Rev. A. S. Hayter, who came into Texas
Presbytery in 1851, remained in Nacogdoches County until
1869 when he moved to Tarrant County, where Arlington now stands,
and was one of the pioneer preachers in that section. He bought
a section of land from one William Thomas, and as Thomas was out
of the county when he came to close the trade, he gave a man by
the name of Watson three thousand dollars in gold to give to Thomas
and to tell him to get ready to move, as he (Hayter) was going
back home and get ready to come to Tarrant County. He organized
a church at Arlington in 1870 and taught the first school there.
It is said that he used to preach two hours by his watch, but
the last three and half years condensed his sermons to forty minutes.
He was the first county surveyor of Tarrant County, and was serving
in that capacity when the Texas and Pacific Railroad came through
in 1875, and assisted in directing the line through the most "peaceable"
route. He once named a post office on his place as Haytersville,
and later named the town on Arlington. He died in February, 1900.
[Source: Campbell, Thomas H. History
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Texas. Nashville,
Tenn.: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1936, page 153]
1857
A. Hayter
- Linn Flat, Texas
Minister - Texas
Presbytery
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1857, page 74]
1860
A. S. Hayter,
Mt. Enterprise, Texas
Minister - Texas
Presbytery
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1860, page 101]
1869
A. S. Hayter,
Henderson, Rusk Co., Texas
Minister - Texas
Presbytery
Commissioner to General Assembly
in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May 20-27, 1869.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869, pages 6 & 89]
1870
A. S. Hayter,
Henderson, Texas
Minister - Texas
Presbytery
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1870, page 84]
1871
A. S. Hayter,
Johnson's Stsation, Texas
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Brazos
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1871, page 82]
1872
Hayter, A.
S., Johnson's Station, Texas
Minister - Red Oak
Presbytery - Brazos
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1872, page 122]
1873
Hayter, A.
S., Johnson's Station, Texas
Minister - Red Oak
Presbytery - Brazos
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1873, page 99]
1874
Hayter, A.
S., Johnson's Station, Texas
Minister - Red Oak
Presbytery - Brazos
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1874, page 98]
1875
Used directory
from 1874.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Brazos
Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly
in Jefferson, Texas, May 20-28, 1875.
[Source:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, 1875, page 4]
1876
Used directory
from 1874.
Hayter, A. S.
Minister
- Red
Oak Presbytery - Brazos
Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly
in Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 18-26, 1876.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1876, page 4]
1877
Used directory
from 1874.
1878
Used directory
from 1874.
1879
Used directory
from 1874.
1880
Hayter, A.
S., Arlington, Texas
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly
in Evansville, Indiana, May 20-27, 1880.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1880, pages 6 & 120]
1881
Hayter, A.
S., Arlington, Texas
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1881, page 92]
1882
Hayter, A.
S., Mansfield, Tex.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1882, page 122]
1883
Hayter, A.
S., Mansfield, Tex.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1883, page 131]
1884
Hayter, A.
S., Mansfield, Tex.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1884, page 120]
1885
Hayter, A.
S., Mansfield, Tex.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1885, page 135]
1886
Hayter, A.
S., Mansfield, Tex.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1886, page 164]
1887
Hayter, A.
S., Mansfield, Tex.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1887, page 161]
1888
Hayter, A.
S., Mansfield, Tex.
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Trinity
Synod
[Source: Minutes
of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1888, page 173]
1889
Hayter, A.
S., Ferris, Texas
Minister - Red
Oak Presbytery - Texas
Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly
in Kansas City, Missouri, May 16-23, 1889.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1889, pages 7 & 182]
1900
Writing from
Arlington, Texas, February 26, Rev. J. D. Boone says: Rev. A.
S. Hayter was stricken with apoplexy to-day while eating dinner
and died at 6:15 p.m. He preached yesterday at 11 o'clock with
great earnestness and solemnity. In the closing of his sermon
he urged upon the people obedience to the truth and said, "I
may never have the privilege of preaching to you again."
A great and good man has gone from us after having spent a long
and faithful life in the service of his Master. A more extended
notice of his life and death will be sent for publication.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian,
March 8, 1900, page 304]
1900
Ministers
Lost
Name: A. S. Hayter
Occupation:
charge
Presbytery: Red
Oak
Place of Residence: Arlington, Tex.
Date: Feb. 26, 1900
Age: 81
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, page 181a]