Pastor Joab Wilkie  was born ca 1798, North Carolina, son of
Elder William Wilkie.   He died about 1886 or 1887.  He and his wife, Sarah,
who was born ca 1808, married around 1827, reared a large family.  Known
children:  Eliza born ca 1828, Joseph born ca 1829, William born ca 1830,
James born ca 1834, Martha born ca 1836, Thomas born ca 1838, Mary born ca
1840, Sarah born ca 1841, and Washington born ca 1844.
He professed religion early in life and joined the church at Big Spring and
was chosen as a lay delegate to represent that church in the session of
Broad River Association in 1826.  He then became associated with the Catawba
Association where he remained until the formation of the Green River
Association.  He was ordained at the Shiloh Baptist Church between
1834-1838.  The Shiloh Church was organized in 1834 by a Presbytery composed
by Elder A. Webb, John Blackwell, W. Hammon and J. Wilkie, and was supplied
by Elder A. Webb until the ordination to the ministry of  J.  Wilkie, who was
set apart of the church at an early period of its history, an office he
continued to exercise until 1844.
Elder Wilkie is said to have been "a good pious Christian minister, subject
to the same drawbacks that cripple the usefulness of a large majority of
olden time Baptist ministers - meaning a lack of early educational
training."
Among the churches where he was pastor were:  Shiloh, Cane Creek, Arrowood,
Cooper's Gap, Bill's Creek April to Nov. 1854, where he was pastor, this in
1839; however, he was listed among the Ordained MInisters within the bounds
of the Green River Association until 1886.  Evidently his church membership
remained with the Shiloh Church for he was one of their delegates to the
association on many occasions between 1863-1885.