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LANESVILLE METHODIST
CHURCH AND CEMETERY
Deed Bk. M, Pg.
225. Dec. 25, 1815,
Franklin Twp. Edward Pennington and
wife Martha, convey to George
Gresham George Crutchfield, John Martin, Wm. Pennington and Wm. Baley,
Trustees, a certain lot in the town
of Lanesville, said lot known as 44
and containing about forty square
poles.
Deed Bk.V, Pg.
423. Sept. 18, 1830.
Edward Pennington and wife Mary,
convey to George Gresham, David Gun,
Elias Goodwin, Wm. Pennington and Samuel Pfriminer, Trustees, Lot 43
and one-half of the West side
of lot 20 in the town of Lanesville,
in trust for a Parsonage for the
use of the Methodist Church on the Corydon Circuit.
Deed Bk. V, Pg.
424 Sept. 24, 1838.
Wm. Baley and wife Margaret, convey
to David Gunn, Wm. Pennington and
Samuel Pfriminer, Trustees in trust for the Parsonage belonging to the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the
town of Lanesville, two feet of
ground off the East side of the
half Lot 19 fronting two feet on Main St. running back the same width
the whole depth of said lot, on half lot.
From Depauw
University Archives,
Appointments from the minutes, name
of ministers for Lanesville
1848 Geo. Gonzales, J.J. Stallard,
1549 Silas Rawson one to be
supplied, 1850 T.J. Ryan, 1851 John Talbott, Wm. I. Shrodes, 1852 John
Talbott, Jas. Woodward, 1853 Thomas
M. Thrall, 1854 C. Lee, 1855 Calvin
Lee, 1856 E.Y. Gaines, 1857, 1858
E.L. Kemp and 1859 W.E. Ravenscroft.
The list continues on for every year
but 1868.
Deed
Bk.F-2,Pg.216, Dec. 10, 1859.
Edward Pennington, of the first part,
and the Trustees in Trust, of and
for the M. E. Church in the town of Lanesville to wit: Edward Gresham,
John L. Ham Jacob Horner, Iverson Lynn
and Henry Harbison for the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars, convey
to said trustees, the west half of Lot 20 leaving off excepting two
feet on the East side of said lot.
Also in Deed Bk.D
2, Pg.295. Jan. 21,
1859.
Edward Pennington of the first part
and Wm. Pennington, Uriah Davis,
Iverson Lynn, Jacob Homer, John L. Ham John Norton, Jesse F. Gresham
and V. Edward Greshain,
Trustees in trust for the Methodist
E. Church, two lots in the town of
Lanesville, for the sum of one hundred dollars, fronting on Pennington
St.. Lot 43 and 44.
The said Edward Pennington,
con-tenants and agree with said Trustees
and their successors as that the said lots now is and forever, shall be
and remain free and clear of and
from all claim and
incuinbrance, the same thing he said in the
first deed.
Deed Bk.F-2,
Pg.70. Dec. 2, 1859.
George Ecksner and wife Appolonia of
the city of Louisville, Jefferson
Co., Ky. and Edward Gresham, John L. Ham, Jacob Horner, Iverson Lynn
and Henry Harbeson, Trustees in
trust for the Methodist Episcopal
Church in the town of Lanesville sold
unto said Trustees in Trust, for the use of the said church to wit: A
part of the SW Quarter of Sect. 20, Twp. 3,
Range 5, beginning at a point three
poles, eleven and one half links
West of the NE corner of John L. Ham’s land... . This land lies next to
Lot 24-3 and 44.
Deed Bk.F-2,
Pg.217, Dec. 24, 1859.
Edward Gresham, John L. Ham, Jacob
Horner, Iverson Lynn and Henry
Harberson, Trustees for the M.E. Church in Lanesville, convey to Thomas
W. Beggarly, two feet width off East
and upper side of Lot 19, also the
West half of Lot 20, except two feet
on the East side of said lot.
Trustees meeting, June 9, 1867. The
Quarterly Conference of the M.E.
Church for Lanesville Circuit, have selected for the ensuing year the
following persons as trustees for the
church property belonging to the
above Circuit. Parsonage at
Lanesville, Dr. J. Horner, D. W. Gresham, J.W. Norton, George Yeager,
J.L. Ham. Church of Lanesville trustees.
Other churches on the circuit, Zoar,
St. Paul, Whittens. From the
Journal of Asbury Wilkinson on the Corydon Circuit from Nov. 1842 to
Nov. 1843.
"After the
protected meeting at Corydon, Asbury
resumed the rounds of his circuit. Because of the length of his stay at
Corydon it had been necessary to send messages
ahead to notify the people at
Lanesville. Elizabeth and intermediary
preaching points of the change in schedule. Ten days were required to
fill these appointments and on the
eleventh day he returned to Laconia
The Corydon
Circuit had nine preaching points and
Asbury completed his rounds sixteen times during the conference year.
Occasionally because of delays he encountered,
there wasn't always some one there at
the time he arrived."
From Rev. Gideon
Heavenridge, written in 1885. He
states, "What is now known as the Elizabeth Circuit was separated from
Lanesville Circuit in the year 1850.
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