Source: "Scott County Church Histories: A Collection" A publication of the Scott Co. Bicentennial Committee, 1979 - avail at/from the Scott County Museum for about $8.00 (listed on one of our pages for Scott Co.) Check out the museum page for more information: http://www.netcom.com/~jog1/museum.html I definitely recommend this book./Jo Thiessen p. 25 "Silas Baptist Church, situated near the corner of Scott, Bourbon and Harrison Counties in Bourbon County, has interesting ties with Scott County religious history. After leaving his pastorate at the Stamping Ground Baptist Church, Georgetown's founder, the Rev. Elijah Craig, assumed duties at Silas Church, serving as pastor there from 1803 to 1806. "The church was organized in August 1800 with twenty members. It has held services at the same location longer than any other church in Bourbon County. Many of the members came from the families of the historic Traveling Church of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who traveled by foot to Kentucky in the winter of 1781. "Silas Church has roots in the Coopers Run Church, which had its roots in the Bryan Station Baptist Church. Five members of the Coopers Run Church were killed by Indians in 1787, that church's first year. "On August 30, 1800, twenty members of Coopers Run Church withdrew and with the assisance of the Rev. George Eve, Rev. August Eastin, and the Rev. Ambrose Dudley, all members of the Traveling Church, organized the Silas Church. A deed for grounds was made in 1799 by Charles Smith. The first building was constructed of logs, and had a balcony for slaves. "A 'division of the organization' took place in 1830, the year marking the separation of the Alexander Campbell movement from the Baptist associations. The present church house, a Greek Revival building, was erected in 1850 for $3,000." There is a list of pastors, which may not include all of them, but extends from Davis Biggs, 1812-1820 thru Walter P. Baucom, 1973. Jo