The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-06
JUDGE CALEB WALLACE OF
KENTUCKY.

of that State, and which has already
accomplished so much in this impor-
tant work. 1t derives it's name from
the earliest historian of the State, and
has assigned to it's members the pre-
paration of biographies of about fifty
of the most prominent of the pioneer
settlers of the Bloody Ground" One
of the most distinguished names in that
company was that of Judge Caleb
Wallace, whose Life and Times" by
the Rev. William III. Whitsitt, has just
appeared from the press of j. 2. Nor
ton & Co., in Louisville.
Among the Scotch. Irish Presbyte-
rians who settled in Lunenburg coun-
ty (now CHARLOTTE, Virginia, on the
waters of Cub Creek in 1888, was Sam
uel Wallace, descended from the famous
Wallace clan in the Highlands of Scot.
land. His son, Caleb, was born in
1742, and was old enough to listen to
the great Samuel Davies when he
preached at Cub Greek church, and af-
forwards to come into the church I'm.
der the ministration of Robert Henry.
At the age of twenty-five he entered
Princeton College in order to gain a
classical education. Here he had for
fellow-students many men afterwards
distinguished in American history
among whom were James Madison and
Aaron Burr. After his graduation he
entered the Presbyterian ministry as q
member of New Brunswick Presbyte-
ry, and after preaching a short time in
Georgia, became the pastor of the
church near which he was born, and a
member of Hanover Presbytery. AS a
member of this Presbytery in 1776 he
wrote and presented for them the ia
nous memorial to the Assembly on the
subject of Religious Liberty, which
largely influenced the body to repeal
the tax for the support of the clergy of
the Episcopal Church, and which fur
nished the material out of which Mr..
Jefferson constructed his bill for the
establishment of religious freedom. 1t
is also believed that Mr.. Wallace wrote
the memorial of Hanover Presbytery
of IVA, lately published in these col
umns.
Later in life Mr.. Wallace left the
ministry and removed to Kentucky,
where he first acted as one of the Vir-
ginia commissioners to adjust the ac-
counts made in defending Kentucky,
and the North west, and afterwards as
member Of the Legislature, and final
Iy as one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Kentucky, position which
he filed with great ability.
Judge Wallace married first daugh-
ter of Samuel Mcdowell of Augusta
county, Va, and sister of DR.. Ephraim
Mcdowell, the famous surgeon. She
lived but a short time. His second
wife was daughter of Isaac Christian
of the same county, and sister of Col
William Christian, the distinguished
soldier in the Revolution. By this
marriage he became the brother -in-law
of Col. VIM. Fleming and Col. Stephen
Trigg. And the volume gives most
interesting sketches of these then dis
tinguished connections. 1t also con
tains a number of interesting letters
some of which are from Governor
Henry.
The author is distinguished Baptist
minister, but he has been entirely just
in tracing the life of Presbyterian
minister who had so much influence il
the disestablishment of the Church il
Virginia The papers he has published
as written by Mr.. Wallace on this sub
ject, will make his name ever revereC
by all lovers of religious freedom. Th,
style of the author is admirable, and b.
has made a most valuable contribution
to the history of Virginia and Ken
lucky in this volume, the contents @
. which are here but briefly noticed.
. THE ENGLISH PRESS has much to sa