Robert Richard Dunlap

Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

1818 - 1885

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1848
Licentiate Present - R. R. Dunlap
Licentiate - Charlotte Presbytery - Synod of Cumberland
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery - Synod of Cumberland
Brothers W. A. Williams, J. H. Brigham, and R. R. Dunlap, were ordained to the whole work of the ministry, by prayer and imposition of hands, they having satisfactorily passed through the usual examination. They were then invited to take seats as members of this Presbytery. (Ordained at Charlotte, Tennessee).
[Source: "Extracts of the Minutes of the Charlotte Presbytery, March 17, 1848" in The Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, May 10, 1848, page 2]

1849
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery - Synod of Cumberland
[Source: "Extracts of the Minutes of the Charlotte Presbytery, March 1, 1849" in The Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, April 6, 1849, page 3]

1850
Minister Absent - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery - Synod of Cumberland
[Source: "Extracts of the Minutes of the Charlotte Presbytery, October 26-27, 1850" The Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, December 27, 1850, page 1]

 

1853
Minister Absent - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - Red River Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 18, 1853, page 79]

1854
Minister Absent - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - Red River Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 17, 1854, page 86]

1854
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the White Rock Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, November 10, 1854, page 11]

1855
No Presbyterial Directories in the General Assembly Minutes.

1855
Minister Absent - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 15, 1855, page 94]

1856
R. R. Dunlap, Stated Clerk, Plano, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1856, page 63]

1856
Minister Absent - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 13, 1856, page 108]

1857
R. R. Dunlap, Plano, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1857, page 75]

1857
Minister Absent - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 12, 1857, page 123]

1858
No Presbyterial Directories in the General Assembly Minutes.

1859
No Presbyterial Directories in the General Assembly Minutes.

1860
R. R. Dunlap, Plano, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1860, page 102]

1860
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 16, 1860, page 168]

1861
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 7, 1861, page 168]

1862
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
Bro. R. R. Dunlap was chosen moderator.
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, October 9, 1862, pages 178 & 180]

1863
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 13, 1863, page 188]

1864
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 17, 1864, page 196]

1861-1864
No Presbyterial Directories in the General Assembly Minutes.

1865
Partial Presbyterial Directories in the General Assembly Minutes.

1865
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 16, 1865, page 202]

1866
No Presbyterial Directories in the General Assembly Minutes.

1866
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 15, 1866, page 209]

1867
No Presbyterial Directories in the General Assembly Minutes.

1867
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 14, 1867, page 218]

1868
R. R. Dunlap, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, page 109]

1868
Minister Present - R. R. Dunlap
Minister - White Rock Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the Texas Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 23, 1868, page 238]

1869
R. R. Dunlap, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869, page 90]

1870
R. R. Dunlap, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1870, page 85]

1871
R. R. Dunlap, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1871, page 86]

1872
Dunlap, Robert R., Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1872, page 121]

1873
Dunlap, R. R., Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1873, page 98]

1874
Dunlap, R. R., Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1874, page 97]

1875
Dunlap, Robert R., Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
Commissioner to General Assembly in Jefferson, Texas, May 20-28, 1875.
Served on the Committee on the Minutes of Iowa Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1875, pages 7, 9 & 87]

1876
Used 1875 directory information.

1877
Dunlap, Robert R., Stated Clerk, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1877, page 93]

1878
Dunlap, Robert R., Stated Clerk, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1878, page 102]

1879
Dunlap, Robert R., Stated Clerk, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1879, page 98]

1880
Dunlap, Robert R., Stated Clerk, Ladonia, Texas
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1880, page 125]

1881
Dunlap, R. R., Ladonia, Tex.
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1881, page 97]

1882
Dunlap, R. R., Ladonia, Tex.
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1882, page 127]

1883
Dunlap, R. R., Ladonia, Tex.
Minister - White Rock Presbytery -Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1883, page 135]

1884
Dunlap, R. R., Ladonia, Tex.
Minister - Bonham Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1884, page 110]

1885
Dunlap, R. R., Ladonia, Tex.
Minister - Bonham Presbytery - Synod of Texas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1885, page 125]

1886
Mortuary. Gone Before. Ministers.
Dunlap, R. R. - Presbytery of Bonham
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1886, page 149]


