From A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio:
Statement of Thomas Jackson, of Berne Township.
"At my earliest recollection our neighbors were: Mr. Brooks, fatherof G eorge, Jacob and John S Brooks, David Carpenter, Peter Gundy thenlived o n the Prindle place, in a hewed log-house...
The first religious meetings I remember were held in the cabins ofGund y and Reynolds, who were Methodists."