Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church. Congregation founded 1801. Services held, uninterrupted, except for a Sunday in Nov. 1862, because of "Army passing down the pike and the house having sick soldiers in it." Called "Difficult" and located near Big Difficult Cr. whose name chosen because fords on creek were hard to predict. By 1810 permanent church built and renamed Bethlehem.,
Bethlehem Church. Church constituted by Elders John Hightower, Alexander Devin, Joseph Logan and eight members: James and Margaret Atwood, Wm. and Dorcas Strait, Wm. and Mary Thos., Polly Richey and Thos. Spillman. Elder Joseph Logan was first pastor. Slaves were members, 1819. Church voted to erect new house of worship, 1847; present edifice built, 1910.,
Presented by Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church..
Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church
Congregation founded 1801. Services held, uninterrupted, except for a Sunday in Nov. 1862, because of "Army passing down the pike and the house having sick soldiers in it." Called "Difficult" and located near Big Difficult Cr. whose name chosen because fords on creek were hard to predict. By 1810 permanent church built and renamed Bethlehem.
Bethlehem Church
Church constituted by Elders John Hightower, Alexander Devin, Joseph Logan and eight members: James and Margaret Atwood, Wm. and Dorcas Strait, Wm. and Mary Thos., Polly Richey and Thos. Spillman. Elder Joseph Logan was first pastor. Slaves were members, 1819. Church voted to erect new house of worship, 1847; present edifice built, 1910.
Presented by Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church.
Erected 2001 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2064.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1862.
Location. 36° 46.736′ N,
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86° 9.449′ W. Marker is in Scottsville, Kentucky, in Allen County. It is at the intersection of Old Glasgow Road (Old U.S. 31E) and Durham Spring Road, on the left when traveling north on Old Glasgow Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2910 Old Glasgow Road, Scottsville KY 42164, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
3. Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church / Bethlehem Church Marker
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