In 1795,
a small group of Presbyterians, under the leadership of Samuel Shannon, a
Princeton graduate and Presbyterian minister, formed the Upper Benson Church.
Located
in the
hills of the Upper Benson Creek, they constructed a log meeting house. The
church prospered and in 1804 Shannon organized the Lower
Benson Church, located near
Bridgeport
on lower Benson Creek. Samuel Shannon served both churches until his
resignation in 1812. The Upper Benson Church was dissolved in 1822.
Many of the members
joined
the Lower Benson Church and together in 1848, they built a more modern church
on the Louisville Turnpike near Bridgeport.
List
of Ministers, including those who were pastors and stated supplies, together
with others who were pastors elsewhere and supplied this church at the same
time. The pastors
of the
Frankfort Church, Rev. Drs. Edgar, Baker and Bullock, during their respective
terms of office supplied this church during the vacancies of its' pulpit,
preaching regularly
Sabbath
afternoons during the pleasant season of the year. Upon these occasions
the two Benson congregations usually worshiped
together.
| Rannells, Rev. Samuel | 1799-1800 | Minister |
| Campbell, Dr. John B. | 1800-1802 | Minister |
| Cameron, Rev. Archibald | 1803-1805 | Minister |
| Shannon, Rev. Samuel | 1806-1812 | Minister |
| Smith, Rev. Eli | 1824-1829 | Minister |
| Hawthorn, Rev. James | 1829-1837 | Minister |
| Winston, Rev. D. M. | 1838-1840 | Minister |
| Lynn, Rev. E. K. | 1840-1843 | Minister |
| Proctor, Rev. D. C. | 1845 | Minister |
| Mills, Rev. Benjamin | 1846-1847 | Minister |
| Goodwin, Barclay | 1841-1846 | Deacon |
| Paxton, John H. | 1841-1846 | Deacon |
| Paxton, Thomas | 1795-1844 | Ruling Elder |
| Armstrong, Robert | 1795-1806 | Ruling Elder |
| Hamilton, Robert | 1800-1830 | Ruling Elder |
| Boyd, William | 1800-1830 | Ruling Elder |
| Hutton, James | 1827-1837 | Ruling Elder |
| Miller, Henry | 1827-1840 | Ruling Elder |
| Davidson, Matthew | 1830-1845 | Ruling Elder |
| McBrayer, James | 1830-1846 | Ruling Elder |
| Conner, Fielding L. | 1835-1846 | Ruling Elder |
| Kellogg, J. A. | 1841-1846 | Ruling Elder |
Upper Benson Church Members
| Hugh Alexander | Marguerite Alexander | Ann (a slave) |
| Jane Armstrong | Robert Armstrong | Mrs.Pauline Baker |
| Mrs. Frances Bennett | Miss Ann Black | Miss Jane Black |
| Nancy Boyd | William Boyd | Mrs. Abigail P. Briggs |
| Miss Eliza Brown | Mrs. Elizabeth Brown | I (J.) Bacon Bush |
| Miss Sarah Bush | Mrs. Sarah Bush | Miss Susan Bush |
| Mrs. Daniel Carlin | Charles Carter | Mrs. Charles Carter |
| Jane Chapman | Ellen Clark | Abram Cofer |
| Barbara Cofer | Fielding L. Conner | Mrs. Jane Conner |
| Miss Mary N. Conner | Miss Kitty Ann Corban | Miss Sarah Corban |
| Hamilton Crockett | Elizabeth Davidson | James Davidson |
| Matthew Davidson | William Davidson | Miss Rebecca Davidson |
| Artemesia Ford | Miss Clarissa Ford | James Ford |
| Jerry Ford | Miss Mary Ford | Miss Elizabeth Ford |
| Miss Sarah Ford | Barclay Goodwin | Hannah Goodwin |
| Mary Goodwin | Norman Green | Miss Jane Hamilton |
| Mary Hamilton | Robert Hamilton | Hannah (a slave) |
| Hannah Hutton | James Hutton | John Hutton |
| Sarah Johnson | William Johnson | Mrs. Julia Ann Jett |
| Julia Ann (a slave) | Nancy (a slave) | Mrs. Fidelia Kellogg |
| J. A. Kellogg | Mrs. Elizabeth Lane | Mrs. Margaret Latta |
| Miss Mary Jane Latta | William Long | Mrs. H. B. Lynn |
| Elizabeth McBrayer | Miss. Elizabeth McBrayer | Hiram McBrayer |
| James McBrayer | Jane McBrayer | Marcia McBrayer |
| George McCormack | Mrs. Elizabeth McFall | J. A. McGill |
| Mrs Jane A. McGill | John A. McGill | John McGill |
| Miss. Mahala McGill | Mrs. Margerite McGill | Mrs. Mary H. McGill |
| Matthew McGill | Miss Elizabeth McGinnis | Mary McKendrick |
| Mahala (a slave) | Mary (a slave) | Esther Mayhall |
| Miss Jane Mayhall | Timothy Mayhall | Lucy Milam |
| Benoni Nelson | Mrs. Frances Nelson | William Nelson |
| Miss Elizabeth Paxton | James Paxton | Miss Jane Paxton |
| John H. Paxton | Miss Mary T. Paxton | Miss Rebecca G. Paxton |
| Rebecca (Hogsett) Paxton | Miss Sarah E. Paxton | Thomas Paxton |
| George Reading | James Reading | John Reading |
| Eleanor Reed | Hankersoon Reed | James Reed |
| Samuel Reynolds | Charles Rice | William Rice |
| Nancy Richardson | Miss Rebecca Richardson | Mrs. Rebecca Richardson |
| Samuel Richardson | Mary Robinson | Mrs. Margerite Russell |
| Sam (a slave) | Rebecca Satterwhite | Miss Eliza Shannon |
| Henrietta Shannon | Miss Martha Shannon | Mrs. Martha Shannon |
| Mary Shannon | Miss Martha Ann Shannon | Samuel Shannon |
| Mrs. Ann Sharp | Miss Nancy Sharp | Sarah Sharp |
| Abraham Sharpe | Mrs. Ann Sharpe | Elizabeth Sharpe |
| Mrs. Susanna Sutton | Wm. M. Sutton | Martha Theobald |
| Mrs. Ann Tracey | Margerite Tracey | Sebritt Tracey |
| Miss Nancy Twyman | Allen Utley | Henry Utley |
| Miss Mary Utley | Mrs. Nancy Utley | William Utley |
| James Waddell | Mrs. Rachel Woodbury | Mrs. Elizabeth Wash |
| Miss. Martha Wash | George Williams |
Source:
A History of
the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort, Kentucky, by W. H. Averill, 1901
Frankfort 200
Celebration 1786-1986, by Frankfort's 200 Birthday Historical Research
Committee
Capital on
the Kentucky, by
Kramer
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