Chronicles of Boone County

First Universalist Church (Burlington, Ky.)

Item

Title

First Universalist Church (Burlington, Ky.)

Alternate name

First Universalist Church (East Bend, Ky.)

Middle Creek Universalist Church (East Bend, Ky.)

Description

Denomination: Universalist

The First Universalist Church was organized in the 1840s and was originally located on East Bend Road, near Waterloo. In 1851, the congregation hosted the Kentucky State Convention of Universalists. In 1876, the congregation moved their meetings to Burlington.

Though other churches in the area were either supportive of enslavement or split in their views, the Universalist Church was consistent in its abolitionism.

Prominent Boone County Universalist families include: Acra, Ayers, Bradford, Cloud, Conner, Craven, Crisler, Deer, Duncan, Finch, Gaines, Graves, Hall, Harris, Hewett/Hewitt, Horten/Horton, Jones, Kelly, Kirkpatrick, Love, McMakin, Merrell/Merrill, Parsons, Passons, Pope, Rue, Souther, Tucker, White

Has site

First Universalist Church Building (Burlington, Ky.)

Geographic location

Burlington (Ky.)

Began

circa 1840

Years duration

circa 1840-1900s

Related resource

First Universalist Church of Burlington, Kentucky record book, May 27, 1876- Aug 18, 1929 [PDF]

Index to the First Universalist Church of Burlington, Kentucky record book, May 27, 1876- Aug 18, 1929 [PDF]

Browse photographs and materials on First Universalist Church

Source

Boone County GIS

Item sets

Universalist churches--Kentucky--Boone County