Original Cowcreek Baptist Church Built 1846 Cowcreek Baptist Church Built 1946

Both pictures were made in 1998 the old picture was made from the original that currently hangs on the wall of the new church.
The original church sat across Cow Creek from Route 52 near the fork of the roads to Pitts and Ticky Fork .
The new church was built and moved to its present location 4 miles east of Irvine on Route 52 in 1946.

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Original Members of the Cow Creek Baptist Church
Estill County Kentucky organized July 1846

Founded July 1848 with nine charter members.

James Barnes(11-16-1768)
John Barnes(10-18-1795)(Son of James Barnes)(Husband of Margaret Peggy Tipton-Barnes)
Margaret Peggy Tipton-Barnes(1808) (wife of John Barnes)(Dau. of William Hannibal Tipton & Polly Shearer)
William T. Barnes(8-20-1829) (son of John Barnes & Margaret Peggy Tipton-Barnes)
Sarilda Barnes(1828) (Daughter of John Barnes & Margaret Peggy Tipton- Barnes)
Frances Frankie Tipton(12-9-1801) (wife of Jesse Tipton)(Daughter of Samuel Tipton & Mary Schultz)
Jefre Tipton(9-3-1824) (Jeptha Tipton son of Jesse & Frances Tipton)
Martha Tipton
Thomas McDowell

Added October 1848:

Jane Mcdowell
William H. Robinson (Clerk)
Brinsley Barnes (Son of John Barnes & Margaret Tipton-Barnes)
John Tipton (Son of William Hannibal)
Sally Tipton (Sarah Sally West, wife of John Tipton)(Dau of Samuel West)
R. S. Tipton (Church clerk)
Henry Porter (Moderator)
Jane Porter
Robert L. Tipton (Deacon) (Robert Letcher Tipton, brother to Frances Tipton, Son of Samuel Tipton)
Jesse Tipton (Deacon) (son of William Hannibal Tipton, & Husband of Frances Tipton)
Barbara Tipton
Smith V. PottsLegendary Preacher
Adeline Tipton (Oldest daughter of Jesse & Frances Tipton)
Edward Darnaby
John L. Tipton
Castriva Tipton (could be William Lexius Tipton's daughter b.1833)
John J. Tipton (Brother to Frances & Robert L. Tipton)(Son of Samuel Tipton
Reuben L. Tipton (Son of William Hannibal Tipton)

Most of the people still living in the Irvine/Ravenna/Estill County area can trace their roots to these families.