Joseph Moore

Local preacher Joseph Moore organized a Methodist Society in 1797 at his home on the Scioto Brush Creek north of the village of Blue Creek in Adams County in the Northwest Territory. In August 1800 the Society built a log church on a site provided by Moore, the first Methodist church building in the Northwest Territory. Moore’s Memorial Chapel, named in honor of the founder, preacher, and benefactor, now occupies the same site. Joseph Moore and his wife Rebecca were interred on a knoll at the Moore farm near Kimble’s Landing on the Ohio River in Sprigg Township, Adams County, Ohio. In June 1962 the earthly remains of this local preacher and his family were removed to this consecrated place for proper and perpetual care. The service and devotion of Christian pioneers laid the foundations of the State of Ohio.

Manchester, Ohio · United States