Dripping Springs Baptist Church
Copyright Date 1798-1800 
Metcalfe-Barren County KyArchives Church Record

Dripping Springs Baptist Church was constituted 3 Feb 1798 while it was 
yet part of Barren Co - now Metcalfe Co. It was originally located 
about midway between Glasgow and Edmonton. It was first known as the 
Sinks of Beaver Creek Baptist Church until Sept of that year. The name 
was changed to Dripping Springs supposedly because of the location for 
the church building being near a large rock that had a dripping spring. 
The first church was built about 1800, a log structure, and was 1 1/2 
stories tall. There was a gallery above with seats for the men if the 
lower section was full. In the summer of 1874, a new church building 
was erected that was 2 stories tall.
In 1860 another church was built  and in 1961 the current building.

The first church service was held in Feb 1798 at Wm BLAKEY's home and 
Robert STOCKTON was the pastor. Those present for the constitutional 
meeting included: John BYBEE Sr, Elizabeth BYBEE, Leonard HALL, 
Winny HALL, Katharine WAGGONER and Robert STOCKTON. 

Members were added:
Barbara ANDERSON on 7 Apr 1798 who was later excluded.
William BISHOP (deacon), 5 May 1798.
Thomas SHIRLEY on 8 July 1798 - later excluded.
His wife, not named 1 Sept 1798 - later excluded.

Below I will start a listing of the membership rolls, to be continued 
for some time with the information show in the church registers about them.
First date shown is when they joined.

Rebecka BISHOP, 2 March 1799 - excluded
Frances THOMAS, 4 Mar 1799 - dismissed
Sarah HOLSCLAW, 4 Mar 1798 - excluded
Elizabeth SMITH, 5 July 1799, dismissed
Polley SHIRLEY, 5 July 1799, dismissed
Nancy STOCKTON, 5 July 1799, dismissed
Neal McCan BYBEE, 5 July 1799, dismissed Mary BELL, 5 Oct 1799, 
dismissed Ursula ALLEN, 8 Nov 1799, 
dismissed Dorcas SHIRLEY, 7 Dec 1799, 
excluded Robert STOCKTON, Sr, 2 Feb 1800 - dead 
Katherine STOCKTON, 4 May 1800 - dead 
Susannah SHIRLEY, 5 July 1800 - dismissed 
Thos SMITH, 4 Oct 1800 - dismissed 
Peggy SMITH, 4 Oct 1800- dismissed 
Luis GOODEN, 4 Oct 1800 - dismissed 
Alexander THOMAS, 7 Dec 1800, dismissed 
Charloot GOODEN, 7 Dec 1800 - excluded


Submitted by: Sandi Gorin
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Additional Comments:

Constituted - formed, began as church and formed constitution, by 
laws, statements of faith etc.

Dismissed - letter of transfer requested by individual to to their 
moving to a different location or a new church "of like faith" 
being formed closer to their house.
As an explanation:

Excluded. Removed from the church rolls for violating church rules 
and not heeding the counsel of the church. Could be excluded for 
drunkenness, gambling, going to horse rases, beating slaves, 
gossipping about other members, failure to attend, taking another 
church member to law (bringing suit against in a court of law), 
sexual sins, etc.


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