1855-1864
Member of Tehuacana Presbytery

1865-1868
Member of Huntsville Presbytery

1869-1873
Member of Tehuacana Presbytery

1874
Member of Red Oak Presbytery

1875
Member of Tehuacana Presbytery

1876-1879
Member of Kirkpatrick Presbytery

1878
Groves, R. B., Stated Clerk, Corsicana, Tex.
Minister - Kirkpatrick Presbytery - Brazos Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1878, page 92]

He was part of a group of ministers who left the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1879 because of views on sanctification.