Nolin Presbytery

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

1873-1898

Green River Synod 1873-1888
Kentucky Synod 1888-1898


1873 - Reported as a new presbytery at General Assembly by Green River Synod
Stricken off from Ohio Presbytery according to October 1873 minutes of Nolin Presbytery.

1888 - Became part of Kentucky Synod (name change from Green River Synod)

1898 - Change in presbyterial lines by Kentucky Synod.

That Owensboro Presbytery shall include portions of what are now Anderson and Nolin Presbyteries, and shall embrace the whole of the following named counties: Henderson, Davies, McLean, Muhlenburg, Ohio, Grayson, Breckinridge, and Hancock.
Twenty-two churches from Nolin Presbytery became part of Owensboro Presbytery.

That Logan Presbytery shall include portions of what are now Davis and Nolin Presbyteries, and shall embrace the counties of Butler, Edmondson, Barren, Allen, Warren, Simpson, Logan, and Todd.
Logan Presbytery received Mount Pleasant from Nolin Presbytery.

That all the other counties in the State shall be incuded in two Presbyteries, and the line between them shall be the northerly lines of Hart, Larue, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Jackson, Owsley, Breathitt, Magoffin, Johnson, and Martin counties. The Presbytery north of this line shall be known as Louisville Presbytery and the Presbytery south of this line as Cumberland Presbytery.
Two churches in Nolin Presbytery became part of Cumberland Presbytery: Providence and Forest Home.
Four churches in Nolin Presbytery became part of Louisville Presbytery: Needham, New Union, Mount Pisgah, and White Mills.

(In 1901, Leitchfield Presbytery was formed from Owensboro Presbytery encompassing much of the area that had been Nolin Presbytery.)


Minutes in Archives

1873
April 12 & 14, 1873 - Freedom, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Moderator: Rev. John S. Ward
Stated Clerk: Rev. James Vinson
Clerk & Treasurer R. E. Creager
Minutes in manuscript volume 1873-1882

In compliance with an order of Green River Synod, made at the last session of said Synod, the Nolin Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, met with the Freedom Congregation, Breckinridge County, Ky. on Saturday the 12th day of April, 1873, at 11 O'clock A.M.

Ministers Present:
John S. Ward, A. H. Goodpasture, W. E. Wortham, and James Vinson

Licentiate Present: J. M. Conway

Candidates Present: Buford Bratcher and J. D. Harned

Congregations represented:
Freedom by J. Wood
Pleasant Grove by Davis Legrand
Mount Pisgah by R. E. Creager
Union by Bartlett Scott
Mount Moriah by Owen Witten
Millerstown by W. J. Snyder
New Salem by J. Tucker
Needham by Thomas Noe
Big Springs by D. P. Bratcher
Clifton by G. W. St. Clair
Liberty by G. S. Johnson

Congregations not represented:
Mount Hebron, Macedonia, Providence, Short Creek, Milwood, Leitchfield, White Mills

1874
October 11 & 13, 1874 - Needham Church
Moderator: Rev. James Vinson
Stated Clerk: Rev. W. E. Wortham
Clerk Pro tem: J. W. Prunty
Minutes in manuscript volume 1873-1882

To be continued

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889
November 1-2, 4-5 1889 - Ephesus Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Breckenridge county, Kentucky
Moderator: Rev. Henry C. Hook
Stated Clerk: W. M. Kelly
Treasurer: S. J. Parks
1 copy of typescript of minutes in archives

1890
October 31-November 1 & 3, 1890 - Magnolia, LaRue county, Kentucky
Moderator: Rev. W. E. Wortham
Stated Clerk: W. M. Kelly
Treasurer: S. J. Parks
1 copy of printed minutes in the archives

1891
October 1-3, 5, 1891 - Shrewsbury Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Grayson county, Kentucky
Moderator: Rev. J. C. Crabtree
Stated Clerk: W. M. Kelly
Treasurer: S. J. Parks
2 copies of printed minutes in the archives

1892
November 3-5, 1892 - Big Clifty, Kentucky
Moderator: Rev. J. A. Bozarth
Stated Clerk: Rev. Lafayette Layman
Treasurer: S. J. Parks
1 copy of printed minutes in the archives

1893
August 24-26, 1893 - Mount Vernon congregation, near Leitchfield, Kentucky
Moderator: Rev. Thurman Richardson
Stated Clerk: Rev. Lafayette Layman
Treasurer: S. J. Parks
2 copies of printed minutes in the archives

1894

1895
August 25-28, 1895 - Mount Pisgah congregation
Moderator: Rev. H. C. Hook
Stated Clerk: Rev. N. G. Cundiff
Treasurer: S. J. Parks
3 copies of printed minutes in the archives

1896
September 4-9, 1896 - Short Creek congregation
Moderator: Joe Claggett
Stated Clerk: Rev. N. G. Cundiff
Treasurer pro tem: H. Klinglesmith
2 copies of printed minutes in the archives

1897
September 3-6, 1897 - Providence congregation, Magnolia, Kentucky
Moderator: Rev. H. C. Hook
Stated Clerk: Eli Harned
Treasurer: J. A. Clagett
3 copies of printed minutes in the archives

1898
Adjourned to meet with the Caneyville congregation at Caneyville, Kentucky, on Tuesday before the first Sunday in September, 1898.
Did not meet due to change in presbyteries by Kentucky Synod.


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