Benjamin Blitch b. 17 Nov 1811 Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 22 Apr 1887 Wayne, Georgia, USA: acw

1811 - 1887 (75 years)

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Name	Benjamin Blitch [1, 2, 3]
Birth	17 Nov 1811	Effingham, Georgia, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Death	22 Apr 1887	Wayne, Georgia, USA [1]
	The subject of this notice, Rev. Benjamin Blitch, was born in Effingham County, GA., Nov. 17, 1811, and departed this life April 22, 1887, at his home near Jesup in Wayne County. He connected himself with Turkey Branch church in his native county at about 21 years of age. The activity and usefulness manifested in that season of first love induced his brethren to elect him, the year after, to the office of deacon in Cowpen Branch church. In the year 1832, he was married to Miss Harriet Wilson of Effingham County, who bore him fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters. Four of the sons were ministers of the Gospel. Bro. Blitch was a kind and indulgent and a devoted husband. He was patient, kind, and forebearing, ever seeking to accomplish good. There are trees of rightousness which are ever drooping precious fruits around them. There are leaves that shine like stars to recall the fruits of his labor. In 1835, he moved to Florida, where he united with Black Creek church (now Sanders) at which church he was licensed to preach, which he continued to do as a licenseate 12 years. In 1846, He removed to Effingham County and connected himself with Little Ogheeche church, Screven County. He was ordained on the Second Sabbath in April, 1853. In 1859, he moved to Ware county and connected himself with Hopewell church, about 10 miles west of Blackshear. In 1860, he moved to Blackshear and worked as a carpenter for two years. In 1862, he moved to Appling County and joined the Baptist church, at which church his membership remained on the day of his death. He served the Piedmont Association as moderator 14 years in succession and clerk 7 years, and again as moderator 2 years. Bro. Blitch was the first to preach a missionary sermon on the South side of the Altamaha river. He was appointed to preach about 12 missionary sermons. He served as missionary 4 years in Effingham County. He served as pastor in Calvary church, Union church and in Ware County, Hopewell and in Blackshear in Pierce County; In Appling County, he served Bethel, Ten Mile Creek, Consolidation, and Zion; In Wayne County, he served Bethel, Flynt Branch, Union, Jesup, Goose Little River, and Zion; In Coffee at Elizabeth. He served some churches as long as 18 years continuously. When the Great Head of the church saw fit to remove from the field of earthly labor to a place in his heavenly mansion our much esteemed and beloved brother, we felt that a deep and general bereavement fell on us. He was extraordinarily gifted in head and heart. He possessed a wide power of intellect to comprehend subjects making him a wise and safe counselor. He was a man of man of firm decision, candid in his expression. Indeed was he very prominent before his brethren in all their counsels and deliberations as they found in him a wise counselor and an earnest advocate of the truth as revealed in the word of God. Our brother was beloved and admired as a minister for his soundness in the doctrine of grace and for his clear and attentive presentations from the pulpit. He was an outstanding Baptist. Our brother was not what is now termed as an educated man but he was a man of great natural ability and one whose heart was full of the Grace of God. As a christian, he exemplified in his long and useful life those graces and virtues which clearly demonstrated that he daily walked with God. His noble traits, dignified and genial nature will ever remain fresh in the memory of all who knew his. His mind was perfectly clear on religious matters to the last, and he passed over the river in the full triumphs of living faith, and thus was his spirit united over the river on pinions of love to the city of God. The death of such a man has left a deep and painful void, and in token of our regret to him and as the expression of our loss, be it therefore resolved: 1st: That we bow in humble submission to Him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will, and doeth all things well. 2nd: That we humbly testify our affections for our brother by saying a great and useful man has fallen in Israel. 3rd: That in respect of the memory of our brother a copy of this tribute be placed on memorial page of our church book, a copy be furnished for publication in our County paper, Baxley Banner, and Christian Index, and a copy to the bereaved family. Ordered by the Bethel Baptist Church, in conference, May 1887. J.E. Black, Moderator Jesup Sentinel of June 9, 1887
Burial	Youmans Cemetery, Appling, Georgia, USA [1]
Person ID	I48341	tng Genealogy

Father	Benjamin Blitch, b. 1768, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 1845, Effingham, Georgia, USA (Age 77 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Sarah Spier d. 1813, Effingham, Georgia, USA
Relationship	natural
Marriage	24 Sep 1803	Effingham, Georgia, USA [2, 4, 5]
Family ID	F14381	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Harriet Wilson, b. 25 Jan 1814, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 12 Nov 1877, Appling, Georgia, USA (Age 63 years)

Marriage 1831 Effingham, Georgia, USA [1, 2]

Children

+	1. James Elias Blitch, b. 21 Jul 1833, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 3 Feb 1876, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Daniel Isaiah Blitch, b. 24 Apr 1836 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Joseph Luke Blitch, b. 3 Mar 1838 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Benjamin Samuel Blitch, b. 17 Feb 1843 d. 29 May 1865 (Age 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Esther Ann Blitch, b. 5 Nov 1834 d. 1921 (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Elizabeth Martha Blitch, b. 25 Jan 1840 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Mary Ruth Blitch, b. 20 Jul 1841 d. 12 Mar 1843 (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Minerva Lucinda Blitch, b. 7 Feb 1846 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	9. Solomon Elihu Blitch, b. 9 Aug 1847, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 15 Jan 1926, Atkinson, Georgia, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Keziah Abegail Blitch, b. 17 Feb 1849 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Leonidas Wyley Blitch, b. 30 Dec 1850 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. Emma Azelia Blitch, b. 11 Apr 1852 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	13. Obediah Thomas Blitch, b. 15 Sep 1844 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	14. William Wilberforce Blitch, b. 2 Jul 1854 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F18452 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Birth - 17 Nov 1811 - Effingham, Georgia, USA

Marriage - 1831 - Effingham, Georgia, USA

Death - 22 Apr 1887 - Wayne, Georgia, USA

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Sources

[S229] Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 1, (Name: 1951;), pages 19-20.
[S237] Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 6, (Name: 1971;), Page 16.
[S554] Ancestry.com, Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Wills, 1829-1950 (Effingham County, Georgia); Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Effingham County); Probate Place: Effingham, Georgia
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[S529] Ancesrty.com, Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
Georgia Archives; Morrow, Georgia; County Marriage Records, 1828–1978
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[S566] Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;).
Record for Benjamin Blith
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