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of a preacher. There he met Elder Samuel Harris, whom he persuaded to return with him to what was then Culpeper County (now Rappahannock County). Elder preached in the Wiley home for a while, but bitter opposition forced him to leave and go to Orange County.
Some time later Lewis Conner, another Baptist preacher, moved into the area and preached in a place where he was permitted to hold services. The first congregation consisted of 24 people, six men and 18 women. In October 1854 Barnett Grimsley
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