Maysville in Mason County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Washington Baptist Church Cemetery / Washington Baptist Cemetery
Photographed By Mark Hilton, May 10, 2015
1. Washington Baptist Church Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Washington Baptist Church Cemetery, also, Washington Baptist Cemetery. . ,
Washington Baptist Church Cemetery. Site of Limestone Baptist Church (renamed Washington), organized in 1785 by Wm. Wood, first pastor. He and Arthur Fox, Sr., bought land from Simon Kenton and laid out Washington that year. Wood gave land for the church and cemetery. Church burned twice; not rebuilt after 1889. Part of Washington Historic District. See over. ,
Washington Baptist Cemetery. Buried here are pioneers, Indians, Revolutionary War soldiers and-in a common grave-some 40 early Presbyterians of Washington and Murphysville. The first two Presbyterian pastors, Robert Wilson and Paradise Lost McAboy, are here; also Arthur Fox, Sr., Indian fighters Charles and James Ward, and Abigail H. Johnston, mother of Albert Sidney Johnston.
Washington Baptist Church Cemetery
Site of Limestone Baptist Church (renamed Washington), organized in 1785 by Wm. Wood, first pastor. He and Arthur Fox, Sr., bought land from Simon Kenton and laid out Washington that year. Wood gave land for the church and cemetery. Church burned twice; not rebuilt after 1889. Part of Washington Historic District. See over.
Washington Baptist Cemetery
Buried here are pioneers, Indians, Revolutionary War soldiers and-in a common grave-some 40 early Presbyterians of Washington and Murphysville. The first two Presbyterian pastors, Robert Wilson and Paradise Lost McAboy, are here; also Arthur Fox, Sr., Indian fighters Charles and James Ward, and Abigail H. Johnston, mother of Albert Sidney Johnston.
Erected 1981 by the Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1696.)
is in Maysville, Kentucky, in Mason County. Marker is on Business U.S. 68, ¼ mile south of Clarks Run Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: US Highway 62, Maysville KY 41056, United States of America. Touch for directions.
6. Washington Baptist Church & American Revolution plaque.
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