Boonshill Cumberland Presbyterian Church-Petersburg, Tennessee

Boonshill

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tennessee

[former name: New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church]

before 1850 - present

Columbia Presbytery

Tennessee Synod

Boonshill Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Route 2
Petersburg, Tennessee 37144

This congregation was organized before 1850. It appears in the list of congregations represented at the meeting of
Elk Presbytery on April 12, 1850. The representative was P. Holbert. At this time the archives does not have any minutes of Elk Presbytery prior to 1850.

The name was changed in 1949 from New Salem to Boonshill. The November 1, 1948 minutes of Elk Presbytery list New Salem. The April 21, 1949 minutes of Elk Presbytery list Boonshill.

Information from the Statistical Tables
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church

DATE	NAME OF CONGREGATION	CLERK OF THE SESSION AND POST-OFFICE	PASTOR	SYNOD	PRESBYTERY	TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
1890	New Salem	W. W. Erwin Boon's Hill, Tenn.	R. J. Orr	Tennessee	Elk	110
1891	New Salem	N. W. Erwin Boon's Hill, Tenn.	W. A. Bridges	Tennessee	Elk	105
1892	New Salem	W. W. Erwin Boon's Hill, Tenn.	W. A. Bridges	Tennessee	Elk	110
1893	New Salem	W. W. Erwin Boon's Hill, Tenn.	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	100
1894	New Salem	W. M. Erwin Boon's Hill, Tenn.	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	110
1895	New Salem	W. W. Erwin Boon's Hill, Tenn.	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	100
1896	New Salem	W. W. Erwin Boon's Hill, Tenn.	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	130
1897	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel Boonshill, Tenn.	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	133
1898	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel Boons Hill, Tenn.	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	130
1899	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel Boonshill, Tenn.	W. W. Irwin	Tennessee	Elk	124
1900	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel Boonshill, Tenn.	W. W. Irwin	Tennessee	Elk	123
1901	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel Boonshill, Tenn.	W. W. Irwin	Tennessee	Elk	105
1902	New Salem	John R. Marshall Boonshill, Tenn.	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	100
1903	New Salem	John R. Marshall Boonshill, Tenn.	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	100
1904	New Salem	S. J. McAfee Boonshill, Tenn.	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	45
1905	New Salem	S. J. McAfee Boonshill, Tenn.	None Listed	Tennessee	Elk	100
1906	New Salem	A. B. Willson Boons Hill, Tenn.	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	105

To Be Continued

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