C. Ross; (parts of lot sold earlier not yet found).
Waterford, Waterford/Sepo 1841 No No Met in Waterford Union church (find deed to see if Primitive Baptists were included in right to use or ownership)
Big Spring 1843 No Yes
Centerville, Cuba 1844 No No
**Mt. Zion, Astoria 1851 Yes(1)Yes(2) Yes 1875 - from James Stephens, SE Corner of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 23, T3N R2E 4PM; 1896 - from William Stephens, same site except enlarged boundaries.
**Fountain, Breeds Station 1864 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1886 - SW Corner of Graveyard, running west 30', then north 73', then east 30' then south 73', in the E half of NW 1/4 Sec 22 T7N R5E 4PM (Orion township); near original "Red Schoolhouse cemetery" which is (was) in SW corner of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 22 T7N R5E; 1911 - Deed of disposition to Methodist church, reserving right to use the church building on each first Sunday and Saturday before and the right to retain a key.
Gallatin County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Gallatin County)
**Island Ripple, Gold Hill 1821 Yes No 1828 - NE 1/4 Sec 5 T10S R9
Lick Boundary 1834 No No
White Oak 1847 No No
**Cottonwood, Ridgeway 1873 Yes Yes 1885 - Simon Reeder and wife to trustees of the Church - part of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 3, T8 R9E, a tract of 1 1/4 acres, 316 7/10 links by 397 links; 1889 - Job C. Reeder to the trustees of the Church, 2 acres at the half mile corner dividing Sec. 2 and 3, in Sec 3, Twp 8, Range 9 East, 27 rods by 77 rods; deeds of disposition
Greene County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(We have a microfilm of the Apple Creek Association minutes for the early years)
(IRAD has no deed index; IRAD has only incomplete deeds for 1824-1887)
Providence, Carrollton 1820 Yes No
Apple Creek, White Hall 1822 Yes No David Barrow and Elizabeth his wife, to Apple Creek Church, dated November 20, 1824, for 1 1/2 acres in the SE corner of the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 35 T12N R12W 3 PM. Dr. David Hudson later owned the property, but we have not found the deed to him.
**Taylor's Creek, Rockbridge 1828 No No Probable site: at or near the Taylor Cemetery, 3/4 mi west of Rockbridge, T10N R10W Sec 33 (or 32)
Hopewell 1828 No No
**Union, Barrow/Roodhouse 1830 No(1)No(2) No Built on land of L. E. Thompson in northwest part of Barrow in 1878. Earlier site 1/2 mile south of Barrow, given by John Taylor. Church symbol shown on 1915 Greene County plat of Barrow. 1872 Atlas: T8N R13W NW part of NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 11, Roodhouse township
Hickory Grove, Wrights 1830 No No
Mt. Gilead, Woodville 1835 No No
**Bethlehem, Greenfield 1835 Yes(1)No(1)Yes(2)Yes(2) No Originally for thirty years met in a log building built 1834 on the southwest corner of graveyard north of town - from Stephen Coonrod to trustees of Bethlehem Church, Greenfield, 1 1/2 acres near the NE corner of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 33, T11N R10W, to be used for worshiping Almighty God and for a public burying ground, dated December 23, 1848; 1854 - 60' from off the E end of Lots 182, 183, 184 Town of Greenfield; 1876 - trustees of church to town of Greenfield for burial purposes.
Goshen 1836 No No
Mt. Zion 1837 No No
Mt. Pisgah 1840 No No
Little Flock, Carrollton 1843 No No Probable location at or near the Mayberry Cemetery
**Middle Fork, Scottville 1861 Yes No 1870 - 93 Rods W of SE Corner of N 1/2 of NW 1/4 Sec 23, T12 R10W 3PM; deed of disposition (may still belong to the Primitive Baptists - cemetery abandoned)
Roodhouse, Roodhouse 1905 Yes No 1903 - Trustees of Union Church at Barrow purchased property in Roodhouse from Cumberland Presbyerians; 1906 - Union Church sold property to Roodhouse Primitive Baptist Church; 1916 - Roodhouse Primitive Baptist church sold property to Joseph Smith (who later sold or gave it to the Pentecostal church).
Grundy County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deed records for Grundy County)
Ebenezer, Verona 1850 L.D.found No NW Corner Sec 25, Vienna Township (may be on land belonging to Elder William J. Fellingham with no separate deed.)
Hamilton County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Manuscript records of the Muddy River Association have been found, and we have a collection of many of the annual printed minutes)
(IRAD doesn't have deed index or deeds for Hamilton County)(Will have to hire a researcher to find deeds for this county)
**Ten Mile Creek,
McLeansboro 1820 No Part
**North Fork, Broughton 1823 Yes(1)(Yes(2) Part 1869 - Daniel Gibson and Malinda Gibson his wife, and James Gibson and Nancy A. Gibson his wife 1A NE Corner of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 2, T7S R7E 3PM and 1A SE Corner of NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 2, T7S R7E 3PM
**Rectors Fork 1825 No No
**Little Spring, Dale 1828 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Part 1860 - NW Corner of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 27, T6S, R5E - 3 Acres; 1876 - NW Corner of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 27, T6S R5E
Beaver Creek 1830 No No
**New Hope, Springerton 1839 No(1)No(2)No(3)Yes(3)Yes(4) Yes 1959 - 6 1/2 Rods S of NW Corner of E 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 14, T4 R7E; 1890 - Part of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 22, T4S R7E 3PM
Hogg Prairie 1841 No No
Haw Creek 1844 No No
**Rector, Walpole 1872 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Yes(early) 1872 - NE Corner of Sec 12 T7S R5E 2 acres for church house; 1911 - 1 A SE of SE in Sec 2, T7 R5 3PM; 1943 - 1 acre SE Corner of N part of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 12, T7 R5 3PM
Hancock County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Manuscript records of the Salem Association have been found and we have both the original, microfilm, and many of the annual printed minutes in our files. The Illinois Association, first session, was held in 2014.)
