|
Travelling Church
The Travelling Church was a large group of pioneering settlers in the late 1700s that emigrated from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to the Kentucky County, Virginia, Kentucky District of Virginia. It was the largest group that migrated to the area in a single movement. The group was led by the Reverend Lewis Craig, one of three pastor sons of Toliver Craig, Sr., Toliver Craig Sr., and its core was his Baptist congregation. The group of about 600 people arrived at Gilbert's Creek, Kentucky, in December 1781. Other preachers in the Travelling Church were Lewis Craig's younger brother Rev. Joseph Craig and his beloved slave Peter Durrett, who later became a pioneering black minister in Lexington, Kentucky. Lewis Craig's other brother who was a minister, Rev. Elijah Craig, did not come with the rest of the Church, as he remained for a while in Virginia to help James Madison establish constitutional religious liberty assurances before joining the group later. The group's pioneerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roadside Marker With Hilltop Church Site Behind
Roadside may refer to: *Road verge, a strip of greenery between a road and a sidewalk *Shoulder (road), an emergency stopping lane by the verge of a road *Roadside, Caithness, Scotland, a village *Roadside (film), ''Roadside'' (film), a 2013 American horror film *Roadside (musical), ''Roadside'' (musical), a 2001 off-Broadway musical *''Roadside'', a 1930 play by Lynn Riggs; basis for the musical *"Roadside", a song by The Game from ''Born 2 Rap'' *"Roadside", a song by Rise Against from ''The Sufferer & the Witness'' *''The Roadside'', an EP by Billy Idol See also *Minffordd (Welsh for "roadside"), a Welsh village *Roadside attraction {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
