Churches
Hanover
Christian Class
The Morristown Christian Church is the outgrowth of the old Hanover Class, which was organized in the latter part of the (eighteen) thirties in a school-house which stood in Section 23, Hanover Township. Many of the early members and ministers were formerly Baptists, having been constituent members of a society of that denomination, which was established at the same place as early as 1824. Rev. Isaac Benjamin having renounced the creeds and doctrines of the Baptist Church became one of the most earnest supporters of the doctrines of the Church of Christ, and many of the members left the old church and with him as their pastor, organized the new. Among the most prominent early members were the Coles, Stones, Bloods, Dyers, and Caulkins. Elder Butler was probably the first regular pastor after Benjamin. Revs. Hollingsworth, Hurst, Hobb, Smith, Dabbinspike, Franklin, Land, Ravens, Conner, McDuffey, and Campbell all served the church in an early day. In 1843, a large frame church house was erected.
History of Shelby County, Indiana Brant and Fuller, 1887.
Contributed by Linda Chesser
There was a discussion of this church on the mail list in May of 2005 under the threads "Presbyterian Church" and "Hanover Religious History."
