BELLS MINES CHURCH - BELLS MINES CEMETERY CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
N 37° 30.544 W 088° 01.383
16S E 409582 N 4151838
BELLS MINES CHURCH - BELLS MINES CEMETERY CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
Waymark Code: WM9M1R
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2010
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BELLS MINES CHURCH
BELLS MINES WAS DERIVED FROM THE BELL FAMILY WHO OWNED & OPERATED
THE BELLS MINES COAL COMPANY LOCATED NEARBY
THE HAS BEEN A CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT THIS LOCATION
SINCE THE EARLY 1830s
ORIGINAL LOG CHURCH BURNED IN 1846 NEW FOUNDATION WAS LAID IN 1864
BY J.M. LAMB NEW CHURCH WAS COMPLETED IN 1885
DEDICATION HELD NOV. 30 1891
SERMON BY REV. M.E.CHAPEL
SERVICES WERE HELD CONTINUALLY UNTIL JAN. 1998
BUILDING RAZED DEC. 2002
Marker Name: Bell's Mine Church
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Monument
Marker Number (for official markers): blank
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Forgotten Passages / Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.
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