Kentucky Baptist Church History - In 2 Vol + Southern Baptists Free Press 1956

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A History of
Kentucky Baptists
From 1769 to 1885
Includes More than 800
Biographical Sketches
In Two Volumes
By J. J. Spencer, 1886
773+ 677 pages, indexed, searchable
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Southern Baptists
Free Press
Vol. 1, #1- 1956
12 pages, illustrated, searchable
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Exploring and settling of Kentucky — Baptists among the early set-
tlers — Thomas Tinsley and Wm. Hickman preach at Harrods-
burg— G. S. Smith, John Taylor, and Joseph Redding visit
■ Kentucky — Wra. Marshall— Joseph Barnett ; Jno. Gerrard ;
Benj. Lynn; Jas. Skaggs.
CHAPTER II.
First church in Kentucky, — Severns Valley. Fate of Gerrard.
Cedar Creek church. Joshua M Gilbert's Creek Church.
Its origin in Virginia. The Craigs. Lewis Craig. John Wal-
ler. Persecution. Preaching through prison grates.
CHAPTER III
South Fork church. Forks of Dix River church. Randolph Hall.
John S. Higgins. Burdett Kemper.
CHAPTER IV
Outlook in 1783. Gilbert's Creek church of Separate Baptists.
Joseph Bledsoe. South Elkhorn. John Shackleford. Preach-
ers in jail. Providence church. Robt. Elkin.
CHAPTER V.
Condition of the settlers, in 1784. Gloomy state of religion. Bear
Grass church. John AVhitaker.
CHAPTER VI.
The first revival in Kentucky. John Taylor. A pioneer's day's
work. Susannah Cash. Calling and installing a pastor. Clear
Creek church. John Taylor's dream followed by a great
revival.
CHAPTER VII.
Limestone church. Wm. Wood. Pottinger's Creek church Cox's
Creek church. Wm. Taylor. Moses Pierson. Isaac Taylor.
Brashear's Creek church. Rush Branch church. John Bailey.
Head of Boone's Creek church. Joseph Craig.
CHAPTER VIII.
Great Crossing church. Elijah Craig. Joseph Redding. Isaac Red-
ding. The Johnsons. Tate's Creek church. John Tanner.
CHAPTER IX.
Review. Number of churches and preachers, in 1785. Regular and
Separate Baptists in Kentucky. The first attempt to unite
them. The South Elkhorn Convention. Constitution of Elk-
horn and Salem Associations.
CHAPTER X.
'•Brighter Prospects. Bryant's Station cliurch. Ambrose Dudley
■ The Dudleys. Town Fork church. John Gano. Boone's
Creek church. David Thompson. Tate's Creek church of Se-
parate Baptists. Andrew Tribble.
CHAPTER XI
Number of churches and preachers, in 1787. Cowper's Run cnurch.
A. Eastin. James Garrard. Lick Creek church. James Ro-
gers. Boone's Creek church of Separate Baptists. Too many
churches. Marble Creek church. Jno. Price. Ryland T. Dil-
lard. David's Fork church. Hanging Fork of Dix River.
CHAPTER XII.
Number of churches and preachers in 1788. Forks of Elkhorn
church. Wm. Hickman. Huston's Creek church. Moses
Bledsoe. Rolling Fork church. Joshua Carman. Wm. Downs.
He.nd of Salt River church. Buck Run church. John Dupuy.
James Dupuy. Stark Dupuy. Shawnee Run church. John
Rice. James T. Hedger.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Revival of 1789. Second attempt to unite the Regulars and
Separates. Hardin's Creek church. Baldwin Clifton. Smith
Thomas. Henson Thomas. Ezy Hickerson. Jessamine Creek
church. The laying on of hands after baptism. Agitation on
the subject of slavery. Josiah Dodge. John Sutton. Carter
Tarrant. Donald Holmes. Duncan McLean. Jacob Gregg.
George Smith. David Barrow.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Revival continued. Mayslick church. Wm. Grinstead. Walter
Warder. Joseph Warder. John Warder. Indian Creek
church. David Biggs. Unity church. James Quensenberry.
Jno. M. Johnson. David Chenault. Hickman's Creek church.
Thomas Ammon. Head of Beech Fork church. Hardin's
Creek church. Mt. Pleasant. West Fork of Cox's Creek.
White Oak Run. Baptist Statistics in 1790.
CHAPTER XV.
Retrospect. Cove Spring. Strode's Fork. Reuben Smith. Taylor's
Fork. Bloomfield. AValter Stallard. Francis Davis. Spencer
Clack. Henry Thomas. D. S. Colgan. Wm. Vaughan. J.
M. Weaver. Craborchard. Wm. Bledsoe. Jeremiah Varde-
man, Moses Foley. Pittman's Creek. Isaac Ilodgen. John.
Harding. Brush Crtek. Wm. Mathews. Thomas Whitman.
Johnson Graham.
CHAPTER XVI.
Retrospect. The liidians overcome. Chenowith's Run. Silas Gar-
rett. Z. Carpenter. George LaPage. R. C. Nash. G. W.
