I have seen some old Baptist Churches referred to as Open Study or Open Speaker Baptists. Just a thought. The info at the Elk Creek Baptist cemetery we were talking about doesn't make any mention of OS or what type Baptist church it may have been. I'm not sure the Old Southern Baptists were around that long ago. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Adams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] O S Baptist Church > > The only thing I can think of is Old Southern Baptist. I have no idea if > that's right or not. > > Norma > > At 07:55 PM 4/8/2005 -0400, you wrote: >>On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:48:35 -0400, Norma Adams <[email protected]> >>wrote: >> >> >he was buried in the O S Baptist >> >cemetery. >> >>Any idea what O S would stand for? >> >>-- >> >>Dennis M. Kowallek >>[email protected] >> >>****************** >> >> >>==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== >>Butler County Archives and Records Center - >>http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/ > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to: > [email protected] or [email protected] > Put SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE (whichever you want to do) >

I think I found it. This is an exerpt of a column by George Crout, the late Middletown Historian. It was Old School Baptist Association. You can read his entire column at: http://www.middle-america.org/crout/Social/churches.html When Daniel Doty came to the Miami country in 1791-1792 he knew that the country had need of a minister. So he brought Rev. Mr. Daniel Clark to this region in 1791. Rev. Mr. Clark, who was an "Old school Baptist," brought about the formation of little churches at Poasttown, Trenton, and at the "Little Prairie." The earliest church in Lemon Township was the "Little Prairie" Baptist church. Historians do not agree as to its exact location, but it was probably located on the prairie somewhere near Amanda. According to the minutes of the **Old School Baptist Association**, this church was admitted to the organization in 1801. It had 11 charter members, and Philip Sutton was chosen as its messenger. After a quarrel with the Elk Creek and Trenton Church in 1805 the church was never again heard from. In 1808 the present Baptist church was founded. Norma At 08:50 PM 4/8/2005 -0400, you wrote: >I have seen some old Baptist Churches referred to as Open Study or Open >Speaker Baptists. Just a thought. The info at the Elk Creek Baptist >cemetery we were talking about doesn't make any mention of OS or what type >Baptist church it may have been. I'm not sure the Old Southern Baptists >were around that long ago. > >Tim >----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Adams" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:34 PM >Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] O S Baptist Church > > >> >>The only thing I can think of is Old Southern Baptist. I have no idea >>if that's right or not. >> >>Norma