**Middle Creek, Bentley 1832 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4) Yes 1841 - Carthage township - 1 A. 38 rods North of SE Corner of NE 1/4 of Sec 35 T5N R6W; second deed adding 1/2 acre on east end (this entire tract is now owned by the Middle Creek Cemetery Association); 1892 - 1 A. in SE Corner of NW 1/4 of Sec 2 T4N R6W 4PM (Harmony township); sale in 1987, again in 1997, and 2005)
**New Harmony, Green Plains 1835 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1857 - 1 A. NW Corner of SE 1/4 of Sec 18, T3S R8
**Providence, Plymouth 1835 Yes Part/Clerk 1851 - 2 1/2 A. SE Corner of NE 1/4 Sec 30 St. Marys township
Bethany, LaHarpe 1839 None No
Shiloh, St. Mary's Prairie 1842 None No
Enon, Nauvoo 1845 None No
**Bethel, Basco 1854 Yes(1)Yes(2) Yes 1861 - 9 Rods South of NW Corner of SE 1/4 Sec 25, T4N R7W 4PM; deed of disposition dated March 2, 1926.
Smyrna, Bentley 1870 Yes Clerk 1876 - Lots 6 and 7, Blk 3, Town of Bentley
Rock Creek, Ferris 1871 None Yes
Friendship, Durham 1880 Yes(1)Yes(2) Yes 1885 - 13 Rods 12' North and 2Rds 8" East of SW Corner of SE 1/4 of Sec 21 T7N R6W 4PM; and reverter of the same
Carthage, Carthage 1997 Yes Yes 1997 - Lot 2 Block 29, Original town of Carthage
Hardin County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds back to 1863)(Deeds, if any, for this church, may be in a different county)
Big Creek, Elizabethtown 1806 No Part/Film
Henderson County - none found
Henry County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Barren Grove, Kewanee 1870 Cloverdale School No
Red Oak, Woodhull 1874 No No
Iroquois County - none found
Jackson County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Jackson County)
Unity, Campbell Hill 1822 Yes Yes (part) Sec. 29, Bradley Township (T7 R4), 3 acres, 1861 Deed from James Jones and wife to trustees of Unity church.
Gravel Creek 1835 No No
New Hope 1844 No No
Reeds Creek No No
Clear Creek No No
Jasper County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Central Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is incomplete for some of the early years)
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Jasper County)
North Fork, Willow Hill 1829 No(1)No(1)Yes(2)Yes(2) Yes 1855 - not found by county clerk or by abstract company, may not have been recorded, but church records indicate they built on land given by Daniel Doty; 1884 - Lots 4 and 5, Doty's Second Addition, Town of New Liberty, given by Jeremiah Doty; details of auction sale in 1981 received from realtor
Parkers Creek 1844 No No
Galilee 1846 None Yes
**Hickory Crk, Brockville 1855 Yes(1)No(1) Yes 1857 - SW Corner of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 23, T7N R10E (conditioned upon beliefs outlined in detail in the deed); deed of disposition
Jefferson County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Jefferson County)
Mt. Tabor (later Muddy
Bridge, then Mt. Vernon) 1820 No No
Moore's Prairie, St. Elmo 1828 Yes(1)Yes(2) No One mile north of Ina, Illinois. 1869 - 1 A. NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 19, T4S R4E, 3PM; 1932 - sold
**Sugar Camp Crk, Dahlgren 1831 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)No 1877 - Part of the SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 13, T4S R4E 3PM; and several for earlier site
Pleasant Grove 1840 No No
Hickory Hill, Spring
Garden 1842 No No
**Union, Elk Prairie Twp. 1842 Yes(1)Yes(2) Yes 1857 - SW Corner of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 31 T4S R2E; 1880 - 13 Rods N of SW Corner NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 31 T4S R2E; 1924 - NW Corner SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 31 and SW Corner of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 31, T4S R2E 3PM
Union, Waltonville 1842 Yes Yes (clerk's notes) 1907 - S End of Cole Street in Waltonville, Sec. 1, T4 R1E 3PM
Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon 1905 Yes(1)Yes(2) Yes 1910 - Joseph and Ida Hargett to the Primitive Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon. Lot 2, Rackaway's Add. City of Mt. Vernon; 1957 - 64.206 Poles W. of SE Corner of NW 1/4 of Sec 7, T3S R3E 3PM; deeds of disposition
Jersey County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Salem 1827 No No
Piasaw, Piasaw 1834 No No
Lebanon 1837 No No
JoDaviess County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(The records of the First Northwestern Association have not been found and our file of printed minutes is very incomplete)
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for JoDaviess County)
Lower Apple River, Hanover 1839 No No Charter member of the First Northwestern Association in July 1841
Bethel (location unknown) 1840 No No Charter member of the First Northwestern Association in July 1841
East Fork of Fever River (it appears
that this church later changed its
name to Little Flock),
Scales Mound 1841 No No (Charter member of the First Northwestern Association in July 1841)
Colored Union, Galena (Negro) 1842 Yes No 1869 - Lot 20, Block 9, City of Galena, W. Side of Galena River
Kentuck's Grove 1847 No No (location unknown)
Zion, Galena (Negro) 1855 No No
Millville, Millville 1864 No No
New Hope, Warren/Rush 1879 None No Met in Equal Rights School in village of Rush
(white and negro members integrated)
Johnson County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Johnson County)
Shiloh, Vienna 1831 Yes No 1857 - 2 acrs in Township 13 (Vienna) Sec. 3, from Thomas Watson to trustees of the Church.
**Rock Springs, Simpson 1843 No/Yes No 1 Mi. E of W. Line of Simpson Township, West side of Maxwell Creek, about 1 mile N. of Simpson, 4 1/2 Mi. W of second site; Simpson township, N. of town on Rt. 147 on Rock Springs Lane. In 1892 John and Miles Jefferson Kerley, sold five acres of land for the sum of one dollar to the Trustees of Rock Springs Primitive Baptist Church, part of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec. 23. The present church building was constructed soon after the purchase was completed.
**Little Flock, Ozark 1859 Yes No 1886 - Part of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 26, T11S R4E 1 A.
Kane County - none found
Kankakee County - none found
Kendall County - none found
Knox County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deeds, with no index, for 1818-1863 only)
**Henderson, Rio 1830 No(1)Yes(2) No 1861 - SW Corner of NE 1/4 of Sec 28, T13N R1E 4 PM, Rio township; deed of disposition?
Cedar Creek, St. Augustine 1830 No No
Cherry Grove, Abingdon 1843 No No Several of the members are buried in the Cherry Grove cemetery.
