Lithograph of Jesse Mercer. 1881. Jesse Mercer was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, on December 16, 1769. His father moved the family to Georgia in 1775. During the Revolutionary War, the family fled back to North Carolina, but returned to Georgia upon its completion. Mercer was converted at the age of 15 and baptized at 18. He was ordained on November 7, 1789. Over the next fifty years or so, Mercer pastored several churches. In 1815 he influenced the formation of the Powelton Baptist Society for Foreign Missions. He was appointed in 1816 to be a member of the General Missionary Convent of the Baptist denomination, of which he was later president. He served as president of the Georgia Baptist Convention for 18 years and presiding officer of the Georgia Association for over 20 years. He owned and edited the Christian Index for seven years and donated over $40,000 to Mercer University. Jesse Mercer died on September 6, 1841. JPG file (310 KB)
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