Rev. John Leighton Wilson, D.D.
His home stood on this site. With his wife, Jane Bayard Wilson, he served as a Presbyterian missionary on the western coast of Africa 1833-1852. He advocated ending the slave trade and by 1844 had freed all his own slaves. Foreign Mission Secretary in the Presbyterian Church for 33 years, he served as a chaplain, C.S.A.
Marker is on Nancy Branch Road (State Road 31-154), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
