Anderson Presbytery

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

1822 - 1898

 

Cumberland Synod 1822-1829
Green River Synod 1829-1888
Kentucky Synod 1888-1898

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Information on Meetings and Available Minutes

1821
October 1821
Anderson Presbytery created out of Logan Presbytery by order of Cumberland Synod.

 

1822
October 16, 1822
Resolved, That a small portion of country belonging to the Nashville Presbytery be stricken off and attached to the Anderson Presbytery, according to the following metes and boundaries, viz.: beginning at the town of Dover, in Stewart county, State of Tennessee, extending along the Cumberland river so as to include the town; running thence a west course to the mouth of Sandy river; thence down the Tennessee river to its mouth; thence up the Ohio river to the mouth of the Cumberland river.

Resolved, That a new Presbytery be stricken off the Anderson Presbytery and a part of the McGee Presbytery, to have the appellation of the Illinois Presbytery, including the State of Illinois; to be composed of the following members, viz.: Messrs. Green P. Rice, David W. McLin, John M. Berry, and Woods M. Hamilton, to meet at John Kirkpatrick's, in the county of Montgomery, State of Illinois, on the first Tuesday in May, 1823. Green P. Rice was appointed the first moderator,or, in case of his absence, David W. McLin.

Resolved, That a part of the Logan Presbytery be stricken off and attached to the Anderson Presbytery, beginning at the mouth of Green river; thence up the Ohio river to the Yellow Banks; thence with a line to the forks of White river, leaving Judge Montgomery and the New Prospect society in the Logan Presbytery; thence up the West fork of said White river to its source.

[Source: Minutes of Cumberland Synod, October 16, 1822]

 

1823
October 24, 1823
Resolved that the line dividing the Logan and Anderson presbyteries be altered from where it strikes White river, to run down said river to its mouth & that that part of country between that river and the Wabash be stricken off to the Logan presbytery.

[Source: Minutes of Cumberland Synod, October 24, 1823]

 

1823
October 24, 1823
Arkansas Presbytery stricken off from McGee Presbytery by Cumberland Synod.

Resolved that a presbytery be stricken off from the McGee presbytery, including the Arkansas territory, consisting of the following members: (viz) Rev. Messrs. John Carnahan, William C. Long and Robert Sloan of the McGee presbytery, and William Henry of the Anderson presbytery; to be known by the name of the Arkansas presbytery. To meet at John Craig's, Independence county, Arkansas territory on the fourth Thursday in May 1824; and that William Henry be the first moderator, and in case of his absence, John Carnahan.

[Source: Minutes of Cumberland Synod, October 24, 1823]

 

1824
October 22, 1824
Resolved, That the part of Logan Presbytery which was stricken off from the Anderson Presbytery at last Synod, be again attached to the Anderson Presbytery.

[Source: Minutes of Cumberland Synod, October 22, 1824]


 

1822
April 5, 1822
1st meeting
Rose Creek Church, Nebo, Hopkins County, Kentucky
Moderator - Rev. John Barnett
Clerk - David W. McLin
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 2]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page I of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
Presbytery adjourned to meet at Salubrious Springs, Christian County, Kentucky
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1822 October
Salubrious Springs, Kentucky
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1823

