An American Family History

The families who settled on the waters of Ten-Mile Creek in 1768 were Baptists from Virginia. The Suttons and others settled a little later in what is now Fayette County. Several of the Suttons were Baptist ministers, and they organized a church called Great Bethel at what is now Uniontown in 1770. Two years later (1772) a church was constituted in Amwell

From the original minutes “About the first of May, 1783, our ministering Brother, David Sutton (1732-1812) made us a visit from the Jerseys, and the church gave him an invitation to come and settle amongst us which he accepted, and the next fall he moved out here with his family.” [Mr. Sutton remained as pastor till his death in 1812. At that time he resided in West Bethlehem.]

The first meeting-house was built in 1786. It was of logs, and was used until 1794. It was situated on the waters of Ten-Mile, on the tract of land called in the survey "Big Rocks." On this land the society built a hewed log house, which was occupied many years.