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The church was organized prior to West Virginia becoming a state in 1821 in what was then known as Williamsport, Virginia.

1. Pruntytown Methodist Church, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.

2. Warder Chapel at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.

3. Andrews Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1858.

4. First Baptist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in the 1850's when Irish and German settlers came to the town of Grafton to build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).

5. St. Augustine Catholic Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was first called Booths Creek and later changed to Middleville.  It was organized in 1825.

6. Middleville Church, Taylor County, W. Va.