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County: Grant

The Old Church on the Dry Ridge

Marker Number: 

1560

Location: 

Warsaw Ave., Dry Ridge

Organized 1791 as Baptist Church by Elders Lewis Corban and John Conner. Indians threatened early services. Squire Boone preached here, in 1798. Reorganized in 1826 as Williamstown Particular Baptist Church by William Conrad, imprisoned as Confederate sympathizer, 1864; pastor 54 yrs. Present building erected, 1892. Affiliated with Presbyterian Church in 1975.

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