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]
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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.
^ abcSchley, Jack (May 11, 2018). "Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce". Southern Views Magazine. pp. 63–66. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
^ ab"Obituary for Lovick Pierce". New York Daily Herald. 1879-11-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
^Barrass, E. (1886). "Bishop Pierce, of the Methodist Episcopal Church south". Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine: Being a Continuation of the Arminian Or Methodist Magazine First Publ. by John Wesley. p. 583.
^Griffin, Richard W. (1966). "Wesleyan College: Its Genesis, 1835-1840". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 50 (1): 54–73. ISSN 0016-8297.
^Hayes, Zach C. (1953). "Bishop George Foster Pierce". The Georgia Review. 7 (2): 156–163. ISSN 0016-8386.
^"First African Methodist Episcopal Church - - Athens, GA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
^"Pierce Chapel at Wesleyan College". issuu.com. Wesleyan Magazine, Wesleyan College. Summer 2011. pp. 5–8. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
^Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine. Vol. 10. Frank Leslie. 1881. p. 638.
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