Boone's Creek Church, about 1 1/2 miles southwest, was a Christian church organized in 1825 by Rev. Jas. Miler. On Aug. 17, 1829, it hosted the first recorded conference of Christian churches in East Tennessee. Other elders present were Jeriel Dodge, Robt. M. Shankland, Jno. Wallace, and Wm. Slaughter, and they reported 472 members in East Tennessee and southwest Virginia.