Robertson. R. A. Beauchamp.
CHAPTER XVII.
Lulbegrud. John Smith. Thomas Boone. James French. Rich-
ard French. Grassy Lick. Elijah Barnes. Bracken. James
Thompson. Gilbert Mason. A. D. Sears. A. W. LaRue.
Mill Creek. Samuel Carpenter. W. M. Brown. N. C. Beck-
ham. R. H. Slaughter. Mount Moriah. Colmore Lovelace-
Mill Creek. Flat Lick. Richard Thomas. Joel Morehead.
Springfield. The third attempt to unite the Regulars and Sep-
arates. Tate's Creek Association.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Religious dearth and its cause. Spencer Creek. James Edmonson.
Nathan Edmonson. Licking. Jas. Vickers. Elk Creek. Jo-
siah Harbert. W. Stout. Fox Run. Alan McGuire. S. Van-
cleave. Wm. and Casandria Ford. W.W.Ford. J. C. Free-
man. Bullittsburg. Wm. Cave. Geo. Eve. Lewis Deweese.
James Lee. C. Matthews. Absalom Graves. Jas. Dicken.
L. Robinson. Jeremiah Kirtley. Robert Kirtley. J. A.
Kirtley. A. C. Graves.
CHAPTER XIX.
Gloomy Outlook. Cartwright's Creek. Owen Owens. Joel Gordon.
Blue Ash. Elijah Summers. Stamping Ground. JacobCreath,
Sr. James Suggett. S. Trott. Theo. Boulware. S. M. Noel-
Tlie Gospel Herald. J. D. Black. Forks of Licking. Alexan-
der Monroe. Otter Creek.
CHAPTER XX. .
The Gloom deepens. Union church. John Hightower. Alex. De-
vin. Joseph Logan. Z. Morris. Richard Owings. Stone
Lick. Beech Creek. Warren Cash. M. Scott. John Holland.
Good Hope. Edward Turner. David Thurman. David El-
kin. John Chandler. Horatio Chandler. Willis Peck.
Deep Creek. James Keel. B. F. Keeling. David Bruner.
Mt. Nebo. Peter Woods.
CHAPTER XXI.
A small revival. Goshen Church. Wm. Payne. Edward Kindred.
Raven's Creek. Bethel. Stark Dupuy. Harrod's Creek. Wm.
Kellar. Ben. Allen. A. M. Ragsdale. Jas. Kinsolving. W.
E. Waller. Long Run. Joseph Collins. Joel Hulsey. J. H.
Sturgeon. John Dale. John Dulaney. AV. E. Powers. Ha-
zle Creek. Benjamin Talbot. E. P. O'Bannon. Viney Fork.
Christopher Harris.
CHAPTER XXII.
Great political excitement. Alien and Sedition Laws. Lee's Creek.
Flower Creek. Mt. Sterling. Ridge. Salt River. John Pen-
ny. W. W. Penny. Edmund Waller. J. H. Walker. Mt.
Salem. Stephen Collier. H. F. Buckner. Mill Creek. John
Mulky. Dripping Spring. Robert Stockton. Robert Smith.
A. McDougal. Mt. Tabor. A. Davidson. Jacob Lock. John
Murphy. R. Hunt. M. W. Hall. R. T. Gardner. Jas.
Brooks. Sinking Creek. A. Clayton. Jesse Moon. Sulphur
Spring. John Howard. Isaac Steele. Muddy River. Lewis
Moore. L. Page. Philip Warden. O. H. Morrow. Beaver
Dam. A. Taylor. D. E. Burns. J. S. Coleman. J. M.
Penay.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Political features. Bracken Association. Flat Lick. J. M. James.
D. F. James. Robert McAlister. John James. Somerset.
Thomas Hansford. Daniel Buckner. Four Mile. Elk Lick.
Fourteen Mile. Henson Hobbs. Eddy Grove. James Puck-
er. Blue Spring. Ralph Petty. Thomas Edwards. N. G.
Terry. Christiansburg. John Metcalf. John Edwards. Jo-
shua Rucker. A. Cook. T. M. Daniel. Newcastle. Isaac
Malin. Thos. Vandiver. Thos. Chilton. Thomas Smith. E.
G. Berry. W. A. Caplinger. R. Ryland. Buck Creek. W.
E, Waller. T. M. Vaughan.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Political quiet. Infidelity. Bad morals. Apostasy of preachers. Dry
Creek. Moses Vickers. Ghent. John Scott. L. D. Alexan-
der. William Johnson. Corn Creek. P. Vawter. Jesse Vavv-
ter. John Vawter. Wm. Buckley. Geo. Kendall. Archei
Smith. Eighteen Mile. J. A. McGuire. D. N. Porter. J. B.
Porter. J. S. D.iwson. A. E. Shirley. Kings. W. P. Barnett.
Concord. CorneliusDuese. I. C. Tracy. Seth Bradshaw. Boggs
Fork. Squire Boone, Jr. Close of tke Century. Statistics.
CHAPTER XXV.
