In the early 1820s, thirteen African American families migrated from Virginia to Pebble Township in Pike County. Some were former slaves and others were freeborn people of color. Their farming knowledge and skill helped them become prosperous, which angered some white neighbors and led to a campaign of harassment. Ten of the original settlers eventually moved away, but other African Americans continued to arrive. The community founded a church later known as Eden Baptist Church, built a meeting hall, organized a school, and included several families involved in the Underground Railroad. The settlement thrived until the 1950s, when residents moved to other communities for economic reasons. The residents organized Eden Baptist Church, formerly called the Union Baptist Church of the PP Hills, in 1824. The cemetery about three miles south marks the church's original site. Established as an anti-slavery Baptist church, it took a proactive stand against slavery, and several members of the congregation served as station keepers on the Underground Railroad. The church was the social and religious center of this African American community and continued its religious leadership even as the settlement declined in the last half of the twentieth century.