Bethel Church–1868.

” Bethel Church, of Estill County, Kentucky.  was located about six miles north of Irvine, and was constituted in 1868.  It was received into Boone’s Creek Association in the same year, at which time she reported a membership of twenty, and her messengers were George Gravitt, W. Tyre, W. Jones and H. Ware.   Elder Elias Brookshire was her first pastor.  In 1870, Elder W.T. Tyre was a messenger in the Association, and we presume that he was their pastor at that time.  The last year that this church reported to the Association was in 1881, when she had a membership of fifty-four and Elder Shelby Todd was their pastor.  The minutes of Boon’s Creek Association for 1882 state that Bethel Church having disbanded, on motion, she was dropped from the list of churches of this Association.”

Reference Data:

History of the Churches of Boone's Creek Baptist Association of Kentucky, by S.J. Conkwright, 1923, page 143