History:

In February of 1858 the gospel of Christ was first preached in Sciotoville, Ohio, which was part of Portsmouth by a gospel preacher named Sanford Doyle, who succeeded in establishing a congregation there.  However, a few years proceeding this date Lemuel Lemon moved to the eastern part of Scioto County and with the assistance of a preacher, Brother Backus, established what is known today as the Lily Chapel Church of Christ. These 2 congregations continued to carry on the work in Scioto County until 1912 when the Sciotoville congregation digressed from the simplicity that is in the gospel of Christ.