Friendship, Hermon 1853 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1866 - NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 17, T9N R2E Chestnut township; 1911 - sold
Lake County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Mt. Zion, Waukegan 1961 None Yes
LaSalle County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for LaSalle County)
Sandy Creek, Tonica/Lostant 1836 No No
(The records of Sandy Creek Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(Church building was/is located on Simeon Hiltabrand's farm, Hope township, Sec 4, West part of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, T31N R1E 3PM)
Buck Creek, Ottawa 1855 No No
Lawrence County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Lawrence County)
Little Village, Russell-
ville 1817 Yes Yes 1819? - 1st bldg on a bluff near Russellville; 1832 - Samuel V. Allison and wife Matilda to County Commissioners for benefit of Little Village Church (deed is in Crawford County records; the location was on the same tract as S. V. Allison's residence) - 2nd bldg 1/4 mi S of 1st site on Farrell place, which is site of Little Village Cemetery
Grand Prairie (see Crawford
County) 1819 Yes/Yes Yes 1832 and 1891 - Deeds are both in Crawford County records.
Glady Fork of
Embarrass River 1820 No No
Union (see Richland County)
Concord 1840 No No
Bethel, Sumner 1887 No No
Lee County - none found
Livingston County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Livingston County)
**Bethel Indian Grove,
Fairbury 1832 Yes No 1866 - Beginning twenty-eight rods east of the south west corner of Sec. 33 in T26N R6E, thence north eight rods, thence east five rods, thence south eight rods, thence west five rods to the place of beginning, containing one quarter of an acre. (Union church building used by various denominations - Methodist, Old School Baptist, New School Baptist, and Christian).
Logan County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Courthouse fire resulted in total record loss from February 15, 1839, to April 15, 1857.
Records prior to 1839 were in Sangamon County and were saved. Some missing records have been reconstructed.
IRAD does not have deeds for Logan County.)
Lake Fork, Mt. Pulaski 1827 (1)No/No (2)No/No (3)Yes/No Yes 1869 - NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 1, T17N R2W 3PM First deed may be in Sangamon county.
Big Grove, Atlanta 1830 No No
Lebanon, Lincoln 1853 Yes No 1876 - 6 Rods S of S. Bank of Salt Creek, on E line of W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 2, T19N R3W; [deed of disposition]
Macon County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Concord 1843 No No
Decatur? 1877? No No
Cedar Mount, Decatur 1945 None Yes/Film
New Publican*, Decatur (Negro) 1964 No No
Macoupin County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Macoupin County)
(We have the manuscript records of Concord Association, and we also have an incomplete file of the annual printed minutes)
Pleasant Mount (or Mount
Pleasant) 1820 No/Yes No Elder William Jones was the preacher here by 1815-1817. Probably organized in 1820 at the home of John Powell, who settled here in 1817. David Coop (1755-1837) also a member here - he was the first white settler in Macoupin County, in 1815. The church was probably located at first in Hilyard township; afterward moved to Shaw's Point township. The church was a member first of the Illinois Association. Later, Apple Creek and Concord Associations. Christopher Dishir to Sulphur Springs meeting house trustees, for use by the Regular Baptist Church of which he was a member, one Saturday and Sunday each month.
Pleasant View (originally North Fork of Macoupin Creek, then Concord), Palmyra 1829 No(1)Yes(2) No Richie/Ross Cemetery - Sec 8 T11N R8W 3PM; 1925 - NE Corner of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 23, T11N R8W 3PM
Concord (Progressive), Palmyra 1909 No(1)No(2) Part/Clerk, Richie/Ross Cemetery - Sec 8 T11N R8W 3PM; Weller Cemetery NW Corner of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 23, T11N R8N 3PM
Long Run (later Head of
Wood River) 1830 No No
Shiloh 1830 Yes/Yes No Lawrence McManus and wife to Shiloh United Baptist Church, 2 1/2 acres in T11N R9W, 3PM, Sec. 7.
Hopewell, Gillespie 1831 No/No/Yes(1)No(2) Yes 1835 - probable first site at or near the Hilyard cemetery; 1859 - NW Corner of E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 5, T8N R7W 3PM
Mt. Pleasant, Medora 1832 Yes/Yes No Divided over missions. John Rhoads to Mt. Pleasant Church, SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 31, T9N R9W 3PM.
Mt. Olive, Mt. Olive 1833 Yes No Telemachus Camp a member here, Elder Peter Long was the pastor for many years. James and Nancy Cowell to the neighborhood for use in religious worship and school purposes, in SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 30, T7N R6W 3PM. June 2, 1836.
Honey Creek, Clyde 1835 Yes/Yes No Thomas Corr to Honey Creek United Baptist Church. Jan. 11, 1836. 1 acre off the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of 12/9/7.
Bethel, Girard 1836 No No
Sugar Creek 1838 No No Went over to the Missionaries
Rock Springs 1838 No No
Little Flock 1843 No No Might have been located in Greene County.
Spring Creek, Hornsby/Clyde 1844? Yes No 1870 - SE Corner of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 16, T8 R6 3PM, one acre
Otter Creek, Girard 1861 Yes(1)No(2) Yes 1883 - Lots 7 and 8, Block 5, Original town of Girard; deed of disposition
Madison County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Madison County)(We own one acre of the Canteen Creek cemetery site)
**Wood River, Wood River 1807 Yes(1)Yes(2) Part 1816 - Sec 24, T5N R9W - 2 A. around Wood River meeting house.
**Canteen Creek, Troy 1817 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Yes/Film 1818 - SE 1/4 of Sec 1, T3N R8W; 1844 - On the line of the SE of SW 1/4 of Sec 16, T3N R7W 3PM; 1870 - NE Corner of S 1/2 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 16, T3N R7W 3PM
Silver Creek 1829 No Yes
New Hope 1838 No No
Marion County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Little Wabash Association have been microfilmed, and we have a file of many of the annual printed minutes)
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Marion County)(Will probably have to hire a researcher to find deeds for this county)
Liberty, Alma 1831 No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes Part Log church near Eastland Cemetery, Lone Grove School, 4 miles NW of Kinmundy; Frame church built in Alma township in 1848, Elder N R Eskridge pastor; Green Ridge School, NW of Alma 4 miles; and in Alma, bought the Harmony Church building in 1934. Alma is in Sec 6 and 7 of Alma township (earlier called Pleasant township).
Paint Rock 1833 No No
**Summit Prairie, Iuka 1841 Transcript Yes 1844 - 40 Rods W 1 Rod S of NE Corner of Sec 4, T2N R3E 3PM
Turkey Creek, Odin 1865 Yes No 1868 - Book 13, page 94, dated 1868. Located in the southwest corner of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 23, Odin township.
