HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, by Lewis Collins, and J. A. & U. P. James, 
published 1847.  Reprinted by Henry Clay Press, Lexington, Ky., 1968. 
Page 112.  Unknown County.

WILLIAM HICKMAN, as the first preacher in Kentucky, claims of course, 
the first attention.  He commenced his ministry in this state.  Then he 
returned to Virginia, and for several years labored there with great 
success.  In 1784, he became a permanent resident in the state.  Here he 
encountered peculiar trials.  The country was sparsely populated, while 
tribes of wandering savages were continually making depredations on the 
property and lives of the settlers.  But Mr. Hickman was not silent 
because of danger.  He traveled extensively, and even in the most 
distant and exposed settlements, and at the peril of his life, bore the 
tidings of salvation.  Elder John Taylor said of him in 1822, "though 
now about 76 years of age, he walks and stands erect as a palm tree, 
being at lest six feet high, and rather of slender form.  His whole 
deportment is solemn and grave, and is much like Caleb, the servant of 
the Lord, who at fourscore years of age was as capable to render service 
in war, as when young.  This veteran can yet perform a good part in the 
gospel vineyard.  His style of preaching is plain and solemn, and the 
sound of like thunder in the distance; but when he becomes animated, it 
is like thunder at home, and operates with prodigious force on the 
consciences of his hearers."  He was pastor a number of years to the 
church at the "Forks of Elkhorn."  He baptised, it is thought, as many 
persons as any minister that ever labored in the state.

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