Early Civil Records of First Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky

First Baptist Church, Lexington
R-250, Date 29th September, 1789

Trustees of Lexington to Reverend John Gano, Edward Payne, Thomas Lewis, William Payne, William Stone, Jr., and Elisha Winters in trust and for the sole use of the Baptist Church holding the doctrines and maintaining the discipline set forth in the Baptist confession of faith, accepted by a number of Churches in London and the country adjacent in the year 1643, and by the Baptist Association met in Philadelphia September the 25th, 1742, and in 1785 by the ministers and messengers of the several churches in the District of Kentucky.

R-252, March 19, 1806.
James Beatty appointed in room of Rev. John Gano, deceased; Henry Payne in the room of Elder William Payne, who has removed to Mason County, and Lewis E. Turner in the room of Elisha Winter, who has removed out of this State. Witnesses ... Edward Payne, Thomas Lewis, William Stone.

April 11, 1818.
We, the Trustees for a lot of ground in Lexington for the Baptist Society, do hereby appoint Richard Gray in the place of Edward Payne, deceased, and James Fishback in the place of Thomas Lewis, deceased. Trustees ... Brice Steele, Abm. S. Drake. Witnesses ... William Stone, Henry Payne, James Beatty, Lewis E. Turner

1st Baptist Church, Lexington
U-237, 5th May, 1818.

Thomas January and Mary, his wife; Daniel Bradford and Eliza, his wife; John Fowler and Millicent, his wife, to Benjamin Stout, Mathew Elder, Samuel Ayres and Abraham S. Drake, a committee appointed by the First Baptist Church of Lexington to purchase a lot and erect a meeting house thereon.

[From Kentucky Archives, page 2.]

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