David Rice was the Presbyterian pioneer of Kentucky. In 1783-4 he visited Kentucky. A petition to Hanover, Va., resulted in the establishment of the Transylvania Presbytery, 1786, in Kentucky. Many presbyteries followed this one to Kentucky. The one in Logan Co, is the one that touched the lives of the people in Cumberland County. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church began in 1802 at the Synod at Lexington,Ky. The uninterrupted beginning of the Presbyterian Church in Cumberland, seems to have started in July 1830, when Rev. Caleb WEEDEN, a pastor from Glasgow, Ky, came to Marrowbone, accompanied by Joshua BARTON, preached a few sermons that seemed to be "attended by divine favor."
On July 26th, members united under the following resolution, to which they subscribed their names.
"We, whose names are hereto written, being desirous of the prosperity of religion in our neighborhood and in order to organize ourselves into a better form, and to secure a minister, hereby form ourselves into a society at the Marrowbone Meeting House, on Marrowbone, Cumberland County, Kentucky, within the bounds and under the care of Logan Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, signed, James Daughtery, Jacob Brown, James Haggard, Susan Bailey, Lucy Ann Pace, Clarissa Miller." More were added later.
April 3 1831, David Allen and James Richey were elected first elders.
May 7, T. B. Stockton, Dabney Alexander and Daniel Williams were elected and ordained by Caleb Weeden.
Members of the Lick Branch Cumberland Presbyterian Church-Ky.-1832
| John DEEN | Drucilla MALONE |
| Jubal WILSON | Jackson CRAIG |
| John CRAIG | Agnes T. DEAN |
| James A. DEAN | Martha GRAIG |
| William PEDIGO | Sally BENNETT |
| James GALLOWAY | Louise O. NEWBERRY |
| Robert T. ANDERSON | Ester (colored woman) |
| Mahala SMITH | Adam C. HAMILL |
| Polly DOUGHERTY | George MONDAY JR. |
| Ester F. GLASS | Susan GLASS |
| Sally BYBEE | Benjamin GLASS |
| Julia HUGES | Dorcas GILL |
| Robert HUGHS | Sally D. DOUGHERTY |
| William BYBEE | Polly DOUGHERTY |
| Victoria SPEARS | Polly GLASS |
| Mary MCGEE | Milly GLASS |
| Patsy ABNER | James BROADY |
| Minerva BALDOCK | Gallatin DOUGHERTY |
| Don SPEARS | John DEFRIES |
| R.D. BYBEE | James HUMPFREY |
| John SMITH | Elizabeth RENICK |
| Herman W.MARTIN | Kitty MARTIN |
| Robert RENICK | Rebecca CRAWFORD |
| Joseph PAGE | Matthew L. SMITH |
| Elizabeth BARRETT | Adaline B.ANDERSON |
| Salina FRENCH | Latimer RENICK |
| Sally BARRETT | Mimmy ARNOLD |
| James H. GASSAWAY | Minerva BALDOCK |
| Mary CRAWFORD | Susan BROADY |
| Polly DOUGHTERY | Mark DOUGHTERY |
| Milensa PURSLEY | Ben F. MAURY |
| Rachel WOOD | Melvin BROADY |
| James T. CRAWFORD | Robert HAMMILL |
| John W. SPENCER | Kitty MARTIN |
| Drucilla SPENCER | James A. DEAN |
| Louisa V. NEWBERRY | Milly PAYNE |
| Salima ANDERSON | JANE(colored woman) |
| Winny ARNOLD | James UNPHREY |
| Chaney WALDROP | MARY(colored woman) |
| William YOUNG | Robert RENICK |
| Julia HUGHES | SAUL? SPENCER |
| Robert HUGHES | Mary MCGEE |
| Elizabeth HAMMELL | Robert D. BYBEE |
| Darcia GILL | R.D. GASSAWAY |
| Thomas HUNLEY | Sarah DOUGHTERY |
| Sarah RENICK | James BROADY |
| Mary HUNLEY | Sarah CULLINS |
| Samuel RENICK | Patsy ABNER |
| Isabella SPENCER | Will list as they follow, in book: |
|---|---|
| KITTY(black woman) | Amanda WELLS |
| John WELLS | JACK(colored man) |
| MARY(colored woman) | Don SPEARS |
| Don SPEARS | Robert RENICK |
| Leo SPEARS | Robert DEAN |
| Polly SHERLOCK | Paul SPENCER |
| David WALBERT | Sarah DOUGHERTY |
| R.D. GASSOWAY | Garland S. LEMMONS |
| GLT SPENCER | Sarah COLLINS |
Nov 6th 1832
A door was opened for the acceptence of members, Maryann GOODALL come forward and gave an
acknowlegment relation of her conviction and was baptised the same day by the Rev. Caleb
WEEDIN and went into the communion after church.
Dec 13th 1832
Hugh SMITH and Mary, his wife, Milsean PURSLEY formerly Milsean SMITH, James F. CRAWFORD and
Mary CRAWFORD members of Mount Carmel Church, William SPENCER and Elizabeth his wife, and
Rachel WOOD members at Glasgow made application for membership at Lick Branch and were received
into the communion of the Church without letters of dismission from their former Church, their
standing doings known to the Church to be good.
Barren County Jan 5th 1833
Robert F. ANDERSON and wife Adaline B. ANDERSON and Mary GOODALL wanted to remove from the
church. They were dismissed in good standings.
Feb 19th 1833
Charity WILSON was legally married to William A. DEAN by the Rev Zacheus Quessenberry.
June 20th 1833
John Suiter made application and was received into the communion of the Church he being known
as a member in good standing.
Members-Lick Branch Church of the Cumberland Presbyterian constituted by the Rev. Caleb WEEDIN on the 6th day of Nov 1832.
| Mary CRAWFORD | Elizabeth CRAIG |
| Margaret CRAWFORD | Rebecca DEAN |
| Mary WILSON | William CRAIG |
| Rhoda D. PEDIGO | Elizabeth K.GALLOWAY |
| Pamela G. CRAIG | Charity WILSON |
| Caroline SPENCER | Durcilla DEAN |
| Maryann GOODALL | Hugh SMITH |
| William SPENCER | Elizabeth SPENCER |
| Milsend PURSLEY | Rachel WOOD |
| James F.CRAWFORD | Mary CRAWFORD |
| John SUITER | John H. SPENCER |
| Elizabeth REYNOLDS | Mary B. BERRIE |
| Henry E. ARNOLD | Archball WALDROP |
| Chaney WALDROP | William YOUNG |
| Thomas HUNLEY | Samuel RENICK |
| Isabella RENICK | Artemisa RENICK |
| Elizabeth HAMMILL | Lucy FRANKLIN |
| Eliza STRINGER | Susan SPENCER |
| Victoria C. SPEARS | Melvina SPENCER |
| John HAMMERILL | Robert HAMMILL |
| John DEPP | Joseph BENNETT |
| Gemima SHERLOCK | America WILSON |
Contributed by: Donald Bowles, skyking@indy.net
By way of: Linne Gravestock, linne@mail2.quiknet.com