INDIANA TRAILS
HARRISON COUNTY CHURCHES
MT. TABOR CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Deed Bk. Z, Pg. 158. At a meeting of
the members of the Christian Church held on the 21st day of Dec. 1853
at the Mt. Tabor School House, John Roberts, Nathan
Voyles and Wm. Routh were
elected trustees for the purpose of holding real estate for a church
house and burying ground.
Deed Bk.Z, Pg.158. Blue River Twp.
Dec. 26, 1853. John Rankin and wife Jane C., convey to Nathan Voyles, Wm.
Routh and John Roberts,
Trustees of the Christian Church to wit: Beginning at the Southeast
corner of the NW Quarter of Sect. 10, Twp.. 2, Range 3.. . , in
consideration of their building a church house thereon and for a
burying ground.
Deed Bk. D-2, Pg. 68. Election of
Trustees Christian Church, Dec. 3, 1858. We the members of the
Christian Church at Mt. Tabor, having met in pursuance to previous
notice at our usual place of worship for the purpose of electing
trustees to receive a piece of land to be donated by David Arnold and to superintend in having a meeting
house built thereon. The following were elected, Nathan Voyles,
SamuelRamsey
Esq. and Richard T. Arnold.
*Deed Bk. D-2, Pg. 69. Dec. 10, 1858.
David Arnold and wife Nancy, convey to Samuel Ramsey, Nathan
Voyles and Richard T. Arnold, Trustees of the Christian Church at
Mount Tabor to wit: It being in Sect. 22, Twp. 2, Range 3, beginning
thirty rods and sixteen feet East..., containing one half acre, for the
purpose of having a church built thereon.
From
Church History:
“Some time before 1860, a group of people gathered at a building,
possibly a school building, located on or near the ridge between what
is now Davis s Quarry and the present Mt. labor Church building, for
the purpose of worship. After a time of meeting there, the group
divided and those living to the north put up a log meeting house on
land donated by Adam Dietrick, and established the Mt. labor
Congregation on June 2, 1860. Those living to the south continued
worshiping at the former location for awhile.
June 5, 1865 Be it remembered that a number of the Christian brethren
and sisters of the Mount labor School House Congregation met at their
new meeting house, located on the road leading from Corydon to
Fredericksburg, 11 miles from the former and 6 miles from the later
place on the 2nd. day of June 1860, for the purpose of organizing
themselves into a body of worshipers and putting themselves in full
church organization.
Whereupon Nathan Voyles was called to the chair to preside over the
meeting and John Roberts, John W. Stone were chosen secretaries. The
president declared the object of the meeting to be organized.
On motion the above named new meeting house bare (sic) the name and
title of Mount labor Meeting House. On motion the following
constitution was unanimously adopted.
Constitution:
We a body of Baptized believers in
Jesus Christ, have agreed to have our names enrolled together as a
congregation or the Church of Christ upon the Bible and the Bible
alone. Believing the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the
Word of God and the only Infallible rule of faith and practice. On
motion the members enrolled their names together as a congregation of
worshipers.
MT. TABOR CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Members enrolled at Mt. Tabor:
1. Nathan
Voyles Elder
2. John N.
Lone Elder
3. Wm. Routh,
Decd.
4. Isaac
Lean, Deed.
5. James N.
Routh, Dismissed by letter.
6. Jacob A.
Routh
7. Aaron
Roberts
8. John
Roberts, Dismissed by letter.
9. Thomas C.
Routh
10. Ruth Dean, Deed.
11. Mary Roberts,
Dismissed by letter.
12. Elizabeth
Ritohards, Dismissed by letter.
13. Eliabeth Jane
Clark
14. Mary Jane Routh
15. Nancy McKiney
16. Emiline Voyles
17. Lucy Jane
Roberts, wife of A. Roberts
18. Eliza Jane
McKiney excluded Aug. 1862
19. Susan Stone
20. Elizabeth
Roberts
21. Elisabeth
McKiney
22. Elisa Jane Routh
23. Ketura Voyles
24. Mary Routh
25. Nancy M. Stucker
26. Lucy Jane
Roberts, wife of E. Roberts
27. Jacob D. Monfort
excluded March 1860?
28. Elisabeth Smith
excluded March 1860?
Deed Bk. H3, Pg. 210. July 22,
1885. John Nicholas Kost and wife Christina, in consideration
that there is a church house to be built, convey unto Nathan Voyles, George N. Arnold and Peter Weilbaker, Trustees of the
Christian Church at Mt. Tabor the following real estate:
The SW corner of the West half
of the NE Quarter of Sect. 10, Twp. 2, Range 3 the section containing
80 acres of land, the church lot containing about one fourth an acre.
Deed Bk. P5, Pg.181. Sept. 2,
1946. Charles H. Dinklaker and
wife Pearl, and Victor L. Dinklaker, Single, the
heirs and only heirs of Louis Dinklaker,
decd. convey to the Deacons of the Mount Tabor Church of Christ, the
following described real estate to wit: A part of the SW fourth of the
NE Quarter of Sect. 10, Twp. 2, Range 3, beginning as follows...,
containing one acre.
Written by N.J. Wolfe:
Some of the proceedings, I know from first hand, other we have written
record of, and the rest I have heard from other generations, no longer
with us. “The log meeting
house was replaced by a frame building, dedicated Sept. 5, 1886. This
building burned on Aug. 25, 1946. The present auditorium was built the
following year, with the congregation meeting in the Hancock School
House. The service in the new building was held June 20, 1948.
In the April 3rd., 1974 tornado, the building was blown off the
foundation and severely damaged. The building was put back on the
foundation, repairs were made, rest rooms rebuilt and a baptistery and
dressing room were added across the front of the building; with the
front entrance moved to the side, where a porch was added. The building
was repaired and ready for services by July, 1974.
Keturah Voyles, wife of Nathan Voyles, was the first person
buried in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery. She died Feb. 21, 1868.
We do not have any deed given by Adam Dietrick. I don't know if there
was ever a deed given at the time, but I an doubting that there was.
