Rev. Benjamin Orr Peers, one of the most distinguished ministers in Kentucky, was born at Green Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia, April 20, 1800; and died in Louisville, Aug. 20, 1842-aged 42 years. His father, Major Valentine Peers, of an influential Scotch-Irish family, emigrated from the north of Ireland to Scotland, and thence to Loudon County, Virginia; and Sept. 11, 1777, when only 21 years old, was a brigade-major on the staff of Brig. Gen. Geo. Weedon, at the battle of Brandywine (or Chad's Ford, Delaware), where his officers and soldiers were so handsomely complimented in the published orders of Gen. George Washington and Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene. His name appears also, as an officer of the day, in the order issued by Gen. Washington, Sept. 28, 1777, congratulating the army on the victory of Gen. Gates over Burgoyne at Stillwater, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1777. He emigrated to the Lower Blue Lick springs, Nicholas Co., Ky., March 1803, and engaged extensively in manufacturing salt; and, some years later at Paris and Maysville established cotton factories; was a judge of the court of quarter sessions at Paris; a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church for many years; and died at Maysville, June 1830, aged 74." (Collins History of Kentucky Vol. 1, page 442. 1924 edition).
Benjamin Peers graduated at Transylvania University and later studied at Princeton Seminary 1822-23, for the Presbyterian ministry but changing his views on church government he was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, where he became one of the ablest ministers in that denomination. He was President of Transylvania University, 1832-1834.
Benjamin Peers graduated at Transylvania University and later studied at Princeton Seminary 1822-23, for the Presbyterian ministry but changing his views on church government he was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, where he became one of the ablest ministers in that denomination. He was President of Transylvania University, 1832-1834.
Rev. Benjamin Orr Peers, one of the most distinguished ministers in Kentucky, was born at Green Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia, April 20, 1800; and died in Louisville, Aug. 20, 1842-aged 42 years. His father, Major Valentine Peers, of an influential Scotch-Irish family, emigrated from the north of Ireland to Scotland, and thence to Loudon County, Virginia; and Sept. 11, 1777, when only 21 years old, was a brigade-major on the staff of Brig. Gen. Geo. Weedon, at the battle of Brandywine (or Chad's Ford, Delaware), where his officers and soldiers were so handsomely complimented in the published orders of Gen. George Washington and Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene. His name appears also, as an officer of the day, in the order issued by Gen. Washington, Sept. 28, 1777, congratulating the army on the victory of Gen. Gates over Burgoyne at Stillwater, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1777. He emigrated to the Lower Blue Lick springs, Nicholas Co., Ky., March 1803, and engaged extensively in manufacturing salt; and, some years later at Paris and Maysville established cotton factories; was a judge of the court of quarter sessions at Paris; a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church for many years; and died at Maysville, June 1830, aged 74." (Collins History of Kentucky Vol. 1, page 442. 1924 edition).
Benjamin Peers graduated at Transylvania University and later studied at Princeton Seminary 1822-23, for the Presbyterian ministry but changing his views on church government he was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, where he became one of the ablest ministers in that denomination. He was President of Transylvania University, 1832-1834.
Benjamin Peers graduated at Transylvania University and later studied at Princeton Seminary 1822-23, for the Presbyterian ministry but changing his views on church government he was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, where he became one of the ablest ministers in that denomination. He was President of Transylvania University, 1832-1834.
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