North Fork, Patoka (see Fayette County)
Pleasant Grove, Salem 1880 Yes Yes/Film 1876 - Part of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 33, T2N R2E 3PM
Marshall County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Marshall County)(We paid to have researcher find deed for Salem Church)
Crow Creek, Varna 1839 No No
Salem, Toluca 1858 Lease No 1879 - Leased from John and Sarah Palmer to trustees of Salem Church, in consideration of a church erected on the land, SE Corner of Sec 6, Bennington Township, for as long as the meeting house is kept up and used as a Regular Predestinarian Baptist meeting-house
Mason County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Salt Creek No No
Massac County - none found
McDonough County Organized Deed Found? Records?
**Union, Fandon 1831 Yes(1)No(2)No(3) No 1847 - Part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 10, T4N R3W 4PM; deed of disposition
New Hope, Swan Creek 1836 (See Warren County)
Bethany, Jobes Settlement 1839 (See Hancock County)
Antioch, Fandon 1841 Yes No 1843 - Part of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 32, T5N R3W (Middletown); 1849 - Part of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 32 T5N R3W 4PM
Concord 1841 No No
McHenry County - none found
McLean County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Big Grove 1830 No No
Bethel on Mackinaw 1832 (See Livingston County) No
New Salem, Danvers 1872 No No
Menard County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Menard County)
New Salem, Petersburg 1829 Yes No
Clary's Grove, Petersburg 1830 No(1)Yes(2) No (We have an 1871 deed of the Missionary Baptist church by this name, but not the original deed when it was still in the Sangamon Association)
(may have dissolved and been reorganized)
Hopewell, Atterberry 1882 Yes No 1883 - SW Corner of N 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 6, T18N R7W 3PM;
Indian Creek, Athens 1981* Lease No 1982 Lease - NW Corner of NE 1/4 of Sec 22, T18N R6W 3PM
Mercer County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Mercer County)
Edwards River, Millersburg 1839 None No
Concord, New Boston 1839 No No
Monroe County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Monroe County)
(Records and printed minutes of the Illinois Association have been microfilmed, and the early years have been republished)
**New Design, New Design 1796 No No No proof that New Design Church every had a meeting house. Log structure at cemetery now called New Design, is really that of Fountain Creek Church, claiming (without proof) that New Design Church merged with it).
Union 1819 No No
Montgomery County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Montgomery County)
**Hurricane Fork, Fillmore 1818 Yes Yes 1845 - Fillmore township - SW Corner of SE 1/4 of Sec 11, T7N R2W 3PM; site of Whitten/Hurricane Cemetery, deed still in name of church
**Clear Springs 1822 Yes No 1835 - Part of N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Sec 28, T8N R4W 3PM
Bethel, Coffeen 1826 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(1)Yes(2) Most 1857 - Samuel Brockman and wife to trustees: Section 26, East Fork Twp, Twp 8 North, range 3 West. Section 26 South 1/2 east side; 1877 - 26 Rods E of NW Corner of NE 1/4 Sec 5, T8N R2W 3PM; 1879 - On line between T8 and T9, Part of Sec 5, Allen Cemetery; T8N R2W 3PM; 1923 - Sec 5 T8N R2W 3PM - disposition of Woodside property; 1966 - deed of disposition of property north of Coffeen.
**Little Flock, Honey Bend 1842 No Yes(1)Yes(2) Part Original location, Sec. 35, Zanesville township, not found; 1868 SW Corner of SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 3, T9N R5W (North Litchfield township); 1871 - 20 Rods N of SE Corner of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 3PM, Sec 3 T9N R5W 3PM; 1873 - 20 Rods N of SW Corner of SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 3 T9N R5W; deeds of disposition
Mt. Zion, Coffeen 1898 Yes(1)No(2) No 1892 - [deed of disposition]
Litchfield, Litchfield 1906 None No
Also found deed for union church house from Thomas Booher, 1892: (to United Baptist, Christian, and Methodist, and also Regular Primitive Baptist and Presbyterian denominations on funeral occasions); 6 mi S of Coffeen, East Fork 2 Township, T7N R3W, SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 24;
Morgan County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Morgan Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(IRAD doesn't have deed index or deeds for Morgan County, except some early land patent records)
Indian Creek, Arenzville 1822 Yes(1)No(1)Yes(2)No(2) No 1828 Ross, James & Margaret Cownover, Peter; Wilson, John & Yaples, Jacob, Trustees for the Indian Creek Baptist Church, in Jersey Prairie, beginning at a cherry tree and red oak, S 16 poles to a stake, east 20 poles to a stake, the Hopewell meeting house and burial ground, etc; 1851 - Darius Ingalls to trustees of the church, 3 chains and 50 links N of SW Corner of the E 1/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 10, T15N R10W (a later legal description differs somewhat from this, and shows the property was sold at auction in 1947 by Nelson Ore and Newell Braner (deed not yet found).
**Diamond Grove, Jackson-
ville 1823 No No
Sandy Creek, Winchester 1825 No Yes
Union, Yatesville/Prentice 1825 No(1)Yes(1)Yes(2) Part Early site in Sec. 2 - or slightly further south in Sec. 9; 1865 - NW Corner of SW 1/4 of Sec 12, T16N R9W 3PM; 1866 - Part of Lot 14, SW Corner of Lot, Village of Yatesville; [deed of disposition]
Mauvaisterre, Jacksonville 1826 No No
**South Fork of Mauvaisterre,
Woodson 1827 Yes Yes/Film 1850 - Part of the W 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Sec 10, T14N R9W 3PM; 1880 - N of SE Corner of W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 3, T14N R9W 3PM; [deed of disposition]
**Head of Apple Creek,
Waverly 1828 Yes(1)Yes(2)No(3)Yes(4)Yes(5) Yes/Film 1832 - Part of E 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Sec 25, T13N R8W; 1858 - 27 Rods N of SW Corner of E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 26, T13N R8W 3PM; 1912 - third site - Tanner and Kimber Streets in Waverly, W 1/3 of S 1/2 of Lot 96, in C. J. Salter's Addition to the town, now city, of Waverly; 1991 - sale of third site
Concord, location unknown 1829? No No
**New Salem, Meredosia 1829 Yes Part 1869 - Bluff Road at 1/2 Mile line E&W through Sec 25, T16N R 13W 3PM; 1882 - Addition for church and cemetery
Providence, Appalonia 1833 No No
Zion, Jacksonville 1835 No No
Murrayville, Murrayville 1875 None No
Jacksonville, Jacksonville 1937 Yes No 1937 - Lot 21, Cox Subdivision; Lot 1 to 36 (except 2, 3 and 36), City of Jacksonville; disposition by tax sale after abandonment.
