A Listing of Deeds and Records
for Primitive Baptist Churches in Illinois
Adams County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed indexes and deeds for Adams County)
**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
Fall Creek, Fall Creek 1832 No No
New Bethel, Payson 1832 No No
New Salem (See Brown County) 1832 No No
**New Providence (Old Stone
Church), Ursa 1833 No(1)No(2)Yes(3)Yes(4) Yes 1839 - Part of NE 1/4 of Sec 7, T1N R8N 4PM, and later deeds
Bear Creek, LaPrairie 1835 No No
Pigeon Creek 1835 No No
Little Flock, Coatsburg 1838 No(1)Yes(2)No(3) Yes 1872 - Lots 5 and 6, Blk 2, Lots 7 and 8 Blk 2, Coatsburg; [date unknown] - deed of disposition
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
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 3 miles south of Mulberry Grove - Pleasant Mound 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. In 1844 began meeting at Concord meeting house part of the time, until a church was organized there.)
New Hope 1840 No No
Concord 1845 No No
Shiloh 1894 No No
(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.
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
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
Bureau, Tiskilwa 1844 No No
Zion Hill 1850 No No
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
Little Flock, Virginia 1831 Yes(1)No(1)Yes(2)No(2) Yes/Film 1840 - Sec 7, T18N R8W, East of Little Shepherd Cemetery; 1888 - 1A. SW Corner of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 6, T18N R8W 3PM; 1896 - Part of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 7, T18N, R8W 3PM; deed of disposition
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 Clerk 1940 - Lot 15, Miller & Toll's Subdivision, SW 1/4 of Sec 11, T19N R8E 3PM
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
(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 No(1)Yes(2) No Buckhart township - T14N R2W 3PM - 1901 - bought; 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 Younker Trust. Building donated and moved to Paublo Agricultural Museum grounds.
Center, Beck's Point 1856 No No
Mt. Zion, Taylorville 1856 No No
Mt. Gilead 1857 No 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
**Concord, Kansas 1831 No Part/Clerk/Film
Good Hope, Westfield Twp. 1832 No Yes 1836 - 1 A. in NE Corner of last entry of Samuel Parker (was this church in Union Association of Indiana?)
Salem 1840 No No
Bethel 1880 No No
Clay County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Clay County)
Fox Prairie 1827 No Yes
**Salem, Xenia 1828 Yes Part/Clerk/Film 1871 - SW Corner of NW 1/4 of Sec 4, T2N R5E 3PM
*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
Maysville, 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 No(1)No(1) No
**Little Bethel, rural Mattoon 1829 No(1)No(1) 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.
**Little Bethel, Mattoon 1829 No(1)No(1) No
Pleasant Grove, Gays 1830 No No
Big Spring, Campbell 1840 No No
**Zoar, Mattoon 1860 No No
Cook County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Little Guildfield (Negro) 1927 No No
Hopeful ((Negro)
Bethel, Chicago 1928 None No
Chicago, Chicago 1942 None Yes
New Canaan (Negro) 1962 No No
New Greater Bethlehem (Negro) 1972 No No
Traveling Zion (Negro) 1975 No No
Hopewell (Negro) 1979 No No
Mt. Pilgrim (Negro) 1979 No No
New Light (Negro) 1980 No No
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 Transcript No 1828 - NW Corner of Sec 27, T6N R11W (not the original site - may be the missionary faction)
Grand Prairie, Bellair 1819 No Yes 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. This property was later lost. In Feb 1830 Daniel Smith guaranteed a title to land for the church, near where Daniel Eaton then lived. Probably in Robinson township, T7N R12W, in Sec 18, 19, or 20, as that is where prominent members lived.
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
Oblong, Oblong 1869 No(1)No(2) Part On East Main Street in Oblong; deed of disposition
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.)(Will probably need to hire a researcher to find deeds in this county)
**Old Concord, Neoga 1830 No No 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); [deed of disposition]
Big Spring, Janesville 1840 No(1)No(2) No Lots 1 & 2, Block B, in John Furry's Addition to the town of Janesville
Salem 1845? No No
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 No(1)Yes(2) Part/Film 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. Orig. deed came from Clapp family.
Edgar County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Edgar County)(Will need to hire researcher to find deeds in this county)
Mt. Pleasant, Paris 1823 No No Built in 1874 at 406 W. Washington Street, in Paris. Mortgage foreclosed on two years later, redeemed by William D. Darnall. Sold to Otterbein United Brethren (now United Methodist) Church on May 23, 1881, with stipulation allowing use each third Sunday for ten years.
