Pioneers from Scotland and Ireland, described as God fearing people, organized this church in 1841 as a place to meet together and worship. Those associated with its founding were Andrew McCornack, Robert Shedden, William Fraser, George McQueen, Alexander McCornack, William McCornack, John McCornack, William Moore, William Lynch, Thomas Fraser, Robert Eakin, William Hood, Andrew McCornack, Samuel Eakin, George Atchison, Edward Riley, John Shedden, Robert Lowry, Alexander Gibson, James Moore, James Hannah, Stewart Eakin, John Hunter, Stewart Christie, and William Eakin.