HISTORY OF TEN MILE BAPTIST CHURCH, HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
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Submitted by MARIANA ZUELSDORF
             (zuelsdorf@cybertime.net)


History of Ten Mile Baptist Church


In 1887 a group of concerned Christians who had been holding
services in the Elliott school house were in agreement that they 
had need of a church.

Plans were made at a regular business meeting held at the Elliott
school on April 30, 1887, to call a council of churches to 
consider properly organizing a regular Baptist Church.  The 
meeting was held on Saturday afternoon before the first Sunday in 
June at 3:00 PM.  Four neighboring churches were invited to send 
their ministers and deacons: Namely, Sardis Baptist, Bethany 
Baptist, Jones Run Baptist and Olive Branch Baptist.  The church 
was organized and named "Ten Mile". The Church Covenant and 
Articles of Faith were read and adopted and a request for 
admission into the body of the Judson Association was made.

On February 4, 1888, at a regular business meeting, a committee
of three were appointed to secure ground on which to build a 
church. This committee consisted of F E Hall, W E Coffman, and 
E Lee Coffman. The land on which the church now stands and the 
cemetery nearby (which was then known as the Elisha Hall burying 
ground), was deeded to the trustees of the Ten Mile Baptist 
Church, Fabius E Hall, Charles W Land and E Lee Coffman 
and their successors in office, as trustees of said church.  
The deed was recorded at the Harrison County Courthouse 
December 26, 1888.

According to the minutes,  the building and soliciting committee 
reported the foundation had been laid, frame work and stuffing 
sawed, by March 1889. This committee consisted of J M Coffman, 
A T Swiger, J A Swiger, E L Coffman, and J E Bartlett.