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Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church
Kentuckytown, Texas In
February 1852
shortly after Dr. Josiah L. Heiston laid out the new town of Kentucky
Town, the Baptists organized a church under the name of "The United
Baptist Church at Pleasant Hills". Shortly after their minutes
reflected the name as "Pleasant Hill Baptist Church". The church
carried the name until 1857. Rev. John O. Walker was the first pastor.
Minutes of August 8, 1857 "Letter to be sent to the Association read and approved. The name of this Church by agreement of its members is changed to KENTUCKY TOWN Church...." Source: Joe W. Chumbley. Kentucky Town and Its Bapatist Church. Houston, Texas : D. Armstrong Co., Inc., c1975 Kentuckytown Baptist Church History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |