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GUIDE TO CHURCH RECORDS

IN THE HOLDINGS OF THE

TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY and ARCHIVES, PART 2

Manuscripts and Manuscripts Files

Church records can be very useful for genealogy researchers as they often contain

membership lists, baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial records. The Tennessee State

Library and Archives has a large number of church records that date to the founding of the state.

Following is a compilation of church records in TSLA’s manuscripts collection arranged

alphabetically followed by an index of churches for the church records in manuscripts.

Manuscripts:

Abernathy, Thomas Edward, Papers, 1787-[1830-1870]-1882, Mf. 1162. Box 1, folder 9: Church appointments, undated; and Richland Missionary Society.

Adams, Paul Jay, Papers, 1912-1977, Addition 1, Mf. 1313.

Box 8, folder 15: Printed Material⎯Album Directory⎯Crossville United Methodist Church,

1970.

Allen, Penelope Johnson, Cherokee Collection, 1775-1878, Mf. 815.

Box 18, Pamphlets, Folder 2: Executive Committee of Home Missions, Presbyterian Church

in the United States, Atlanta, Georgia, n.d.

Allen, Penelope Johnson, Papers, 1898-[1978-1984]-1984.

Box 2, folder 13: Church Records⎯St. Paul’s Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 125th

Anniversary, January 29, 1978.

Box 3, folder 14: Miller, Frank III (20) to Penelope J. Allen, 1982-1984, re: Church

Activities.

Allen Family Papers, 1796-1952, Mf. 1362.

Box 1, folder 7: Accounts⎯Receipts⎯Methodist Episcopal Church South 1904-1926.

Box 4, folder 4: Financial Documents--Checks⎯Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School

1914-1929.

Allen Family Papers, Addition, 1834-1942.

Box 2, folder27: Printed Materials⎯Pamphlets⎯M.E. Church South, 1899-1914.

American Camping Association, Tennessee Valley Section, 1947-1984.

Box 3, folder 26: Minutes⎯Protestant Church Camps, Kindred Group Meetings, Region IV

Convention, 1961.

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Box 7, folder 36. Program⎯Church Camp Leaders, 1955.

Box 9, folder 7: Report⎯The Christian Churches of Georgia.

folder 18: Report⎯The United Presbyterian Church, USA, 1962.

Barker, Irl Ramon, Papers, 1909-[1937-1987]-1994, Mf. 1715.

Box 1, folder 10: Church records⎯Cowell’s Chapel United Methodist Church.

folder 11: Church records⎯First Church of the Nazarene, Nashville, Tennessee.

Barnes, Thomas Jefferson, Papers, 1812-1956, Mf. 654.

(THS Collection)

Folder 226: Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church, 11 pages.

Folder 227: Caney Fork Baptist Church, 38 pages.

Folder 228: Collins River Baptist Church, 12 pages.

Folder 229: Concord Baptist Church, 5 pages.

Folder 230: Friendship Baptist Church, 13 pages.

Folder 231: Laurel Creek Baptist Church, 5 pages.

Folder 232: Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 57 pages.

Folder 233: Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 2 pages.

Folder 234: Philadelphia Two-Seeded Baptist Church, 6 pages.

Folder 235: Rocky River Baptist Church, 2 pages.

Folder 236: Shiloh Methodist Church, 16 pages.

Folder 237: Shiloh Presbyterian Church, 8 pages.

Folder 238: Short Mountain Methodist Church, 17 pages.

Folders 239-240: Not Assigned.

Beard, William Ewing, Papers, 1477-1950, Mf. 1126.

Box 1, folder 13: Church Records⎯Christ Church, Nashville, Tennessee, et al, 1830-1950.

Box 15, folder 11: Land Records⎯Deed⎯Old "Brick Church" (Pike), Davidson County

Court, 1828.

Box 28, folder 6: Programs⎯Tennessee churches, 1924-1949.

Bearden Family Papers, 1876-1962, Mf. 1353.

Box 1, folder 8: Grundy County, Tenn.⎯Gruetli Community Church, n.d.

Bell, Robert E., Jr., Churches of Tennessee Photograph Collection, 1950-1970. The Robert Erskine Bell Churches of Tennessee Photograph Collection consists of 606

photograph negatives of church officers, buildings, and church related events including

conventions, meetings, and homecomings. The photographs were taken by Robert E. Bell, Jr.,

church news editor for the Nashville Banner, Nashville, Tennessee, during the years 1951-

1978. While most of the photographs are for churches in Nashville and Middle Tennessee

there are also photographs of churches in West Tennessee and from neighboring states. Some

of the church buildings included in this collection are no longer extant. See finding aid for

photograph list.

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Bell, James Jackson Family Papers, 1837-1972, Mf. 1360.

Box l, folder 9: Church records⎯Letter of Dismission⎯Hibbitt, Mrs. Rae, n. d.

folder 10: Church records⎯Letter of Dismission⎯Stevens, Mrs. L. P. and Patton, L. P.,

1897.

Bennett, Ambrose A., Family Papers, 1918-[1937-1957]-1996, Mf. 1719.

Box 1, folder 7: Church records⎯Westwood Baptist, Nashville, Tennessee.

Bills Family-John V. Wright, Papers, 1727-1943.

Box 4, folder 25: Invoices⎯Miscellaneous⎯Saint James Church.

Box 6, folder 1: Church Records⎯Altar Guild⎯St. James Church, Bolivar, Tennessee, 1916-

1952.

folder 2: Church Records⎯Confirmation Certificate⎯John Houston Bills, 1921.

folder 3: Church Records⎯Resolution⎯St. James Church, Bolivar, Tennessee.

folder 4: Church Records⎯Sunday School, etc.⎯Lillias Bills, 1898.

Box 17, folder 37: Lists⎯Saint James Church, etc.

Box 18, folder 10: Photographs, drawings, etc. ⎯Photographs⎯St. James Church, Bolivar,

Tennessee.

folder 24: Printed Materials⎯Publication⎯Church.

Box 26, folder 17: Church Records⎯Sesquicentennial Celebration⎯St. James Episcopal

Church, 1984.

Blue, Willard Harris, Papers, 1915-1960, Mf. 1725.

The Willard Harris Blue Papers, containing approximately 1,500 items, is composed mostly

of church bulletins, sermons, diaries, and several miscellaneous items.

Box 1, folder 6: Church records⎯Honor roll, 1942-1943.

folder 7: Church records⎯Report⎯Methodist Home for the Retired, Jan. 27, 1960.

folder 8: Church records⎯Report⎯Nashville District Conference, Apr. 2, 1948.

folder 9: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, 1927, 1930-1939.

folder 10: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, 1941-1943.

Box 2, folder 1: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, 1944-1948.

folder 2: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, 1949-1950.

Box 3, folder 1: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, 1951.

folder 2: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, 1952.






Box 6, folder 1: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, 1958-1960.

folder 2: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, n. d.

folder 3: Church records⎯Sermons⎯Rev. W. H. Blue, n. d.

Box 7, folder 1: Diaries, memoirs, journals, commonplace books, etc. ⎯Rev. W. H. Blue,

1928-1936.

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folder 2: Diaries, memoirs, journals, commonplace books, etc. ⎯Rev. W. H. Blue,

1937-1942.

Box 8, folder 1: Diaries, memoirs, journals, commonplace books, etc. ⎯Rev. W. H. Blue,

1943-1948.

folder 3: Funeral/burial notices⎯Miscellaneous.

folder 8: Photographs⎯Calvary Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee.

folder 11: Publications⎯ “The Circuit Rider” May-June 1958.

folder 12: Publications⎯Magazine⎯ “Nashville Methodist Layman,” Oct. 1946.

