ROCK SPRINGS
Researched and submitted by
Dr. Dennis Brewer
In August, 1872, there is a record that the Beattyville Baptist Church granted members the priveledge of joining the Rock Springs Baptist Church. The records for Beattyville do not begin again until 1888. (See History of Beattyville Baptist Church.)
The first mention we find of the Rock Springs Church in Lee County is in the 1873 Minutes of the Booneville Baptist Association. The church reported a membership of 13 but did not send a letter or delegates to the Associational meeting.
In 1875 the church was represented by B. W. Cole, a former member of the Beattyville Baptist Church and again reported a membership of 13.
This seems to have been the general trend for the church until 1883 when the church was dropped from the membership of that Association.
It is believed that the church probably met in the Rock Springs School House during its existence.
IVY PATCH
The Ivy Patch Church was received into the membership of the Booneville Association in 1872. In 1873 the church did not send a letter or messengers to the Association but minutes do report a membership pf 22 for the church.
By 1875 membership had increased to 33 with Samuel Plummer and J. Johnson representing the church as messengers.
From that time onward, we can find no record of those who may have represented the church as messengers and the membership of the church remained virtually steady through 1885.
The church was dropped from membership in the Association in 1886.