The Traveling Church: An Account of the Baptist Exodus From Virginia to Kentucky in 1781 Under the Leadership of Rev. Lewis Craig and Captai, Paperback

Originally published in 1891, George Washington Ranck tells the story of how a band of Separate Baptists in Virginia at the height of the Revolutionary War fled the state in favor of Kentucky in search for religious liberty after more than a decade of persecution and harassment from the state church. As a result of their exodus, some of the first churches in Kentucky were established.