Bland, Peter Randolph

Bland, Peter Randolph a Presbyterian minister, was born in Nottoway County, Va., Dec. 9, 1800. He was educated at Hampden Sidney College; was licensed by the Western District Presbytery, April 2, 1831; and on the first of the following October he was ordained, and stationed at Mount Bethany Church. He also preached at Brownsville and other adjacent places, and from 1844 to 1855 was pastor at Emmaus; subsequently becoming stated supply in Bellemont, Tenn. He died July 24, 1859. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1861, p. 78.