====== Big Bone Baptist Church (BE 308) ====== This was the earliest [[churches|church]] in the [[Big Bone]] region. It was built in [[1843]] on land donated by General [[Wallace Family|John Wallace]] and [[huey family|Thomas Huey]]. Until then most of the inhabitants of the area attended [[Belleview Baptist Church|Middle Creek Baptist Church]] in [[Belleview]].

The first pastor was [[Robert Kirtley]] (1786-[[1872]]). The second pastor was his son [[James Kirtley]] ([[1822]]-1904). The church has its own [[big bone baptist church cemetery|cemetery]]. ===== More Information ===== * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=big%20bone%20baptist%20church&te=ASSET|Browse photographs and materials]] on Big Bone Baptist Church * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/25371/0|Big Bone Baptist Church Cemetery Register]]// * [[ https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/34909/0|Local history file: Protestant-Big Bone Baptist Church]] ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Big Bone Baptist Church Cemetery]] * [[Churches]] of Boone County * [[Baptist]] churches * [[Historic buildings]] * [[big_bone_baptist_church_african_american_files|Information regarding African Americans in church documents]]