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Flat Lick Baptist Church – The Mother Church Founded by John M. James


John M. James (1751-1823) was one of the founders of Flat Lick Baptist Church, located outside Shopville in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Most of the his fellow founders were rebel preachers like himself, who had been persecuted for preaching without a license. They made their exodus from Virginia in 1781 in a Traveling Church, bound for the Shawnee temple of New… (more…)

Kit Carson, a James Family Relation


Previously unrecognized is the relationship of the James family to Kit Carson. Christopher Houston Carson was born on Tate’s Creek in Madison County, Kentucky. His father Lindsay Carson Sr. was a first generation, American born, of William Carson, immigrant from Ireland. Kit’s father, Lindsay, brought his family to Madison County from South Carolina in 1793. The family followed the Wilderness… (more…)

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