The History of the Bethel United Methodist Church Submitted by John Smith for The Lawrence Register website Back in the early 1870s, a group of pioneer Methodists felt the need for a community...
Churches
First Methodist Preacher
The First Methodist preacher in Lawrence County was the Rev. Mr. SHINN from Baltimore. He was in charge of the chapel near the mouth of Federal Creek – the first chapel built in Burlington – in...
Haverhill Methodist Church
The M.E. church at Haverhill, Ohio was organized in 1815 by Thomas Gilruth, who served as its pastor until death.
Getaway Ohio Possesses an Odd History
About five miles up Symmes Creek from its mouth is situated the village commonly known as Getaway. Unincorporated, and therefore legally but a community of Union Township, it had an interesting history and one of sufficient importance to deserve recording and preserving. It is a village in which several descendants of pioneers still dwell, one of whom, Mrs. W. H. Waldeck has been kind enough to go to a great deal of trouble in collecting many facts for us regarding this historic old place.
Defender Chapel
18 Sept. 1955-Defender Chapel, named after a riverboat which suffered a disaster at a point on the Ohio [River], overlooked by the church, will celebrate
New Church at Getaway, Ohio
The new frame church at Getaway, Lawrence County, Ohio, five miles from mouth of Symmes, will be dedicated to the service of God on Sabbath, May 21st, 1876.
Kingsley Chapel in Proctorville Ohio
Kingsley Chapel in Proctorville, Ohio was constructed of brick made at a kiln on Paddy Creek, just east of Proctorville, Ohio. The lumber was cut and sawed on neighboring farms.
German Reform Church Ironton, Ohio
The old German Reform church building, which was later remodeled and converted into a duplex residence was being removed to the South Side from Fourth and Vernon street. A Refiners Oil Company filling station is to be constructed at the latter site and G. P. Mahl and Son,
First Chapel in Burlington, Ohio
The First Methodist preacher in Lawrence County, [Ohio] was the Rev. Mr. SHINN from Baltimore. He was in charge of the chapel near the mouth of Federal
Abstracts of the WV Baptist and Baptist Banner
About this file:I helped Sheri K. Petitt index this file, she spent many hours abstracting genealogical information from the two newspapers, named above. She lived many years in Guyandotte, WV and...
Sacred Heart Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions
SACRED HEART CEMETERY TO BE BEAUTIFIED; PLANS DISPLAYEDRead by Martha J. Martin and others in early 1990 NOTE: Sacred Heart Cemetery belongs to St. Lawrence Catholic Church for the burial of its...
Sugar Creek Baptist Church
Sugar Creek Baptist Church at Hecla, Lawrence County, Ohio Photo courtesy of Carl Murdock 2019
Community Tabernacle Coal Grove, Ohio
Community Tabernacle Of Coal Grove, Ohio on Depot Street
Myrtle Ridge Baptist Church
Myrtle Ridge Baptist Church in Lawrence County, Ohio – Photo Courtesy of Carl Murdock 2015
Mt. Pleasant Church
This is the Great Wilgus Baptizing in 1951. (There are people watching up in the trees!) Rev. Raymond Dillon & Forest Robinson officiated baptizing 34 people