South Point Christian Church Camden Township

Close to what is known as Brasher Cemetery No longer in existance. This church was organized at a school house, then situated two miles east of South Point, in Camden township, in April, 1840, with the follwoing original members, viz: Jacob Warinner, Thomas Blair, John Riffe, Willis Warriner, George Blair, William Brockman, Joseph E. Brockman, Polly Warriner, Eliza J. New, and Mary Brockman. In 1854 the congregation erected a very handsome frame building for divine worship, at South Point. On the dedication of the church house at South Point, the church was reorganized. The following is a list of those who were members at that time: John Riffe, E. T. Withro, Nancy Withro, Foster D. Tribble, Mary Tribble, Z. D. Ralph, Martha A. Ralph, A. Brockman, Sarah Brockman, James Winsor, Lucinda Winsor, Thomas Blair, John Tarkey, Lydia Tarkey, Jackson Riffe, A. B. Ralph, Mary Ralph, John W. Chastine, William ARtman, Jesse B. Simpson, Elizabeth Simpson, James Riffe, Willis Warriner, Mahala Vaughn, J. B. Elliott, Sarah H. Elliott, Emily Young and three others, whose names as written on the manuscript containing the above list, were illegible. (Taken in part from "Ray County History, 1881) Brasher Cemetery South Point Cemetery

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