The following quotation is taken from A History of Owensboro and Daviess County Kentucky by Hugh O. Potter (published, 1974 by the Daviess County Historical Society):
"As the Pup Creek area of the present Daviess county (around Yelvington) filled with new settlers, mainly from Fort Hartford, Fort Vienna, and areas to the east, the Methodists organized the first church in what was to become Daviess county. This interesting even took place in 1808, and was accomplished by Rev. William Craig, in the home of Benjamn Duncan, an early justice of the peace in Ohio county. The church took the name Bethlehem. It is still in existence, and is by several years Daviess county's oldest religious organization. Evidence seems to point to the fact that the Bethlehem organization came about through the same intinerant missionary work which had previously led to the organization of Goshen, Old Bethel, and No Creek Methodist churches, in the Hartford area, in 1804" (p. 51).
"When Daviess county was formed, on June 1, 1815, there were three religious organizations within its orignial bounds. They were: Bethlehem Methodist Church (1808), Buck Creek Baptist Church (1812), and Yelvington Baptist Church (1813)" (p.52).
