page_title: Little Pigeon Creek Community
section_title: Church and schools
hierarchical_section_title: Little Pigeon Creek Community / Overview / Church and schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: abrahamxxxxxxxxxxxx00linc (find matches) Title: Abraham Lincoln and religion Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Little Pigeon Baptist Church (Spencer County, Ind.) Baptist church buildings Baptists Presidents Presidents Publisher: Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc. View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Q^^;i&gt;K^ CJt/^vA^-^-^-^ ,v^ .y ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT PIGEON CREEK A Drawing by Frederick Policy. ^ -K / 7 2^ Text Appearing After Image: tLir,^ Abe Lincoln never forgot. J,f_\° settlement until ther?vi of the Lincolns at the Perry -un^y sau ^^^^^^?rgJonBaptist church .as ojgamz d^and J^^^ ^ trustee^nd^a member on June 7, 18^^^—22^________^^ -il, „ a ■noder.to. He J- t„&gt;f-7^^?^ Jr^f? £r,churcH *&gt; l &gt;■• X isslted to tws ^ork. ThisJbuiMms mmmm ,„ wield an a«. -■■J.^^;* He«&#160;in southern I*»f Jet to 1° uine confession, AH that i *mother. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Little Pigeon Creek Community, also known as Little Pigeon Creek Settlement and Little Pigeon River settlement, was a settlement in present Carter and Clay Townships, Spencer County, Indiana along Little Pigeon Creek. The community, in the area of present-day Lincoln City, Indiana, was established from frontier land by 1816. There were sufficient settlers to the Indiana wilderness that it became a state in December, 1816.
context_section_description: The Little Pigeon Primitive Baptist Church, a Regular Baptists congregation, was established June 8, 1816 with 15 charter members. Thomas Lincoln, Abraham's father, helped build the cabin for the church in 1819, located south of present-day Lincoln City, Indiana and in the center of the community near a spring. The land was donated by Samuel Howell. The log meetinghouse, completed in 1822, had split log benches for its congregation. Attending church was a social event where the settlers could discuss family life events, farming, the weather, land titles, and other current events. The church building was also used as a school. A second church building was erected in 1879. The current church building, which has continued to conduct services, was erected in 1948. The church's cemetery, built in 1825, is the grave site of the communities settlers, including Abraham's sister, Sarah Lincoln Grigsby.
  After the church was built, school was conducted there during the winter. Teachers were paid in meat, produce and animal skins. Schools in the community included the one-room Andrew Crawford School, which was still standing in 1865; Swaney or Sweeney School, and the Dorsey School.
caption: Little Pigeon Baptist Church
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