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The church began with services held in homes and other buildings in 1784. Later a log building was built.  A frame church was built in 1867 and the present church building was built in 1890.

1. Beverly Methodist Episcopal Church, Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.

Presbyterianism began in the Tygarts Valley in what is now the town of Beverly in 1753.  The church was first organized as an independent church in 1820.  In 1853 the first Presbyterian Church was built in Beverly.

2. Beverly Presbyterian Church, Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.

The church was first established in 1851.  The Methodist Protestants and the Methodists Episcopals shared the early church until 1856. A church was built in the present church's location in 1893.  The present church building was built in 1906.

3. First Methodist Church, Elkins, Randolph, County, W. Va.

The congregation which later became the present Methodist church first met at the Hinkle Church in 1856.  The present church was built in 1891.

4. Marstiller-Orlena Methodist Church, Gilman, Randolph County, W. Va.

Rev. Asa Harman (b. 1834-d. 1902) was the first elected pastor of Harman Church of the Brethren in 1859.  The town of Harman is also named after him.  The Harman Church separated from a larger territory of congregations in 1897 and the church was named after the reverend.

5. Rev. Asa Harman of Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.

In 1921 Reverend Ellsworth S. Harman was elected minister of the Harman Church of the Brethren and he was the pastor a number of years.  He is grandson of the original Pastor, Rev. Asa Harmon who was elected in 1859 and for whom the town is named.

6. Rev. Ellsworth Harman of Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.

Rev. Asa Harman (b. 1834-d. 1902) was the first elected pastor of Harman Church of the Brethren in 1859.  The town of Harman is also named after him.  The Harman Church separated from a larger territory of congregations in 1897 and the church was named after the reverend.  In 1921, the grandson of Asa Harman, Rev. Ellsworth Harman, was elected pastor of the church.

7. Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.

The community members first petitioned for their own separate church from the Tygarts Valley Presbyterian Church in 1841.  The church met in a union building which was built in 1851 until the present church building was dedicated in 1900.

8. Mingo Presbyterian Church, Mingo, Randolph County, W. Va.

The Leading Creek Primitive Baptist Church was formed in 1854.

9. Leading Creek Baptist Church, Randolph County, W. Va.