The headstone is very hard to read.
A devoted Minister of the Gospel. In his own word "a vile sinner saved by grace".
From the Catalog of Members of The Dialectic Society, University of North Carolina 1795-1890: "1808 Attended University of North Carolina; A.B. 1809; A.M. 1812; Tutor U.N.C. 1809. Physician. Baptist Minister. Dead."
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Abner W Clopton: "Clopton, Abner W., Rev. of Charlotte County, Va. d. in Richmond, Va. age 50 yrs. (C.C. Apr. 20, 1833)"
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The following bio provided by FAG Contributor: Bill Guerrant (49147917):
Abner Wentworth Clopton was born in Pittsylvania County on March 24, 1784, the son of Robert and Frances Anderson Clopton. The Cloptons lived on what is now Slatesville Road in Keeling and they attended Shockoe Baptist Church. Following a brief, failed marriage that ended in divorce (which had to granted by the General Assembly at the time), Abner devoted himself to studies, attending in succession classical schools in the county, then in Guilford County, North Carolina, and eventually the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked his way through school and graduated in 1810. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Clopton suffered a life-threatening illness, which led to his conversion and call to ministry. He withdrew from the medical school and returned home to Pittsylvania County, where he was baptized at Shockoe Baptist Church.
In 1812, Clopton accepted a teaching position at a preparatory school in Chapel Hill associated with the University of North Carolina. Despite not having obtained a medical degree, he also practiced medicine there. In 1816 Clopton gave up his medical practice and his teaching position in order to become a minister, pastoring a church in Chapel Hill. Later, in 1819 he moved to Milton to become the pastor of the Milton Baptist Church, as well as superintendent of the Milton Male and Female Academies.
While in Milton, Reverend Clopton mentored future missionaries John Day and James Taylor. Day moved his furniture business to Milton in order to study under Clopton, then turned it over to his brother Thomas in order to devote himself full-time to ministry. Thomas Day would go on to become one of the most celebrated artisans of his time. James Taylor became chairman of the Foreign Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and was instrumental in helping John Day immigrate to Liberia, where he became one of that nation's founding fathers.
After leaving Milton, Reverend Clopton spent the rest of his ministerial career in Charlotte County, Virginia, where among other things he founded the Virginia Temperance Society in 1826. His writings were widely disseminated, and he was one of the most noted and influential Baptists of his day.
Abner Wentworth Clopton died of the effects of pleurisy at age 47 on March 20, 1833. He is buried on the old Clopton homeplace in Keeling.
There is a 296 page memoir of Abner Wentworth Clopton in the NY Public Library Archives, and here is the link to microfilm images. It was written by Jeremiah Jeter and published by Vale and Wyatt in 1837.
http://archive.org/details/memoirofabnerwcl00jete/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
A devoted Minister of the Gospel. In his own word "a vile sinner saved by grace".
From the Catalog of Members of The Dialectic Society, University of North Carolina 1795-1890: "1808 Attended University of North Carolina; A.B. 1809; A.M. 1812; Tutor U.N.C. 1809. Physician. Baptist Minister. Dead."
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Abner W Clopton: "Clopton, Abner W., Rev. of Charlotte County, Va. d. in Richmond, Va. age 50 yrs. (C.C. Apr. 20, 1833)"
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The following bio provided by FAG Contributor: Bill Guerrant (49147917):
Abner Wentworth Clopton was born in Pittsylvania County on March 24, 1784, the son of Robert and Frances Anderson Clopton. The Cloptons lived on what is now Slatesville Road in Keeling and they attended Shockoe Baptist Church. Following a brief, failed marriage that ended in divorce (which had to granted by the General Assembly at the time), Abner devoted himself to studies, attending in succession classical schools in the county, then in Guilford County, North Carolina, and eventually the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked his way through school and graduated in 1810. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Clopton suffered a life-threatening illness, which led to his conversion and call to ministry. He withdrew from the medical school and returned home to Pittsylvania County, where he was baptized at Shockoe Baptist Church.
In 1812, Clopton accepted a teaching position at a preparatory school in Chapel Hill associated with the University of North Carolina. Despite not having obtained a medical degree, he also practiced medicine there. In 1816 Clopton gave up his medical practice and his teaching position in order to become a minister, pastoring a church in Chapel Hill. Later, in 1819 he moved to Milton to become the pastor of the Milton Baptist Church, as well as superintendent of the Milton Male and Female Academies.
While in Milton, Reverend Clopton mentored future missionaries John Day and James Taylor. Day moved his furniture business to Milton in order to study under Clopton, then turned it over to his brother Thomas in order to devote himself full-time to ministry. Thomas Day would go on to become one of the most celebrated artisans of his time. James Taylor became chairman of the Foreign Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and was instrumental in helping John Day immigrate to Liberia, where he became one of that nation's founding fathers.
After leaving Milton, Reverend Clopton spent the rest of his ministerial career in Charlotte County, Virginia, where among other things he founded the Virginia Temperance Society in 1826. His writings were widely disseminated, and he was one of the most noted and influential Baptists of his day.
Abner Wentworth Clopton died of the effects of pleurisy at age 47 on March 20, 1833. He is buried on the old Clopton homeplace in Keeling.
There is a 296 page memoir of Abner Wentworth Clopton in the NY Public Library Archives, and here is the link to microfilm images. It was written by Jeremiah Jeter and published by Vale and Wyatt in 1837.
http://archive.org/details/memoirofabnerwcl00jete/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
The headstone is very hard to read.
