. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . ging usefnlness. RICHMOND VIRGINIA BRANCH THE African Methodist Episcopal Church has no morezealous, thoroughgoing worker in Georgia than Rich-mond Virginia Branch, who is now pastor of the AllenTemple A. M. E. Church. He is a native of Georgia, havingbeen born in Muscogee county, near Columbus. August 11, parents were owned by Judge Martin J. Crawford, as werehis grandparents. In fact, his father, Benjamin Branch, waswith Judge Crawford throughout the war. This long identityof the family of the slaves
. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . ging usefnlness. RICHMOND VIRGINIA BRANCH THE African Methodist Episcopal Church has no morezealous, thoroughgoing worker in Georgia than Rich-mond Virginia Branch, who is now pastor of the AllenTemple A. M. E. Church. He is a native of Georgia, havingbeen born in Muscogee county, near Columbus. August 11, parents were owned by Judge Martin J. Crawford, as werehis grandparents. In fact, his father, Benjamin Branch, waswith Judge Crawford throughout the war. This long identityof the family of the slaves with that of their owner, coveringsometimes a period of generations, as in this case, establishedbetween the slaves and their owner a feeling of intimacy anda cordial relationship which in many instances extended far be-yond the days of Emancipation. As a boy our subject attended an independent school estab-lished by his father and other citizens about three miles fromColumbus, and later did more advanced work at ClafrinsSchool, in Columbus. He was denied the opportunities of a. RICHMOND VIRGINIA BRANCH. 376 HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEGRO college education, but as will be seen later has attained to a highdegree of learning through his own endeavors. After the war, Benjamin Branch purchased a farm which heand his family worked till the time of his death. After thatthe care of his mother and the younger members of the familyfell upon Richmond V. Branch, and right nobly did he dischargethe obligation, placing their comfort and well being above hisown ambitions. One has not far to look for the secret of his self-denial. Hisparents were Christian people, and he was brought up underthe influence of the Sunday-school and the church. He was con-verted and joined the church at the age of twelve, and from thetime of his conversion felt the impression that somehow he mustpreach the Gospel. While still in his twenties, the way seemedto open up and he was licensed to preach at Wimberly
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