Boone, Charles Henry, Papers, ca. 1900-1952, Mf. 828. The Charles Henry Boone Papers, containing approximately 3,900 items, is composed of

accounts, bulletins and programs, booklets, brochures and catalogs, writings and/or sermons,

newspapers, and some correspondence, dealing primarily with the African Methodist Episcopal

Church (A. M. E.) for which Boone served as minister, teacher, and officer for almost fifty years.

Box 2, A. M. E. Church, folder 1: Account books (2 vols.).

folder 2: Accounts.

folder 3: Accounts.

folder 4: Accounts.

Box 3, A. M. E. Church, Booklets and magazines.

folder 1: A. M. E. Church Review (6 vols.).

folder 2: A. M. E. General Conference, 1952 (4 vols.).

folder 3: A. M. E. Yearbook, 1928 (1 vol.).

folder 4: Conference and Quadrennial Reports (2). vols.

folder 5: Quadrennial Conference, Kansas City, Kansas, 1948

(3 vols.).

folder 6: Sunday School Quarterly, Adult Teacher, 1953 (1 vol.).

folder 7: Yearbook of the Ministers' Wives Alliance of the A. M. E.

Church, 1951-1952 (1 vol.).

Box 4, A. M. E. Church, folder 1: Bulletins and programs.

folder 2: Bulletins and programs.

folder 3: Bulletins and programs.

folder 4: Bulletins and programs⎯Payne A. M. E. Church, 1912-

1913.

folder 6: Booklets⎯Miscellaneous.

folder 7: Brochures and miscellaneous bulletins.

Box 5, A. M. E. Church, folder 1: Financial reports.

folder 2: Financial reports and minutes⎯South Nashville District

Conference, 1937-1948 (1 vol.).

folder 3: Liturgy.

folder 4: Miscellaneous material.

folder 5: Miscellaneous material

folder 6: Newspapers⎯The A. M. E. Grub-Ax

folder 7: Notebooks and reports

folder 8: Notebooks and reports

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Box 6, A. M. E. Church Woman's Missionary Society, folder 1: Constitution and guide.

folder 2: Financial statements.



folder 5: Programs.

Boyd Family Papers, 1838-1947, Mf. 1173.

The Boyd Family Papers are centered around John Franklin Boyd (1852-1936), businessman

and church official, and his wife, Amie Dove (Forman) Boyd (1856-1953), of Shelbyville,

Tennessee.

Box 2, folder 8: Cemetery Records⎯Forman Cemetery⎯Madison Co., Ill.

folder 9: Church Records⎯Letters of Commendation⎯John A. Darnell, et al.

folder 10: Church Records⎯" introduction⎯Amie D. Forman " 1887.

folder 11: Church Records⎯Subscriptions⎯Church of Christ, Shelbyville, Tenn.

folder 12: Church Records⎯Sunday School award⎯Nicholson, Amie D. (Boyd).

Carr, Joseph Cordell, Sr., Papers, 1900-1980 (THS Collection), Mf. 1657.

Box, 20, folder 22: Lists: Deacons, First Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, various.

Cobb, Pharaoh Lee, Papers, 1645-1957, Mf. 1230.

Box 1, folder 4: Church bulletins.

Box 6, folder 16: Reports (miscellaneous church reports).

Cobb, Pharaoh Lee, Papers, Addition, 1787-1957, Mf. 1230.

Box 1, folder 1: Church records⎯Ridgedale Methodist Episcopal Church South, Chattanooga,

Tennessee, 1894.

folder 2: Church Records⎯Bulletin⎯Hixson Methodist Church, 1946-1948.

Box 2, folder 20: Church Records⎯Sunday School.

Collier Family Papers, 1833-1896. Box 11, Miscellaneous Material, folders 2: Church records–Cumberland Presbyterian

Church, Charlotte, Tennessee.

Conner Family Papers, 1817-1940, Mf. 1176. Contains some 1845 church records of the Walnut Grove Methodist Church in Weakley

County. Box 2, folder 11: Notation (religious) Walnut Grove Methodist Church.

Cooper Family Papers, 1716-1968, Mf. 810. Box 14, folder 7: Church records–History of Zion Church, Maury County, Tenn.–by W.S.

Fleming, 1907.

folder 8: Church records–Zion Presbyterian Church–blueprint of graveyard, n.d.;

sermons, 1871, 1876; souvenir, 1912.

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Crockett Family Papers, 1827-1947, Mf. 1290. Box 12, folder 3: Methodist Church register–1855-1914, possibly Franklin, Tennessee.

Crownover, Arthur, Sr., Papers, 1880-1942, Mf. 1646.

Box 17, folder 19: Land Records⎯Deeds⎯Arthur Crownover and wife, Emma Sims

Crownover to Trustees of Inglewood Methodist Episcopal Church, Mar.

27, 1924.

Box 19, folder 16: Publications⎯Brochures⎯The Church of the Advent Church, School,

1945-1946.

folder 19: Publications⎯Directory⎯Church of the Advent (Nashville, Tenn.), 1938.

Dickinson, Ida Hamilton Thompson, Genealogical Collection, ca. 1660-1945. Box 1, folder 1: Church records. First Presbyterian Church, Nashville (Davidson County),

Tennessee–List of members, 1814-1853.

Douglas, Byrd, Family Papers, 1819-1968, Mf. 1547.

Box 2, folder 8: Church Records⎯First Presbyterian Church–Bulletins, 1911-1955.

folder 9: Church Records⎯First Presbyterian Church – Reports – Dissent to

Relocation.

folder 10: Church Records⎯First Presbyterian Church⎯Financial Records–Aid

Committee.

folder 11: Church Records⎯First Presbyterian Church⎯Printed Materials.

folder: 12: Church Records–First Presbyterian Church–Sermons, 1871-1955.

Douglas-Fossick Papers, 1796-1981, Mf. 1495. Box 1, folder 6: Church records–Baxter Church–List of ministers, 1859-1957.

Dyche, Mamie Moser, Papers, Mf. 1617. Box 1, folder 14: Church Records.

Box 2, folder 2: Directory–New Hope Church.

folder 4: History–St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

folder 6: Minutes–Holston Synod–Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Box 6, folder 20. Church Record Book–Moser, Rev. John Morgan.

Eppse, Merl Raymond, Papers, 1927-1961, Mf. 1214. Box 1, folder 2: Accounts–Bills and receipts–Bethlehem Center, 1950-1952.

folder 4: Accounts–Bills and receipts–The Church of God–Cleveland, TN., 1922.

folder 6: Accounts–Bills and receipts–Gay-Lea Christian Church, 1959.

folder 9: Accounts–Bills and receipts–National Christian Missionary Convention,

1954.

Box 16, folder 1: Account–Spruce Street Baptist Church, 1960.

Box 53, folder 8: Gay-Lea Church–Miscellaneous.

folder 9: Gay-Lea Church–Resolution of Merger.

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Box 54, folder 21: Lists–African Methodist Episcopal Churches, 1957.

folder 23: Lists–Membership Roll–Spruce Street Baptist Church, 1960.

Box 73, folder 5: Programs–Gay Lea Church.

Fort Family Papers, 1710-1962, Mf. 1065. A diary belonging to Josiah William Fort (1833-1887), farmer, county judge, and Baptist

Minister, contains a few entries, 1858-1862, regarding the Red River Baptist Church

(Robertson County), includes a list of contributors to the church.

Box 3, folder 4: Diaries, memoirs, etc.–5 volumes, 1791-1863

Box 4, folder 1: Church records, 1878-1882.

Garrett, Jill Knight, Collection, ca. 1800-1969, Mf. 1196. Box 17, folder 2: Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Maury County, Tenn.),

Register and Session Book, n.d.

