George Davidson McLean

Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

1819 - 1854

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1840
George D. McLean - On the class rolls of Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky
["Treasurer's Book," 1826-1848, typescript]

1841
George D. McLean - On the class rolls of Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky
["Treasurer's Book," 1826-1848, typescript]

1851
G. D. McClean [sic]
Commissioner to General Assembly - from Princeton Presbytery
May 1851 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chairman of the Committee on the State of Religion

Chairman of the Committee on Synodical Records of Hernando Synod

Chairman of Special Committee to examine and report on the Minutes of Brazos Synod

The following preamble and resolution was offered by Brother McLean, and passed by this Assembly:
Whereas, The last General Assembly fixed the salary of its Stated Clerk at one hundred dollars per annum;
Resolved, That the Assembly's Treasurer by authorized to pay out of the contingent fund, said sum, together with the expenses incident to that office.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1851, pages 1, 8, 9, 12, 21, 23, 25, 32

1853
George D. McLean, President of the Trustees of the General Assembly
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1853, page 48]

1854
G. D. McLean, President of the Board of Trustees of the General Assembly
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1854, page 76]

1854
   The Board adjourned, to meet at 6 o'clock, P.M., at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
   Six o'clock, P.M., the Board of Directory met according to adjournment.
   According to appointment, a large collection of citizens of Princeton and its vicinity assembled at the Church, and the throne of grace being appropriately addressed by Rev. A. J. Baird, Dr. Beard delivered his valedictory address to the students of
Cumberland College, and the Board of Directory, and also to the citizens at large.
   Rev. A. J. Baird was now regularly installed as President of Cumberland College, and afterwards being introduced to the
audience by the President pro tem. of the Board, he delivered his inaugural address.
   The public exercises being now over, on motion of Rev. George D. McLean, the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
   'Resolved, That the thanks of this Board are due, and are hereby tendered, to the retiring President, Dr. Richard Beard, for
his faithful services for a series of years as President of this institution, and of this Board.
   Resolved, That this Board yield reluctantly to the necessity which is laid upon them, of parting with an officer of the institution
who has done so much for the promotion of its interests, and for the cause of education in our midst.
   Resolved, That the sympathies and best wishes of this Board will accompany our esteemed late President wheresoever his lot
may be cast, and into whatsoever field of usefulness he may be called to labor.'
J. H. RACKERBY, Sec'y."

[Source: Records of the Board of Directory of Cumberland College in: Beard, Richard. "Sources and Sketches of Cumberland Presbyterian History. No. V." The Theological Medium. A Cumberland Presbyterian Quarterly. April 1876, pages 166-167]

1855
Vacancies have occurred in the Board by the death of Revs. G. W. [sic] McLean and Silas N. Davis, which it will be proper to fill, and they recommend to your favorable notice the Revs. Milton Bird and Azel Freeman as proper persons to fill said vacancies.
[Source: "Report From Board of Trustees of the Church, at Princeton, Ky." Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1855, page 45]


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