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Former United Baptists

KEY

MB = Missionary Baptist
PB = Primitive Baptist
RB = Regular Baptist
SB = Separate Baptist
SBC = Southern Baptist Convention
UB = United Baptist


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Strawberry                                                                  VA                                                                      1776                         Southern Baptist

Associations in VA became United Baptist in 1787.
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Middle District                                                          VA                                                                       1784                         Southern Baptist

Associations in VA became United Baptist in 1787. Corresponded with South KY and convinced them to become UB (1795).
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Elkhorn                                                      Woodford Co, KY                                                           9/3/1785                     Southern Baptist

This is the first association formed in the state of Kentucky.
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Holston (District?)                                       Washington Co, TN                                                10/30/1786                    Southern Baptist

Started off as Separate Baptist, then Regular; changed to United Baptist before becoming Southern Baptist.
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Tate's Creek                                                               KY                                                                      1793                           Southern Baptist

This is the first association formed as a United Baptist association in Kentucky.
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Tennessee                                                                 TN                                                                  12/5/1802                       Southern Baptist?

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Cumberland River                                                    KY                                                                      1809?                                    ?????

Affiliated with the American Baptist Association.   http://www.crabaptist.org/Home.htm

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Gasper River                                                    Ohio Co, KY                                                          9/26/1812                        Southern Baptist


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Little River                                                    Christian Co, KY                                                         1813                              Southern Baptist

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Burning Spring                                                         KY                                                                    1813                              Regular Primitive

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Union #2                                                      Harrison Co, KY                                                          1813                               Southern Baptist

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Franklin                                                        Franklin Co, KY                                                           1815                               Southern Baptist

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Goshen                                                     Breckenridge Co, KY                                                     1816                                Southern Baptist

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Tugalo River                                    Franklin Co, GA/Pendleton,  SC                                     9/12/1818                           Southern Baptist

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Mt. Pleasant                                              Boone's Lick, MO                                                         1818                                Southern Baptist

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Powell Valley                                             Claiborne Co, TN                                                          1818                                Primitive Baptist

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Drake's Creek                                               Allen Co,  KY                                                          10/6/1820                            Southern Baptist

Became Bay's Fork Assoc, now called, "Allen Baptist Association".
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Boone's Creek                                  Estill and Fayette Co, KY                                                 5/28/1823                            Southern Baptist

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Hiwassee                                                                 TN                                                                May 1823                            Primitive Baptist


Hiwassee split into two associations: Primitive and Missionary, which became Southern Baptist.
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Cape Girardeau                                     Cape Girardeau Co, MO                                                    1824                                Southern Baptist

At one time the Association was United Baptist then split over missions, one side became Regular Baptist (defunct?), and the other went into
missionary work. Bethel church (est.1806) was the leader in making the association anti-missionary.
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Little Wabash                                                           IL                                                                       1825                                Primitive Baptist

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New Salem                                                                KY                                                                     1825                                Old Regular Baptist

In 1854, they changed to "Regular United", then to "Regular Primitive",  then in 1870 to "Old Regular Baptist".
Mother of the Old Regular Baptist associations.

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Forked Deer                                                             TN                                                                   < 1828                                Primitive Baptist?

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Nolachucky                                                   Northeast TN                                                        11/8/1828                              Southern Baptist

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Barren River #1                                                     Barren Co, KY                                                9/15/1830                             Missionary Baptist

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Laurel River                                                   Laurel Co,  KY                                                            1831?                                Southern Baptist

There was a split in the 1880s which formed two associations; one UB and the other SBC.

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Sweetwater                                    McMinn, Meigs, and Polk Co, TN                                         1831                                   Southern Baptist

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Franklin                                                                     MO                                                                  1834                                    Southern Baptist

Now called Franklin Co Assoc

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Saline                                                              Saline Co, AR                                                      10/1/1836                                Southern Baptist

Oldest continuous association in the state of Arkansas.
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Big Sandy                                                       Benton Co, TN                                                    5/13/1837                               Primitive Baptist?

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Northern                                                          Union Co, TN                                                    11/30/1838                              Southern Baptist

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Little Bonne Femme                        Callaway and Boone Co, MO                                              1839                                   Southern Baptist

This association supported one of their members, Dr. William Jewell, in forming of the William Jewell College in Liberty, MO.
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Franklin (Union)                                        Franklin Co, IL                                                              1841                                  Missionary Baptist

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South Cumberland River                         Russell Co, KY                                                              1841                                 Missionary Baptist

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Osage River                      Camden, Maries, Miller, and Morgan Co, MO                                 1844                                   Southern Baptist?

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Trinity River                                  Robertson, Brazos, Leon Co, TX                                     July 1848                                Missionary - SBC?

Called the "Baptist Missionary Association of Texas"
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Eastern Texas                                       Nacogdoches, TX                                                      Nov. 1849                               Missionary Baptist

Changed name to Central Baptist Association (1852).  This body is an unaffiliated Missionary Baptist group.
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Mates Creek                                              Pike Co, KY                                                                1849                                      Regular Primitive

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St. Francois                             Madison, Bollinger, and Wayne Co, MO                            Oct. 1850                                 Southern Baptist

The actual name of this association was "St. Francois Association of United Baptists, Devoted to Benevolent Purposes"
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Clinton                                                      Knox Co, TN?                                                             1853?                                    Southern Baptist?

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Freedom                         Polk, Webster, Dallas, and Laclede Co, MO                                    1858                                      Missionary Baptist

Became Polk County Assoc (1889)
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Union                                                         Pike Co, KY                                                                1859                                     Old Regular Baptist

Union was formally called "Union Regular United Baptist Association" before changing their name to Old Regular.
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Antioch                                                           MO                                                                        1866                                      Missionary Baptist

Renamed from Cedar Association (1848)**

** - According to Douglass, Cedar was reorganized as Antioch, but was also renamed as Cedar County???
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Blood River                                                       KY                                                                        1870                                     Southern Baptist

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RockCastle                                 Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle Co, KY                                             1871                                      Southern Baptist

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2nd North Concord                       Russell and Pulaski Co, KY                                                1876                           Old Time Missionary Baptist

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Total (to date):
47 associations