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From: "Jo Thiessen" <>
Subject: [KYSCOTT-L] Silas Baptist Church
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:44:01 -0400


Source:
"Scott County Church Histories: A Collection" A publication of the Scott
Co. Bicentennial Committee, 1979 - avail at/from the Scott County Museum
for about $8.00 (listed on one of our pages for Scott Co.) Check out the
museum page for more information:
http://www.netcom.com/~jog1/museum.html I definitely
recommend this book./Jo Thiessen

p. 25
"Silas Baptist Church, situated near the corner of Scott, Bourbon and
Harrison Counties in Bourbon County, has interesting ties with Scott County
religious history. After leaving his pastorate at the Stamping Ground
Baptist Church, Georgetown's founder, the Rev. Elijah Craig, assumed duties
at Silas Church, serving as pastor there from 1803 to 1806.

"The church was organized in August 1800 with twenty members. It has held
services at the same location longer than any other church in Bourbon
County. Many of the members came from the families of the historic
Traveling Church of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who traveled by foot to
Kentucky in the winter of 1781.

"Silas Church has roots in the Coopers Run Church, which had its roots in
the Bryan Station Baptist Church. Five members of the Coopers Run Church
were killed by Indians in 1787, that church's first year.

"On August 30, 1800, twenty members of Coopers Run Church withdrew and with
the assisance of the Rev. George Eve, Rev. August Eastin, and the Rev.
Ambrose Dudley, all members of the Traveling Church, organized the Silas
Church. A deed for grounds was made in 1799 by Charles Smith. The first
building was constructed of logs, and had a balcony for slaves.

"A 'division of the organization' took place in 1830, the year marking the
separation of the Alexander Campbell movement from the Baptist
associations. The present church house, a Greek Revival building, was
erected in 1850 for $3,000."

There is a list of pastors, which may not include all of them, but extends
from Davis Biggs, 1812-1820 thru Walter P. Baucom, 1973.

Jo

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