David Gage, Jr

November 1794 Ebenezer Baptist Church and Cemetery, Henderson, North Carolina, United States Reason This Information Is Correct Ebenezer Baptist Church on U.S. 64 East and Howard Gap Road.aken from the gravestone at the cemetery. http://hendersonheritage.com/ebenezer-baptist-church-and-cemetery/ Legend states that his body was brought to what later became Henderson County. Some of his children had moved to this section prior to his death. The problem with the old legend is that Ebenezer Baptist Church was not established at the time of the death of Jacob Shipman. “His older sons, Edward and John, were living in Henderson County,” wrote descendant James B. King in the Heritage of Henderson County. “His body was carried by wagon by his sons to Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he was buried, a trip that took three days.” The Shipman family is noted on the 1790 census in Rutherford County. Two sons moved into what is today Henderson County prior to 1794. But, Jacob Shipman never lived in today’s Henderson County. It is possible that he is not buried at the site and the stone is a memorial monument. Old Tryon Co. NC was changed into Rutherford and Lincoln Counties in North Carolina. Buncombe was cut from Rutherford and Henderson was cut from Buncombe so that the Mud Creek in Rutherford Co. was the same as Mud Creek in Henderson Co. where Jacob Shipman and Abraham Kuykendall are buried.The Simon Kuykendall who witnessed Jacob Shipman's will is the son of Abraham Kuykendall.