Oak Grove Christian Church was reportedly four miles south of Stilesville, Indiana, which would be about one mile north of Little Point. In the 1840s the congregation organized. Richard Treat, A.W. Delaven, Bright Pruitt, and John Boyd were among the founding members. A deed was recorded on December 16th of 1850 for a church building. The structure was log construction with weatherboard covering. It measured thirty by thirty feet. In 1853 membership was 60, with 15 baptisms in that year. Membership in 1874 had grown to 100. A 1938 photo shows a small frame building. The church disbanded and was reportedly pulled down with the use of a team of white horses. Former pastors were; William Runion, Merris, William Brown, Eli Pruitt, Jeff Hodson, and Elmore.

Mount Tabor Christian Church was organized in 1856. The charter members are recorded as having been Eli Pruitt, John McCollum, David A. Curtis, David Sheilds, Jeremiah Mathes, John Pruitt, J. Bartley Turner, William H. Mathes, Peter Staley, John Brown, James Pruitt, Tarlton Hendren, Josiah Bray, Horace Bray, Thomas Felkins, Eli Staley, Hezekiah Johnson, and Greenberry Warmouth.

     Local cemeteries are the Crown Center Cemetery in Section 11, one fourth mile west and south of Crown Center, and Pruitt Cemetery, one mile north of Little Point, in Section 9.

BIOGRAPHIES

     Henry Bourn was a farmer and granger born in Ray Township, Morgan County, Indiana, on January 29, 1837. He was the fourth of ten children born to Elijah and Nancy (Alexander) Bourn. Elijah was a native of Jessamine County, Kentucky. Nancy was from Owen County, Indiana, the daughter of Abner Alexander, one of the earliest pioneers in the state. Henry was educated and then worked on the farm until age 21. September 23, 1858 he wed Miss Milla S. McGinnis of Owen County, Indiana. The same year he moved to Adams Township and purchased 160 acres which over time grew to 400 acres. Henry and Milla had seven children, three sons and two daughters survived childhood.

     Elisha Bourn was born June 23, 1859, the son of Henry and Milla (McGinnis) Bourn. Elisha was the eldest of seven children and after local education attended the State Normal School. The rest of his life he taught school and farmed. March 7, 1882, Miss Clara E. Wallace, daughter of James Wallace became his bride. Mrs. Bourn was born in Adams Township on February 27, 1862. The couple had one daughter, Mamie E. Bourn.

     Ephraim Bowen Chenoweth was born August 10, 1804 , in Maryland or 1805 in Virginia. The source of the first date is the History of the Chenoweth Family and the second date and place is from the Morgan County, Indiana, People's Guide and Directory of 1874, Adams Township. Ephraim and Miss Mariah Reisinger were married by Kenner Reisinger, in Jefferson County, Kentucky on December 19, 1833. Mariah was the daughter of George and Sarah (Seaton) Reisinger. Ephraim moved from Virginia to Kentucky at age three and was educated and learned to be a cabinet-maker in Jefferson County, near Louisville. In 1835 the family moved to Ashland Township and in 1855 to Adams Township. He was a Township Trustee for several years. Ephraim died May 16, 1874 and he is buried in Walters Cemetery near Eminence, Indiana, in Adams Township, and Morgan County.Mariah survived him for at least ten years and in 1884 was living near Little Point, collecting a mothers pension from James E. Chenoweth's service during the Civil War. It is not known where she is buried or when she died. The children were; Jane, born in Kentucky, 1835; Stephen Hamilton, July 8,1837; Grafton Whitaker, September, 1839; Jefferson S., December 4,1841, Sarah, 1843; James E., February 4, 1847; John H., December 17, 1849; Clinton Lafayette, July 10, 1852; and Allen Simpson, July 21, 1855.

     Barry M. Gentry was born in 1819 or 20 near Lexington, Kentucky. In 1825 the family moved to an area of Morgan County, Indiana which in modern times is Hendricks County. His father bought 160 acres of land. Barry was educated locally and at the age of eighteen married Miss Elisabeth J. Ludlow. After sharecropping for several years, he came to Adams Township. In 1850 he bought 80 acres which he built up to 230 over the years. In June 1871 he moved to Stillesville, Indiana where he traded dry goods. Mr. Gentry was a Morgan County Commissioner for 16 years and held other elected offices in the township.

     Harrison Gentry was born in Adams Township, on September 28, 1846. He was the fourth of ten children produced by the marriage of Barry M. and Elizabeth J. (Ludlow) Gentry, both of whom were born near Lexington, Kentucky. After being educated in public schools he was employed on the family farm to age 21. He share cropped for ten years and then bought 60 acres in Adams Township. Harrison farmed and raised livestock all his life. Eliza J. Hubble became his wife and they raised two children, Clara M. and Conrad.

     Thomas Mills was born in Carroll County, Ohio on April 8, 1838. He was the sixth of seven children born to William and Catharine (Strawn) Mills. Both were from Tuscarawas County Ohio. In 1856, Thomas moved to Cataract Falls, Owen County, Indiana where he worked in a flour mill. On October 23, 1860, Thomas married Amanda E. Williams of Green Township, Morgan County. She was the daughter of county pioneers, Louis and Mary (Cultion) Williams. In 1862 he enlisted in the 97th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company B. He saw battle at Vicksburg, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, and Kenesaw Mountain. He was wounded three times in battle, twice seriously. After the Civil War Mr. Mills settled on 20 acres in Adams Township, farmed and raised two sons and four daughters.