to come together in close array; converge: The enemy was closing up on us from both flanks. 1  to bring to an end; cease: The company is closing up its overseas operations. 2  to become silent or uncommunicative. 3  to reduce or eliminate spacing material between (units of set type).
Resource Bank Contents. George Liele was the first black Baptist in Georgia, and the first black Baptist churches in American resulted from his evangelism.Liele was born in Virginia in 1752, but lived much of his life as a slave in Georgia.
Hinkle was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, to Michael Hinkle and Nancy Higgins. George married Sarah Ann Stark (or Adams), who died in 1844 or 1845. He subsequently married the widow Mary Loman Hartman, and she outlived him. Hinkle lived in Iowa where he was commissioned a colonel in the militia. He died in 1861 and is buried in Hamilton Cemetery in Decatur, Iowa.