1861
Rev. A. C. Stockard presented a letter of dismission and recommendation from the Ocoee Presbytery, and was received as a member of this Presbytery.
The congregation at Charlotte asked for the services of Rev. A. C. Stockard part of his time as their pastor, which was granted.
Rev. A. C. Stockard was chosen principal Commissioner to the next General Assembly.
[Source: "Extract of the Minutes of Charlotte Presbytery," The Banner of Peace, May 9, 1861, page 1]

1868
Commissioner to General Assembly
A. C. Stockard - Charlotte Presbytery

Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Presbytery of Charlotte
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, pages 7 & 101]

1869
Commissioner to General Assembly
A. C. Stockard - Charlotte Presbytery

Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, pages 7 & 78]

1870
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, page 73]

1871
Commissioner to General Assembly
A. C. Stockard - Charlotte Presbytery

Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1871, pages 5 & 74]

1872
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1872, page 125]

1873
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1873, page 101]

1874
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1874, page 101]

1875
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1875, page 75]

1876
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1876, page 85]

1877
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1877, page 80]

1878
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery - Stated Clerk
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1878, page 88]

1879
No Listing for Charlotte Presbytery in Directory.

1880
No Listing for Charlotte Presbytery in Directory.

1881
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1881, page 82]

1882
Commissioner to General Assembly
Served on the Committee on the Observance of the Sabbath.

Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1882, pages 5, 9 & 112]

1883
No Listing for Charlotte Presbytery in Directory.

1884
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1884, page 110]

1885
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1885, page 125]

1886
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1886, page 154]

1887
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1887, page 151]

1888
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1888, page 163]

1889
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1889, page 172]

1890
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
Pastor - Cane Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Cumberland Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - White Oak Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, pages 118 & 216]

1891
Ministerial Directory
A. C. Stockard, Waverly, Tenn. - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, page 132]

The Rev. Alexander C. Stockard is listed as minister of the Cleveland Church from December 1857 until October 3, 1859. Session records indicate that the Session met in his house while he was pastor. A letter from W. H. Crawford, who was visiting Cleveland on May 5, 1858, states that he met with "Brother Stockard and that he is succeeding well in sustaining our cause in Cleveland. He is a whole-souled brother and a good preacher. All that is wanting to enable anyone to love him as a brother is to know the man."

After the Civil War, Stockard practiced law in Humphreys County, Tennessee, and was listed in Humphreys County historical records as pastor of the Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the late 1800's and of the Mariah Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1881.

The Rev. Mr. Stockard was born on January 8, 1829, and died on May 19, 1891. He and his wife, Mary Jane, were the parents of at least nine children. One of his sons, James L., became a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. Another son, Sam, sheriff of Humphreys County, was killed in the line of duty. The Rev. Mr. Stockard and many family members are buried in the Stockard Cemetery located in the White Oak Community of Humphreys County, Tennessee.

[Source: Morelock, Ann, and Katharine Trewhitt, eds. History of The First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cleveland, Tennessee 1837-1987. Cleveland, Tennessee: Prepared under the direction of the Church History Committee, 1989, pages 205-206]

In late 1871, the Denominational Board of Missions was able to persuade the Rev. A. C. Stockard of Waverly, Tennessee to take charge of the First Church in Chattanooga. Stockard began his tenure as pastor of the church on October 1, but resigned on December 1. The reasons for his brief stay in Chattanooga are unknown.

[Source: Gregory, Jr., Conway. A Presbytery Called Chattanooga: Tracing the History of Chattanooga Presbytery, Cumberland Presbyterian Church From 1842 to 1989. 1994, page 210.]

Stockard Family Information