The next destination on my Virtual Hike was to Paris, Kentucky.

The previous destination on my virtual hike was the Cane Ridge Meeting House.

You can see in the map that the Cane Ridge Meeting House is not far from Paris.  You can also see East Union on the map which is where the Hinkston Creek or East Union Dunkard Church was founded in 1790. The Cane Ridge Presbyterian congregation was founded in 1791 just shortly after.

The virtual route from the Cane Ridge Meeting House followed country roads toward Paris.

The route also ran by a bunch of horse farms.

Here you can see a Farmers Market in the center of Paris, which really points out that it is a rural area. Many country congregations moved to the cities, which is most likely why the Cane Ridge congregation disbanded in 1921.

My last few destinations have been related to early congregations in this area.

My ancestors in this area were at Old Concord and East Union, but would also have been in contact with the congregation at Cane Ridge. The only one of these three congregations that is still meeting is the one at East Union, although in a much newer building.

For more about early Restoration Movement history see my previous Virtual Hike posts.

The next stop on my Virtual Hike is yet to be determined, but I will be heading toward Indiana where I will virtually visit other early Restoration Movement churches with family ties.

I am still working on the route past this area as I have learned a lot more about how migration routes changed as the frontier pressed further west.

Steven

Images in this post are from Google Maps and Street View

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