Used for presentation at the Delaware County Historical Society Annual meeting, Nov 14, 2013

2. “For 10 years the services
were held at the homes of
the members in the winter,
and in the woods in the
summer. E.G. Taggart‟s
history of the church to 1900
tells us that the presbytery
met in the home of Thomas
Cellar.” (LPC Beginnings)

3. “The first preachers noted in Liberty
Township- the scenes of the first
settlement in the county- were the
Reverend's Drake and Hughes of
Delaware. The Presbyterians built the
first church in that settlement.”
(p.240, HDC 1880)

4. “The first religious society organized in Liberty
Township was formed in 1810 by Elders
Thomas Cellar, Josiah McKinnie, and Leonard
Monroe. Cellar and McKinnie came to
Delaware in 1802. In 1820, The Elders and
others built Liberty Church and laid out a
cemetery on land provided by Thomas Cellar.
Along with the Cellar and McKinnie families,
early settlers, church and community leaders
are buried here. In 1855, John F. Cellar deeded
the three acres on which the church was located
to Liberty for one dollar. The land was to be
used only for the Church, burying ground, and
schoolhouse.”

5. “The old Liberty Church... was
formed so long ago (from 1880
book) that no one now living can
tell the precise time of its
organization. The almost universal
answer is, „Well, it has been in
existence ever since I can recollect.‟
It is well known as one of the oldest
church buildings in Delaware
County.”
(p.426, HDC 1880)

7. “The church was built in 1820 by
brothers George and John Cellar
for $70.00. A paper dated 1824
with 15 names pledging .50
cents- $2.00 each, “...being
desirous of propagating the
gospel...for the purpose of
finishing the Presbyterian
meeting house in Liberty
Township, Delaware County.”
(LPC Beginnings)

8. “The usual congregation
numbered 14 members, nine
from Liberty Township:
Thomas and Sarah Cellar, their
daughter Margaret and her
husband Josiah McKinnie, the
Cellar sons, Thomas Jr., Robert
McCoy, John Flanagan,
George, and Leonard Monroe.”
(p.418 HDC)

11. “The early Presbyterian
Church was famous for
its disciplinary action
and consequent
influence on society”
(LPC History)
Nathan Carpenter was
found guilty (by the
Session) of making sugar
on the Sabbath... One
record reports three
young ladies went to a
party in Delaware,
knowing there was to be
dancing. They were
admonished.

15. 1902- Mary Carpenter paid for adding a belfry-spire
and vestibule
.

32. B. Cellar, R Lacher, Ed Stone, EdCollins, D Innes

39. In the late 1800‟s, the church sold some ground
to the Grange for a hall.

40. The church bought the
land and hall back in
1905.

41. Liberty School District
#4
In 1827, a notice
appeared asking for
donations of labor to
build a schoolhouse.

42. On April 1, 1916, the board of education sold
the lot for 40 dollars to the church.

44. “Edward Cellar says there was a post office called
„Unison‟ in the southeast corner of the Liberty
Church Lot during the Civil War.”
My Maternal Ancestors, R.B. Powers, p.280