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HISTORY OF FLINT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Sometime before 1770, while the community was still sparsely settled, Allen Wiley, whom Semple the historian, calls a man of respectable standing, in the absence of a spiritual leader gathered his friends at his home and urged upon them the claims of the Gospel. We are told that Mr. , Wiley went all the way to Pittsylvania County in search of a preacher to preach the Gospel in his community. There-he met Elder Samuel Harris whom he persuaded to return with him to what is now Rappahannock, but then a part of Culpeper County.- On their return Mr. Harris held services in the Wiley home. Bitter opposition, however, drove him from there to Orange County. And thus Baptist preaching was first introduced into our county. It may be of interest to state that Mr. Wiley lived near the present village of Flint Hill. Probably on the farm now owned by the Devers family.
After the days of Mr. Wiley there lived and died an honest Baptist minister in the neighborhood of Flint Hill. We refer to the Rev. Lewis Connor, a faithful preacher of the truth, as it is in Jesus. Mr. Connor died at his home near Flint Hill during the summer of 1832, ibeing 86 years of age. See CHURCH—page 7
Attention...
Flint Hill Patrons
All patrons and friends of Flint Hill Elementary School are invit-** ed to meet in the school building on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. At this time we hope to decide whether the Flint Hill school will reorganize a Parents-Teacher .Association for the 1954-55 session. \ '
Mrs. Annie A. Cooke /v
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