Cow Creek Baptist Church

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Contributed to the Estill Co., KY Archives by:
Jen Bawden
Published by the ECHGS and used here with their permission
Date: 05/16/1999
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The Cow Creek Baptist Church is the second oldest active protestant church 
in Estill County. It was organized July 1848 with nine charter members: 
Thomas McDowell, John Barnes, Jefre Tipton, James Barnes, William T. Barnes, 
Frances Tipton, Margaret Barnes, Martha Tipton, and Zarilda Barnes. By 
October, the same year Jane McDowell, William H. Robinson, Brinsley Barnes, 
John Tipton, and Sally Tipton were added to the church. The first business 
meeting was held in October 1846. Henry C. Porter acted as moderator and R.S. 
Tipton was elected church clerk.

The church joined the Boones Creek Baptist Association at Salem Baptist 
Church at Spout Springs (Estill County) in 1847. Salem Baptist Church is 
the oldest active protestant church in Estill County according to the minutes 
of the Boone's Creek Baptist Association. It was constituted in 1792 and 
united with the Association in 1846. The Association met at the Cow Creek 
Baptist Church in 1848. No church minutes were recorded during the Civil War. 

Cow Creek Baptist Church is located about 2 miles east of Ravenna on Highway 52.

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