Guide to the Rice Family Papers

John Holt Rice was born in 1777. Between the years 1796 and 1800 he taught, both privately and at Hampden-Sidney College in Richmond, VA. In 1802 he married Anne Smith Morton. From 1804 until 1812 he served as pastor of Cub Creek Presbyterian Church. In 1812 he returned to Richmond to establish its first Presbyterian church. In 1819 he served as moderator of the General Assembly.

In 1824 Rice became Professor of Theology at Hampden-Sidney's School of Theology (later known as Union Theological Seminary). He died in 1831.

Benjamin Holt Rice, his younger brother, was born in 1782. He served as pastor of a church in Petersburg, VA until 1829. That year he was appointed moderator of the General Assembly. In 1830 he was called by the Pearl Street congregation in New York City. In 1834 he moved again, this time to Princeton, NJ. In 1847 he returned to Virginia to take charge of the College Church near Hampden-Sidney College. He died in 1856.