Kentucky Spirit Quest #235 Stamping Ground Baptist Church Cemetery
Stamping Ground Baptist Church was constituted in September 1795 by a group of thirty-five members who withdrew from Great Crossings Baptist Church under the leadership of Elijah Craig. For a few months, the church met in the homes of various members, but early in 1796 it erected a meeting house where McConnell’s Run crosses Duvall Road. Craig served as pastor only for a few months and was succeeded by William Hickman who served for about ten years. During his ministry came a Great Revival during which Hickman baptized 204 members into this church. In 1818 the church at Lecompte’s Run and the church on McConnell’s Run merged together and build a new church at the Stamping Ground.
A new brick meeting house was built on the hill back of the present church and was called the Stamping Ground Baptist Church. In 1857 a new church was built of thick brick walls and massive timbers, only a few feet from the present building. This was built to stand the test of time, but was no match for the tornado which devastated the town in 1974 and left only the organ and piano, five of the beautiful stained glass windows and the church records, which were stored in a fireproof file. Services were held in the mother church at Great Crossings until a temporary metal building was erected on the hill. With the help of good insurance and gifts from members, friends and other Baptist Churches a beautiful building was completed in 1976 with no debt.
The first survey of the Stamping Ground Baptist Church Cemetery known was taken on September 27, 1955, by J. W. Singer. At the time the cemetery was in a neglected condition, overgrown with briars and vines. It was almost completely filled with graves, but many of them were marked only by field stones without inscriptions. To facilitate clearing and mowing several wagon loads of these stones were hauled away, leaving only those graves marked which had names. The oldest legible burial stone here is Thomas B. Atkins (1785-1859).
Parking is available at the church. Please cache only daylight hours here and don't disturb any of the grave sites. The cache is not located near any of the graves. BYOP.
The final is at N38 16.ABC W084 40.DEF.
Go to posted coords to get ABC and take the year of birth of Charles Duke and subtract 1606.
To get DEF take year of death and subtract 921.
Check sum is 38.
This geocache is one of 10 geocaches along the Historic Buffalo Geotrail. Passports are to be given out at the June 4, 2016 Historic Buffalo Geotrail event. Geocachers will visit all 10 geocaches along the trail and stamp the corresponding block on the passport and turn it in for a prize as supplies last. Passports will be available outside at the designated Historic Buffalo Geotrail passport box on the front porch of Stamping Ground City Hall, 3374 Main Street, Stamping Ground, Kentucky. Completed passports can be turned in here as well.
Please remember to leave the designated stamp and ink pad inside of the geocache containers!