From 1825-1831 this area would have been in Hopewell Presbytery. New Salem in never mentioned in the Hopewell Presbytery minutes.

From 1832-1839 this area would have been in Hatchie Presbytery. We do not have any minutes of Hatchie Presbytery in the archives.

1840
No representative listed from New Salem. Churches not represented are not listed in the minutes.
[Source: Minutes of the Union Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 11, 1840, page 13]

1840
No representative and not in list of churches with no representatives.
[Source: Minutes of the Union Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 1840, page 20]

1841
No representative listed from New Salem. Churches not represented are not listed in the minutes.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 10, 1841, page 24]

1841
No representative listed from New Salem. Churches not represented are not listed in the minutes.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 2, 1841, page 28]

1842
1st time New Salem is mentioned in presbytery minutes.
In pursuance of an order of Presbytery the treasurer submitted the following report which was received and adopted.
Your Treasurer begs leave to report, That he has received from the following congregations the respective sums annexed (To Wit) From Mt. Carmel $2.00, Mt. Joy $5, Concord $5, Canaan $5, New Hope $5, Shilo [Shiloh] $5, Moriah $5, New Salem $5, Rose Creek $5, Bethesda $5, Raleigh $5, Ebenezar [Ebenezer] $5, Shady Grove $5, Green Bottom $5, Memphis $5, Wolf River, $4 & Mt. Comfort $5 amounting in all to ninety Seven Dollars. The following congregations have failed to make any returns of money (To Wit) Bethuel, Hopewell, Mt. Vernon, Huggins Creek, Big Spring, Lexington, Mt. Zion, Zion, Dan and Mt. Gilead, all of which is respectfully submitted. Isreal [Israel] S. Pickens, Treasurer.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 9-11, 1842, page 36]

1842
James M. Flanigan representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 24, 1842, page 39]

1843
C. S/T/P Polk representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 8, 1843, page 45]

1843
J. W. Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 7, 1843, page 54]

1844
J. W. Holt representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 13, 1844, page 63]

1844
J. M. Flannikin [Flanigan], from N. Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 19, 1844, page 74]

1845
C. G. Polk representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 12, 1845, page 83]

1845
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 4, 1845, page 93]

1846
J. M. Flanegin [Flanigan] representative from New Salem.
James M. Flannigan gave a relation of his experimental acquaintance with religion and of his internal call to the ministry and Presbytery having testimonials of his good moral character and of his being in the communion of the church received him as a candidate for the ministry and ordered to prepare a written discourse from Romans 8 Chap and 3 verse to be read at our next Presbytery.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 11, 1846, page 103]

1846
J. M. Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 3, 1846, page 113]

1847
C. G. Polk representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 27, 1847, page 119]

1847
J. M. Holt representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 2, 1847, page 132]

1848
H. Stephenson representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 1848, page 139]

1848
J. D. McClannehan representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 30, 1848, page 151]

1849
J. T. Stewart representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 1849, page 160]

1849
James Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 6, 1849, page 168]

1850
J. W. Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 20, 1850, page 174]

1850
H. Stephenson representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 28, 1850, page 1]

1851
J. M. Flannigan representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 5, 1851, page 12]

1851
J. W. Holt representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 4, 1851, page 25]

1852
W. D. Gather or W. O. Guthin representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 2, 1852, page 35]

1852

I. S. Lenand ? representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 17, 1852, page 44]

1853
J. W. Holt representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 4, 1853, page 57]

1853
J. H. Sink [Jacob H. Sink] representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 2, 1853, page 72]

1854
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 1854, page 78]

1854
J. W. Holt representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 1, 1854, page 83]

1855
J. F. Orr representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 2, 1855, page 90]

1855
James Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 31, 1855, page 99]

1856
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 1856, page 109]

1856
W. H. Forgy [William Henry Forgey] representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 11, 1856, page 118]

1857
W. W. C. Hays representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 6, 1857, page 129]

1857
J. H. Sink [Jacob H. Sink] representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 4, 1857, page 137]

1858
W. D. Guther representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 1858, page 148]

1858
J. F. Orr representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 17, 1858, page 156]

1858
J. F. Orr representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 7, 1858, page 165]

1859
W. H. Forgey [William Henry Forgey] representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 18, 1859, page 168]

1859
James Stewart representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 9, 1858, page 179]

1860
J. W. Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 16, 1860, page 189]

1860
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 7, 1860, page 199]

1861
This is a note in the minutes of Memphis Presbytery:
The Minutes of the Spring Session of 1861 are lost.

1861
J. H. Sink [Jacob H. Sink] representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 1861, page 215]

1862
New Salem not represented at beginning of meeting.
W. D. Gaither from New Salem congregation appeared and took his seat.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 1862, pages 226 & 228]

1862
This is a note in the minutes of Memphis Presbytery:
The Minutes of the Fall Session of 1862 and the Spring of 1864 are lost.

1864
The Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met at New Salem Church Shelby County Tenn.
J. F. Orr representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 16, 1864, page 232]

1865
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 1865, page 239]

1865
J. W. Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 1865, page 245]

1866
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 16, 1866, page 257]

1866
John Brown representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 14, 1866, page 264]

1867
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 15, 1867, page 272]

1867
J. W. Bond representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 13, 1867, page 278]

1868
J. F. Orr representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 13, 1868, page 290]

Fall 1868 - Spring 1870
No Minutes in archives.

1870
W. D. Gaither representative from New Salem.
Pastor of New Salem - R. Burrow [Reuben Burrow, Jr.]
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 16, 1870, pages 3 & 11]

Spring 1871 - Spring 1872
No Minutes in archives.

1872
The Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met, pursuant to adjournment, at New Salem, Shelby County, Tennessee.
James T. Stewart representative from New Salem.
Pastor of New Salem - Rev. Reuben Burrow
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 23, 1872, pages 4 & 16]

Spring 1873 - Spring 1874
No Minutes in archives.

1874
J. W. Bledsoe representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 21, 1874, page 4]

Spring 1875-Spring 1897
No Minutes in archives.

1890
Name of the Congregation: New Salem
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: J. B. Williams, Tipton, Tenn.
Pastor: A. S. Johnson
Total Membership: 121
Memphis Presbytery - Synod of Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, page 228]

1897
P. F. Young representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 25, 1897, page 3]

1898
New Salem not represented at opening of presbytery.
J. B. Douglas was enrolled as representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 16, 1898, pages 3 & 4]

1898
J. B. Douglas representative from New Salem.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, May 20, 1898, page 4]

1898
New Salem not represented at opening of presbytery.
Elder J. C. Stewart, representative from New Salem, appeared, and his name was enrolled.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, November 15, 1898, pages 6 & 8]

1899
Spring Minutes not in archives.

1899
J. B. Douglas representative from New Salem
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 19, 1899, page 7]

1900
New Salem not represented at opening of presbytery.
Elder J. B. Douglas from New Salem appeared and his name was enrolled.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 17, 1900, pages 4 & 5]

1900
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 18, 1900, page 5]

1901
New Salem not represented at opening of presbytery
N. C. Smith from New Salem appeared and his name was enrolled.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 16, 1901, pages 7 & 12]

1901
I. W. Flaniken representative from New Salem
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 17, 1901, page 5]

1902
J. C. Stewart representative from New Salem
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 15, 1902, page 3]

1902
New Salem not listed.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 23, 1902]

1903
New Salem not represented.
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 7, 1903, page 3]

1903
The Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met pursuant to adjournment with the New Salem Church, Shelby County, Tennessee.
G. W. Bledsoe representative from New Salem
[Source: Minutes of the Memphis Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 8, 1903, page 3]