1837
Richland
Presbytery - Columbia
Synod
Called meeting of Richland Presbytery
met at Savannah.
James H. Mitchell- representative
from Savannah
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
July 7, 1837, page 21]
1838
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
October 1838]
1843
Wesley Covey
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, October 1843, page 114]
1844
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
March 16, 1844, page 122]
1844
October 1844,
Richland Presbytery met at Savannah Campground
S.
S. Hudeburg - representative from Savannah
[Source: Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 1844, page 129]
1851
September
19, 1851, Richland Presbytery met at Savannah
Cannot
read name of representative from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 19, 1851, page 290]
1852
T. D. Shelby
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, April 23, 1852, page 3]
1852
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
September 24, 1852, page 3]
1853
B. D. Butler
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, September 30, 1853, page 3]
1854
B. D. Butler
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, April 21, 1854, page 3]
1854
M. D. Covy
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, September 8, 1854, page 3]
1855
S. M. Cooper
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, April 20, 21 & 23, 1855, page 3]
1855
A. J. Pickens
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, September 14, 1855, page 3]
1856
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
April 25, 26, & 28, 1856, page 4]
Fall 1856 - Fall 1862
No Minutes for Richland Presbytery in archives. We need minutes.
1863
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
April 24, 1863, page 1]
1863
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
September 25, 1863, page 10]
1864
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
April 1864, page 18]
1864
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
September 1864, page 26]
1865
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
April 21, 1865, page 34]
1865
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
September 1865, page 39]
1866
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
April 20, 1866, page 50]
1866
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
September 21, 1866, page 64]
Spring 1867 - April 1868
Not mentioned in minutes.
1868
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
September 24, 1868, page 142]
1869
H. R. Hinkle
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, April 25, 1869, page 160]
1869
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
September 24, 1869, page 186]
1870
Not mentioned
in minutes.
1869 - In October 1869, Columbia
Synod attached a portion of Richland Presbytery to McGready Presbytery.
[Source: Minutes of the Richland Presbytery
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 11, 1870, page
206]
1870
Not mentioned
in minutes.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
August 1870, page 225]
1871
W. U. Ross
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, March 10, 1871, page 249]
1871
Richland
Presbytery met at Savannah.
B. D. Butler - representative
from Savannah
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
August 25, 1871, page 266]
1872
H. R. Hinkle
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, March 22, 1872, page 296]
1872
W. U. Ross
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, September 20, 1872, page 321]
1873
A. F. Franks
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, April 25, 1873, page 342]
1873
J. H. G.
Anderson - representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, September 1873, page 363]
1874
Thomas Kerr
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, April 24, 1874, page 387]
1874
Y. M. Hudson
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, August 21, 1874, page 404]
1875
M. B. Bivens
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, April 23, 1875, page 424]
1875
A. F. Franks
- representative from Savannah
[Source:
Minutes of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, August 20, 1875, page 442]
1875
No representative
from Savannah.
[Source: Minutes
of the Richland Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
November 17, 1875, page 461]
Spring 1876 - Spring 1889 No minutes in archives.
1890
Name of the
Congregation: Savannah
Clerk of the Session and
Post-Office: R. A. Shaw, Savannah, Tenn.
Pastor:
J. F. Walker
Richland Presbytery - Synod of Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, page
216]
The congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Savannah was organized December 9, 1860, by Rev. C. D. Hudson, with twenty members.
[Since we do have the minutes of Richland Presbytery
for this time I cannot verify the date in the above statement.
The Rev. C. D. Hudson should be Rev. Chesley Young
Hudson (1815-1883).
Susan Knight Gore]
A house was built in connection with the Masons. Meetings were
not held from August 6, 1862, till August 29, 1868, owing to the
war, at which time the congregation was re-organized by Rev.
G. C. Stockard, with twenty members. Since that time the
pastors have been W.
C. Walker, W.
M. Neeley, T. J. Nixon, G.
C. Stockard and J. R. Alexander. The ruling elders are
E. T. Basye, R. A. Shaw, W. U. Ross and A. F. Franks. The present
membership is thirty-one. Ross Chapel, about four miles south
of Savannah, is the oldest organization of the church in this
county, and numbers seventy members. Mt. Tabor is another old
organization, but its membership is small. Good congregations
are found at Willoughby, Alder Grove, Union, Harmony, Bethlehem,
Indian Creek and Liberty. There are also congregations at Loweryville
and Oak Grove.
[Source: History
of Tennessee : From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together
with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester,
McNairy, Decatur, and Hardin Counties. Nashville: Goodspeed
Pub. Co., 1886. pp. 829-841.