James H. Kilpatrick Collection

Collection

Identifier: MU-PP-0175

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James H. Kilpatrick Collection Finding Aid

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Scope and Contents

The James H. Kilpatrick Collection contains a scrapbook. This was apparently given to his son, William Heard Kilpatrick, upon his death in 1908. Inside are clippings, mostly from The Christian Index, but there are also clippings from the Texas Baptist Herald. There is a barely legible index of these clippings on the inside of the front and back covers. Topics var clippings and include church government, missions, temperance, and both amusing and moralistic anecdotes.

Dates

Creation: 1908

Rights Statement

To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Biographical / Historical

James H. Kilpatrick was a white man born in Burke County, Georgia, on October 18, 1833. He graduated from Mercer University (A.B., 1853; D.D., 1882) and was ordained to Gospel ministry on December 30, 1854. He served as the pastor of White Plains Baptist Church in Greene County from 1854 to 1908. Kilpatrick also served in numerous other rural and village churches. He was the moderator of the Georgia Baptist Association for 23 years and president of the Georgia Baptist Convention for six years. Kilpatrick also served as vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was a trustee of Mercer University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He was married to Cornelia Hall (1856) and Edna Heard (1870). Between his two wives, Kilpatrick had a large number of children. James H. Kilpatrick died in White Plains, Georgia, on March 27, 1908.