Lovick Pierce
Template:Short description Rev. Lovick Pierce (March 24, 1785 – November 9, 1879) was an American Pastor, Chaplain, and author.[1] He was nicknamed the “Father of the Methodist Church in west Georgia”, and was the father of George Foster Pierce.[1][2][3] Pierce was instrumental in Wesleyan College’s founding and served on the first Board of Trustees.[4][5]
Biography
Lovick Pierce was born on March 24, 1785, in Halifax County, North Carolina. He was a Methodist Chaplain for the United States Army in the War of 1812.[1]
In 1836, Lovick joined St. Luke United Methodist Church in Columbus, Georgia. Around 1866, Pierce helped organize what became the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, Georgia, originally named Pierce's Chapel.[6] Not to be confused with Pierce Chapel on the Wesleyan College campus, named after his son.[7] A prolific author, Rev. Pierce was an early Southern proponent of the Holiness movement.
He died in Sparta, Georgia, on November 9, 1879.[2][8]
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