Gregory, Mary Yetta Seahorn, Papers, 1972-1992, Mf. 1670.

Box 1, folder 5: Church records⎯Seahorn Chapel Methodist Church, Oak Grove, TN, 1887-

1939.

Haley, Curtis Brabson, Papers, 1888-1951, Mf. 1664.

Box 1, folder 2. Minute books⎯McKendree Church⎯Trust Fund, 1942-1948.

Box 14, folder 33: McKendree Methodist Church⎯District Conference, 1938.

folder 34: McKendree Methodist Church⎯history.

folder 35: McKendree Methodist Church⎯minutes, resolutions, trust funds, etc.,

1929-1941.

folder 36: McKendree Methodist Church⎯reports, 1929-1946.

Box 15, folder 12: Publications⎯bulletin⎯First Methodist Church, Morristown, TN, March

4, 1941.

Box 17, Oversized, item 5: Photograph⎯General Conference of Methodist Church.

Hamilton-Williams Family Papers, 1850-1971, Mf. 1303.

Box 2, folder 38: Minutes--Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Station, 1873.

Harriman, Tennessee, Miscellaneous Records, 1890-1944.

Box 1, folder 7: Pilgrim Congregational Church⎯Record book, 1890-1898.

Hasslock, Clara Whorley, Papers, 1884-1973. Box 8, folder 8: Printed Material–Bulletin–First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Tennessee,

1963-1972.

folder 10: Printed Material–Glen Leven Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee,

1957, 1958.

folder 11: Printed Material–Bulletin–Hermitage United Methodist Church, Nashville,

Tennessee, 1971.

folder 12: Printed Material–Bulletin–McKendree Manor, 1971, 1972, 1974

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folder 13: Printed Material–Bulletin–West End Methodist Church, Nashville,

Tennessee, 1956-1975.

folder 15: Printed Material–Pamphlet–First Presbyterian Church, Nashville,

Tennessee.

Box 9, folder 2: Printed Material–Program–First Presbyterian Church Nashville,

Tennessee, 1971.

Henry, J. Milton, Collection of Land Between the Lakes Project Papers, 1650-1969,

Mf. 1051. Box 2, folder 1: Church Records–Churches of Christ, 1843-1968.

folder 2: Church Records–Model Baptist Church, 1917-1967.

folder 3: Church Records–Nevil’s Creek Baptist Church, 1887-1963.

folder 4: Church Records–Nevil’s Creek Baptist Church, 1887-1963.

Box 3, folder 1: Church Records–Rushing’s Creek Baptist Church – Minutes, 1890-1929.

folder 2: Church Records–Stewart County Baptist Association, 1790-1967.

Herblin Family Papers, 1892-[1924-1945]-1961, Mf. 1729.

Box 1, folder 4: Church records⎯Hillsboro Presbyterian⎯Bulletin, 1924, 1925.

Historical Records Survey, Church Records of Tennessee, ca. 1785-1942, Mf. 1072. Recounted below are original records related to churches surveyed. Refer to microfilm for boxes

6 and 7 for historical sketches, etc., of churches which are arranged by county, where feasible, and by

denomination and name of educational institute otherwise; boxes 8 through 36 for Church surveys,

which are arranged by county, subdivided by denomination, then by name of congregation; box 37

for newspaper clippings arranged by denomination since many were arranged in such a manner that

they could not be detached and separated by county; boxes 38 and 39 for lists of churches arranged

by county where feasible then arranged by denomination where lists could not be detached and

separated by county; finally for guides and publications based upon the collection.

Box 1, Copies of Original Records

folder 1: Bledsoe Co. Baptist Church of Pikeville, Records, 1882-1938.

folder 2: Cocke Co. Slate Creek Baptist Church, Records, 1818-1876.

folder 3: Davidson Co. Land records and charters of incorporation for churches; charter of

incorporation for Scarritt College.

folder 4: Davidson Co. Land records and charters of incorporation for churches; charter of

incorporation for Scarritt College.

folder 5: Davidson Co. Roman Catholic Church, Records, 1902-1912.

folder 6: DeKalb Co. Salem Baptist Church, Records, 1809-1908.



folder 9: DeKalb Co. Baptist Church of Christ, Records, 1885-1894.

folder 10: DeKalb Co. Methodist Episcopal South Church, Records, 1879-1893.


folder 1: Fayette Co. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Records, 1872-1886.

folder 2: Giles Co. Presbyterian Church, Records, 1843-1885.

folder 3: Giles Co. Presbyterian Church, Records, 1843-1885.

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folder 4: Giles Co. Richland Bible Society, Records, 1842-1889.

folder 5: Hamblen Co. Bent Creek (Baptist) Church, Records, 1785-1844.

folder 6: Hamblen Co. Westminister and St. Paul’s Church, Records, 1818-1875.

folder 7: Hamilton Co. Methodist Episcopal Church. Records, 1899.


folder 1: Jackson Co. Christian Church and schools, Records, 1880.

folder 2: Jackson Co. Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Records, 1895-1909.

folder 3: Jackson Co. Methodist Episcopal Church, Records, 1895.

folder 4: Jackson Co. Presbyterian Church, Records, 1866.

folder 5: Jefferson Co. Antioch Baptist Church, Records, 1839-1870.

folder 6: Jefferson Co. Primitive Baptist Church, Records, 1829-1881.

folder 7: Knox Co. Baptist Church, Christian Church (1886), and Methodist Church,

Records.


Records.


Records.

folder 10: Lawrence Co. Property records of churches.

folder 11: Madison Co. Deed to Lambuth College.

folder 12: Madison Co. Deed to Union University.

folder 13: Marion Co. Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Records, Ebeneezer Church,

1889- 1918.

folder 14: Marion Co. Methodist Episcopal, South Church, Records, 1887-1928.


folder 1: Monroe Co. Christianburg Baptist Church, Minute book, 1828-1917.





Name Index.

folder 6: Montgomery Co. Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Stewards, Clarksville,

Tenn., Records, 1893-1926.

folder 7: Polk Co. Ocoee Baptist Church of Christ, Minutes, 1836-1874.

Name Index.

folder 8: Rhea Co. Hiwassee Association of Missionary Baptists, Minutes, 1892-1895.

Name Index.

folder 9: Rhea Co. Washington Circuit, Holston Conference, Methodist Church South,

Records, 1870-1879. Name Index.


folder 1: Rutherford Co. Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Minutes,

1892-1899; Register, 1858-1899; Historical sketch, 1858-1918.

folder 2: Rutherford Co. Smyrna Presbyterian Church, Register, 1820-1935.

Name Index.

folder 3: Sequatchie Co. Dunlap Baptist Church, Dunlap, Tenn., Minutes, 1868, 1896-

1899. Name Index.

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folder 4: Sequatchie Co. Dunlap Methodist Episcopal South Church, Dunlap, Tenn.,

Minutes, 1903-1911. Name Index.

folder 5: Shelby Co. Baptist Church. Constitution of Church at Zion Meeting House.

folder 6: Shelby Co. Baptist Church. Constitution of Shelby County Baptist

Association.

folder 7: Shelby Co. Charters of incorporation 8. Shelby Co. Cumberland Presbyterian

Church, Minutes of Synod of West Tenn., 1938.

folder 9: Shelby Co. Land records of churches.

folder 10: Shelby Co. Presbyterian Church. Communicants, elders, and deacons of Court

Avenue Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tenn., 1845-1876.

folder 11: Smith Co. Round Lick Baptist Association, Minutes, 1866. Name index.

folder 12: Smith Co. Salem Association of United Baptists. Minutes, 1838-1850. Name

index.

folder 13: Sumner Co. Deeds–Abstracts of deeds to churches.

folder 14: Sumner Co. Stone’s River Association, Minutes, 1845. Name index.

folder 15: Tipton Co. Deeds–Abstract of deed to land of Tennessee Missionary Society.

folder 16: Tipton Co. Deeds–Abstract of deeds to churches.

folder 17: Warren Co. Mt. Zion Association of Baptists, 1834.

folder 18: Wilson Co. Stone’s River (Primitive Baptist) Association, Minutes, 1848.

Name index.

folder 19: County unknown. Zion Baptist Church, Constitution, 1836.

Howell, Morton Boyte, Family Papers, 1799-1960, Mf. 627. Box 2, folder 26: Church Records–First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 1858.

Box 3, folder 1: Church Records–Marriages performed by Howell, R. B. C.

folder 2: Church Records–Pastor’s Book–Howell, R. B. C.

Howell, Robert Boyte Crawford, Papers, 1838-1963, Mf. 1270. Box 9, folder 4: Churches–Publications, 1838.

folder 5: Churches–Publications, 1932, 1934.

Box 17, folder 7: Programs–Invitations, etc.–Churches.

Howell Family Papers, 1785-1941. Box 1, folder 5: Church Records: “Little Harpeth Church Book,” (Copy) 1811-1863.

Johnson, Mayme Hart, Papers, 1952-1986, Mf. 1545.

Box 1, folder 1: Church Bulletins⎯misc.

folder 6: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “Church of Christ at Westwood.”

folder 7: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “First Baptist Church at Huntingdon,

Tennessee.”

folder 8: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “First Church of the Nazarene, Nashville,

Tennessee.”

folder 9: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “History of Connell Memorial United

Methodist Church.”

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folder 10: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “History of the First Methodist Church,

Jackson, Tennessee.”

folder 11. Printed Materials⎯booklets, “Jackson Memorial Carillon, Jackson,

Tennessee.”

folder 12: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “Jonesboro United Methodist Church.”

folder 13: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “Martel Methodist Church, Lenoir City,

Tennessee.”

folder 14: Printed Materials⎯booklets, “St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Columbia,

Tennessee.”

folder 16: Printed Materials⎯pamphlets, “Beesley Church, Rutherford County,

Tennessee.”

folder 17: Printed Materials⎯pamphlets, “Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville,

Tennessee.”

folder 18: Printed Materials⎯pamphlets, “Charlotte Cumberland Presbyterian

Church, Charlotte, Tennessee.”

folder 19: Printed Materials⎯pamphlets, “Church of the Assumption, Nashville,

Tennessee.”

folder 20: Printed Materials⎯pamphlets, “First Church of Christ, Scientist, Nashville,

Tennessee.”

folder 21: Printed Materials⎯pamphlets, “First Church of the Nazarene, Nashville,

Tennessee.”

Koltick, Lona Black, Genealogical Materials, 1984-2004, Mf. 1767.

Box 7, folder 7: Programs⎯Farris Chapel United Methodist Church, Sept. 1, 1996.

Lillard Family Papers, 1806-1913, Mf. 117. Box 2, folder 7: Genealogical Data–Meigs County–Church Lists, etc., 1856-1911.

Mason Family Papers, 1833-1931, Mf. 1264. Box 2, folder 24: Printed materials–Booklets–Union Church of Coopertown, n.d.

May, Rubye Johnson, Papers, 1700-1974, Mf. 1589. Box 18, folder 3: Church Roll–Calvary Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Box 28, folder 6: Church Bulletins.

folder 7: Church Newsletters.

folder 8: Church Records–Miscellaneous.

folder 9: Church Records–Mission Programs.

folder 10: Church Records–Presbyterian General Assembly.

folder 11: Church Records–West Tennessee Synod.

McBride, Robert Martin, Papers, 1871-1983, Mf. 962. Box 1, folder 28: Church Records–Directory–Christ Episcopal (Nashville, Tenn.)

Box 16, folder 9: Printed Materials–Directory–Christ Episcopal Church (Nashville, Tenn.),

1980.

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McGavock-Hayes Family Papers, Addition, 1796-[1820–1920]-2000, Mf. 1677.

Box 3, folder 11: Brentwood Methodist Church programs & Brentwood historical tour

information, circa 1950.

Nagy, J. Emerick, Nashville Public Schools, Collection, 1854-1958, Mf. 1052.

Box 37, folder 6: Program–100th Anniversary of St. Mary’s Church, 1847-1947.

Box 60, folder 17: Church Records–New Haven First Church of Christ.

Nagy, Jamers Emerick, Collection, Addition, 1723-1985, Mf. 1136.

Box 2, folder 31: Lists: Memorials located in the Sanctuary of West End Methodist Church,

Nashville.

Box 17, folder 21: Programs: Church, West End Methodist, 28 November 1943.

Neil, Albert Bramlett, Sr., Papers, 1917-1966, Mf. 1010.

Box 4, folder 22: Printed Materials⎯Bulletin⎯Immanuel Baptist Church, 1966.

Owen Family Papers, 1835-1983, Mf. 1267. Box 1, folder 4: Church records–Parran’s Chapel, Hardeman County, Tennessee.

Box 2, folder 12: Printed materials–Booklet–“Centennial Year Oak Grove Baptist Church.”

Parkes, Louise Searcy, Papers, 1906-1936, Mf. 970.

Box 1, folder 2: Church Bulletins⎯West End Methodist Church, 1936.

Paysinger, John Robert, Genealogical Collection, 1757-1988, Mf. 1487.

Box 1, folder 28: Church records⎯Kelley's Creek Baptist Church--Lincoln County,

Tennessee.

folder 29: Church records⎯Ocoee Baptist Church (Benton First Baptist Church⎯Polk

County, Tennessee, 1836-1874 (copy).

Porter, Mary Rhoda Montague, Collection, Addition, 1874-1920, Mf. 1233.

Box 1, folder 36: Programs⎯Saint Paul's Episcopal Church⎯Society of the Army of the

Cumberland, n. d.

Provine, William Alexander, Papers, 1552-1935, Mf. 1114. Box 25, folder 2: Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Early History–Boards and Agencies;

Notes, re: Confession of Faith, Constitution, Education and Hymn Books,

n. d.; News clippings, 1865-1885; Correspondence–W. A. Provine, 1902-

1906, et al.

folder 3: Cumberland Presbyterian Church–Early History–Church Union–Clippings,

Presbyterian papers, 1860-1873.

folder 4: Cumberland Presbyterian Church–Early History; Civil War–Clippings,

Western Cumberland Presbyterian, 1862-1866

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folder 5: Cumberland Presbyterian Church–Early History; Congregations–Church

histories, sketches, notes–Tennessee and Kentucky, 1899-1932; News

clippings, 1876-1877; Genealogy, re: Akin, Hill and Smith families;

Correspondence–W. A. Provine, 1922-1932, et al.

folder 6: Cumberland Presbyterian Church–Early History; Missions; Manuscript–

Early mission work, 1819; Clippings on African, Turkish and South

American missions, 1862- 1912; Article–“Francis Asbury and His

Presbyterian Friends,” 1917, et al.

folder 7: Cumberland Presbyterian Church–Early History; Newspapers–Georgia,

Kentucky, Tennessee, 1786; Volume of pamphlets published, 1800-1825;

Minutes, 20th General Assembly, 1850-1875, et al.

Box 26, folder 1: Cumberland Presbyterian Church–Early History; Presbyteries–Kentucky

and Tennessee; Minutes, notes, proceedings, histories, et al., 1747-1827.

folder 3: Methodists; Articles, Methodism in Tennessee and Indiana, 1816; List of

men on Cumberland Circuit, 1804-1898; Essay–“Methodist Church in

Natchez County,” n. d.; Biography – Reverend Adam Cloud (1759-1834),

n. d., et al.

folder 8: Miscellaneous–Church minutes, 1837-1848; Sketch–Reverend Carey Allen,

n. d.; Correspondence–Giles County [Tennessee], churches, 1859; Essay,

re: Colonial churches, n. d.; News clippings, 1834-1934, et al.

Putnam, Albigence Waldo, Papers, 1775-1869, (THS Collection), Mf. 1565.

Box 1, folder 5: Church Records⎯First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN, 1814-1868.

Sloan-Toon-Howerton Family Papers, 1834-1965, Mf. 1463.

Box 2, folder 10: Church records⎯Minutes⎯Little Harpeth Presbyterian Church, 1837-1914.

Smith, Rutledge and Graeme McGregor Smith, Papers, 1840-[1917-1948]-1962, Mf. 1660.

(THS Collection)

Box 8, folder: 6: Publications⎯Directory⎯First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN, 1924.

Smoot Collection, 1854-1939, Mf. 1837.

Box 3, folder 7: Genealogical Data⎯Huntingdon Presbyterian Church⎯List of members,

1857.

Stickley Collection, 1600-1946, Mf. 1198. Box 20, folder 1: Baptist–Tennessee–Cocke and Jefferson counties, 1786-1869; also

Cemetery Records, Cocke or Jefferson County, Tennessee.

folder 2: Baptist–Tennessee–Jefferson County, 1785-1844.

folder 3: Baptist–Tennessee–Washington County.

folder 4: Baptist–Tennessee (East) and Virginia (SW)–Holston Association, ca.

1789-1869.

folder 10: Presbyterian–Tennessee–Carroll County. folder 11: Presbyterian–Tennessee–Hamilton County.

folder 12: Presbyterian–Tennessee–Jefferson County, 1816-1899.

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folder 13: Presbyterian–Tennessee–Knox County.

folder 14: Presbyterian–Tennessee–Monroe County.

folder 15: Presbyterian–Tennessee–Sullivan County.

folder 16: Presbyterian–Tennessee–Synod of Tennessee, 1817-1887.

Symonds Family Papers, 1820-1945, Mf. 1426.

Box 1, folder 4: Church records–First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Tennessee, 1945.

Tidwell, Cromwell, Collection, 1794-1976, Mf. 1616.

(THS Collection)

Box 15, photograph 19: Long Rock Church, Carroll County, Tennessee.

Box 16, photograph 104: Huntingdon Methodist Church, 1937.

photograph 174: Yeocomico Church, 1969.

Tompkins, Catherine (Katie) Sarver, Genealogical Papers, 1940-1962, Addition.

Box 15, photograph 34: Old Fountain Head Church, Sumner County, Tennessee.

photograph 38: Old Fountain Head Church, Sumner County, Tennessee.

photograph 233: Old Fountain Head Church.

photograph 234: Old Fountain Head Church.

Travis, Fred, Papers, 1940-1994.

Box 6, folder 3: Methodist Church–News Releases, 1964-1966.

folder 4: Methodist Church–News Releases–General News Service of the Methodist

Church, n. d.

folder 5: Methodist Church–News Releases–Religious News Service, 1966.

folder 6: Methodist Church–Programs–Service of Consecration, 1966.

folder 7: Methodist Church–Church Records–Charter of Racial Policies.

Weaver Family Papers, 1820-1916, Mf. 1160. Box 1, folder 20: Record book–Pleasant Grove Church (Davidson County)–1847-1848.

White, Robert Hiram, Papers, 1832-1970. Box 3, Photographs: a. Post Oak Springs Christian Church and historical tablet (negatives

and prints).

b. Presbyterian Church, Jonesboro (postcard).

Wiley-Abernathy-Bass Family Papers, 1671-1972. Box 3, folder 7: Church Records–Richland Creek Baptist Association, Minutes, 1886.

Williams, Katherine Orme, Papers, 1812-1918, Mf. 1273. Box 2, folder 11: Churches–Elk River Association of Primitive Baptists–Minutes, 1870.

Yeatman-Polk Papers, 1804-1970, Mf. 1073.

Box 85, Church records, folder 1: Accounts, annual reports.

folder 2: Bulletins–St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Columbia,

Tennessee.

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folder 3: Bulletins–St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Columbia,

Tennessee.

folder 4: Bulletins–Miscellaneous.

folder 5; Church letters, correspondence.

folder 5a: First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee,

Tennessee–membership in 1862.

folder 6: Miscellaneous.

folder 7: Publications.

folder 8: Publications.

folder 9: St. John’s Episcopal Church, History, by Trezevant Player.

folder 10: St. John’s Episcopal Church–record of baptisms,

confirmations, marriages, and burials, 1842-1848.

folder 11: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church–History.

folder 12: Zion Presbyterian Church–History.

Box 86, Church records, Women’s Auxiliary to the National Council, Diocese of Tennessee,

Episcopal Church: folder 1: Annual reports, 1940–A-G.

folder 2: Annual reports, 1940–H-R.

folder 3: Annual reports, St. Alban’s–St. Louis.

folder 4: Annual reports, St. Mark’s Mission–Trinity Church,

Mason.

folder 5: Financial reports, membership lists, minutes.

Manuscripts Files

Alford’s Camp Ground, Class Book, 1850-1873.

(III-A-6, Box 2, M-32, Accession #463)

Methodist congregation though to have been located between Nashville and Lebanon. Includes

name, marital status, state in grace, and attendance record with meeting dates. Typed transcript.

Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Hardeman County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1867-1914.

(III-A-6, Box 4, M-34, accession #1807-01)

Minutes and list of members. Photocopy of typescript.

Arlington Methodist Church, Nashville, Davidson County, Roll of Pastors and Historical

Sketches, 1921-1964.

(III-A-6, Box 2, M-32, accession #1653)

Includes roll of pastors, 1874-1964; a letter recounting some history of the church, and two

historical sketches. Photocopies.

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Baptist Church of Christ at Big Spring, McMinn, County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1822-

1879.


Typed transcription of church minutes and handwritten copy of membership list. Photocopy.

Baptist Church of Christ at Hopewell Meeting House, Coffee County, Tennessee, Records,

1833-1882.

(I-B-7, accession #95-071)

Record book of the church which includes constitution, meeting minutes, and a membership list.

Photocopy.

Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Sumner County, Tennessee, Records, 1828-1965.

(III-B-1, accession #615, 788, 840, 1703)

Four volumes of session minutes and registers, 1899-1961, deeds, historical sketches,

photographs, and printed minutes of meetings of the Tennessee Synod, 1907, 1928, and a

sesquicentennial program, 1963. Photocopies in part.

Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Roane County, Record Book, 1818-1871.


Lists of members, baptisms, deaths, minutes of the session, financial reports, and lists of deacons

and elders. Handwritten transcription.

Bethlehem Baptist Church, Hardeman County, Church Minutes Excerpt, 1832.


Minutes from December 22, 1832, dealing with the planning of memorial services for Reverend

Cross. Photocopy of typescript.

Bolivar Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bolivar, Tennessee, Record Book, 1866-1889.

(III-A-6, Box 3, accession #1800-05)

Session minutes and church register. Photocopy of typed transcript.

Brookside Baptist Church, Nashville, Davidson County, Membership Records, 1858-1981.

(XI-M-1, Box 1, M-146, accession #91-225)

Includes name, address, birth date, age phone number, details of membership, and information

on participation in church programs. Photocopies.

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Bush Meeting House, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Hardeman County,

Subscription List and Building Plan, 1843-1846.


Subscription list, 1843, for the building of Bush Meeting House, and building plan, 1843, with

additional notes dated up to 1846. Photocopies of typescript.

Canaan Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bolivar, Tennessee, Record Book, 1869-1881.


Session minutes, list of elders, deacons, and communicants, short registers of marriages and

deaths, and statistical reports to the Presbytery for 1877, 1878, 1879, and 1881.

Cave Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Roane County, Tennessee, Records, 1829-1865.

(II-M-4, Box 2, M-30, accession #68-023)

Records covering the period from the organization of the church, August 1, 1829, to June 1865.

Includes session minutes, membership lists, baptismal and exclusion lists, rules of decorum, and

a statement of the form of governance followed. Typed transcript.

Clear Creek Christian Church, McNairy County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1841-1922.


Records begin February 15, 1841, when the church separated from the Church of Christ, to July

6, 1922. Includes minutes and lists of members with some death dates. Typescript.

Clover Creek Baptist Church, Hardeman County, Minute Excerpts, 1826-1874.


Excerpts taken from church minute book and organized topically. Includes a list of members

from 1870. Photocopy of typescript.

Colored United Baptist Association of Tennessee, Minutes, 1869-1870.

(III-F-2, M-41, accession #81-099)

Two published pamphlets of minutes of the third and fourth annual sessions of the association,

held at Pulaski Baptist church, Pulaski, Tennessee, 1869, and at Columbia, Tennessee, 1870.

College Grove Presbyterian Church, College Grove, Tennessee, Records, 1860-1967.


Includes session minutes, 1860-1873, during the time when this church was a Cumberland

Presbyterian congregation and was also known as Poplar Grove; documentation of the

disposition of church property, 1859 and 1967; and a statement of the church’s place in the

community written by a church elder. Photocopies

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Concord Baptist Church, Lists of Members, 1867, and undated.


Two lists of members of the church (no location provided), one from 1867, the other presumed to

predate the 1867 list as one member recorded was a known soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Photocopies of typescript.

Concord Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Class Book, 1877-1896.

(XI-M-4, M-148, accession #91-246)

Book lists members by year. Some listings include information on transfers, deaths, and

removals from membership. Photocopy.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, Record Book,

1834-1858.

(II-M-4, Box 2, M-30, accession #460)

Book kept by minister, Joseph Brown, primarily to record the costs of constructing the church

building. Also includes some marriage and baptismal records.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Nashville, Roll of Ministers and

Congregations, 1868.


Roll of ministers and congregations in the Nashville Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian

Church, spring Session, 1868. Also lists probationers licensed and candidates.

Dickson Memorial Congregation, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Dickson, County,

Tennessee, Record Books, 1899-1960.


Session minutes, registers of pastors, elders, deacons, communicants, and infant baptisms, and

annual reports to the Presbytery. Volume 1 covers 1899-1931; Volume 2 covers 1932-1960.

Photocopies.

Diocese of Nashville, Report by the Rt. Rev. James Whelan, O. P., D. D., Second Bishop of

Nashville.


Report mentions the founding of St. Cecilia’s Academy for ladies in 1860. Photocopy of

typescript.

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Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, Records, 1823-1921.


Session minutes and lists of communicants, marriages, and baptisms. The minutes begin in

September 1823 when the church constitution was adopted. However, it is believed that the

church was organized before 1810. Typed transcript.

Enon Primitive Baptist Church, Unionville, Tennessee, Records, 1821-1938.

(III-B-1, accession #68-067)

Session minutes, 1821-1919, 1928, letters from other Baptist churches, 1847-1938, lists of

members, and names of ministers. Photocopies.

Episcopal Church, Diocese of Tennessee, Women’s Auxiliary, Minute Book, 1888-1900.

(XI-M-1, Box 2, M-147, accession #91-061)

Includes constitution and annual meeting minutes. Photocopy.

First Colored Baptist Church, Nashville, Legal Records, 1892-1894.


Documents focus on the case of J. H. Petway, et al. vs. John Atkinson, et al. which involved a

majority of members of the church in a dispute with other members who were alleged to have

disrupted services and attempted tom seize keys to the facility the congregation was renting, the

former St. John’s Church on Spruce Street (now Eighth Avenue) in Nashville. Includes briefs,

depositions, and other filings. The documents prominently mention the church’s pastor, Rev. J.

E. Purdy.

First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Tennessee, List of Communicants and Historical

Sketch, 1895, 1995.


List of communicants, 1895, including street addresses, and a three page historical sketch written

in 1954 which includes and list of ministers through 1955. Photocopies of typescripts.

First United Methodist Church, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, Records, 1832-

1843.

(Xi-M-4, M-148, accession #91-245)

Class books, quarterly reports, and missionary money accounts for what was also known as the

“Brick Church” or Brick chapel.”

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Forked Deer Primitive Baptist Association, Minutes, 1869, 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961.


Printed minutes of the association’s meetings which took place in Gibson County, Tennessee, in

all years except 1869. The 1869 meeting took place in Dyer County. Photocopies.

Free Will Baptist Church, Cheatham County, Tennessee, Records, 1812-1843.

(I-B-5, Box 2, M-10, accession #92-001)

Consists of baptism records kept by Rev. Robert Heaton of the Free Will Baptist Church, 1812-

1843. Photocopies.

Friendship Baptist Church, Jefferson County, Tennessee, Records, 1858-1902.

(IV-M-2, Box 2, M-87, accession #2002-039)

A transcription of the minutes of the church, 1858-1902. Photocopies.

Friendship United Baptist Church, Sumner County, Tennessee, Records, 1855-1860.


Includes names of church founders, constitution, covenant, abstract of principles, list of

members, and minutes. Located about three miles north of Hartsville, Tennessee, the church

later became part of Trousdale County. Typed transcription.

German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Tennessee, Report of the Transactions of the

Second Evangelical Lutheran Conference, 1821.


Translated from the German in 1940 for the historical Records Survey.

Gibson Primitive Baptist Church, Gibson County, Tennessee, Records, 1825-1884.

(II-M-4, Box 2, M30, accession #68-075)

Records dating from the organization of the church on April 4, 1825. Includes the church’s

constitution, membership list, rules of decorum, and minutes, 1863-1884. Photocopy.

Greenwood Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Toone, Tennessee, Record Book, 1854-ca.

1920.

(III-A-6, Box 3, M33, accession #1800-03)

Session minutes and church register. Photocopy of typed transcript.

Hopewell Baptist Church of Christ, Cannon County, Minute Books, 1833-1927.

(I-B-2, M-7, accession #99-059)

Consists of two volumes of church minutes. The first, 1833-1883, is a typed transcript. The

other, 1875-1927, is a photocopy of the original volume. Photocopies, part typed transcript.

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Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland, Tennessee, Minute Book and Notes, 1931-1962.

(XI-M-1, M-147, accession #2000-038)

Consists of minute book, mostly in German, of Immanuel Baptist Church, formerly Bohemian

Baptist Church, in Portland, Tennessee. Also includes notes transcribed or translated, featuring

names of members and two photographs, one of the church building, the other of the

congregation. Photocopies.

Jerusalem Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McMinn County, Tennessee, Record Book,

1833-1872.


Minutes and membership lists which was later called Cumberland Church. Contains detailed

accounts of dismissals of members for misconduct. Photocopy of typed transcription and index

included.

Lewisburg Presbyterian Church, Lewisburg, Tennessee, Record Book, 1847-1897.


Minutes of the session and lists of members, baptisms, etc., spanning the period from the

founding of the church in 1847 to 1897. The church shared a pastor with Bethberei Church, both

of which were in the portion of Bedford County which later became Marshall County.

Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Warren County, Minute Book and Tombstone

Inscriptions, 1831-1868.


Session minutes and tombstone inscriptions from the church graveyard. Typed transcript.

Little Harpeth Presbyterian Church, Williamson County, Tennessee, Records, 1837-1914.