Doctrine of the early Baptists in Kentucky. Universalism. Eternal
justification. Slavery. Early customs. Ruling Elders. Lay-
ing on of hands. Feet washing. Quarterly meetings. Benev-
olent enterprises. Education. Effective preachers. Strictness
in discipline. Paying preachers. Character of early preach-
ing.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Influence of France. Voltair. Tom Paine. Scarcity of Bibles, and
other religious books. Low state of religion
CHAPTER XXVII.
Beginning of the great revival among the Presbyterians. The Method-
ists join with them. Camp-Meetings. The great Cane Ridge
meeting. Children in the great Revival. The Falling Exercise.
The Jerks. Rolling. Running. Dancing. Barking. Laugh-
ing. Visions and Trances.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Multiplication of sects. New Lights. Springfield Presbytery. "The
Christian Church." The Shakers. The Cumberland Presby-
terian Church. The Millennial Church [Shakers.]
CHAPTER XXIX.
The Great Revival among the Baptists. Statistics in 1803. Effects of
the revival. Missionaries sent to the Indians. Union of Regu-
lar and Separate Baptists. Termsof general union. Full union
of all the Baptists in Kentucky. Arianism in Elkhorn Associa-
tion. Sp'.it in South District Association. Rupture in Elkhorn.
Formation of Licking Association.
CHAPTER XXX.
Presbyterians in Kentucky. Their early history. They equal the Baptists
in numbers. Their superior advantages. Their disadvantages.
Unfitness of their preachers. They demanded fixt salaries.
Pasquinade on Father Rice. Early history of the Methodists in
Kentucky. Manner of worship. Their claim to Catholicity.
Catholics. Episcopalians. Other sects. Baptist statistics in
1810.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Revival of 1810. "The Shakers." The first Baptist periodical in the
West. Foreign Missions. Judson and Rice go to India. Become
Baptists. Baptist Board of Foreign Missions-. Kentucky Bap-
tists all favored Missions, previous to 1816. Origin of opposition
to Missions. John Taylor's Pamphlet. Daniel Parker. The
Two-seeds doctrine. Revival in 1817. Choctaw Academy. Sta-
tistics.
CHAPTER XXXII.
Outlook in 1820. Alexander Campbell. The Christian Baptist.
Campbell's opposition to Missions. Attack on the Ministry.
Opposition to supporting preachers. The spirit of Campbell's
teaching. Revival of 1827 — 9. Georgetown College. Issachar
Pawling. W. Staughton. R. Giddings. D. R. Campbell. N.
M. Crawford.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Divisions among the Baptists. Licking and Red River Associations.
Origin of Bethel Association. Progress of Campbellism. Action
of Beaver Association. A list of Campbell's errors. Frankfort
Church's letter to FrankUn Association.- Wise precaution of
Elkhorn. Boones Creek Association advises the abolition of its
constitution. Action of other Associations. The war of 1829 —
30. Called session of Franklin Association. Its Circular Letter.
Final action of several Associations on Campbellism. Statistics
for 1829, 1830, 1832 and 1835.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Sad condition of the Baptists, in 1830. Division of sentiment. Ken-
tucky Baptist State Convention. Its history and dissolution. A
gloomy period.
CHAPTER XXXV.
The General Association. Two results follow its organization — a Split
and a Revival. The Revival of 1837. Protracted Meetings.
American and Foreign Bible Society. Kentucky and Foreign
Bible Society. China Mission Society. Statistics for 1840.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Antimission Schism. Antimission preaching. China Mission
Association. Indian Mission Association. Isaac McCoy. Am-
erican Baptist Home Mission Society. American and Foreign
Bible Society. Kentucky and Foreign Bible Society. AVestern
Baptist Theological Institute. Ministerial Education Society.
The Financial Crash of 1841 — 2. "Under-ground Railroad."
Alabama Resolutions. Southern Baptist Convention. The
Revival. Statistics.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Great prosperity. American Bible Union. John L. Waller. Tem-
perance Reform. Temperance Societies. Sors of Temperance.
Good Templars. Legal Prohibition. The license law. Action
of the General Association. Know Nothingism. Old Land-
markism. Sunday Schools. Southern S. S. Union. W. S. Sed-
wick. Revival of 1858. Statistics for 1860.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Religious prosperity in 1860. Education. Baptist Schools and Col-
leges. Georgetown Female Seminary. J. E. Farnham. J. J.
Rucker. Bethel Female College. J. W. Rust. T. G. Keen.
Bethel College. Samuel Baker. N. Long. E. M. Ewing. P.
U. Ewing. H. Q. Ewing. B. T. Blewett. George Hunt. W.
W. Gardner. The Civil War. Revival of 1864. Touching In-
cident. The colored Baptists. Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Statistics for 1870.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Condition of the Baptists in 1870. Orphans Home. Mary HoUings-
worth. .J. Lawrence Smith. Mrs. J. Lawrence Smith. South-
ern Baptist Theological Seminary. J. P. Boyce. John A. Broad-
us. B. Manly, Jr. W. H. Whitsitt. Sunday School interest.
Provision for aged ministers. Centennial Celebration. Prohi-
bition. Female Missionary Societies. Statistics for 1880.
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