Bethlehem, Grandview 1830 Yes No 1840 - NW Corner of S 1/2 of W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec 32, T13N R12W
Bloomfield, Bloomfield 1832 No No
Sugar Creek, Nevins 1838 No No 1949 - sold building to Nevins Christian Church for $500; land sold; 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 No No
**Providence, Isabel 1840 Yes Yes 1855 - 1A. NW Corner of NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Sec 35, T14N R14W, 3 1/2 miles SW of Isabel; deed of disposition
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 No(1)Yes(2) Part 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 1844 No No
Mt. Pleasant, Effingham 1854 No No
Mt. Gilead No No
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, Farina 1830 Met in school Yes
Salem, Ramsey 1831 No No
Cold Spring, Hanson 1833 No No Ramsey township - T9N R1E SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 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
Union, Shafter 1842 No No
Sharon, Vera 1894 No Yes Meetings were held at the Union church house in Fayette county
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 No No
**Middle Fork, Ewing 1818 No(1)No(2)No(3)No(4)No(5)No(6) Part/Clerk/Film xx - None of the deeds found for the rural sites
**Salem, Benton 1827 No(1) No(2)No(3) Yes(4) Yes(5) Yes(6) Yes(7) No(8) No(9 )No(10) Yes/Part
Town Mount Prairie 1828 No No
Mt. Pleasant 1829 No No Orig. site appears to have been later sold by William Mooneyham.
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.
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 - Part of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 3, T8 R9E; deed of disposition
Greene County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(We have a microfilm of the Apple Creek Association minutes for the early years)(Will have to hire a researcher to find deeds for this county)
(IRAD has no deed index; IRAD has deeds only for 1824-1887)
Providence, Carrollton 1820 No No
Apple Creek, White Hall 1822 No No
Taylor's Creek, Rockbridge 1828 No No
Hopewell 1828 No No
**Union, Barrow/Roodhouse 1830 No(1)No(2) No Built in Barrow in 1878. Earlier site 1/2 mile south of Barrow. 1872 Atlas: T8N R13W NW part of NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 11, Roodhouse township. Circuit court action not found.
Hickory Grove, Wrights 1830 No No
Mt. Gilead, Carrollton 1835 No No
Bethlehem, Greenfield 1835 Yes(1)No(2) No 1854 - 60' from off the E end of Lots 182, 183, 184 Town of Greenfield; deed of disposition
Goshen 1836 No No
Salem 1837 No No
Mt. Zion 1837 No No
Mt. Pisgah 1840 No No
Little Flock 1843 No No
**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
Roodhouse, Roodhouse 1905 No No Sold in 1916 to 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
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) No/destroyed by fire - 1869 - 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
**Rector’s 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)
**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 No No
Shiloh, St. Mary's Prairie 1842 No No
Enon, Nauvoo 1845 No 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
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
Henry County Organized Deed Found? Records?
Barren Grove, Kewanee 1870 Cloverdale School No
Red Oak, Woodhull 1874 No No
Jackson County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Jackson County)
Unity, Georgetown 1822 No Yes
Gravel Creek 1835 No No
New Hope 1844 No No
Reed’s 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(2)Yes(2)No(2) Yes 1855 - not found yet; 1884 - Lots 4 and 5, Doty's Second Addition, Town of New Liberty; sale in 1981 not found
Parker’s 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 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
Little Muddy 1831 No No
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 - 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?
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
Colored Union, Galena (Negro) 1842 Yes No 1869 - Lot 20, Block 9, City of Galena, W. Side of Galena River
East Fork of Fever River 1843 No No
Little Flock, Scales Mound 1845 None No
Kentuck's Grove 1847 No No
Zion 1855 No No
Millville 1864 No No
New Hope, Warren/Rush 1879 None No
(white and negro members)
Johnson County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Johnson County)
Shiloh, Vienna 1831 No No
**Rock Springs, Simpson 1843 No 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
**Little Flock, Ozark 1859 Yes No 1886 - Part of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec 26, T11S R4E 1 A.
Knox County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD has deeds, with no index, for 1818-1863 only)
**Henderson, Rio 1830 No(1)Yes(2) No 1863 - SW Corner of NE 1/4 of Sec 28, T15N R2E Chestnut township; deed of disposition
Cedar Creek, St. Augustine 1830 No No
Cherry Grove, Abingdon 1843 No No
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 No Yes 1st bldg on a bluff near Russellville; 2nd bldg 1/4 mi S of 1st site on Farrell place, which is site of Little Village Cemetery
Glady Fork of
Embarrass River 1820 No No
Union (see Richland County)
Concord 1840 No No
Bethel, Sumner 1887 No No
Livingston County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(IRAD doesn't have deeds for Livingston County)
**Bethel Indian Grove,
Fairbury 1832 No No
(union church building used by various denominations). Church may have owned Spence Cemetery property.
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
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)(Will probably have to hire researcher to find remaining deeds for this county)
(Manuscript Records of Concord Association have not been copied and our file of the annual printed minutes is very incomplete)
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
Pleasant Mount 1830 No No
Shiloah 1830 No No
Hopewell, Gillespie 1831 Yes(1)No(2) Yes 1859 - NW Corner of E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 5, T8N R7W 3PM
Mt. Pleasant, Medora 1832 No No
Mt. Pleasant 1833 No No
Mt. Olive, Mt. Olive 1833 No No
Honey Creek, Clyde 1835 No No
Bethel 1836 No No
Sugar Creek 1838 No No
Rock Springs 1838 No No
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 lien 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 1830? No No
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 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 1931. 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 No No
North Fork, Patoka 1878 No No
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
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, Jobe’s 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
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 No No - on Felix Green's farm Sec 35 (Sangamon county at that time)
Clary's Grove, Petersburg 1830 No(1)Yes(2) No (We have an 1871 deed of the Missionary Baptist church by this name)
(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 No No
Concord, New Boston 1839 No No
Monroe County Organized Deed Found? Records?
