Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church

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Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church was organized in 1797 by some of the early settlers of Franklin County, Indiana. They were Primitive Baptists, who came with Elder William Tyner, he and his family came from Virginia in 1797. They organized the Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church, the first church in the Whitewater Valley. [1] The members built a log church as early as 1805, about two or three miles southeast of Brookville, Indiana. In 1812 they built a large brick church, with balcony, and rifle ports. It is the oldest church building standing on its original site in Indiana. It is open as a historic site.