LOWER APPLE RIVER
Lower Apple River church was organized in the home of James Pilcher, a pioneer who came to the area of Hanover in 1839. The church was located at Elizabeth, on Apple River, on the road from Buffalo Grove to Galena. Elders Richard S. Allison, Joseph P. Allison, and Moses Morehouse, and brethren William Hunt, George West, and J. K. Beer, were among the members of this church whose names have been located.

SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Allison, Beer, Craig, Gibson, Hunt, Morehouse, Pilcher, West (very incomplete due to loss of records).

BETHEL
Bethel Church, with Elder John P. Parsons as its pastor, was one of the churches which constituted the First Northwestern Association, in July 1841.

COLORED UNION
The Colored Union Church was organized in April 1842, and held services at the Galena Academy. Elder Henry Smith was pastor of this church as early as 1843, and probably from the beginning. No other information has been obtained regarding this church.
Location: In Galena. Lot #20, in Block #9, on west side of Galena River.

EAST FORK OF FEVER RIVER
The only reference to this church is in the Circular Letter of the First Northwestern Association for 1844, which show that it was the host church that year, and that it was located in Jo Daviess County. East Fork (on Fever River) was a very early settlement and site of lead mining.

LITTLE FLOCK
Little Flock Church, near Scales Mound, about twelve miles northeast of Galena, was an early member of the First Northwestern Association, being listed in the minutes of 1848. Elders Josiah Conlee, James Gholson, William Long, Andrew Gregg, and Henry Smith (colored), and brethren Fleming C. Maupin, Levi Day, and W. Conlee, were among the members of this church whose names we could find. Very little other information about the church could be obtained.

SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Conlee, Day, Gholson, Gregg, Long, Maupin, Smith (very incomplete due to loss of records).

KENTUCK'S GROVE
Kentuck's Grove Church was already a member of the First Northwestern Association, in 1848 (the oldest minutes which have been found), but the location of the church was not stated. It may have been located in another county in Illinois, or in Wisconsin.

ZION
Zion Church joined the First Northwestern Association, in 1855, Elder Walter Baker being the messenger who represented the church. The location is not given, and hence, it may not have been located in this county. No other information could be found.

NEW HOPE
New Hope Church was listed as a member of the First Northwestern Association in 1880, and was evidently organized several years earlier, probably by members from Providence Church. When the Mt. Pleasant Church in Wisconsin dissolved, some of its members joined New Hope Church. The church was located about four miles south of Warren, Illinois, (near the Wisconsin line) but we have not been able to determine whether there was a meeting house owned by the church, or whether meetings were held in homes or schools. Among the members of this church were Elders Benjamin Sallee, Lafayette A. Chaddock, Walter Baker, Henry Smith, and his sons, Robert and Joseph Smith (the last four named brethren were all negroes). A majority of the members of this church were probably negroes, but there were several white brethren also. Elder Lafayette A. Chaddock (white) and Elder Joseph E. Smith (black) were ordained here on the same day, at the church meeting of June 1894, by a presbytery of white brethren, viz., Elders W. A. Thompson, Thomas Davey, and Benjamin Sallee. Elder Chaddock died in the year 1900. The church was probably active until at least 1900, and perhaps several years afterward. Elder Benjamin Sallee served this church as pastor, and Elder Walter Baker was his assistant part of the time. Others of the above named Elders undoubtedly also served this church as pastor.

SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Arnold, Baker, Chaddock, Parmwell, Richardson, Sallee, Smith (very incomplete due to loss of records).