1823
Spring 1823
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1823
October 14 1823
New Liberty Church in Muhlenburg county, Kentucky
[Source: "History of Piney Fork Church" included in the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, October 3-5, 1905, page 20]
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1824 Spring
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1824 Fall
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1825 Spring
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1825 October 4
Princeton, Indiana
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page II of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1826 April 4
Morganfield, Kentucky
[Source: "History of Piney Fork Church" included in the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, October 3-5, 1905, page 20]
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1826 October 2
Bethlehem, Kentucky
[sources: "History of Piney Fork Church" included in the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, October 3-5, 1905, page 20 and "History of Rose Creek Church", page II of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1827 April 11
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page II of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1827 July 29 [called meeting]
Bethlehem, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page II of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1827 November 14
Elkton, Kentucky
[source: [Source: Beard, Richard. Brief Biographical Sketches of Some of the Early Ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Second Series. Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1874, pages 321]
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1828 April 2
Bethlehem, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page III of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1828 September 9
Princeton, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page III of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
Bethlehem, Kentucky
"History of Piney Fork Church" included in the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, October 3-5, 1905, page 20]
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1829 April 7
Piney Fork Church - Piney Fork, Livingston County, Kentucky [now Crittenden County]
This was after the organization of Princeton Presbytery, but, inasmuch as Anderson Presbytery had selected Piney Fork as its place of meeting prior to the organization of Princeton Presbytery, this meeting was held within the bounds of Princeton Presbytery.
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 2]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page III of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
[source: "History of Piney Fork Church" included in the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, October 3-5, 1905, page 20]
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1829 Fall
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1830 Spring
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1830 Fall
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1831 Spring
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1831 Fall
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1832 Spring
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1832 Fall
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1833 Spring
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1833 Fall
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1834 Spring
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1834 September 30
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page III of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1835 Spring
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1836 Fall
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1836 Spring
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1836 Fall
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1837 April 1
Elkton, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page III of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1837 Fall
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1838 April 1
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 3, 70]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page III of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1838 Fall
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1839 April 4
Antioch, Christian County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 71]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page III of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1839 October
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1840 April
Elkton, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1840 October
Rumsey, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1841 April 3
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1841 Fall
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1842 April 1
Antioch, Christian County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1842 October
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1843 April
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 73]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1843 October 18
Hebron Church - Todd County, Kentucky
Stated Clerk - S. N. Davis
[source: Banner of Peace & Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, March 1, 1844, page 2]
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1844 April 4
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 3, 74]
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1844 October 22
Hopkinsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Hopkinsville, Kentucky
[source: Banner of Peace & Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, Sept. 19, 1844, p. 3; Sept. 26, 1844, p. 3; Oct. 3, 1844, p. 3; Oct. 10, 1844, p. 3; Oct. 17, 1844, p. 3]
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1845 April 11
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1845 Fall
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1846 Spring
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1846 Fall
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1847 April 2
Morganfield, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1847 September [embracing the 1st Sabbath in Sept. 1847]
Henderson County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 77]
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1848 Spring
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1848 Fall
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1849 Spring
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1849 October 5
Rumgery (Maybe this is supposed to be Rumsey?)
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 79]
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1850 Spring
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1850 October 4 [or 1]
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 79]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1851 April
Henderson, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 80]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]

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1851 October
Greenville, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1852 April 2
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 81]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]

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1852 October 1
Shiloh, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 81]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]

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1853 Spring
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1853 Fall
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1854 March 9
Greenville, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page IV of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1854 October 6
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 84]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]

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1855 March 29
Elkton, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1855 October 5
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 84]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]

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1856 April 9 ? (4-5) [1st Fri, & Sat. in April 1856]
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 85]
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]

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1856 October 3
Greenville, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 85]
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1857 Spring
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1857 October 1
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 86]
Mt. ?, Muhlenburg County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 89]

