Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes in Jefferson 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 – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)

Baptist
The Reverend Jonathan Nichols was the first preacher in the Jefferson County area to hold the beliefs of the Baptist denomination. The first Baptist was organized in 1834 in the barn of Henry Keys. The second congregation was established in 1836 in Brookville.

Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Catholics were in the county as early as 1832. Services were held in members homes until the church building was dedicated in 1854. St. Ann's Academy was built in 1855-1856 at Corsica. It was used as a chapel and a boarding school for young women.

Methodist Church
The Methodist church arrived several years after the Presbyterian church. However, the church records were poorly kept and many have been lost.

The Methodist Episcopal Church in Jefferson County, Jefferson County Genealogy Project

Presbyterian Church
Reverend Robert McGarrough was the founder of Presbyterianism in Jefferson County. By 1850 the number of Presbyterian churches in the county was nine and grew to twenty-one by 1870. Early services were held at various homes in the county and the first organized church in the county was the Bethel Church in 1824. However, it did not have a permanent building until 1842 and the name was changed to Brookville.

The Second Presbyterian Church was organized in 1832 but it too did not have a permanent structure until 1841.

Jefferson County Presbyterian Church, Jefferson County Genealogy Project

Jefferson United Presbyterian Church, Baxter


 * 1842-1880 - Jefferson United Presbyterian Church, Baxter, Baptism Index 1842-1880 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Reformed Church
United Brethren Organized by individuals from Pennsylvania and Maryland, the United Brethren were organized in 1800. The first structure in Jefferson County was erected in 1874 in Knoxdale.