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==References == | <p> a [[Baptist]] minister, was born in Orange County, Virginia, January 7, 1765. He was immersed at a Baptist Church in Orange County, called "Blue Run," in his fifteenth year; soon after began publicly to exhort; at sixteen became a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was wounded in the head. He was licensed to preach in 1788; ordained in [[Georgia]] in 1793; served one church in Elbert County twenty-three years; that at Beaver [[Dam]] twelve years; Clark's [[Station]] nineteen years; and died October 31, 1831. See Campbell, Georgia Baptists. (J.C.S.) </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_36690"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davis,+william+(1) William Davis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_36690"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davis,+william+(1) William Davis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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William Davis [1]
a Baptist minister, was born in Orange County, Virginia, January 7, 1765. He was immersed at a Baptist Church in Orange County, called "Blue Run," in his fifteenth year; soon after began publicly to exhort; at sixteen became a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was wounded in the head. He was licensed to preach in 1788; ordained in Georgia in 1793; served one church in Elbert County twenty-three years; that at Beaver Dam twelve years; Clark's Station nineteen years; and died October 31, 1831. See Campbell, Georgia Baptists. (J.C.S.)