This section covers mainly the Baptists in Boone County (KY) from 1794 - 1900. There are Church records, Biographies, Church histories, Circular Letters, Sermons and other items of these early Baptists.
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* * * CHURCH HISTORIES * * *
Boone County, Kentucky, Baptist Churches
of the North Bend Association
Combined list of members who joined through 1842
By Stephen W. Worrel
The Early Baptists of Northern Kentucky
Delivered at the Northern Kentucky Regional History Day, 1998
By Jim Duvall
History of Beaver Lick Baptist Church
By Jim Duvall
History of Belleview Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
There are two histories.
Old Bethel Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Jim Duvall
History of Big Bone Baptist Church
There are nine documents.
History of Bullittsburg Baptist Church
There are three histories and Churchbook records.
History of Burlington Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
Churchbook Records, History and Bios
There are seven documents
Historical Sketches of Baptist
Churches in Northern Kentucky
By Lewis Webb, 1842
East Bend Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Elizabeth Kirtley and Carlene Stephens
1994
Old Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
A history and Membership Records
Kentoboo Baptist Church
Florence, Kentucky
Old Mud Lick Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Jim Duvall
Picture of Old Salem Baptist Church Meetinghouse
Near Verona
2.15.12
Sand Run Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
Two histories, Early Members & Churchbook Records
100 Year History of Union Baptist Church 1887 - 1987
Researched and Written by Mary Belle Bristow Noe
A History of Walton Baptist Church
Walton, Kentucky
Woolper Creek Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
A Church with a Short Life
Black Baptists
PREDESTINARIAN BAPTISTS IN BOONE COUNTY
Circular Letters - Biographies
Presdestinarian Baptist Church Histories
Early Boone County (KY) Baptist Minister
had Two Sons Kidnapped by Indians
By John Matson
Earliest Pioneer Preaching in Boone County, Kentucky
A Letter from a Local Resident, 1845
Early History of the Northbend Association
Spencer's A History of Kentucky Baptists, 1886
Early Northbend Baptist Association
David Benedict, 1813
Report of Revival in Boone County, KY
From Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Monthly, 1812. Association
David Benedict, 1813
CIRCULAR - 1865
By P. S. Bush
Students of the School of Rev. John Goss and Thomas Henderson
Located Near the Bullittsburg Baptist Meetinghouse, 1806-1810
Boone County, Kentucky
* * * BIOGRAPHIES * * *
Samuel M. Adams
Physician and Baptist Minister
Asa: The First African American Preacher in Boone County
by Jim Duvall
Jean Bach
Florence (KY) Baptist Church
Missionary to Nigeria, 1948
7.23.24
Barnabas: An African American Preacher
History of Sand Run Baptist Church, 1876
by Robert E. Kirtley
Sebern Perry Brady
Early Boone County Baptist
Lewis Conner
Early Boone County Preacher
By James R. Duvall
Lewis Deweese
Early Boone County Baptist
By James R. Duvall
James Dicken
There are two articles.
Robert Garnett
Early Boone County Baptist
Absalom Graves
Early Boone County Baptist Leader
Bios and writings
Alfred C. Graves
The Baptist Encyclopedia, 1881
Ann Graves Obituary
Bullittsburg Churchbook, January, 1827
Willis Graves
Obit from Churchbook, 1834
Thomas Henderson
By S. H. Ford
Cave Johnson
Early Baptist Leader
Lafayette Johnson
Early Boone and Gallatin County Pastor
There is a Link to his History of Ten Mile Baptist Church
James A. Kirtley
Boone County Baptist Minister
Spencer's A History of Kentucky Baptists, 1886
Elder Robert Kirtley
Early Boone County Baptist Leader
There are three bios of him.
Robert E. Kirtley
Early Boone County Baptist Pastor
Letty's Conversion
John Taylor's Slave
by James R. Duvall
Chichester Matthews
By James A. Kirtley, 1872
William Montague
Early Baptist Defector
Moses Scott
From A History of Ten Baptist Churches
By John Taylor
Perriander C. Scott
Early Boone County (KY) Pastor
Killed in a Steamboat Explosion
On the Ohio River, 1852
Two Bios.
John Taylor
The First Baptist Preacher at Bullittsburg
There are four bios and several of his works.
T. L. Utz
Early Baptist Minister
William Whitaker
Early Boone County Baptist
Lewis Webb Obit, 1870
Sand Run Baptist Church
Northbend Association Clerk for 29 Years
Early Leaders in the Northbend Association
Spencer's A History of Kentucky Baptists, 1886
Three Northern KY Baptist Ministers Died in 1908
North Bend Association Minutes
* * * CIRCULAR LETTERS * * *
Written by Boone County Baptists
For the Northbend Baptist Association
Index to the Northbend Baptist Association Circular Letters
Circular Letter with Reference to the War of 1812
Northbend Baptist Association
by John Watts, 1812
Circular Letter with Reference to the War of 1812
Northbend Baptist Association
by Jesse L. Holman, 1813
Circular Letter on "Attendants of Grace"
Northbend Baptist Association
by Moses Scott, 1814
Circular Letter on "The Barren State of the Churches"
Northbend Baptist Association
by Absalom Graves, 1815
Circular Letter - A few Thoughts
on the Advantages of Relgion
Northbend Baptist Association
by Moses Scott, 1816
Circular Letter on Post-Millinnialism
Northbend Baptist Association
by Absalom Graves, 1817
Circular Letter on Sowing and Reaping
Northbend Baptist Association
by Moses Scott, 1819.
Circular Letter on the Marks of a Justified Person
Northbend Baptist Association
by Moses Scott, 1821
Circular Letter
Northbend Baptist Association
Written by Cave Johnson, 1822
Sand Run Baptist Church
Circular Letter
Northbend Baptist Association
By Robert Kirtley, 1823
Circular Letter
Northbend Baptist Association
By Moses Scott, 1824
Circular Letter on the early History of
Northbend Baptist Association.
by Absalom Graves, 1825.
Circular Letter Lamenting the Deaths of
Absalom Graves, James Dicken and Landon Robinson
Northbend Baptist Association
By Robert Kirtley, 1826
Northbend Baptist Association
Circular Letter, 1827
The Sovereign Working of God
Written by Willis Graves
The Christian Duty of Praise and Adoration
North Bend Baptist Association
Circular Letter
Written by Lewis Webb, 1828
Circular Letter
by Lewis Conner, 1829
Circular Letter
By William Whitaker, 1830
Circular Letter
A Need for Humility Before God
By Moses Scott, 1831
Circular Letter
The Sovereignty of God in Salvation
Northbend Baptist Association
by Willis Graves, 1832.
Circular Letter
Northbend Baptist Association
by Lewis Conner, 1834
Circular Letter, 1835
Northbend Baptist Association (KY)
Brotherly Love
By Robert Kirtley
Circular Letter, 1837
Northbend Baptist Association (KY)
By Lewis Webb, Sand Run B.C.
Our duties to God, obligations to one another
and the consolations that result.
Circular Letter
The Work of Christ in Salvation
By Lewis Webb, 1838
Circular Letter
Northbend Baptist Association
by Lewis Conner, 1839
Circular Letter on the History of
Northbend Baptist Association from 1825-1840.
By Lewis Webb, 1840.
Circular Letter on A Plea for Unity Among the Churches
By Robert Kirtley, 1841
Circular Letter
The Local Church and Associations
By Lewis Webb, 1843
Circular Letter
An Exhortation
By Lewis Webb, 1845
Circular Letter on Hyper-Calvinism,
Universalism and Campbellism
Northbend Baptist Association
by James A. Kirtley, 1846
Circular Letter on The Importance of Christian Hope
Northbend Baptist Association
by Perryander C. Scott, 1849
Circular Letter on the History of
Northbend Baptist Association
by Lewis Webb, 1850.
Circular on The Elements of Christian Character
Northbend Baptist Association
by Perryander C. Scott, 1851
The Imperfect State of the Christian
North Bend Baptist Association
Circular Letter, 1852
Written by James A. Kirtley
Circular Letter on The Duties of
Church Members and their Ministers
Northbend Baptist Association
By Leonard Stephens, 1855
Florence Baptist Church
Circular Letter on The Lord's Supper.
Northbend Baptist Association
by James A. Kirtley, 1859.
Circular Letter
Northbend Baptist Association (KY)
Written during the first year of the Civil War
By James A. Kirtley, 1861
Circular Letter on Church Discipline.
Northbend Baptist Association
by Robert E. Kirtley, 1866.
Circular Letter on The Divine Procedure
in the Administration of the Final Judgment.
Northbend Baptist Association
by Robert E. Kirtley, 1869.
THE GOOD CONFESSION:
A Centennial Sermon
Northbend Baptist Association
by James A. Kirtley, 1875.
This sermon was preached many times in
the year prior to our nation's 100th Anniversary.
