Unknown County GaArchives Biographies.....Polhill, Thomas 1760 - 1814
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Author: J. H. Campbell

THOMAS POLHILL.

  The preaching of a black man, in 1789, was the means of his awakening, and he
was baptized at Black Swamp by Alexander Scott, his step-father. His ordination
took place on his own plantation, December 9th, 1805, by John Goldwire and Henry
Holcombe. He was born in Chatham county, January 12th, 1760, and died in Burke
county, November 24th, 1814. He was the author of a book on baptism, in a
controversy with Mr. Russell, a Methodist, in which he displays a sound mind and
respectable talents.

  His father was a preacher in Mr. Whitfield's connexion, probably at the Orphan
House; but having embarked for England for Episcopal ordination, the ship was
swallowed up in Charleston harbor by a violent whirlwind.

  Mr. Polhill married two wives, and by the first had several children; two sons
were bred to the law, and both have sustained the office of Judge of our
Superior Courts. Judge James Polhill presided over the Southern Circuit, but was
suddenly cut off by death. Judge John G. Polhill was for several years at the
head of the Ocmulgee Circuit, and died in the Cherokee country, whither he had
gone on account of bad health. He was a graduate of R. I. College—studied law in
Augusta, but had resided a dozen years or more in the neighborhood of Macon and
Milledgeville. For a time he was connected with the "Federal Union" as editor.
He was acting deacon of the Baptist church in Milledgeville at the time of his
death.

  Joseph Polhill, another son of the subject of this notice, was a Baptist
minister of high standing and great usefulness. Richmond, Burke and the adjacent
counties enjoyed the benefit of his labors.


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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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