A meeting of the Transylvania Presbytery "was held at Cabin Creek, North of Maysville, Aug. 1, 1798, at which "a settlement of people, living on Eagle Creek, Straight Creek, and Red Oak asked to be taken under the care of presbytery, to be known as the Congregation of Gilboa. These places are in Brown County, a few miles north of Ripley. . . . (T)his was the last meeting of (this Presbytery), while it covered the territory north of the Ohio . . ." In October 1798 the Synod of Virginia divided Transylvania into three presbyteries, one of which was "Washington - Comprehending the . . . part of Kentucky lying northeast of Main Licking, and the settlements on the northwest side of the Ohio, consisting of the Rev. Peter Wilson (Cincinnati), the Rev. James Kemper (Duck Creek), the Rev. Wm. Speer (Chilicothe), the Rev. John Dunlavy (Lee's Creek, North Bracken and Big Bracken), and the Rev. Richard McNemar (Cabin Creek). Archibald Steele, licentiate, was at Clear Creek and Orange Dale. . . . (T)he first meeting of Washington Presbytery was . . . to be held at Johnson's Fork meeting house, in Kentucky, 2d Tuesday in April 1799, and the Rev. Peter Wilson to preach the opening sermon . . . ." (information and quotations from "Historical Discourse" of April 9, 1872 by Rev. J.G. Monfort, D.D., delivered in the Second Presbyterial Church of Cincinnati) “The Rev. Peter Wilson not being present, the Rev. John E. Finley, the next senior member, opened Presbytery with a sermon from Exodus 32:26 (middle clause of the verse): " Who is on the Lord's side?" Let him come unto me," and presided until a new Moderator was chosen. The members present were Messrs. John E. Finley, John P. Campbell, John Dunlevy and Richard McNemar, ministers; Wm. Johnston, Sebastion Sroff and Joseph Darlington, and John Hart, who appeared the second day, elders. Absent, the Revs. Peter Wilson, James Kemper and Wm. Speer. Mr. Finley was chosen Moderator and Mr. Campbell, Clerk." (information about Washington Presbytery meeting of April 2, 1799, which according to a website, was obtained from “Enclyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: Including the Northern and Southern Assemblies, Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Editor, Philadelphia (Presbyterian Encyclopedia Publishing Co., 1884)”; I have not yet verified that this information is accurate and is in fact from the identified source) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005