Shelby  County  Indiana

Pleasant  View  Baptist  Church



An  Indianapolis  Newspaper
October 22, 1960
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Baptist Church / Picture story of Pleasant View Baptist Church near Interstate 74 in Shelby County. N. Oct. 22, 1960. p. 12, c. 1


An  Indianapolis  Newspaper

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Baptist Church / Pleasant View Baptist Church, Shelby County, has new church. S. Dec. 7, 1958. Magazine. p. 39


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Chadwick's History of Shelby Co., Ind.                160

          Pleasant View Baptist church, located in the northeast corner of Moral township, was organized December, 1836, consisting of the following members:
James Bobbett,
Archibald Mann,
Elijah Mann,
George Hume,
Jacob Balor and
J. M. Johnson
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One peculiarity concerning this church is the fact that no women were members at first, but at the meeting held in January, 1837,

Chadwick's History of Shelby Co., Ind.                161

the following united:
Susan Vise,
Elizabeth Mann,
Margaret Bobbett,
Elizabeth Crain and
Mary Joyce
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Rev. T. C. Townsend, the first pastor, received the sum of ten dollars and twelve cents for his services.
[Chadwick's discussion of the Baptist denomination moves to Brookfield Baptist church-pmf]
Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana, by Edward H. Chadwick, B.A., assisted by well known local talent, B.F. Bowen & Co, Publishers:  Indianapolis, IN, 1909, page 160-161.
Submitted by Marita Bolson

Note -- There was also a Separate Baptist Church known as Pleasant View.  This church was located in the Scott neighborhood of Jackson Township, or the southwestern corner of Shelby County.  Moral Twp (above) is in the northwestern corner of Shelby County. - pmf

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