From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Jones, Lydia

Lydia Jones was one of the original members of The First Baptist Church of Columbus (OH) in 1824. Lydia Jones was probably not a slave. The church was the first Baptist church formed in the city of Columbus. The church started with 11 members, three of whom were African American: Lydia Jones from Kentucky, and Patty Booker and George Butcher, both from Virginia.

 The First Baptist Church of Columbus Papers are in the Ohio Historical Society Library/Archives. For more see chapter 43, "Baptist," by O. C. Hooper, in History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio, vol. 2, by A. E. Lee [available online at Google Books].

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Kentucky

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Columbus, Ohio

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NKAA Source: History of the City of Columbus, capital of Ohio

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“Jones, Lydia,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 11, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2162.

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