Moultrie County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Moultrie County)
**Lynn Creek, Sullivan 1829 No(1)(2)Yes(1)(2)Yes(1)No(2) No (Note: deed for the original site may be in Shelby county). 1868 - James and Margaret Hostetler and James and Louisa Cobb, to Trustees of Lynn Creek Church - Commencing at a white elm on the west bank of Lynn Creek, on the line dividing the SE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of Sec. Eight (8), township Twelve (12) north, Range Six (6) East of the 3 p.m., running north four poles to a stake, thence west parallel with said dividing line twenty-six (26) poles to a stake, thence south eight (8) poles to a stake, thence east parallel with said dividing line twenty-six (26) poles to a stake, thence north four (4) poles to the place of beginning. 1920 - William T. Martin, a widower, to the Trustees of Lynn Creek Church, beginning at the SE Corner of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 in Sec. 30, in Township 13 North, Range 6 East, of the 3rd p.m. Running thence north 132 feet, thence west 82 1/2 feet, thence south 132 feet, thence east 82 1/2 feet to the place of beginning. June 10, 1971 - Disposition by Edith E. Harpster Lynch, Annabelle Harpster, and Glen D. Harpster, Trustees of Lynn Creek Church, to the Trustees of the Cemeteries of Whitley township, West bank of Lynn Creek, Line Dividing SE 1/4 and NE 1/4 of Sec 8, T12N R6E 3PM.
Mt. Zion, Windsor 1879 Yes Yes Built in 1881 on land donated by Gilbert Waggoner. Meetings until 1946. Torn down in 1955. Gilbert and Martha Waggoner to Mt. Zion Church, March 19, 1881, commencing at the NE corner of the NE quarter of the NE quarter of Sec. Six (6) in Township Twelve (12) N, Range Six (6) East of the 3 p.m., running thence west eight rods, south eight rods, thence east eight rods, thence north eight rods to place of beginning, with reverter clause based on maintaining the doctrines set forth in the deed. Property reverted, now owned by Douglas Kent Messmore, 1196 Co. Rd. 900 N., Sullivan, Illinois.
Ogle County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Ogle County)
Buffalo Grove, Polo 1843 Doty school/No Yes Deed for Doty School might refer to church.
Peoria County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deeds from 1817-1862, but no index for Peoria County)
**Peoria LaSalle Precinct,
Chillicothe 1836 No No
Harmony, Elmwood 1856 No No
Pleasant Grove (see Tazewell County)
Perry County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index from 1827-1863 but not deeds for Perry County)
**Nine Mile, DuQuoin 1829 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4)Yes(5) Digital 1841 - Part of the NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 1, T6S R 2W; 1843 - 57 Rods, 9 1/2' E of SW Corner of E 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Sec 28, T5S R1N 3PM; deed of transfer to cemetery association
**Holt's Prairie, Pinckney-
ville 1835 No No
(Also Nine Mile and Holt's Prairie Missionary Baptist deeds)
Piatt County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Piatt County)
Concord, Cerro Gordo 1843 Agreement No 1869 - Paid $200 for use of "Sangamon Christian Church on one Saturday and Sunday each month" when it was built; located in the Willow Branch Cemetery, in Willow Branch Township
Pike County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deeds from 1818-1891 but no deed index for Pike County)
New Salem, Perry 1834 No No
Providence 1835 No No
Little Flock, Detroit 1841 Yes No Original town, Detroit, Lot 3, Block 1 - Dated September 25, 1858, from John A. Williams, to John A. Williams, James Foreman, and John Norton, trustees of the church. This church was originally organized in 1834, divided over missions in 1840, reorganized in 1841, and new meeting house erected in Detroit in 1857.
Hopewell, El Dara 1844 None Yes Church met in the Crozier School.
Spring Creek, Nebo 1852 No No 1857 - Old Baptist Church and School - 1 mi E of Nebo: SE corner of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 17, Spring Creek township, T7S R3W 4PM. Hollis cemetery site could have been owned by the church, but was deeded by individuals for public graveyard, in SE corner of SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 20, T7S R3W 4PM (on bluff overlooking beautiful Spring Creek valley). May have been built as a church and then used for a school.
Siloam 1852 No No
Pope County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deed index or deeds for Pope County)
Lusk Creek 1820 No No
Big Bay Creek 1825 No No
**Grand Pier, Golconda 1827 Yes(1)No(2) Yes 1872 - John Blanchard and his wife Charlotte, to the Trustees of the Old Regular Baptist Church in School District No. 7. 1 A. cut off West side of E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 1, T12 R6E
(now owned by Grand Pier Cemetery Association)
Pulaski County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Shiloh 1831 No No Book A & B, p. 354, May 13, 1831, deed from Aaron Atherton and wife to Shiloh church.
Putnam County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Sandy Creek Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete. Rebecca Thompson recorded the minutes into a book)
(IRAD doesn't have deed index or deeds for Putnam County)
**Sandy Creek, Caledonia 1836 Yes No 1856 - Deed dated February 13, 1856 from Asahel Hannum and Catherine his wife, to George Hiltabrand, Hiram Allen, and Nathaniel Harris, trustees of Sandy Creek Church - Lots 3 and 4, Block 1, Town of Caledonia (Ox-Bow Prairie); 1905 - Deed dated June 6, 1905 from Christian Hartenbower, Lawrence Lippert, and George Conrad, trustees of Sandy Creek Church, to Elizabeth L. Glenn.
Randolph County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deed index or deeds for Randolph County)
Mississippi Bottoms,
Chester 1798 No No
**Horse Prairie, Red Bud 1814 No(1)No(2) Yes/Film Last site at location of Ralls Cemetery (which may not have had a deed if it was a "family cemetery")
Unity (see Jackson County) 1822 No Yes
Gravel Creek 1835 No No
Richland County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Richland County)
**Antioch, Olney 1823 No No
**Union, Claremont 1827 Yes Yes - Deeds found are not clear. Cemetery at the site still exists, but not maintained.
Fox Prairie (see Clay County) 1827 No Yes
New Hope, Dundas 1839 No Yes
Shiloh, Noble 1848 Yes? No 1858 - Found a deed which appears to be for Shiloh Church, to share with the United Brethren denomination.
