Brown, William Martin

Brown, William Martin a Baptist minister, was born in Halifax County, Virginia, August 18, 1794. He removed to Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1813, and in 1821 united with Bacon Creek Church, Hart County, becoming its pastor in 1826. He continued to hold this relation for thirty-two years. He also, for a part of this time, had the pastoral care of the Knox Creek and South Fork churches. He travelled very extensively over that part of the state in which he lived, and under his auspices several churches were formed. He died June 3, 1861. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 148. (J.C.S.)