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REED’S CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH. This is the other of the twin churches ... The land on which the church stands was first entered by John Depew. In 1834 he sold the land to his daughter Betsy and her husband Binns I. Wren, deed signed by John and Polly Depew, acknowledge before Guy Beck, JP. The Depews were buried in a field north of the road and west of the Dowell corner. The Wrens were buried in a small plot north of the church. The first mention of a Methodist Society in the locality is in the record of the Fillmore Circuit in 1853. There was a society listed at Wrens’ and another at Flemmings. In 1859 the Wren farm was changed to the farm of Thomas Reed, by sale, and reports were made from Reeds. In 1869 the Union Church was built. ... the timbers were hewn by Wm Hunt from lumber secured to Thomas Reed’s land. However, the Methodists could not use the church much of the time.
Fayette Facts Volume 3, Number 3, September 1974
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