Georgia Biographies Baptist F.M. Blalock File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge barbarawinge@yahoo.com http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia Table of Contents: F. M. BLALOCK The oldest son of Henry and Nancy Blalock, F. M. Blalock was born October 29th, 1845, in Crawford County, Georgia, two miles north of Knoxville. His father is a South Carolinian by birth, and moved with his father from that State in 1832, and settled in Crawford County where he married Nancy Matthews, a native of that county. Mr. Blalock professed religion, and joined Benevolence church, in Crawford County. In 1863, he entered the Confederate Army, and served faithfully until the close of the War Between the States, when he returned to the home of his parents and engaged in farming. Becoming impressed that it was his duty to preach, and his fitness for the ministry becoming apparent to his church, he was licensed in 1867, and prosecuted the studies through one term in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. As a licentliate, he did good and assiduous service until his own church called him to ordination, in November, 1873, when he was set apart to the ministry of the Gospel by the imposition of hands... In 1875, he took charge of the Houston Factory and Friendship churches, in Houston county... At present is he pastor of the Horeb Church, Talbot County, having assumed the pastorship in 1878. When barely twenty-one, Mr. Blalock married Miss A. F. Wilkinson, of Monroe County, who has proved a faithful and effective furtherer of his ministerial work.... Ref: HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA, 1881, Atlanta, GA, p. 36. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============