Records include transcriptions of minutes, membership rolls, baptisms, and financial statements.

Also includes a letter that provides a brief history of the church. Photocopies.

Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, Athens, Tennessee, Record book, 1832-1851.


Minutes, 1832-1851, and membership lists with some dates of baptisms and deaths, names of

parents, etc. Minutes often give detailed accounts of dismissals for misconduct. The church was

organized in 1823. Photocopy.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Tennessee Conference, Minister’s Appointment, 1864.


Appointment of John W. Hunter as preacher in charge of the Tulip Street Church, Tennessee

Conference, Nashville District, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Signed by Bishop Joshua

Soule, January 1, 1864.

McCrory’s Creek Baptist Church, Davidson County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1811-1816.


The McCrory church is an “arm” of big Cedar Lick Baptist Church in Wilson County,

Tennessee. Record book includes rules of decorum, lists of white and black members, and

minutes which include comments on backsliding members.

McKay Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Williamson County, Tennessee, Records, 1859-

1900.

(III-B-1, accession #68-071)

Session minutes, 1859, 1866-1899, list of communicants, registers of elders, deacons, adult

baptisms and deaths, and statistical reports to the Presbytery. Also includes a typed historical

sketch tracing the church history from 1847-1900.

Mill Creek Baptist Church, Hardeman County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1824-1857.


Constitution, minutes, and list of members. Photocopy of typescript.

Monmouth Presbyterian Church, Washington, Rhea Counties, Transcription and History,

1934.

(III-A-6, M-33, Accession #1865)

Includes history of the church, located in Washington and Rhea Counties, Tennessee, as well as

transcribed minutes and other records, primarily 1868-1875. Typed transcript.

Mt. Carmel Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Sparta, Tennessee, Register, ca. 1900-

1970.


Register of members and list of marriages. Also lists how, when, and by whom received, and

how, when, and by whom removed. Photocopy.

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Mt. Comfort Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hardeman County, Tennessee, Record

Book, 1844-1915.


Session minutes, financial records, lists of members, baptismal records, and death and marriage

records. Photocopy.

Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, Marshall County, Tennessee, Record Book

and Historical Sketch, 1844-1869, 1966.


Record book, 1844-1869, contains lists of members, baptisms and deaths, minutes of the session,

1852-1869, and brief history of the church.

Mt. Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McNairy County, Tennessee, Record Book,

1866-1899.

(III-A06, Box 5, M-35, accession #67-140)

Session minutes, lists of elders and members, professions of religion, and notations of births,

baptisms, dismissals, and deaths. Photocopy.

Mt. Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Madison County, Tennessee, Record Books,

1875-1899.


Session minute book and church register. Photocopies.

Mt. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McNairy County, Tennessee, Records,

1870-1929.


Session minutes, registers of pastors, elders, deacons, communicants, baptisms, marriages and

deaths, and statistical reports to the presbytery. Photocopies.

Murray’s Chapel Methodist Church, Wilson County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1850-1869.


Lists of members, their stat in grace, state in life (marital status), and membership status. Typed

transcript.

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New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hardeman county, Tennessee, Record Book

and Transcription, 1825-1890, 1940.

(III-A-6, Box 3, M-33, accession #1774-02, 1800-04)

One volume of session minutes, financial records, lists of members, baptismal records, and

marriage and death records. A second volume is a typed transcription of the first book.

Photocopies.

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, Bedford County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1851-1907.


Minutes of church business meetings, 1851-1862, with sporadic entries thereafter. Includes

notations of admissions, dismissals, contribution pledges, and lists of session delegates.

Photocopy.

Newhope Baptist Church, Bedford County, Tennessee, Lists of Members, 1809, 1811.


List of founding members who met April 1, 1809, and list of members made on November 2,

1811. Typescript.

New Providence Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McNairy County, Tennessee, Record

Book, 1842-1883.


Session minutes, 1847, 1852, 1883, primarily concerned with incidents of misconduct. Also

includes professions of religion, marriage and death records, list of elders, 1842, a resolution

against the use and sale of liquor, and notations regarding cotton accounts, 1870. Photocopy.

Philadelphia Two-Seeded Baptist Church, White County, Tennessee, List of Pastors and

Members.


One-page list of pastors and members; includes some dates. Photocopy of typescript.

Predestinarian Association of Primitive Baptists, Henderson County, Tennessee, Minutes of

the One Hundred Eleventh Annual Session, 1951.


Printed minutes of the association’s meeting, September 21-23, 1951, with Middle Fork Church

in Henderson County, Tennessee. Photocopy.

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Prosperity Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, Tennessee, Record

Book, 1828-1883.

(III-A-6, Box 3, M33, accession #68-087)

Church Register listing baptisms, communicants, deaths, and removals. Baptismal records

include parents’ names and birthdates. Death listings give ages and in some cases, cause of

death. Typed transcription.

Riverside Methodist Church, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, History and Church

Roll, 1965.


Traces the history of the church from its formation in 1945, and also gives histories of various

Bible classes and groups within the church. Includes biographies of ministers and a church roll.

Salem Baptist Church, Wilson County, Tennessee, Minute Books, 1859-1915.

(I-B-2, M-7 accession #96-001-01)

Consists of minutes and membership lists for the Salem Baptist Church, Wilson County,

Tennessee. A gap exists between 1878 and 1910. Three volumes.

Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Records, 1862, 1943, n. d.


Hand-copied session minutes from 1862, describing some of the church’s difficulties when it

was taken over by Federal troops during the Civil War. Also includes a program from the

church’s centennial services, October 21-24, 1943, and an undated clipping, both include church

history. Photocopies.

Shady Grove Baptist church, Jefferson County, Tennessee, Minutes, 1880-1915.


Minutes of the church includes lists of members and numerous obituaries. Indexed. Transcribed

as part of the Historical Records Survey. Handwritten and typed transcription.

Silver Creek Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Maury County, Tennessee,

Records, 1842-1867.


Session minutes and lists of members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Photocopy.

Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Madison County, Tennessee, Records,

1826-1866.

(III-F-2, accession #75-063)

Notes in pencil from the records of the church including membership lists and minutes.

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Suggs Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Wilson County, Tennessee, Records, 1899-

1922, 1973-1974.


Volume of session minutes, 1899-1922, deed, survey, and death certificate, 1974, pertaining to

the ownership of church property, and a history of the church from 1800 to 1899. Photocopies in

part.

Sweetwater Association of United Baptists, Minutes, 1841, 1851, 1866, 1869.


Printed minutes from annual meetings of the association which used the name Sweetwater

United Baptist Association in earlier years. Meetings took place in McMinn County, Tennessee,

September 1841 and 1851, Polk County, Tennessee, September 1866, and McMinn County,

Tennessee, September 1869. Photocopies.

Union Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hardin County, Tennessee, Record Book,

1861-1888.

(III-F-2, M-41, accession #81-089)

Records include notation of the church’s organization in 1861, a list of members, adult baptisms,

1871-1879, infant baptisms, 1873-1877, deaths, 1862-1878, marriages, 1862-1879, suspensions

and expulsions, 1868-1873, and minutes, 1861-1888. Photocopies.

Wright, Jacob, Papers, 1800-1887.

(V-K-1, accession #72-055, 72-081, 72-128)

Includes minutes and names of delegates of the Richland Creek Baptist Association, Maury

County, Tennessee, with Jacob Wright being the delegate from Mt. Carmel Church.

Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Maury County, Tennessee, Record Book, 1872-

1885.


Session minutes, lists of communicants, elders, marriages, deaths, and baptisms, and a statistical

report to the Presbytery for the church located near Culleoka, Tennessee. Photocopies.

Zion Episcopal Church, Brownsville, Tennessee, Records, 1832-1897.


