The below document is in the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society Church Records Collection.
Leesville United Methodist Church
The church was organized in 1835 ln Leesburg, now called
Leesville, as the United Brethren Church in Christ. No record exists of charter members. The building was purchased from the presbyterian Church. For the next 32 years there is no authentic information available concerning the church.
In 1867 the Leesville Church belonged to the Crestline Mission, which included Middletown, Ontario, Crestline, and Salem (North Robinson) with name change in 1869 to the Crestline Circuit; in 1878 Leesville and New Winchester; in 1883 Leesville and Bethel (now Biddle) referred to as the North Robinson Circuit; in 1921 Leesville-Biddle Charge until 1947. Leesville began a station in 1950. During the years 1973-77 Leesville was with Liberty Chapel. In 1977 Leesville and North Robinson came together as a charge which remains at present. Leesville has been in various Districts – Marion District, Shelby District, and now Mansfield district. The church has been in Sandusky Conference, the Ohio-Sandusky Conference, and the East Ohio Conference with the 1968 merger.
