MACON COUNTY, GA - OBITS English, Sampson

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26 Jan 1999 

Note: This obit is taken from the minutes of
the Upatoi Baptist association found in the
Georgia archives microfilm collection

Sept 8, 1866{note Sampson English is usually
listed as dying in the 1870s but this
indicates it was earlier.}

Whereas, God in his providence has seen fit
to remove, by the hand of death, our much
beloved brother, Elder Sampson English,
since our last session, and while we bow in
humble submission to his divine will, yet we
deem it our duty as an evidence of the high
esteem in which he was held by us, to offer
the following tribute of respect to his
memory: Brother English was greatly loved
and esteemed by our body, having long been
one of its leading and most useful members.
He had been a faithful minister of Christ
for the last forty years, and in his dying
moments he rejoiced in that faith which had
enabled him to overcome the world, and now
to meet death without fear. His long and
useful life endeared him to all who love the
truth, and though we meet him no more on
earth, yet we trust we shall meet him in
that realm where parting is known no more.

Baptist Associational Meetings are held once
a year, generally in the Fall of the year.
More than likely, Sampson English died
January 2, 1866.
Geneva Cunningham

Tombstone in English Cemetery reads:
2 January 1790 1875