(Records and printed minutes of the Illinois Association have been microfilmed, and the early years have been republished)
(IRAD has deed index and deeds for Monroe County)
**New Design, New Design 1796 No No
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; deed of disposition
**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)No(1)No(2) Most 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; check for deed in SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 26, East Fork township, T8N R3W; deed of disposition
**Little Flock, Honey Bend 1842 Yes Part 1868 SW Corner of SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 3, T9N R5W; 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 - 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 - 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; [deed of disposition]
**Diamond Grove, Jackson-
ville 1823 No No
Sandy Creek, Winchester 1825 No Yes
Union, Yatesville/Prentice 1825 Yes(1)Yes(2) No 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 Fk 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 1830 Yes No 1869 Bluff Road at 1/2 Mile line E&W through Sec 25, T16N R 13W 3PM; 1882 - Addition for church and cemetery; [deed of disposition]
Zion, Jacksonville 1835 No No
Murrayville, Murrayville 1875 No 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)Yes(1) No West bank of Lynn Creek, Line Dividing SE 1/4 and NE 1/4 of Sec 8, T12N R6E 3PM; 1971 - deed of disposition
Mt. Zion, Windsor 1879 No Yes Built in 1881 on land donated by Gilbert Waggoner. Meetings until 1946. Torn down in 1955.
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 No No Original town, Detroit (there are only two blocks, containing 8 lots each)
Hopewell, El Dara 1844 None Yes
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 - 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 1857 - Lots 3 and 4, Block 1, Town of Caledonia (Ox-Bow Prairie); [deed of disposition] (to find the disposition, we will have to hire a researcher)
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
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
New Hope, Dundas 1839 No Yes
Shiloh, Olney 1848 No No
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) 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)No(2)Yes(3) Yes 1892 - Part of the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 33, T7S R5E (also cemetery deed, 1890)
**Wolf Creek, Eldorado 1830 Yes Part/Clerk 1852 - Part of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 17, T8S R7E
**Brushy Fork, Harco 1843 No(1)Yes(2) Part/Clerk/Film Original deed from William Gouge not yet found - Part of NE of the SW, SEC 28, T8 R5, parcel #01-1-040-09 (Galatia township) 2003 - additional 2 acres of land purchased in the name of the church (probably for the cemetery)
**Cottage Grove, Equality 1849 No No
Bethlehem 1866 (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 in 1921, lost, not able to pay for it
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)No(3) No 1832 - Part of W 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 9, T14W R4W; 1846 - 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; 1905 - Lot 1, Drennan's Subdivision NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 7, T13N R4W 3PM
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
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
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 No No
**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 1851 - Part of W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 10, T14N R13W
Pisgah, Pisgah 1832 No No
Friendship, Winchester 1836 No No Part of E 1/2 SE Fraction Sec. 30, T14N R12W 3PM (west edge of Winchester)(deed may be in Morgan county since Scott was formed in 1839; 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, Strasburg 1829 No No
New Hope 1830 No No
Old Concord 1830 No No
Cold Spring (see Fayette County) No No
Clear Spring 1836 No No
Union, Moweaqua 1844 No(1)Yes(2) Yes 1868 - 1 A. in NW Corner of Sec 12, T13 R2E
Center 1848 No No
Wabash 1877 No 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 L.D.found No
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 1860's? No(1)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)
Village Creek 1826 No Located
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, Plumb Hill 1819 No No
Concord 1821 No No
Bethel 1842 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
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, deed not found; Second location - brick bldg, near Phillipstown in 1834, deed not found; Third location - one source says Dilla Ann Hughes donated land for last site 2 mi E of Crossville in 1870, but I have not found proof; 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 No Yes Herald's Prairie township, Sec. 29, SW 1/4 of SE 1/4
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. Details omitted here.
Mt. Zion 1832 No No
Grayville, Grayville 1838 No No Block 20. Lot 6, of the Original Town of Grayville, Gray township, Sec. 20.
Mt. Hope, Roland 1846 No No 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
**Little Zion, Enfield 1872 No No
Pleasant Union, Centerv'le 1883 No(1)No(2)No(3) Yes/Clerk/Film First site: Burnt Prairie township, SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 12 (sold in 1923 when new church was built); Second site: Lot 8, Blk 2, Myers Addition, village of Centerville, Burnt Prairie township, SW 1/4 of Sec. 1, Parcel #BP-2-115-04
Salem, Crossville 1896 No No Phillips township - NW Corner of NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec 3, T4S R10E
Crossville, Crossville 1901 No Yes Located at the northeast corner of the T-intersection of Potter Street and Morell Street, in Crossville; building completed in May 1902
Calvin, Calvin 1901 No No
Norris City, Norris City 1901 No Yes/Film 1901 - church decided to purchase property at constitution meeting; Maggie Spence and Susannah Muck were trustees for disposition in June 1928
Maunie, Maunie 1914 No No
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
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