His resting place is unknown at this time. His marker has been placed next to his second wife Mary Crockcroft Kierce in Red Oak Cemetery. According to the article below he was buried at the Florala Baptist Church.
1880 Census Covington County, Alabama Page 341D
Wilson Kierce Age 70 Working in Grist Mill AL SC SC
Mary Kierce Age 56 AL SC NC
B. A. Kierce Age 39 Son AL SC GA
Civil War Veteran
Covington County Reserves Co. A
Pastor of Florala Baptist Church
Florala News-Democrat 1913-1918
Thursday, June 21, 1917
History of the Baptist Church
What is known as the First Baptist church, Florala, was organized in 1862, over in Florida near the forks of the creek, where Clear Springs School house now stands. The organization was effected by Bro. GW Kierce, the first pastor, who now lives at Andalusia. Bro. Kierce was then missionary for this Association, and served the church once a month for several years. About 1864 the place of worship was moved to a round-pole school house near where the Iris theatre now stands. In this school house our fellow townsman, Mr. JE Hughes, lived the first year of his marriage.
In 1869 Rev. Wilson Kierce, father of Rev. GW Kierce, came here with wagon and oxen, and together with Brother JE Hughes, DC Allen and others of the community, cut and hauled logs and erected a log building on the present site. Rev. Kierce requested that he be buried under the shade of the trees by the church, and there his body rests today.
1880 Census Covington County, Alabama Page 341D
Wilson Kierce Age 70 Working in Grist Mill AL SC SC
Mary Kierce Age 56 AL SC NC
B. A. Kierce Age 39 Son AL SC GA
Civil War Veteran
Covington County Reserves Co. A
Pastor of Florala Baptist Church
Florala News-Democrat 1913-1918
Thursday, June 21, 1917
History of the Baptist Church
What is known as the First Baptist church, Florala, was organized in 1862, over in Florida near the forks of the creek, where Clear Springs School house now stands. The organization was effected by Bro. GW Kierce, the first pastor, who now lives at Andalusia. Bro. Kierce was then missionary for this Association, and served the church once a month for several years. About 1864 the place of worship was moved to a round-pole school house near where the Iris theatre now stands. In this school house our fellow townsman, Mr. JE Hughes, lived the first year of his marriage.
In 1869 Rev. Wilson Kierce, father of Rev. GW Kierce, came here with wagon and oxen, and together with Brother JE Hughes, DC Allen and others of the community, cut and hauled logs and erected a log building on the present site. Rev. Kierce requested that he be buried under the shade of the trees by the church, and there his body rests today.
His resting place is unknown at this time. His marker has been placed next to his second wife Mary Crockcroft Kierce in Red Oak Cemetery. According to the article below he was buried at the Florala Baptist Church.
1880 Census Covington County, Alabama Page 341D
Wilson Kierce Age 70 Working in Grist Mill AL SC SC
Mary Kierce Age 56 AL SC NC
B. A. Kierce Age 39 Son AL SC GA
Civil War Veteran
Covington County Reserves Co. A
Pastor of Florala Baptist Church
Florala News-Democrat 1913-1918
Thursday, June 21, 1917
History of the Baptist Church
What is known as the First Baptist church, Florala, was organized in 1862, over in Florida near the forks of the creek, where Clear Springs School house now stands. The organization was effected by Bro. GW Kierce, the first pastor, who now lives at Andalusia. Bro. Kierce was then missionary for this Association, and served the church once a month for several years. About 1864 the place of worship was moved to a round-pole school house near where the Iris theatre now stands. In this school house our fellow townsman, Mr. JE Hughes, lived the first year of his marriage.
In 1869 Rev. Wilson Kierce, father of Rev. GW Kierce, came here with wagon and oxen, and together with Brother JE Hughes, DC Allen and others of the community, cut and hauled logs and erected a log building on the present site. Rev. Kierce requested that he be buried under the shade of the trees by the church, and there his body rests today.
1880 Census Covington County, Alabama Page 341D
Wilson Kierce Age 70 Working in Grist Mill AL SC SC
Mary Kierce Age 56 AL SC NC
B. A. Kierce Age 39 Son AL SC GA
Civil War Veteran
Covington County Reserves Co. A
Pastor of Florala Baptist Church
Florala News-Democrat 1913-1918
Thursday, June 21, 1917
History of the Baptist Church
What is known as the First Baptist church, Florala, was organized in 1862, over in Florida near the forks of the creek, where Clear Springs School house now stands. The organization was effected by Bro. GW Kierce, the first pastor, who now lives at Andalusia. Bro. Kierce was then missionary for this Association, and served the church once a month for several years. About 1864 the place of worship was moved to a round-pole school house near where the Iris theatre now stands. In this school house our fellow townsman, Mr. JE Hughes, lived the first year of his marriage.
In 1869 Rev. Wilson Kierce, father of Rev. GW Kierce, came here with wagon and oxen, and together with Brother JE Hughes, DC Allen and others of the community, cut and hauled logs and erected a log building on the present site. Rev. Kierce requested that he be buried under the shade of the trees by the church, and there his body rests today.
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