Somerset in Perry County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

First Lutheran Synod

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 26, 2008

1. First Lutheran Synod Marker

Inscription. Lutheran congregations formed in Perry County beginning in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century. The Mother Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, sent missionary pastors to Ohio to preach to the growing number of Lutherans moving into the state. St. Paul congregation was formed in 1812 under the leadership of William Forester. On September 14, 1818, the Joint Synod of Ohio, the first synodical organization of Lutherans west of the Appalachian Mountains and one of the earliest predecessors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, was founded in Somerset at the original log church on this site. St. Paul's current church on W. Main was constructed in 1844.

Erected 2003 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 6-64.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1850.

Location. 39° 48.449′ N, 82° 18.08′ W. Marker is in Somerset, Ohio, in Perry County. It is on W. Gay Street 0.1 miles west of

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N. Columbus Street (Ohio Route 13), on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the Lutheran cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Somerset OH 43783, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Hocking Hills.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Sheridan Monument / 1829 Courthouse (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nellie Sheridan Wilson (about 600 feet away); Jacob Miller’s Tavern (about 700 feet away); General Philip Henry Sheridan (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Seed of Catholic Education in Ohio / The Cradle of Catholicity in Ohio (approx. 0.3 miles away); Somerset (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); In Memory Of Our War Dead (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Somerset.

Old First Lutheran Synod Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 26, 2008

2. Old First Lutheran Synod Marker

In the church on this site the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and other states convened in its first regular session September 14, 1818. Erected by the Historical Society of Joint Synod. Unveiled August 31, 1919.

First Lutheran Synod Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 26, 2008

3. First Lutheran Synod Markers

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 26, 2008

4. Old First Lutheran Synod Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,611 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 29, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.