Cottage Methodist Episcopal Church

Cottage Methodist Episcopal Church was organized before 1856, by Rev. Dillon Pearson, in what was known as Cape-Horn School-house. The original members were George Jones and wife, John Webb and wife, Mrs. Doratha Pete, Mary Black, Rev. Robert Boyd and John Dight and wife. The following summer a small church edifice was constructed, costing about $300. It was subsequently sold to John Wilson for a dwelling, and on the same site, two miles west of Jackson Centre, on the Franklin and Mercer road, in 1870, a fine frame building was erected, costing $2,000. Rev. McGill was probably the first regular pastor. The present [1888] minister is Nathaniel Morris, and the membership is 100. A Sabbath-school is kept up, with William Pew as superintendent.

History of Mercer County, 1888, page 544

Churches in Jackson Township in the 1800s