Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes in Lawrence County

 * FamilySearch Places

Databases with Several Denominations

 * 1620-1991 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)


 * History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania : with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public buildings, fine blocks, and important manufactories. L.H. Everts & Co Puls, Philidelphia, PA, 1877. Church histories are located under the township histories. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; also at Ancestry ($) Google Books


 * Free online transcription courtesy of USGenWeb of History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania : with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public buildings, fine blocks, and important manufactories''

Baptist

 * Baptist congregations in New Castle were first established in 1843. By 1877 there were 5 congregations in New Castle.

Catholic Church

 * Catholic priests visited Lawrence County until St. Mary's was erected in New Castle in 1852.

Episcopal/Anglican Church

 * The first Episcopalian services were held in New Castle in 1843.

Lutheran Church

 * The first Lutheran church was established in New Castle in 1848. Other congregations organized in New Castle, including a Swedish Lutheran Zion church.

Methodist Church

 * Congregations were established in New Castle (1836) Mahoningtown (1850).

Methodist Episcopal
The first Methodist Episcopal church was built in 1816 in New Castle. This congregation had been meeting since 1804. Other congregations were established in Wilmington, Wampum, Pulaski, Mahoning, Eon, Hickory, Mount Jackson, Clinton, and other communities.

Moravian

 * The Moravians established a mission in Lawrence County in 1755, but moved to Tuscarawas Valley, Ohio, by 1773.

Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian (Seceder or Associate Reformed) An early congregation was formed in Deer Creek (1800), Mahoning (1800) and New Castle (1808). Other congregations were established in Wampum, Beacon Valley, New Wilmington, and Hickory.
 * Earliest congregations were formed in Hopewell and Nashannock (1800), followed by New Castle (also called Lower Neshannock) and Westfield (1803). Other congregations included Pulaski, Mahoningtown, Darlington, Little Beaver, Enon, Newport Village, and Westfield, among others in the county.
 * A History of the Neshannock Presbyterian Church, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania: together with some account of the settlement at Ancestry ($)