Little Zion, Claremont 1869 No No
Rock Island County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Sovereign Grace, Rock
Island 1936 None No
St. Clair County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for St. Clair County)
Richland (later Ogle's
Creek, Clinton Hill),
Collinsville 1804 No No
Silver Creek (later called
Turkey Hill), Freeburg 1807 No No
**Richland Creek,
Belleville 1807 (1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4)Yes Part 1820 - T1N R8W 3PM, 3 1/2 A. Copy of 1964 transfers, etc. Site of John Messinger Cemetery.
Looking Glass Prairie,
Mascoutah/Lebanon 1808 No No
Prairie de Long (Horse
Prairie) 1814 No Yes
Twelve Mile Prairie 1820 No No
Big Spring 1825 No No
Saline County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Muddy River Association have been preserved, filmed, and partially republished, and we have a file of many of the annual printed minutes)
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Saline County)
Bankston's Fork, Harrisb'g 1818/19 No No
**Bethel's Creek, Raleigh 1820 Yes(1)No(2) Part 1836 - Part of NW 1/4 of Sec 9, T8S R6E (Raleigh Township); deed of disposition
**Middle Fork, Halltown 1826 No(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Part 1870 - commencing twenty rods east of the SW corner of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 29, T7S, R5E, running east tenrods, thence north sixteen rods, thence west ten rods, then ce south sixteen rods, to the beginning, for the purpose of a church house; 1892 - Part of the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 33, T7S R5E (also cemetery deed, 1890) Deed may be in Gallatin county.
**Wolf Creek, Eldorado 1830 Yes Part/Clerk 1846 - Jonathan Brown to Wolf Creek Regular Baptist Church - part of the southeast 1/4 of the southwest 1/4 of Sec. 17 in T8SR7E, beginning at a stake fourteen poles north of Jonathan Brown's corner, etc.; 1852 - Part of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 17, T8S R7E
**Brushy Fork, Harco 1843 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Part/Clerk/Film William C. Gogue and Susan J. Gogue his wife, and Elisabeth J. Gogue, to Daniel Abney and J. L. Bond, trustees, and their successors, for use of Brushy Fork Church, three acres, etc., dated August 2, 1886; Calvin Brown and P. G. Gasaway, trustees of Brushy Fork Church, to Jerry L. Bond and W. S. Abney, August 8, 1900; I. H. McGowen to trustees of Brushy Fork Church, March 14, 1955; in 2003 still 2 more acres of land purchased in the name of the church (for the cemetery); (part of NE of the SW, Sed 28,, T8 R5, parcel #01-1-040-09, Galatia township).
**Cottage Grove, Equality 1849 (Yes)(Yes) No 1950 - disposition: 1 acre, commencing at the NE corner of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec. 10, in T9SR7E, running south at a variation of 2 7 D. E. East, 16 poles to stake, etc.
Bethlehem 1865 (Later moved to Kansas as a body)
Friendship, Texas City 1887 No Yes Trustees appointed in 1892
Little Vine, Stonefort 1909 No No
Harrisburg, Harrisburg 1921 No No 1921 - Bought a church building wich belonged to the Christian Church, in 1921, for $2,700. Paid over $1,000 on it, but then lost it, not being able to pay for it. Church building was located at the corner of McKinley and Raymond Streets.
Sangamon County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Sangamon County)
Sangamo (later called
Richland) 1820 No No
Lick Creek, Curran 1821 No No
Island Grove, Springfield 1823-4 No No
Sugar Creek 1823-4 No No
Spring Creek, Springfield 1826 Yes No 1855 - 40 Rods N. of SE Corner of NE 1/4 of Sec 32, T16N R6W 3PM
**Liberty, Loami 1826 No(1)Yes(2) Yes/Digital 1849 - 3 chains 20 links N of SW Corner of SW 1/4 of Sec 14, T14N R7W 3PM
Bethel, Cantrall 1826 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1830 - Part of SE 1/4 of Sec 17, T16N R4W 3PM; 1850 - 58 Rods west of SE Corner of Lot 12 of SE 1/4, Sec 16, T17N R5W 3PM
**Salem Sugar Ck, Chatham 1830/1839 Yes Yes 1845 - E Line of W 1/2 of Sw 1/4 of Sec 3, T14N R5N 3PM; 1870 - Part of W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec 3, T14N R5W 3PM; [deed or court action for disposition]
North Fork of Sangamon 1830 No No
Springfield, Springfield 1830 Yes Yes (1830-1835) 1835 - Lot 1, Block 23, Town of Springfield
Lick Creek, Curran 1830 No No
**Horse Creek, Pawnee 1831 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) No 1832 - Thomas Williams and wife to the trustees of the church - Part of W 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 9, T14W R4W; 1846 - Craig White and wife to the trustees of the church - 12 chains 50 links E of Point on N Line from SW corner of SE 1/4 of Sec 31, T14N R4W 3PM; 1870 and 1907 cemetery deeds; 1906 - Nancy E. Sanders and S. A. D. Sanders, to Horse Creek Church, Part of Lot 1, and Part of Lots 8 and 9, at intersection of Second and Town Hall Streets, Drennan's Subdivision NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 7, T13N R4W 3PM, with a reversionary clause.
Union, New Berlin 1832 No No
Bethel, McKinney's Settlmt. 1837 Yes No
Fork Prairie, Rochester 1842 No No
Fancy Point, New Berlin 1844 Yes/Yes Yes/Digital 1856 - NW Corner of Lot 1 of Section plat
Buffalo Hart Grove, Buffalo
Hart 1872 No No Met in Union church house, used jointly for several years by three denominations, but which was later taken over by the Presbyterians
Springfield, Springfield 1905 None No
Springfield, Springfield 1926 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 1929 - Lots 97 and 98, Spaulding Whittier Place Addition in W Part of NW Fractional 1/4 of Sec 4, T15N R5W 3PM; Two portable school buildings on the site in 1929; new brick church building erected in 1948; 1981 - deed of disposition to Faith Assembly; 1988 - deed of disposition from Faith Assembly to Lord of the Harvest Center
Springfield - contact Elder Robert Webb regarding services currently in Springfield.
Schuyler County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Spoon River Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(IRAD has deeds only for the period 1884-1918)(may need to go in person to find remaining deeds)
Crane Creek, Rushville 1826 Yes No Found a deed to the trustees of the church, dated 1831, in Sec. 18, Rushville township. Not certain a church was ever built there.