A devoted Minister of the Gospel. In his own word "a vile sinner saved by grace".
From the Catalog of Members of The Dialectic Society, University of North Carolina 1795-1890: "1808 Attended University of North Carolina; A.B. 1809; A.M. 1812; Tutor U.N.C. 1809. Physician. Baptist Minister. Dead."
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Abner W Clopton: "Clopton, Abner W., Rev. of Charlotte County, Va. d. in Richmond, Va. age 50 yrs. (C.C. Apr. 20, 1833)"
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The following bio provided by FAG Contributor: Bill Guerrant (49147917):
Abner Wentworth Clopton was born in Pittsylvania County on March 24, 1784, the son of Robert and Frances Anderson Clopton. The Cloptons lived on what is now Slatesville Road in Keeling and they attended Shockoe Baptist Church. Following a brief, failed marriage that ended in divorce (which had to granted by the General Assembly at the time), Abner devoted himself to studies, attending in succession classical schools in the county, then in Guilford County, North Carolina, and eventually the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked his way through school and graduated in 1810. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Clopton suffered a life-threatening illness, which led to his conversion and call to ministry. He withdrew from the medical school and returned home to Pittsylvania County, where he was baptized at Shockoe Baptist Church.
In 1812, Clopton accepted a teaching position at a preparatory school in Chapel Hill associated with the University of North Carolina. Despite not having obtained a medical degree, he also practiced medicine there. In 1816 Clopton gave up his medical practice and his teaching position in order to become a minister, pastoring a church in Chapel Hill. Later, in 1819 he moved to Milton to become the pastor of the Milton Baptist Church, as well as superintendent of the Milton Male and Female Academies.
While in Milton, Reverend Clopton mentored future missionaries John Day and James Taylor. Day moved his furniture business to Milton in order to study under Clopton, then turned it over to his brother Thomas in order to devote himself full-time to ministry. Thomas Day would go on to become one of the most celebrated artisans of his time. James Taylor became chairman of the Foreign Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and was instrumental in helping John Day immigrate to Liberia, where he became one of that nation's founding fathers.
After leaving Milton, Reverend Clopton spent the rest of his ministerial career in Charlotte County, Virginia, where among other things he founded the Virginia Temperance Society in 1826. His writings were widely disseminated, and he was one of the most noted and influential Baptists of his day.
Abner Wentworth Clopton died of the effects of pleurisy at age 47 on March 20, 1833. He is buried on the old Clopton homeplace in Keeling.
There is a 296 page memoir of Abner Wentworth Clopton in the NY Public Library Archives, and here is the link to microfilm images. It was written by Jeremiah Jeter and published by Vale and Wyatt in 1837.
http://archive.org/details/memoirofabnerwcl00jete/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
A devoted Minister of the Gospel. In his own word "a vile sinner saved by grace".
From the Catalog of Members of The Dialectic Society, University of North Carolina 1795-1890: "1808 Attended University of North Carolina; A.B. 1809; A.M. 1812; Tutor U.N.C. 1809. Physician. Baptist Minister. Dead."
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Abner W Clopton: "Clopton, Abner W., Rev. of Charlotte County, Va. d. in Richmond, Va. age 50 yrs. (C.C. Apr. 20, 1833)"
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The following bio provided by FAG Contributor: Bill Guerrant (49147917):
Abner Wentworth Clopton was born in Pittsylvania County on March 24, 1784, the son of Robert and Frances Anderson Clopton. The Cloptons lived on what is now Slatesville Road in Keeling and they attended Shockoe Baptist Church. Following a brief, failed marriage that ended in divorce (which had to granted by the General Assembly at the time), Abner devoted himself to studies, attending in succession classical schools in the county, then in Guilford County, North Carolina, and eventually the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked his way through school and graduated in 1810. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Clopton suffered a life-threatening illness, which led to his conversion and call to ministry. He withdrew from the medical school and returned home to Pittsylvania County, where he was baptized at Shockoe Baptist Church.
In 1812, Clopton accepted a teaching position at a preparatory school in Chapel Hill associated with the University of North Carolina. Despite not having obtained a medical degree, he also practiced medicine there. In 1816 Clopton gave up his medical practice and his teaching position in order to become a minister, pastoring a church in Chapel Hill. Later, in 1819 he moved to Milton to become the pastor of the Milton Baptist Church, as well as superintendent of the Milton Male and Female Academies.
While in Milton, Reverend Clopton mentored future missionaries John Day and James Taylor. Day moved his furniture business to Milton in order to study under Clopton, then turned it over to his brother Thomas in order to devote himself full-time to ministry. Thomas Day would go on to become one of the most celebrated artisans of his time. James Taylor became chairman of the Foreign Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and was instrumental in helping John Day immigrate to Liberia, where he became one of that nation's founding fathers.
After leaving Milton, Reverend Clopton spent the rest of his ministerial career in Charlotte County, Virginia, where among other things he founded the Virginia Temperance Society in 1826. His writings were widely disseminated, and he was one of the most noted and influential Baptists of his day.
Abner Wentworth Clopton died of the effects of pleurisy at age 47 on March 20, 1833. He is buried on the old Clopton homeplace in Keeling.
There is a 296 page memoir of Abner Wentworth Clopton in the NY Public Library Archives, and here is the link to microfilm images. It was written by Jeremiah Jeter and published by Vale and Wyatt in 1837.
http://archive.org/details/memoirofabnerwcl00jete/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
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