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McKendree Chapel was a virtually forgotten Methodist Church located in Milton Township. The cemetery associated with the church was transcribed as the McHenry or McKenzie graveyard by the John Paul Chapter of DAR, but that was probably a simple mishearing of the name McKendree (also McKendry), after a prominent Methodist Bishop.

It was located on the north side of Greenbriar Ridge Road in Milton Township, just west of the Switzerland County and less than a mile east of the Macedonia Baptist Church. It operated from July 21, 1844 when Samuel and Rebecca Rogers deed land to the trustees in SW 1/4 Section 8 Twp. 4N Range 12E and folded about 1880 with its members moving to the nearby (and also extinct) Home Methodist Chapel.

No records are known to exist. The following members have been ascertained from different sources.

July 21, 1844. Samuel and Rebecca Rogers deeded land to trustees, Samuel Orem, John Rogers, William Malcolm, Benjamin Rogers Jr., and Samuel Rogers. (Deed book 2 p. 539)

May 12, 1847 ) Trustees, Samuel Orem, William Malcolm, John Rogers, Samuel Rogers, Benjamin Rogers Jr. Mortgage Record Book 1847/49 p. 84

July 27, 1868. Trustees elected William Malcolm, Charles Danner, John Rogers.

1868 Contributions, Southeastern Indiana Methodist Conference: Benjamin Malcolm, James Rogers, John Adams, Rachel Malcolm, Jennie Malcolm, Mattie Malcolm, C.L. Danner, Ann Malcolm, Melinda Shoddy (sic, Shaddy), Lizzie Danner, Betsy A. Rogers, Alvessa Rogers.

Jan. 72, 1872. Trustees elected: Wesley Steel, James Demaree, and William Malcolm; William Smith Secretary and J.C. Smith, recording steward. James B. Lawthrop was presiding elder. (Miscellaneous Record Book 1 p. 156)