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Book Title: A History Of Jessamine County, Kentucky

The First Baptist Meeting-house.

   It is difficult to establish the exact location of a Baptist church in the
very earliest settlement of the county near Clear creek. This was the church at
which Lewis Craig frequently preached; it is near what is now known as the Jack
Cunningham property, or the Fisher place. It was called Mount Moriah, and in
early times was a very important burying-ground. Joel Watkins, in his diary,
mentions the fact of having attended services at that point several times, and
there seeing large congregations. It was established about the same time as the
Ebenezer church, but the latter is undoubtedly the oldest church organization in
Jessamine county.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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