Early minutes of Ewing Presbytery not in archives.
Congregations
were not listed in the General Assembly minutes until 1890.
1890
Not listed
in General Assembly Minutes
1891
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, London, Arkansas
Pastor:
none listed
Ewing Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
Total Membership: 25
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1891, page 174]
1892
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, London, Arkansas
Pastor:
R. F. Blackburn
Ewing Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
Total Membership: 25
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1892, page 182]
1893
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Pastor:
none listed
Ewing Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
Total Membership: 12
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1893, page 184]
1894
Not listed
in General Assembly Minutes
1895
Not listed
in General Assembly Minutes
1896
Not listed
in General Assembly Minutes
1896
Ewing Presbytery
- August 20-22, 1896 - Evergreen Church, Conway County, Arkansas
No Elder Representative from Mt. Carmel
[Source: Minutes of Ewing Presbytery, August
20-22, 1896, typescript]
1897
No report
from Stated Clerk of Ewing Presbytery
1898
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Minister:
J. A. Smith
No. Communicants: 26
Fort
Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1898, page 179]
1899
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Minister:
J. T. Henderson
No. Communicants: 15
Fort
Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1899, page 73a]
1900
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Minister:
none listed
No. Communicants: 17
Fort
Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1900, page 92a]
1901
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Minister:
none listed
No. Communicants: 17
Fort
Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1901, page 119a]
1902
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post-Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Minister:
none listed
Total No. of Members: 17
Morrillton
Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1902, page 111a]
1903
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Minister
Now in Charge: J. T. Henderson
Total Number of
Members: 13
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1903, page
96a]
1904
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post Office: H. S. Taylor, Augsburg, Arkansas
Minister
Now in Charge: none listed
Total Number of Members:
13
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1904, page 80a]
1905
Mount Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post Office: H. S. Taylor, R.D. 1, ______, Arkansas
Minister
Now in Charge: none listed
Total Number of Members:
13
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1905, page 61a]
1906
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post Office: H. S. Taylor, Loudon, Arkansas
Minister
Now in Charge: J. W. Gorman
Total Number of Members:
16
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1906, page 52a]
1907
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Post Office: H. S. Taylor, London, Arkansas
Minister
Now in Charge: J. W. Gorman
Total Number of Members:
13
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1907, page 11a]
1908
Mt.
Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of
the Session and Post Office: H. S. Taylor, London, Arkansas
Minister Now in Charge: J. A. Bates
Total
Number of Members: not listed
Morrillton Presbytery
- Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1908, page 13a]
1909
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Postoffice: H. S. Taylor, London, Arkansas
Minister
now in Charge: J. A. Bates
Total Number of Members:
13
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1909, page 44a]
1910
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Postoffice: H. S. Taylor, London, Arkansas
Minister
now in Charge: D. H. Rushing
Total Number of Members:
12
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1910, page 169]
1911
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Postoffice: none listed
Minister in Charge:
D. H. Rushing
Total Members: 7
Morrillton
Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1911, page 170]
1912
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Postoffice: M. M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Minister
in Charge: D. H. Rushing
Total Number of Members:
14
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1912, page 171]
1913
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Postoffice: M. M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Minister
in Charge: D. H. Rushing
Total Members: 14
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1913, page 249]
1914
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session
and Postoffice: M. M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Minister
in Charge: none listed
Total Members: no report
Morrillton Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1914, page 190]
1915
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1915, page
190]
1916
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1916, page
207]
1917
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1917, page
173]
1918
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
7
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1918, page
146]
1919
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1919, page
144]
1920
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1920, page
139]
1921
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1921, page
225]
1922
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1922, page
185]
1923
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
6
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1923, page
195]
1924
Mt. Carmel
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister in Charge:
none listed
Clerk of Session and Post Office: M.
M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number of Members:
5
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1924, page
167]
1925
Mt.
Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister
in Charge: S. C. Tackett
Clerk of Session and Post
Office: M. M. Pless, London, Arkansas
Total Number
of Members: 4
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1925, page 139]
To be continued
Mt. Carmel: Located about six miles north of London in the
Pless community. The date of organization is not known, as the
early minutes have been lost. This church is still active.
[Source: Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians
1813-1984: A People of Faith, page 131]