Chestnut Grove Church was constituted in the month of September, 1867, by Elders J. P. Ellis, D. E. Yeiser, A. G. Davis, and B. Y. Cundiff. The constitution came about as the result of the labors of the above mentioned brethren. The charter membership numbered thirty-five, all of whom had been dismissed from the Yelvington Church for that purpose. The Church was and is located in the extreme northwestern section of Daviess County about one mile from Blackford creek.

The Church became a member of the Daviess County Association immediately after her organization and remained a member until the year 1878 when she was dismissed to go into the Blackford Association, in Hancock County, Ky., to which she still belongs. While a member of this Association the Church entertained the Annual Session of 1874. This Church and the Dawson Memorial Church are the only Missionary Baptist Churches in Daviess County not affiliated with this Association.

During her period of membership with the Association the Church reported the following pastors and clerks:

Pastors

Pastor	Years
A. G. Davis	1867-1870
H. T. Lampton	1870-1874
A. G. Davis	1875
B. E. Cosby	1876
W. H. Dawson	1877-1878

Clerks

Clerk	Years
C. E. Mayfield	1868
W. E. Hord	1869
F. M. King	1870-1871
W. E. Hord	1872-1873
F. M. King	1874
S. T. Banks	1875
F. M. King	1876-1878
W. E. Hord	1878

Source: A History of the Daviess-McLean Baptist Association in Kentucky, 1844-1943. Wendell H. Rone, Messenger Job Printing Co., Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky, 1944.