Elisha Green, Religious Leader
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Elisha Green - Religious Leader. Born into slavery in Bourbon County, Elisha Green grew up in Mason County at "Glen Alice" farm outside Maysville. He later purchased freedom for himself and part of his family. A spiritual leader, he helped form African American Baptist churches in Maysville and Paris, Ky., and preached to many congregations. (Reverse) Elisha Green, Religious Leader - Believing freedmen needed to own land, Green and a white landowner founded African American community near Paris. Politically active, he was chosen a vice president of the Ky. Negro Republican Party at Lexington convention in 1867. He remained a dynamic force in Baptist churches in Maysville and Paris until his death in 1889. Over.
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
Born into slavery in Bourbon County and raised at the "Glen Alice" farm near Maysville, Elisha Green purchased freedom for himself and part of his family and became an influential Baptist minister. He helped organize African American Baptist churches in Maysville and Paris and, believing freedpeople needed land, joined a white landowner to found a Black community near Paris. Politically active, he was chosen a vice president of the Kentucky Negro Republican Party at an 1867 Lexington convention and remained a force in Baptist life until his death in 1889.
Why it matters
Green's ministry, landholding, and Reconstruction-era politics show how formerly enslaved leaders built the churches, communities, and political institutions of Black Kentucky after emancipation.
Plan your visit
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Museums & culture
- National Underground Railroad Museumnearby
- Kentucky Gateway Museum Center0.1 mi away · 215 Sutton Street, Maysville, KY
- Aberdeen–Huntington Township Museum0.7 mi away
- Albert Sidney Johnston House3.0 mi away
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum3.1 mi away · 2124 Old Main Street, Maysville, KY
- Ohio Tobacco Museum7.2 mi away · 703 South 2nd Street, Ripley, OH
Food & drink
- Delite's0.2 mi away · 222 Market Street, Maysville, KY
- Crowe Bar0.2 mi away · 220 Market Street, Maysville, KY
- Caproni's on the River0.3 mi away · 320 Rosemary Clooney Street, Maysville, KY
- Domino's0.3 mi away · 114 East Second Street, Maysville, KY
- The Hogs Trough0.5 mi away
- McDonald's0.6 mi away
Places to stay
- Days Inn by Wyndham Maysville Kentucky0.6 mi away · 484 Moody Drive, Maysville, KY
- McCann’s Motel0.7 mi away
- Sapp’s Motel0.8 mi away
- Browns Motel0.8 mi away
- Quality Inn1.7 mi away · 1428a KY 10
- Beverly Hills Inn1.8 mi away
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