While there was a small log church somewhere at this corner before the Battle of Bennington, neither myself nor two other historians have found any record or even mention of it being burned. It was a small log building with a dirt floor and no heat, while there were several houses in the immediate vicinity that would have made better targets. Baum’s Brunswickers came down from Cambridge to Sancoick (Rt. 22), then east up the Walloomsac Valley (Rt. 67), not through White Creek. The British were also convinced that the majority of settlers were basically loyal to Britain and hoped to retain their trust, so attacking civilians and burning their churches was not on the agenda.
The Indians may well have passed through here when they realized the battle was lost and fled north, but they were in a hurry, there was nothing in the church worth looting, and again there were several better targets in the vicinity.
Further evidence against it being burned is historical mention of the church outgrowing the building by 1784, looking to build a bigger one to the west where Andrews Road joins County 68, and eventually settling on Waite’s Corners (Center White Creek) where the church remains today. There is also mention of them selling this building in 1790.
I have been told the account of the church being burned came from Harriet Allen when she was historian in the 1930’s, and was based on Allen family records. I have access to some of her surviving writings and records, but have so far found no mention of it.

Ted Rice
Town of White Creek Historian
2023