1855
Bro's Albert
Shelton and A. N. Larkins were received under the care
of this Presbytery as Candidates for the holy ministry; and ordered
that Bro. Shelton, write a discourse from Heb. 4: 9, and Bro. Larkins, write a discourse from I John
2: 1, to be read at the next stated meeting of this Presbytery.
[Source: "Extracts from the Minutes
of the Charlotte Presbytery." (March 16-17, 1855) in the
The Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate,
April 5, 1855, page 1]
1855
Candidate
Present - A. N. Larkins
Bros. Shelton, Larkins
and Webb,
read discourses which were sustained as part of trial, and texts
were assigned them from which to write discourses to be read at
the next stated meeting of Presbytery.
[Source:
"Extracts from the Minutes of the Charlotte Presbytery."
(October 19, 1855) in the The Banner of Peace and Cumberland
Presbyterian Advocate, November 23, 1855, page 1]
1856
Candidate
Present - A. N. Larkins
Bros. A. G. Shelton and
A. N. Larkins were licensed to preach the Gospel as probationers.
[Source: "Extracts from the Minutes
of the Charlotte Presbytery." (March 21, 1856) in the The
Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, April
24, 1856, page 1]
1856
To
Rev. A. N. Larkins $62.50, Missionary on the Charlotte
mission.
Report - Your missionary on the Charlotte
mission, respectfully reports compliance with the order of Presbytery--has
been unable from sickness to attend to his circuit all the time;
and in consequence of this and revivals of religion, have not
reached the following appointments: Ships Bend, Mackinsse's, Tubbs,
School-house, Blue Creek and Buffalo. He has preached 73 times.
We have had 84 professions, 28 accessions, 22 adult and 15 infant
baptisms. Received $17.80.
[Source:
"Minutes of the Charlotte Presbytery." (October 17,
1856) in the The Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian
Advocate, November 27, 1856, page 1]
1857
The Examining
Committee reported that they had examined Bro. A. N. Larkins
on all parts of trial preparatory to ordination, and found him
up to the requirements of the Confession of Faith, and the Presbytery
ordained him to the whole work of the ministry.
[Source: "Abstract of the Minutes of the Charlotte
Presbytery" (October 16, 1857), in The Banner of Peace
and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, November 19, 1857, page
1]
1858
Rev. A.
N. Larkins was chosen Clerk.
Resolved by
this Presbytery. That a Missionary sermon be preached at its
next stated meeting and a collection be taken up for the Assemblies
Board of Foreign and Domestic Missions, and that Rev.
A. J. Parrish preach said sermon, and Rev. A. N. Larkins
be his alternate.
[Source: "Charlotte
Presbytery" (October 16, 1858), in The Banner of Peace
and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, November 11, 1858, page
1]
1859
Minister
Present - A. N. Larkins
Rev. A. N. Larkins was
chosen Moderator.
Rev. A. N. Larkins was chosen
a commissioner to the next General Assembly.
[Source: "Charlotte Presbytery" (March 19,
1859), in The Banner of Peace, April 14, 1859, page 3]
1859
A. N. Larkins
Minister - Charlotte
Presbytery - Synod of Middle Tennessee
Commissioner
to General Assembly in Evansville, Indiana, May 19-27, 1859.
Served on the Committee on the Minutes of Mississippi
Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the
General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1859,
pages 5 & 8]
1859
Minister
Present - A. N. Larkins
[Source:
"Charlotte Presbytery" (October 4, 1858), in The
Banner of Peace, November 17, 1858, page 1]
1860
Minister
Present - A. N. Larkins
Rev. A. N. Larkins
was appointed to preach the missionary sermon at the next regular
meeting of the Presbytery, and Rev.
A. J. Parrish his alternate.
The Charlotte
congregation requested the labors of Rev. A. N. Larkins
one-half of his time, which request was granted.
[Source: "Charlotte Presbytery" (March 9,
1860), in The Banner of Peace, April 19, 1860, page 1]
1860
A. N. Larkins,
Charlotte, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte
Presbytery - Synod of Middle Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1860, page 98]
1860
Rev.
