Portrait of John Gano baptizing George Washington
[Hanging at William Jewell College Library, Liberty, MO.]
He went everywhere to further Baptist interests. He had a fund of energy greater than most men, and an intellect which could grasp any subject. He was regarded in his day as "a star of the first magnitude," "a prince among the hosts of Israel," "a burning and a shining light, and many rejoiced in his light." -- The Baptist Encyclopedia
Speaking of John Gano, David Rice, the early Kentucky Presbyterian missionary and historian, wrote in his Memoirs: "I heard him with great avidity and satisfaction. He appeared to preach the gospel in its native simplicity with honest intention to promote the glory of God and the good of men. . . . To me he appeared as one of the ancient Puritans risen from the dead." -- (J. H. Spencer, A History of Kentucky Baptists)
In 1798, he had his shoulder broken by a fall from his horse. Before he recovered from this, he had a paralytic stroke, which deprived him of the power of speech. From this he so far recovered as to be able to preach. During the "Great Revival," it is said, he preached in an "astonishing manner." While Elkhorn Association was much agitated by the appearance of Arianism in some of the churches, about the year 1803, Mr. Gano was carried to Lexington, and assisted into the pulpit, where he preached a masterly discourse on the Deity of Christ, which was thought to have a salutary effect in checking the spread of that baleful heresy. -- (Spencer, p. 126)[Scroll down for additional documents] The Life of John Gano, 1727-1804
Pastor-Evangelist of the Philadelphia Association
By Terry Wolever
Biographical Memoirs of the Late Rev. John Gano
1806
[Three Sections - 151 pages]
Was General Washington Baptized by Chaplain John Gano?
The Religious Herald, 1933
By Lemuel C. Barnes
John Gano
Colonial and Frontier Baptist Minister
Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit, 1860
John Gano
The Baptist Encyclopedia, 1881
John Gano
By William M. Pratt - Pastor, FBC
Lexington, KY, 1888
Lessons on Church Authority from John Gano
By Jim Duvall
Comments on John Gano
By Robert G. Torbet
A History of the Baptists, 1952
John Gano
A History of the Baptists
By Thomas Armitage, 1890
John Gano
A History of Kentucky Baptists
By J. H. Spencer, 1885
John Gano
By David Benedict
Benedict wrote two bios - one in 1813 and another 35 years later.
John Gano and the Philadelphia Baptists
By David Spencer, 1877
John Gano
By Reuben A. Guild, 1897
John Gano
By Thomas S. Griffiths
John Gano
By E. Wayne Thompson
John Gano
By Henry C. Vedder, 1907
John Gano: Excerpts from Various Documents
A Circular Letter written by John Gano on "Effectual Calling"
Philadelphia Baptist Association, 1784
John Gano as Pastor in New York City
History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise and Progress,
Mrs Burton Harrison and Martha Joanna Lamb, 1896
John Gano Chosen Chaplain for Kentucky General Assembly
Journal of the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1798
John Gano
Two Short Bios
The Gano Gravemarker
Frankfort (KY) Cemetery
The Two Ganos
John and Stephen
The Baptist Memorial and Monthly Chronicle, 1843
Baptist Biographies
Baptist History Hompage