A part and minority of the Bent Creek Church of 1785 est. here 1881. The Cedar Hill Church merged with this church 1887. Name changed to Catherine Nenney Memorial 1888 in honor of Catherine Nenney Graham, wife of Hugh Graham, wealthy landowner and . . . — — Map (db m97661) HM
This Baptist church is successor to the church established about one mile southwest, by Elder Tidence Lane and Elder William Murphy in 1785. A cemetery is near the original church site, which stood on the Old Stage Road from Abingdon to Knoxville. . . . — — Map (db m22677) HM
Tidence Lane was pastor of the
first church in Tennessee,
Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church
in Washington County, in 1778.
He also organized Bent Creek,
now Whitesburg Baptist Church
in 1785 and was first moderator
of the first Baptist . . . — — Map (db m210315) HM
