The Stillwater history according to Snell says that "Although it cannot be ascertained that there was any church organization prior to 1823, it appears from certain records that on Jan. 10, 1783, a number of persons calling themselves members of the Reformed Association of Hardwick signed articles of religious faith. The signers were named George Wintermute, Peter Dintz, Casper Shafer, John Schuster, Martin Schwartsweller, Adam Kundal, Philip Mann, William Savercool, John Kinn, George Kinn, Valentine Vogt, Jacob Dotterrer, Frederick Schnauber, John Schnauber, Jacob Rist, B. Kuhn, Anthony Hafer, Adam Stoffel, Jacob Savercool, Henry Savercool, John Kummel, Jr., Peter Bundel, John Savercool, Conrad Haerr, Adam Kundel, Jacob Kundel, George Reihn, George Kundel, John Shafer, Isaac Sinn, John Jung, John Kundel, Henry Nutten, David Hafer, Christian Muhlz, Jacob Bunkar. Some of these names are very familiar to me and other are not. Stillwater may have been a stop-over for some of these families and they moved on. The first church, which was located in the Stillwater cemetery, was completed some time during 1771 and at the old entrance to the cemetery, 1771 is carved into a rock.