Unknown County GaArchives Biographies.....Mosely, Elijah unknown - circa 1820
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Author: J. H. Campbell

ELIJAH MOSELY,

  Was brought up as a preacher under William Davis, in Holly Springs church,
Elbert county, where he was licensed. He was ordained September 5, 1807. In
1808, he joined Crooked Creek church, Putnam county, and was moderator of the
Ocmulgee Association many years. In 1817, he accompanied Mr. Mercer to
Philadelphia as a delegate from the Ocmulgee Missionary Society (of which he was
president,) to the Triennial Baptist Convention of the United States, and
heartily approved the measures adopted for a theological school. He was a
preacher of great power. His opportunities for education in early life had been
slender, but he had a strong native mind and an insatiable thirst for knowledge
as he advanced in his ministerial career, because he discovered his need. Such
men will gather up a valuable fund of information, whether they ever see a
college or not. Such, too, derive great advantage from the labors and works of
their more learned brethren.

  During the last war with England, say about 1813, he volunteered his services
(whether as a chaplain or private soldier, the author is not informed,) in the
army against the Creek Indians, He sustained a high reputation among the
soldiers, to whom he frequently preached, and to whom, he was greatly useful.
Some may think he did even more than his duty, for, when the conflict came, he
was in the thickest of the fight, and was wounded in defense of his country.
About 1820, he removed to Alabama, and survived but a short time.

  A son of his, Rev. William Mosely, is a preacher in the Towalagi Primitive
Association—a man of reputable talents, but opposed to the institutions of the
day. He is a man of logical mind, a natural orator, and is greatly admired and
beloved by his friends. In 1840, during the presidential campaign, he felt it
his duty to speak and to write on the affairs of the country, and his efforts
were believed by many to have exerted a powerful influence in favor of Whig
principles. In 1846, he ran for Congress against a distinguished opponent, but
was beaten by a small majority. It is hoped he may yet see it his duty to adopt,
the views of his venerated father on the subject of benevolence, and employ his
talents (which are of no mean order,) in building up where he has been wont to
pull down.



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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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