Dunlap.--The Rev. Robert R. Dunlap returned his commission to the Head of the Church after having borne it over forty years without the least stain upon it. he was born in Humphreys County, Tenn., Nov. 5, 1818. his parents were pious, and raised him in the path of rectitude. He studied the Catechism, and could answer all the questions when he was a small boy. He professed religion and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Hall's Creek Camp-ground in 1842. He was received under the care of Nashville Presbytery, now Charlotte, at White's Creek, in 1843. He was licensed at Charlotte, Dickson County, Tenn., 1844. He was ordained at Vernon Camp-ground, Hickman County, 1845. He preached successfully and to the entire satisfaction of his Presbytery and the Church several years where he was raised. he moved to Texas in the fall of 1852, and settled in McKinney, and a year later moved to the southern part of Collin County. He was the first Cumberland Presbyterian preacher that settled in that county. he remained there several years; preached a great deal; organized a number of Churches. He, with two other brethren, organized White Rock Presbytery. The wife of his youth died Jan., 1859. She was a most estimable lady, the daughter of the Rev. James Parker, of the M. E. Church, South, a man of high character. After the death of his wife, he missionated on the Western frontier of Texas several years, where his labors were wonderfully blessed. He saw the pleasure of the Lord prospering through his instrumentality. Numbers of Churches were organized, and the writer knows of no place where Cumberland Presbyterianism is more prosperous than it is there. He was married the second time to Miss Mary Lou Williams, Oct. 13, 1868, daughter of the Rev. W. A. Williams, a lady of great worth, eminently qualified to fill the position of a minister's wife. Their only child, Robert, says he wants to be a good man like papa. Sister Dunlap asks the prayers of her Christian friends for herself and her little son. The last twenty of his life were devoted to pastoral work. During those years, he was the regular pastor of the Church at Ladonia, Dodd City, and Bethlehem--all in Fannin County, Texas. Half of his time was devoted to the Ladonia Church, one-fourth to Dodd City, and a fourth to Bethlehem. As a pastor, he had very few if any superiors. Those congregations have excellent houses of worship of their own, all paid for. Scarcely a year passed without a revival of religion in each congregation. They never failed to take up the quarterly collections recommended by the General Assembly, and they were always creditable. There never was a jar between his congelation and himself; whatever he suggested they approved. One of the elders, Brother Redner, remarked to the writer that the people of Ladonia could not get along without Brother Dunlap. A member of high standing of the M. E. Church, South, said if Sam Jones had an appointment to preach in the Methodist Church in Ladonia, and Brother Dunlap had an appointment in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the same hour, he would go to hear the man preach who had so faithfully stood before the same people twenty years. For fourteen months he had been in poor health. He had a stroke of paralysis from which he never entirely recovered. He preached on Sunday, conducted service on Thanksgiving-day, attended to business until five hours before his death. he bore his afflictions with Christian fortitude. The last letter I received from him stated that his health had been feeble for several months. he said that he had been thinking for sometime that his labors on earth were well-nigh done, and he did not feel to regret that his toils were nearly over. He spoke also of the interest he felt in his little family. he died Nov. 28, at 11 o'clock P.M., 1885. Brother Dunlap was a loyal son of the Church, and prompt in attending the Church courts. He was a model gentleman, an able minister of Jesus Christ, an excellent citizen, a good neighbor, a kind husband, and an affectionate father. May his mantle fall on dear little Robert.
       W. G. L. Quaite.
Texas Observer please copy.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 18, 1886, page 2]


Obituary of first wife - Permelia Hubbard Dunlap

Mrs. Permelia Hubbard Dunlap.
Wife of Rev. R. R. Dunlap, and daughter of Rev. James Parker, departed this life at the residence of her husband, in Collin county, Texas, on the 21st of January, 1859, after a protracted confinement to her room for several months.

Sister Dunlap was born in Humphreys county, Tenn. on the 14th of February, 1821, and professed religion on the 22d of August, 1839, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, married Rev. R. R. Dunlap the 14th of February, 1841, and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the fall of 1843, in which she lived a consistent member until her decease.

Sister Dunlap has left a kind husband , one son and daughter, together with relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Though we sorrow as those that have no hope, for the apostle says, right blessed are the dead that died in the Lord, yea sayeth the Spirit, for they shall rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.
       W. A. Williams.
[Source: Banner of Peace, March 24, 1859, page 4]


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