A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 800 Biographical Sketches, J. H. Spencer, Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs. Burilla B. Spencer, In Two Volumes. Printed For the Author. 1886. Republished By Church History Research & Archives 1976 Lafayette, Tennessee. Vol. 2, pp 104-105 [Mason County] SAMUEL S. MINOR, a deacon in the church at Maysville, has long been one of the most worthy and useful members of Bracken Association. He was born in Wethersfield, Ct., March 8, 1808. He moved to Kentucky, in 1832, and settled at Maysville where he still resides. He was baptized by Gustavus F. Smith, D. D., at Hartford, Ct., while on a visit to his parents, in 1834. He was a numbr of years Clerk of Bracken Association and has been prominently connected with all its benevolent enterprises, nearly fifty years. Minor Smith = CT http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/mason/minor.ss.txt