* * * VARIOUS SUBJECTS * * *
A Letter from James Madison to Rev. George Eve Concerning
the Issue of Religious Freedom and the First Amendment
[George Eve lived in Boone County in the late 1790s]
From The James Madison Papers
Year of Constitution of Churches -- 1794-1900
Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church
Constitution and Rules for Governing, 1829
Early Baptist Ministers of Boone County
Northbend Association Minutes
Landmarkism Among Early Boone County Baptists
By James R. Duvall
Slavery in the Boone County Baptist churchesSeveral documents
Bullittsburg Baptist Churchbook Records
1795-1827
Slavery in Boone County Churches
Several Documents are here.
Ordination to the Ministry
Bullittsburg and Sand Run Churchbook
Robert Kirtley and others, 1822
Comments on the Salem Association
by James A. Kirtley
The William Whitsitt Controvery and the
Northbend Association, 1897
* * * PREDESTINARIAN BAPTISTS OF BOONE COUNTY * * *
An Index of Circular Letters and Church Histories
There are eight Circular Letters and four church histories.
Early Boone County Predestinarian
Baptist Ministers
By James R. Duvall
There are three bios.Baptist History Homepage BOONE COUNTY BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY
Boone County, Kentucky, Baptist Churches
of the North Bend Association
Combined list of members who joined through 1842
By Stephen W. Worrel
A
Early History of Beaver Lick Baptist Church
By Jim Duvall
Old Bethel Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Jim Duvall
History of Big Bone Baptist Church
There are three documents.
History of Bullittsburg Baptist Church
There are three histories and Churchbook records.
History of Burlington Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
There are five documents
Early History of East Bend Baptist Church
History of the Florence Baptist Church
By Mrs. Blanche Beemon
[For the Boone County Historical Society, November 21, 1952]
Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
A history and Membership Records
History of Middle Creek Baptist Church
(Now Belleview Baptist Church)
Boone County, Kentucky
By S. P. Brady, 1874
Old Mud Lick Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Jim Duvall
Sand Run Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
There are two histories
Salem Baptist Church
Verona (Boone County) Kentucky
100 Year History of Union Baptist Church 1887 - 1987
Researched and Written by Mary Belle Bristow Noe
History of First Baptist Church
Walton, KY
By Ann Leake
A
Black Baptists
Predestinarian Baptists in Boone County
Early Boone County (KY) Baptist Minister
had Two Sons Kidnapped by Indians
By John Matson
Earliest Pioneer Preaching in Boone County, Kentucky
A Letter from a Local Resident, 1845
History of Beaver Lick Baptist Church
By James R. Duvall
History of Belleview Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
There are two histories.
Old Bethel Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Jim Duvall
History of Big Bone Baptist Church
There are nine documents.
History of Bullittsburg Baptist Church
There are three histories and Churchbook records.
History of Burlington Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
Churchbook Records, History and Bios
There are seven documents
Added 8.22.12
Hisorical Sketches of Baptist
Churches in Northern Kentucky
By Lewis Webb, 1842
East Bend Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Elizabeth Kirtley and Carlene Stephens
1994
Old Forks of Gunpowder Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
A history and Membership Records
Kentoboo Baptist Mission
Kentoboo Drive, Florence, Kentucky
A Picture - About 1947
Old Mud Lick Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
By Jim Duvall
Picture of Old Salem Baptist Church Meetinghouse
Near Verona
2.15.12
Sand Run Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
Two histories, Early Members & Churchbook Records
100 Year History of Union Baptist Church 1887 - 1987
Researched and Written by Mary Belle Bristow Noe
A History of Walton Baptist Church
Walton, Kentucky
Woolper Creek Baptist Church
Boone County, Kentucky
A Church with a Short Life
Black Baptists
PREDESTINARIAN BAPTISTS IN BOONE COUNTY
Circular Letters - Church Histories - Biographies
Early Boone County (KY) Baptist Minister
had Two Sons Kidnapped by Indians
By John Matson
Earliest Pioneer Preaching in Boone County, Kentucky
A Letter from a Local Resident, 1845
Early History of the Northbend Association
Spencer's A History of Kentucky Baptists, 1886
Early Northbend Baptist Association
David Benedict, 1813
Report of Revival in Boone County, KY
From Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Monthly, 1812. Association
David Benedict, 1813
CIRCULAR - 1865
By P. S. Bush
Students of the School of Rev. John Goss and Thomas Henderson
Located Near the Bullittsburg Baptist Meetinghouse, 1806-1810
Boone County, Kentucky
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