The following is a list of Baptist ministers between 1754 and 1829, etc. officially recognized in early Bedford County, VA, to celebrate the rite of marriage (extracted from a Bedford County VA history):
William Bramblett, September 22, 1777, Baptist Preacher
John Anthony, August 28, 1781, Baptist Society
James Rucker, August 28, 1781, Baptist Society
Nathaniel Shrewsberry, March 25, 1782, Baptist Society
William Johnson, April 22, 1782, Baptist Society.
Jeremiah Hatcher, June 27, 1785, Baptist Church
Nathaniel Schrewsberry, September 26, 1785, Baptist Church
Joseph Drury, September 27, 1790, Baptist Church
John Hall, October 27, 1794, Baptist Church
William Johnson, Sr, October 27, 1794, Baptist Church.
Isham Fuqua, June 27, 1796, Baptist Church
Joshua Burnett, February 28, 1803, Baptist Church.
George Rucker, February 28, 1803, Baptist Church
Wilson Turner, February 28, 1803, Baptist Church
Edward Jennings, October 24, 1808, Baptist Church.
William Leftwich, Jr, October 24, 1808, Baptist Church
Enoch Terry, June 25, 1810, Baptist Church
Joshua Taylor, June 25, 1810, Baptist Church
William Fuqua, October 23, 1815, Baptist Church.
Joseph Burroughs, November 23, 1819. Baptist Church
John Kelly, November 23, 1819, Baptist Church.
Daniel Witt, December 27, 1824, Baptist Church
James Leftwich, February 27, 1826, Baptist Church
Abner Anthony, May 28, 1827, United Baptists
Jesse Witt, Jr, October 22, 1827, United Baptists
Zachariah Worley, August 25, 1828, Baptist Church