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CLIFTON HILL CHURCH
WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS DARKS PRAIRIE
CHURCH AND HELD ITS FIRST MEETINGS ONE
MILE NORTH OF CLIFTON UNTIL THE NEW
HOUSE OF WORSHIP WAS COMPLETED
IN 1868 WHEN IT WAS MOVED TO THAT STRUCTURE.
AND SHORTLY THREAFTER THE NAME WAS CHANGED
TO ITS PRESENT FORM.THE LATTER BUILDING IS
VALUED AT $1,200 AND WAS DEDICATED TO GODS
SERVICES IN THE FALL OF 1868 BY NOAH FLOOD.
REV S Y PITTS WAS CALLED AS PASTOR WHENTHE
CHURCH WAS STARTED,AND HAS SINCE SERVED IN
THIS CAPACITY.THE ORGANIZING MEMBERS OF THE
SOCIETY WERE H STAMPER,SARAH STAMPER,D J
STAMPER,MARY A STAMPER,ISAAC SANDERS,PHEBE
SANDERS,JONATHAN SANDERS,FRANCES SANDERS,
INDIANA SANDERS,RILEY SANDERS,DAVID CLIFTON,
AND ANOTHER PERSON NAMED SANDERS WHOSE
CHRISTIAN NAME WE WERE UNABLE TO LEARN.THERE
ARE NOW IN THE CHURCH 168 MEMBERS.
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