Needham Township near Franklin in Johnson County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Site of Young’s Creek Christian Church

1829-1942

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 23, 2019

1. Site of Young’s Creek Christian Church Marker

Inscription. Young's Creek Cemetery Association was organized in 1950 through the efforts of Marcia Adams Pritchard, President. Other officers were Clarence DeCoursey, Vice President and Omer Paul Dawson, Secretary Treasurer. 1984 Board of Trustees: President James L. Doane, Vice President Edgar Pritchard and Secretary Treasurer Marcella P. Cobb.

Erected 1984 by Relatives and friends of those buried here • Johnson County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.

Location. 39° 26.068′ N, 86° 2.412′ W. Marker is near Franklin, Indiana, in Johnson County. It is in Needham Township. It is at the intersection of South Mauxferry Road and East County Road 300 South, on the right when traveling south on South Mauxferry Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3294 E CR 300 S, Franklin IN 46131, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana

and specifically in Greater Indianapolis.

It is also in the

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American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Holloway Hall (approx. 2.8 miles away); Indiana Masonic Home (approx. 2.9 miles away); Franklin Wonder Five (approx. 3 miles away); George King – 1782-1868 (approx. 3 miles away); William Watson Wick (approx. 3.1 miles away); Johnson County Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Home of Columbus Horatio Hall (approx. 3.2 miles away); Kittie Palmer School (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Regarding Site of Young’s Creek Christian Church. Excerpt from History of Johnson County, Indiana by Elba L. Branigan (1913):

Young's Creek Church (Christian Connection). This is an old organization, dating its history from about the year 1829 or 1830. It was founded by Elder Joseph Ashley, one of the earliest settlers
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 2, 2025

2. Site of Young’s Creek Christian Church Marker
on Young's Creek, and among its first members the following names are the most familiar: Elijah Dawson and family, William Harter and wife, James Mitchell and wife, Samuel Dawson and wife, Fleming Harter and wife, Lucinda Ware, Martha Williams and members of Elder Ashley's family. For some years meetings were held in private residences, but later a school house about one mile north of the present building was secured for church purposes. A frame edifice a short distance north of the present house was erected in the year 1851 or 1852, and was used by the congregation until 1875. In the latter year the neat frame building in which the church now worships was erected at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars. The church has a good Sunday school, which has proved an able auxiliary.

Also see . . . Youngs Creek Cemetery. Find a Grave entry on the burial ground. (Submitted on December 9, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 55 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 25, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.