This Church was formed on Dec. 21, 1830 at the district #8 schoolhouse in the Town of Ogden for the inhabitants of the southwest part of Ogden and the southeast part of Sweden. It was incorporated on Jan. 10, 1831. The Trustees at the time of the formation were Nathaniel Bangs of Sweden, Josiah F. Willard of Ogden and Ezra B. True of Ogden with James Hill serving as clerk. In about 1835 this society built a stone Church which served as their meeting place. The church was truly interdenominational although the ministers were usually either Free-Will Baptists or Congregationalists. The Society prospered for a time but many of the founding members either died or move west and by 1880 the Society passed out of existence.
The following list of founding members off from the original church records. In many cases after the name was a note stating that the person had either died or "removed" to points west. Deceased members usually were buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Ogden, NY.
| Elder Samuel Gillman | removed |
| Joshua Bangs | deceased |
| Nathaniel Bangs | deceased |
| Calvin Whicher | removed |
| John Hill | deceased |
| James Hill | deceased |
| Hosea Town | deceased |
| Josiah F. Willard | removed |
| Edward Covell | deceased |
| James Cate | removed |
| Elias True | deceased |
| Ezra B. True | deceased |
| Levi True | deceased |
| Aaron Robinson | removed |
| Joshua Bangs Jr. | removed |
| Goodnough Townsend | removed |
| Sila Scribner | removed |
| John Hill 3rd | deceased |
| Abel Fowler | deceased |
| John Hill Jr. | removed |
| Rinaldo B. Lane | removed |
| Josiah Lane Jr. | |
| Minzo Lambert | removed |
| Josiah Lane | removed |
| John Horton | removed |
| David Bangs | |
| Lorenzo Bangs | |
| Jeremiah Osborn | |
| Ward P. Hall | |
| Jersey Dewey | |
| Josiah Bangs | |
| Sheldon Hill | |
| Henry D. Way | |
| Henry Dusenberry |
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© Richard T. Halsey, 2000