A. N. Larkins was chosen, Clerk.
A missionary sermon
was preached on Sabbath by Rev. A. N. Larkins.
[Source: "Charlotte Presbytery" (October
12, 1860), in The Banner of Peace, November 8, 1860, page
4]
1860
On motion,
Brothers A.
J. Parrish and A. N. Larkins were appointed, in
connection with Brother
A. A. Wilson, acting under appointment by the Board, as
a standing committee.
[Source:
"Charlotte Presbytery" (November 17, 1860), in The
Banner of Peace, May 9, 1861, page 1]
1861
Minister
present - A. N. Larkins
Rev.
A. C. Stockard was chosen principal Commissioner to the
next General Assembly, and Rev. A. N. Larkins his alternate.
[Source: "Charlotte Presbytery"
(March 9, 1861), in The Banner of Peace, May 9, 1861, page
1]
1866
Rev. A. N.
Larkins, Charlotte, Tenn.
[Source:
"Charlotte Presbytery", in The Banner of Peace,
November 8, 1866, page 1]
1867
Resolved,
That the (Charlotte) Presbytery request Rev. A. N. Larkins
to prepare a memoir of the Rev.
Robert U. Dunlap, for the use and benefit of the Presbytery,
as soon as the nature of the case will permit.
[Source: "Charlotte Presbytery", in The
Banner of Peace, May 2, 1867, page 1]
1868
The introductory
sermon was preached by the Moderator, (Rev. A. N. Larkins,)
from 2 Cor., 5th chap., first clause of 20th verse.
Rev.
A. N. Larkins was chosen Moderator.
Sermons
were preached as per order of Presbytery, by Rev. A. N. Larkins,
on Conversion . . .
In concurrence with petitions
from the several congregations, the Presbytery ordered the following
installations of pastors: Rev. A. N. Larkins, at Prospect,
at 11 o'clock, A.M., on the first Sabbath
in July.
Rev.
A. C. Stockard, Rev. A. N. Larkins, and Rev.
A. A. Wilson are hereby appointed a committee to visit
the school (Cloverdale High-school, in Dickson county), on the
part of the Presbytery, at its next examination.
[Source: "Charlotte Presbytery" (March 6,
1868), in The Banner of Peace, April 23, 1868, page 1]
1868
A. N. Larkins,
Carbondale [sic - Corbondale), Tenn.
Minister -
Charlotte
Presbytery - Synod of Middle Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, page 101]
1868
The opening
sermon was preached by Rev. A. N. Larkins, the Moderator,
from Luke XIX, 13.
Since the intermediate session
in June last, Rev. A. N. Larkins has been installed pastor
of Prospect congregation.
[Source:
"Charlotte Presbytery" (October 9, 1868), in The
Banner of Peace, November 19, 1868, page 1]
1869
Rev. A. N.
Larkins - Chairman of the Committee on Minutes of General Assembly.
[Source: "Charlotte Presbytery"
(March 13, 1869), in The Banner of Peace, May 20, 1869,
page 1]
1869
A. N. Larkins,
Carbondale [sic - Corbondale), Tenn.
Minister -
Charlotte
Presbytery - Synod of Middle Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869, page 78]
1870
Mortuary.--Also,
on the 3d inst., Rev. A. N. Larkins, of the Charlotte
Presbytery, died in the town of Carbondale [sic - Corbondale),
Tenn. He was an excellent preacher; but, in the prime of life,
he was cut down by that fatal disease, consumption.
[Source: Banner of Peace, April 14, 1870, page
3]
1870
Your Committee
on Deceased Ministers report that, from the best information we
can obtain, the following ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church have died during the last ecclesiastical year, viz:
13. A. N. Larkins of Charlotte
Presbytery, April 3, 1870, at Corbandale, Tenn.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1870, page 27]
--We regret to announce the death of Reverend A. N. Larkins,
a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He died at Corbandale
last Sunday of consumption, which full disease has taken all the
family save two. Dr. J. M. Larkins, our worthy townsman and one
other brother, are being the only survivors.
[Source: Clarksville Chronicle, Clarksville, Tennessee]