**Crooked Creek, Rushville 1831 Yes No 1831 - 1 A. of S 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Sec 2, T15 R2W 4PM; originally deeded to township trustees, for church's use
North Fk of Little
Missouri, Huntsville 1841 No No
New Bethany, Brooklyn 1841* No No
Sugar Creek, Vermont (see
also Fulton County) None None (this church never had a building until 1907 when one was built in Vermont - see Fulton county)
Scott County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Morgan Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(IRAD has deeds for 1839-1874 but no deed index for Scott County)
Plum Creek, Bluffs 1829 No(1)Yes(2) Yes 1829 - first building was erected on an acre of land from Briscoe Davis, but the church failed to secure title. 1851 - Part of W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 10, T14N R13W
Pisgah, Pisgah 1832 No No (Location referred to as "Head of Plum Creek")
Friendship, Winchester 1836 Yes Yes Part of E 1/2 SE Fraction Sec. 30, T14N R12W 3PM (west edge of Winchester); Robert Richards deeded land to church where first bldg was erected in 1839)
Shelby County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Shelby County)
Okaw, Shelbyville 1827 No No Shelbyville township, NW Corner of SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 13, T11N R4E (south of the Jordan Cemetery)
Hopewell, Shelbyville
(later, Strasburg) 1829 No No Probably located in NE Corner of NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec. 22, Richland Township
Lynn Creek (see also
Moultrie County) 1829 No No Original location may have been in Shelby County.
New Hope 1830 No No
Old Concord 1830 No No - First deed - in Ash Grove township, Shelby county, not yet found.
Cold Spring (see Fayette County) No No
Clear Spring 1836 No No
Union, Moweaqua 1844 No(1)Yes(2) Yes Original location on James Tolly's land in sec. 12, T13 R2E, Flat Branch township (deed not found); 1868 - 1 A. in NW Corner of Sec 12, T13 R2E Flat Branch township
Center (see Christian
County) 1848 No No
Wabash (See Effingham County) 1877 Yes No
New Providence 1881 None No
Stark County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD only has deeds 1882-1891 but no deed index for Stark County)
Spoon River, Modena 1853 Yes No Lot 24 in the town of Modena, July 1, 1856, Trustees of Baptist Church (Williston K. Fuller, Miles A. Fuller, and Elizabeth S. Fuller) to Trustees of the Old School Baptist Church (David Potter, Archibald Vandike, Charles Vandike, Joseph Newton, and Robert Sharer).
Stephenson County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the First Northwestern Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Stephenson County)
**Providence, Lena 1856-59 Yes(2) No 1875 - Part of SE 1/4 of Sec 27 and NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 34, on E line of Sec 34, T28N R5E 4PM; we have copy of Circuit Court action in 1959.
(white and negro members)
Tazewell County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Tazewell County)
Pleasant Grove, Tremont 1833 No No
(Referred to as Blooming Grove in records of churches which sent help to organize)
Union County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Union County)
Clear Creek 1818 No No
Ridge 1828 No No
Limestone 1834 No No
Cypress 18__ No No
**Lick Creek, Anna 1842 No(1)Yes(2)(road)No NE Corner of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 24, T13S R1W
Vermilion County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Vermilion Association have not been found, and our file of annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Vermilion County)
Big Vermilion, Newport, Ind. 1826 No No
First Danville, Danville 1829 Yes No 1854 - 1/2 A. W 1/2 of SE 1/4 Sec 5, T19N R11W
Hopewell, Danville 1829/1892 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4)No(5) No
Little Vermilion, Humrick 1832 Yes No 1871 - 14 Rods from SW Corner of S 1/2 of E 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec 14, T17N R11W
**Stoney Creek, Oakwood 1858 Yes No 1876 - SE Corner of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 1, T19N, R13W
Vermilion (Means) Yes No
Pleasant Hill, West Newell 1898 No No
Wabash County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Wabash County - due to a courthouse fire in 1864 which destroyed deed records)
Village Creek 1826 No Yes Title bond received in about March 1828 from Levi Compton, by Robert Frazier, George Ashford, and Elias Jordan, the church trustees.
Warren County Organized Deed Found? Records?
New Hope, Greenbush 1836 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4) Yes 1898 - Isaac and Joanna Holeman grantors - Lots 7 and 8, Block 8, Greenbush; 1970 - church deeded this property to Nornal Cox; 1902 - Peter Snider and wife deeded to church: Lot 17 Block 5, James Simmons Add., Village of Greenbush, T8N R1W 4PM, and sale of same in 1993
South Henderson, Berwick 1841 No No
Washington County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Washington County)
Bethel (later called
Sugar Creek) 1818 No No
Elkhorn, Elkton 1819 No No
Concord 1821 No No
Little Muddy 1831 No No
Wayne County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Courthouse burned and all deed records were lost in November 1886)
(IRAD has deed index 1851-1898 but doesn't have deeds for Wayne County)
Hopewell, Barnhill 1820 Yes(1)Yes(2) Part 1855 Part of NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 9, T3S R8E 3PM and sale of same in 1942
Elk Prairie, Wayne City 1822 Yes No 1826 - 1 A of NW 1/4 of Sec 15, T3S R6E 3PM for church and burying ground
Hargrave's Prairie 1823 No No
Big Mt. Prairie 1823 No No
Burnt Prairie, Bt. Prairie 1825 No Part
Republican Meeting House
(name changed to Mt.
Tabor in 1829) 1825 No Deacon book
**Providence, Mt. Erie 1846 No Yes
Little Flock, Hickory Hill 1848 No No Hickory Hill township, south of Bradford cemetery. T1S R5E, Sec. 17, SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of NW 1/4.
Union, Fairfield 1952 No No
White County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records of the Skillet Fork Association have been filmed, and we have a file of many of the annual printed minutes)
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for White County)
**Little Wabash,
Crossville 1816 No(1)No(2)No(3)Yes(4) Yes First location - log; Second location - brick bldg, near Phillipstown in 1834; Alexander Phillips & George Webb to trustees, 1836, Sec. 31; Thornton & Margaret Ratcliff, Cefus G. Hughes, Nancy Hughes, and Alexander Hughes, Sec. 30, 40 acres for cemetery, 1844; Caleb & Hepsy Clifford, Sec. 31, 1850; James and Delia Hughes, 1866; David Stuart, 1877 (Cemetery); Dillia Ann Hughes Davenport, 1880; 1925 deed; (one source says Dilla Ann Hughes donated land for last site 2 mi E of Crossville); 1997 - (deed of disposition) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 19, T4S R14W 3PM Phillips township.
