The year of 1828 brought Isaiah Curry with a strong family of ten children, six sons and four daughters, who settled about four miles northeast from the very few log cabins called Greenfield. Many of their Curry relatives soon followed and also built their cabins. They held their cabin meetings, though widely separated, and were eagerly joined by many other God fearing pioneers and loyal neighbors who wandered through the dense woods for miles to worship. No religion has ever been like it.

Curry's Chapel as a church edifice was organized in 1840. At first they had no place to worship except in their cabins, but shortly after organizing, James Parks, one of the charter members built a two-story hewed-log house and fitted the upstairs to make it suitable for holding meetings. This house stood only a short distance southwest of the present church and was used until 1842. In that year the members built a hewed-log church, which was called Curry's Chapel because so many of the Currys belonged to it. This house was built on land donated by James Parks and William Bridges. It was used as a place of worship for twenty-five years or until 1867 when it was torn down and a frame church was erected on the same site. This church was dedicated by the Rev. James McMullin and was used as a place of worship for thirty-three years or until the year 1900, when it was torn down and the present brick church was erected at a cost of about four thousand two hundred dollars.

The Board of Trustees at that time was composed of Richard Frost Carson Alexander, Edward Martin, Robert Briles and J.K.P. Martindale These members also composed the building committee. This church was dedicated by the Rev. Lamport of Richmond, Indiana, It has now been ninety-six years since this society was organized, and there has never been a single year in all this time that the church has not had a regular pastor. And during these eventful years there has been a regular attendance and they kept the faith.

As Respectfully subrmitted by Cassius M. Curry, and Dedicated to the Honor of J.K.P. Martindale and all others interested in the Welfare of the Church.

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