| HIST |
It was during the pastorate of the Rev. S. G. Hilyer that John Joyner Brantley, while visiting relatives near Scottsboro in the summer of 1839, professed conversion during a revival in the Milledgeville church, and was baptized by his own father, the celebrated Dr. William T. Brantley, in the Oconee river, and united with the Milledgeville church. He was licensed to preach by the First Baptist church of Charleston, S. C., and later was elected to the chair of Belles Lettres in Mercer University. He was the master of several languages and a scholar of note. The Brantley family is celebrated in Baptist annals. [1] |
d. 28 Mar 1845, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia 