Camp Meetings

Religious camp-meetings were once common in Franklin Township on the grounds of a union church later identified as the Union Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1822 and rebuilt in 1845. Adam G. Grant of Grove City recalled one Sunday morning during a camp meeting nine Indians, bedecked with their feathers and war paint, walked up to the front of the church and seated themselves. Their presence naturally caused a commotion but the service continued uninterrupted. The camp grounds were located in a grove of trees which surrounded the little church. Small huts housed those attending the camp-meetings which would often last three to four weeks.