CARROLL COUNTY OHIO - Corinth Presbeterian Church History (Part 3 of 5)
***********************************************************************
OHGENWEB NOTICE:  All distribution rights to this electronic data are
reserved by the submitter.  Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted
material will require the permission of the copyright owner.  The submitter 
has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently 
for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/
***********************************************************************
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
Bethany Barnett 
bethanycow@hotmail.com
June 26, 2000 
***********************************************************************

         CORINTH-MECHANICSTOWN CEMETERY

	The Corinth-Mechanicstown cemetery is located in 
the village of Mechanicstown on SR #39 in Fox 
Township.  Early settlers first held religious 
services in their homes.  In 1831 Alexander Boyd and 
Daniel McAllister attended a meeting of the Presbytery 
at Steubenville and requested that a Presbyterian 
Church be organized at Mechanicstown.  The request was 
granted in January 1832.  Mr. Boyd and Mr. McAllister 
were chosen as elders and Rev. James Smith was the 
first minister.

	On August 27, 1835 John Crawford and wife Martha 
and Cyrus W. Hart and wife Susanna sold an acre of 
land "bounded on the north by the graded road leading 
from the mouth of Yellow Creek to Bolivar and located 
on the east side of Section No. 34 Range 4 township 13 
for a meeting house and burying ground forever solely 
and only" to the trustees of the Corinth church, 
namely, James Slattery, Samuel McClain and Samuel 
Hutson.

	Contract for the first church, a log building, 
was awarded to William Thompson for the sum of $618.  
This building served the community until June 11, 1876 
when the present two story brick building was 
dedicated.  The building committee was composed of 
William McClain, William Boyd and E. H. Fletcher.  
Cost was approximately $8,000.

	Pastors who follow Rev. Smith were: Rev. John 
Robinson from 1840 to 1847, Rev. Robert Johnson 1847 
to 1849, Rev. William Braugh from 1850 to 1860, Rev. 
Thomas Scott from 1860 to 1865, Rev. Dalzall from 1866 
to 1868, Rev. A. E. Simpson from 1871 to 1878, Rev. 
William Eaton from 1879 to 1883, Rev. David Hargast 
from 1883 to 1895, Rev. William Hays from 1896 to 
1904, Rev. E. C. Nesbit from 1904 to 1908, Rev. F. A. 
Cozad from 1908 to 1915, Rev. E. Conrad from 1917 to 
1918, Rev. M. G. Hanna from 1919 to 1921, Rev. H. 
Davidson from 1923 to 1924, rev. W. O. Nagley from 
1925 to 1928, Rev. Taylor from 1929 to 1935, Rev. 
Arthur Pritchard from 1936 to 1939, Rev. William Amos 
from 1940 to 1941, Rev. Milton Allison from 1941 to 
1943, Rev. Robert Paxton from 1944 to 1948, Rev. 
Milton Hanna from 1950 to 1952, Rev. James Overdorff 
from 1953 to 1955, Rev. Leroy Antrim from 1958 to 
1965, Rev. Fred Hofer from 1968 to 1977, Rev. Pamela 
Flower from 1978 to 1984, Rev. Richard Jones from 1985 
to Jan 1991, Rev. Virginia Birks from 1991 to Sept. of 
1997. Currently Rev. James Rice, a Methodist pastor, 
who started in January of 1999, is ministering at the 
church.