Bon-Pas, Grayville (see Edwards County)
**Lick Creek, Norris City 1820 Yes/No Yes Herald's Prairie township, Sec. 29, SW 1/4 of SE 1/4. Hosea Pearce and Nancy Pearce his wife, to Thomas J. Aud, Boston Weese, and John Caldwell, trustees of Lick Creek Regular Baptist Church, part of NE 1/4 Sec. 32, T6S R9E, and Part of SE 1/4 Sec 29, T6S R9E, described as follows, commencing at the northeast corner of the NE 1/4 of said Sec. 32, and run 33 rods due west as a beginning point to the land hereby conveyed - thence due south 7 rods, thence due west 18 rods, thence due north 18, thence east 18 rods, thence south 11 rods to the beginning point. March 27, 1869.
Burnt Prairie (see Wayne county)1825 No Part
Mt. Gilead 1827 No No
**Mt. Pleasant, Bt Prairie 1830 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4)Yes(5)Yes(6)Yes(7)Yes(8) Yes (found 1880 survey); Eight deeds from beginning to sale in 2004. Property repurchased by the old-line Primitive Baptists in 2017, and is now under restoration in hope of holding services here again.
Mt. Zion 1832 No No
Grayville, Grayville 1838 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes No Will of James Gray. After describing the burial ground in Block 19, Lot 3, he mentions that his son, William Walden Gray is given the right of reversion in care any shall accrue of or to Lots number six and seven, in Block number 20, in the town of Grayville. Said lots I heretofore conveyed to Trustees for the use of the Baptist Church of Grayvile. I also purchased a Bell for the same purpose, which Bell was neither formally given nor charged to the church. But I do express my wish to be, and do request my said Son William W. Gray, never to use or apart said right, except in the case said property shall be sold, under any judgment or execution now existing or hereafter to exit. Otherwise leave said property to the entire disposition of said church. Signed and sealed Dec. 7, 1860. by James Gray (his last will and testament). Block 20. Lot 6, of the Original Town of Grayville, Gray township, Sec. 20. 1941 - deed of sale by trustees of the church, to Earl Skiles.
Mt. Hope, Roland 1846 No Yes Indian Creek township
Little Zion, Enfield 1854 No No
**Carmi, Carmi (Mt. Sterling) 1856 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3)Yes(4) Yes 1857 - 1 A. Corner of NE 1/4 and SE 1/4 of Sec 16, TS R9E; 1888 - Lots 13 and 14, Block 41 of Stewart's 2nd Add., Carmi. Deed of sale also found.
**Little Zion,
Mill Shoals/Enfield 1872 Yes/Yes No Located in Mill Shoals township - NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 26. Site of Little Zion Cemetery. January 18, 1874. Edy Angeline Stallings, Lewis Stallings, George Stallilngs, widow and heirs of John Stallings, and R. C. Cleaveland, John S. Finch and Samuel R. Jones (trustees of the Little Zion Church). Commencing at the north east corner of the north half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Sec. twenty-six (26), Township Four (4) South of Range eight (8) east, running west sixteen (16) rods, thence south twenty (20) rods, thence east sixteen (16) rods, thence north twenty (20 rods to beginning corner. 1912 - James & Laura Stallings to the trustees of Little Zion Church, probably an addition to the cemetery.
Pleasant Union, Centerv'le 1883 Yes(1)Yes(2)Yes(3) Yes/Clerk/Film First site: James Jones and Margaret Jones his wife, to David Staley, William Jones, and William A. Hargrave, trustees of Pleasant Union Regular Baptist Church, and their successors in office, part of SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 12, Town 4S R9E, described as follows, beginning three rods east of the southwest corner of said tract of land, thence thirty (30) rods east, thence sixteen (16) rods north, thence west thirty (30) rods, thence south sixteen (16) rods, to the place of beginning, containing in all three acres, to have and hold as a place of public worship for said Regular Baptist Church. March 14, 1884 (sold in 1923 when new church was built); Second (present) site: Lot 8, Blk 2, Myers Addition, village of Centerville, Burnt Prairie township, SW 1/4 of Sec. 1, Parcel #BP-2-115-04; we do not have the deed for purchase of the school, which was used as a dining hall. Deed of disposition dated September 20, 2013, from James Wayne Heil, trustee of the church, to Dennis R. Heil and Melanie J. Heil, and corrective deed dated October 17, 2013.
Salem, Crossville 1896 Yes No Phillips township - NW Corner of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 3, T4S R10E. Two acres belonging to Salem Church, shown as an exception to surrounding deed.
Crossville, Crossville 1901 Yes/Yes Yes Located at the northeast corner of the T-intersection of Potter Street and Morell Street, in Crossville; building completed in May 1902. Leroy Hon and Alice Hon his wife, to the trustees of the Regular Primitive Baptist Church called Crossville, and their successors in office, Sub Lot number two (2) of Lot one (1) of Lawrence's Second Addition to Crossville. October 5, 1901. Deed of sale also found.
Calvin, Calvin 1901 No No
Norris City, Norris City 1901 Yes Yes/Film 1905 - church decided to purchase property at constitution meeting, 1901; Deed dated 1905 found. Maggie Spence and Susannah Muck were trustees for disposition in June 1928. Original Plat of Norris City.
Maunie, Maunie 1901 Yes No Fred Roser and wife deeded Lot 1 in Roser's Add. to Maunie, to the Trustees of the Maunie Regular Baptist Church. Appears to be in Sec. 1 of Emma Township. Found reference to disposition of the same property.
Whiteside County - none found
Members lived in this county and meetings were held here, but the church bodies are shown in adjacent counties.
Will County - none found
Williamson County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Williamson County)
**Bethlehem, Marion 1827 No(1)Yes(2) Yes 1855 - 2 A. of S 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Sec 15, T9S R3E
Unity 1830 No No
Mt. Zion, Saratoga 1852 None Yes
Pleasant Hill, Johnston
City (and Marion) 1873 (A)Yes(1)Yes(1)Yes(2)No(3)(R)Yes(1)Yes(1) Early records destroyed by fire; we have part of later records (both factions) 1874 - NE Corner of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 30, T8S R3E; 1875 - SE Corner of SW of the NW 1/4 of Sec 30; 1933 - Lot 6, Block 1 in Duncan and Barten's 2nd Add. to City of Marion, and sale of same in 1941
Winnebago County - none found
Woodford County - none found
A Listing of Primitive Baptist Church Cemeteries in Illinois
