Brown, Rev. William Martin, a prominent Baptist minister, was born in Halifax Co., Va., Aug. 18, 1794

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Brown, Rev. William Martin, a prominent Baptist minister, was born in Halifax Co., Va., Aug. 18, 1794. He came to Mercer Co., Ky., in 1813, and two years afterward settled in Hart County of that ‘State. He united with Bacon Creek church in 1821, and five years afterward became its pastor and served in that capacity for thirty-two years. Ie was also the pastor of Knox’s Creek and South Fork churches. Under his ministry two of these churches became the largest in Lynn Association. Mr. Brown traveled and preached extensively in that region of the State, and formed several churches. He died on June 3, 1861. ‘Two of his sons, James H. and D. J., be- came useful Baptist preachers. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart