Churches and Voting Precincts
In Franklin County precincts that voted for Lincoln in 1860 also contained the majority of churches in the following denominations: Dunker, German Reformed, Manees, Methodist Episcopal, Union, and United Brethren. Some denominations had churches located in both precincts that went for Lincoln and those that went for Breckinridge: Lutherans and Catholics. The lone African church was located in a precinct that went for Lincoln. The geographic locations of churches relative to the precinct's voting pattern in 1860, then, reveal few clues about ethnicity and political expression.
| Denominations |
Lincoln |
Breckinridge |
| African |
1 |
0 |
| Baptist |
1 |
0 |
| Catholic |
1 |
1 |
| Coventer |
1 |
0 |
| Dunker |
4 |
1 |
| German Episcopal |
0 |
1 |
| German Lutheran |
1 |
0 |
| German Reformed |
8 |
4 |
| Lutheran |
4 |
4 |
| Manees |
5 |
0 |
| Methodist |
1 |
0 |
| Methodist Episcopal |
6 |
2 |
| Methodist Presbyterian |
1 |
0 |
| Presbyterian & Methodist |
1 |
0 |
| Presbyterian |
3 |
1 |
| Seceder |
1 |
0 |
| Union |
7 |
1 |
| Union Bethel |
0 |
1 |
| United Brethren |
7 |
2 |
| Unknown |
5 |
1 |
| White Presbyterian |
1 |
0 |
| Denominations |
High Lincoln Precincts |
High Breckinridge Precincts |
High Douglas Precincts |
| African |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Catholic |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Coventer |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dunker |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| German Episcopal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| German Lutheran |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| German Reformed |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Lutheran |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Manees |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Methodist |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Methodist Episcopal |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Methodist Presbyterian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Presbyterian & Methodist |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Presbyterian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Seceder |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Union |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Union Bethel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| United Brethren |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Unknown |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| White Presbyterian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| High Lincoln Precincts |
High Breckinridge Precincts |
High Douglas Precincts |
| German Reformed (1) |
Catholic (1) |
Dunker (2) |
|
Dunker (1) |
German Lutheran (1) |
|
German Reformed (2) |
German Reformed (1) |
|
Lutheran (1) |
Manees (2) |
|
Methodist Episcopal (2) |
Methodist (2) |
|
United Brethren (2) |
Union (3) |
|
Unknown (1) |
United Brethren (2) |
|
|
Unknown (1) |
Note: Precincts that gave “high” support to a candidate where defined as the 3 districts which gave the highest percentage of support to each candidate. Because this includes only 9 of the 23 voting precincts in Franklin, the church totals do not match those given in the table for the whole county.