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Moses Foley (Jr.) was the third pastor of Crab Orchard church. He was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost, and by him much people were added to the Lord. He possessed only moderate preaching gifts, but these were diligently used. He was the son of Moses Foley, a Baptist minister of Washington county VA. The seignor Moses Foley was pastor of North Fork of Holstein and Rich Valley churches in VA., in 1794, and, in 1802, moved with twenty-six of the members of the former to Abrahams creek, where he constituted a new church. About the year 1815. he moved to Knox County, KY and settled on the Cumberland river about four miles below Barboursville. Here he was pastor of several churches till near time of his death. He raised six daughters and seven sons. Of the latter, Elijah and Moses Jr. were Baptist preachers. Elijah Foley preached a short time in VA. then moved to KY, where he labored several years in the gospel.
He finally moved to Missouri, where he preached several years, before his death.
Moses Foley Jr. was born in Washington County, VA, February 7, 1777. He professed religion in his native county, about the year 1802. He commenced exhorting sinners to repent, before he was baptized and was regularly inducted into the ministry in 1803. After preaching a few years with much zeal, in his native county, he moved to Pulaski county, KY, about 1808. Here he was called to the care of   Union church. In August, 1810, he succeeded Jeremiah Vardeman in the pastoral care of Crab Orchard church. To this church he preached forty-eight years. He continued to preach monthly to Union church, several years after he was settled at Crab Orchard, when he resigned on account of the distance.
After his removal to Lincoln county in 1811, besides Crab Orchard, he preached, at different times, to Freedom and Masons Fork (now Liberty), in Garrard county, Hayes Fork in Madison county, and Mt. Salem, Logans Creek and Drakes Creek, in Lincoln County. He was a good singer and an excellent exhorter, and was very prompt and energetic in his ministerial labors. He died, after a brief illness, November 9, 1858, greatly beloved and much lamented.