Record book listing rectors and ministers, names of communicants, baptisms, confirmations,

marriages and burials, an 1890 resolution honoring a minister, and a receipt for the purchase of

the Evening Prayer leaflet, 1897. Photocopies.

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Zion Hill Baptist Church, McMinn County, Tennessee, Minutes, 1822-1861.


Condensed transcription of minutes from May 18, 1822 to September 1861. Includes

membership lists. Photocopy of a typescript.

Zion Hill Baptist Church, McMinn County, Record Book, 1838-1870.


Church minutes and membership lists. Three typed indexes included. Photocopies.

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INDEX

A Abernathy, Thomas Edward, Papers, 1

Adams, Paul Jay, Papers, 1

Alford’s Camp Ground, 16

Allen, Penelope Johnson, Cherokee Collection, 1

Allen, Penelope Johnson, Papers, 1

Allen Family Papers, 1

Allen Family Papers, Addition, 1

American Camping Association, Tennessee Valley Section, 1

Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Hardeman County, 16

Arlington Methodist Church, Davidson County, 16

B Baptist Church of Christ at Big Spring, McMinn County, 16

Baptist Church of Christ at Hopewell Meeting House, Coffee County, 16

Barker, Irl Ramon, Papers, 2

Barnes, Thomas Jefferson, Papers, 2

Beard, William Ewing, Papers, 2

Bearden Family Papers, 2

Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Sumner County, 16

Bell, Robert E., Jr., Churches of Tennessee Photograph Collection, 2

Bell, James Jackson Family Papers, 3

Bennett, Ambrose A., Family Papers, 3

Bethel Presbyterian Church, Roane County, 16

Bethlehem Baptist Church, Hardeman County, 16

Bills Family-John V. Wright, Papers, 3

Blue, Willard Harris, Papers, 3

Bolivar Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bolivar, Tennessee, 16

Boone, Charles Henry, Papers, 4

Boyd Family Papers, 5

Brookside Baptist Church, Davidson County, 16

Bush Meeting House, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Hardeman County, 17

C Canaan Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bolivar, Tennessee, 17

Carr, Joseph Cordell, Sr., Papers, 5

Cave Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Roane County, 17

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Clear Creek Christian Church, McNairy County, 17

Clover Creek Baptist Church, Hardeman County, 17

Cobb, Pharaoh Lee, Papers, 5

Cobb, Pharaoh Lee, Papers, Addition, 5

Colored United Baptist Association of Tennessee, 17

College Grove Presbyterian Church, College Grove, Tennessee, 17

Collier Family Papers, 5

Concord Baptist Church, 18

Concord Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 18

Conner Family Papers, 5

Cooper Family Papers, 5

Crockett Family Papers, 6

Crownover, Arthur, Sr., Papers, 6

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Maury County, 18

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Nashville, 18

D Dickinson, Ida Hamilton Thompson, Genealogical Collection, 6

Dickson Memorial Congregation, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Dickson County, 18

Diocese of Nashville, 18

Douglas, Byrd, Family Papers, 6

Douglas-Fossick Papers, 6

Dyche, Mamie Moser, Papers, 6

E Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Maury County, 19

Enon Primitive Baptist Church, Unionville, Tennessee, 19

Episcopal Church, Diocese of Tennessee, Women’s Auxiliary, 19

Eppse, Merl Raymond, Papers, 6

F First Colored Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 19

First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Tennessee, 19

First United Methodist Church, Williamson County, 19

Forked Deer Primitive Baptist Association, 20

Fort Family Papers, 7

Free Will Baptist Church, Cheatham County, 20

Friendship Baptist Church, Jefferson County, 20

Friendship United Baptist Church, Sumner County, 20

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G Garrett, Jill Knight, Collection, 7

German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Tennessee, 20

Gibson Primitive Baptist Church, Gibson County, 20

Greenwood Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Toone, Tennessee, 20

Gregory, Mary Yetta Seahorn, Papers, 7

H Haley, Curtis Brabson, Papers, 7

Hamilton-Williams Family Papers, 7

Harriman, Tennessee, Miscellaneous Records, 7

Hasslock, Clara Whorley, Papers, 7

Henry, J. Milton, Collection of Land Between the Lakes Project Papers, 8

Herblin Family Papers, 8

Historical Records Survey, Church Records of Tennessee, 8

Hopewell Baptist Church of Christ, Cannon County, 20

Howell, Morton Boyte, Family Papers, 10

Howell, Robert Boyte Crawford, Papers, 10

Howell Family Papers, 10

I Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland, Tennessee, 21

J Jerusalem Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McMinn County, 20

Johnson, Mayme Hart, Papers, 10

K Koltick, Lona Black, Genealogical Materials, 11

L Lewisburg Presbyterian Church, Lewisburg, Tennessee, 20

Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Warren County, 20

Lillard Family Papers, 11

Little Harpeth Presbyterian Church, Williamson County, 20

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M Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, Athens, Tennessee, 21

Mason Family Papers, 11 May, Rubye Johnson, Papers, 11

Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 22

McBride, Robert Martin, Papers, 11

McCrory’s Creek Baptist Church, Davidson County, 22

McGavock-Hayes Family Papers, Addition, 12

McKay Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Williamson County, 22

Mill Creek Baptist Church, Hardeman County, 22

Monmouth Presbyterian Church, Washington, Rhea Counties, 22

Mt. Carmel Church, 26

Mt. Carmel Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Sparta, Tennessee, 22

Mt. Comfort Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hardeman County, 23

Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, Marshall County, 23

Mt. Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McNairy County, 23

Mt. Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Madison County, 23

Mt. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McNairy County, 23

Murray’s Chapel Methodist Church, Wilson County, 23

N Nagy, Jamers Emerick, Collection, Addition, 12

Nagy, J. Emerick, Nashville Public Schools, Collection, 12

Neil, Albert Bramlett, Sr., Papers, 12

New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hardeman County, 24

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, Bedford County, 24

Newhope Baptist Church, Bedford County, 24

New Providence Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McNairy County, 24

O Owen Family Papers, 12

P Parkes, Louise Searcy, Papers, 2

Paysinger, John Robert, Genealogical Collection, 12

Philadelphia Two-Seeded Baptist Church, White County, 24

Porter, Mary Rhoda Montague, Collection, Addition, 12

Provine, William Alexander, Papers, 12

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Predestinarian Association of Primitive Baptists, Henderson County, 24

Prosperity Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, Tennessee, 25

Putnam, Albigence Waldo, Papers, 13

R Richland Creek Baptist Association, Maury County, 26

Riverside Methodist Church, Maury County, 25

S Salem Baptist Church, Wilson County, 25

Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 25

Shady Grove Baptist Church, Jefferson County, 25

Silver Creek Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Maury County, 25

Sloan-Toon-Howerton Family Papers, 13

Smith, Rutledge and Graeme McGregor Smith, Papers, 13

Smoot Collection, 13

Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Madison County, 25

Stickley Collection, 13

Suggs Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Wilson County, 26

Sweetwater Association of United Baptists, McMinn, Polk, Counties, 26

Symonds Family Papers, 14

T Tidwell, Cromwell, Collection, 14

Tompkins, Catherine (Katie) Sarver, Genealogical Papers, Addition, 14

Travis, Fred, Papers, 14

U Union Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Hardin County, 26

W Weaver Family Papers, 14

White, Robert Hiram, Papers, 14

Wiley-Abernathy-Bass Family Papers, 14

Williams, Katherine Orme, Papers, 14

Wright, Jacob, Papers, 26

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Y Yeatman-Polk Papers, 14

Z Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Maury County, 26

Zion Episcopal Church, Brownsville, Tennessee, 26

Zion Hill Baptist Church, McMinn County, 27

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