Clay County (Ky.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oneida Baptist Institute Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0048 SAA 048
Abstract
Oneida Baptist Institute in Clay County, Kentucky was founded by James Anderson Burns, a participant in the deadly feuding activity that plagued Clay County in the early 1900s. In his 1928 autobiography, The Crucible, Burns tells of how his participation ended when he was left for dead after a gun battle. He escaped to a mountain-top where he stayed for three days and underwent a transformation, finding that his “…urge for vengeance was gone.”
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Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-1983
Red Bird Mission Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0044 SAA 044
Abstract
The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1985