Unknown County GaArchives Biographies.....Bedgewood, Nicholas 1730 - unknown
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Author: J. H. Campbell

NICHOLAS BEDGEWOOD

  Was probably the first Baptist minister who proclaimed the gospel in Georgia.
He was born in England, in 1730, and came to America in 1751, and was employed
in the Orphan House below Savannah. He embraced the sentiments of the Baptists,
and was baptized in Charleston by Mr. Hart, in 1757. He was a classical scholar
and an accomplished speaker, and was instrumental in the conversion of several
persons in and about the Orphan House, whom he baptized, and to whom he
administered the Lord's Supper, probably as an arm of the Charleston church.
This was the first Baptist communion ever held in the State. He assisted Mr.
Hart for some time, and then removed to Pedee, and was pastor of the Welch Neck
church. He was disowned by the Charleston Association for marrying in this
country, while, as they alleged, his first wife was living in England. He
justified himself in maintaining that his first wife was dead. It is to be
regretted that this meagre account contains all we have been able to collect of
this useful minister of the New Testament.


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GEORGIA BAPTISTS: HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
BY
J. H. CAMPBELL,
PERRY, GEORGIA.


MACON, GA.: J. W. BURKE & COMPANY. 1874.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
J. H. CAMPBELL,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.




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