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1858 Spring
Shiloh, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 87]
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1858 October 14
Mount Pisgah, Muhlenburg County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 69]
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1859 Spring
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1859 Fall
Mount Ephraim - Union County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 90]
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1860 April
Ashland Meeting House
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 90]
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1860 Fall
Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 91]
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1861 Spring
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1861 Fall
Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 92 & 93]
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1862 Spring
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 93]
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1862 Fall
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1863 Spring
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1863 Fall
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1864 Spring
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1864 Fall
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1865 March 30
Canoe Creek, Henderson County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1865 October 12
Sacramento, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1866 March 28
Cair, Henderson County, Kentucky
[source: "The Mt. Ephriam Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Session Minutes," by George B. Simpson, page 97]
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1866 Fall
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1867 April 4
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1867 October 17
Pleasant Hill
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page V of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1868 Spring
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1868 Fall
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1869 Spring
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1869 Fall
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1870 March 31
Pleasant Grove, Webster County, Kentucky
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page VI of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1870 Fall
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1871 Spring
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1871 Fall
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1872 Spring
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1872 Fall
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1873 Spring
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1873 Fall
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1874 Spring
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1874 Fall
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1875 April 1
Mount Carmel Congregation - Hopkins County, Kentucky
Moderator - Rev. G. W. Bone
Clerk pro tem - Rev. G. N. Wall
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 29, 1875, page 5]
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1875 October 14
Poplar Grove Congregation - McLean County, Kentucky
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 29, 1875, page 5; September 2, 1875, page 5]
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1876 March 30
Greenville, Kentucky
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 24, 1876, page 5]
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1876 Fall
Stated Clerk - G. N. Wall
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 1, 1877, page 5]
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1877 March 29
Mount Ephraim Congregation - Union County, Kentucky
Stated Clerk - G. N. Wall
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 1, 1877, page 5; September 13, 1877, page 5]
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1877 October 16
Sacramento, Kentucky
Moderator - Rev. G. W. Bone
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, September 13, 1877, page 5; June 13, 1878, page 5]
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1878 April 16
Madisonville Congregation - Madisonville, Hopkins County,Kentucky
Moderator - Rev. W. H. Browning
Stated Clerk - W. W. Wynns
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 14, 1878, page 5; June 13, 1878, page 5]
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1878 October 15
Cario Congregation - Henderson County, Kentucky
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, June 13, 1878, page 5; September 19, 1878, page 5]
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1879 April 15
Caseyville, Kentucky
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 6, 1879, page 5]
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1879 Fall
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1880 Spring
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1880 Fall
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1881 Spring
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1881 Fall
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1882 Spring
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1882 Fall
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1883 Spring
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1883 Fall
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1884 Spring
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1884 Fall
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1885 Spring
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1885 Fall
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1886 Spring
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1886 October 8
Rose Creek, Kentucky
Moderator - Rev. G. B. McDonald
[source: History of Rose Creek Church, page VI of the Minutes of Princeton Presbytery, April 1906]
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1887 Spring
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1887 Fall
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1888 April
Moderator - Rev. W. W. Wynns
[source: Minutes of Anderson Presbytery, October 11, 1888]
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1888 October 11 [1 photocopy]
132nd Meeting
Providence Congregation - Providence, Kentucky
Moderator - Rev. G. B. McDonald
Stated Clerk pro tem - John W. Bone
Stated Clerk - J. W. Lamb

1889 April 12
Mount Lebanon Congregation - Central City, Kentucky
[source: Minutes of Anderson Presbytery, October 11, 1888]
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1889 October 10-12
Shiloh, Kentucky
Moderator - Elder W. T. McNary or McNairy
Stated Clerk - Elder J. W. Lamb
Clerk pro tem - Elder John L. Robinson
[Source: Minutes of Anderson Presbytery, October 10-12, 1889] [have photocopy]
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1890 April 10
Mount Ephraim Congregation - Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky
[source: Minutes of Anderson Presbytery, October 10-12, 1889]
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1890 October
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1891 April
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1891 October
Moderator - Rev. A. L. Goad
[source: Minutes of Anderson Presbytery, April 7-9, 1892]
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1892 April 7-9
139th Meeting
Providence Congregation - Providence, Kentucky
Moderator - Rev. W. W. Wynns
Stated Clerk - Elder J. W. Lamb
[Source: Minutes of Anderson Presbytery, April 7-9, 1892] [have 1 printed copy]

1892 October 6
Madisonville Congregation - Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
[source: Minutes of Anderson Presbytery, April 7-9, 1892]
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1893 April
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1893 October
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1894 April
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1894 October
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1895 April
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1895 October
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1896 April
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1896 October
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1897 April
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1897 October
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By order of Kentucky Synod, merged into Princeton Presbytery, meeting April 5-7, 1898.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 28, 1898, page 1368]


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