1845
1845 Oct 11. Union Presbytery met at East Liberty, At which time Joshua Heart, Wm. F. Baird & A. J Swain presented themselves to the Presbytery, as candidates for the ministry. Baird & Swain received. Heart rejected on the grounds of his age he being upwards of 60.
[Source: Journal of Rev. A.. J. Swain. page 10]

1847
April 11, 1847 Union Presbytery met at Harmony, at which time L. A. Lowry & A. J. Swain were licensed to preach.
[Source: Journal of Rev. A.. J. Swain. page 10]

1854
A. J. Swayne [sic], Pike Run, (Tenn.) [sic] Pa.
Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1854, page 93]

1855
No Presbyterial Directories this year.

1856
A. J. Swayne [sic], Pike Run, Pa.
Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1856, page 63]

1857
A. J. Swayne [sic], Brownsville, Pa.
Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1857, page 75]

1858
No Presbyterial Directories this year.

1859
No Presbyterial Directories this year.

1860
A. J. Swain, Brownsville, Penn.
Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1860, page 101]

1861-1864
No Presbyterial Directories these years.

1865
A. J. Swain, Van Buren, Washington County, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1865, page 207]

1866
No Presbyterial Directories this year.

1867
No Presbyterial Directories this year.

1868
A. J. Swain, Perryopolis, Pa.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, page 109]

1869
A J Swain, Perryopolis, Pa.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869, page 89]

1870
A J Swayne [sic], Pike Run, Penn.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1870, page 84]

1871
A. J. Swain, Pike Run, Pa.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1871, page 85]

1872
Swain, A. J., Millsboro, Penn.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1872, page 125]

1873
Swain, A. J., Hillsboro, Pa.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1873, page 101]

1874
Swain, A. J., Millsboro, Pa.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1874, page 101]

1875
Not in list

1876
Swain, A. J., Brownsville, Pa.
Minister - Union Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1876, page 96]

1877
Not in list

1878
Swain, A. J., Old Concord, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1878, page 97]

1879
Swain, A. J., Old Concord, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1879, page 93]

1880
Swain, A. J., Old Concord, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1880, page 120]

1881
Swain, A. J., Rock Lick, W. Va.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1881, page 92]

1882
Swain, A. J., Rock Lick, W. Va.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1882, page 122]

1883
Used 1882 report

1884
Used 1882 report

1885
Swain, A. J., Prosperity, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1885, page 135]

1886
Used 1885 report

1887
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1887, page 160]

1888
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1888, page 172]

1889
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1889, page 181]

1890
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
Pastor - Clay Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, pages 127 & 214]

1891
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, page 142]

1892
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892, page 149]

1893
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
Pastor - Clay Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1893, pages 151 & 240]

1894
Swain, A. J., Wind Ridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1894, page 166]

1895
Used 1894 Report

1896
Swain, A. J., Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
Pastor - Rock Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Rock Lick, West Virginia
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1896, pages 159 & 236]

1897
Swain, A. J., (charge), Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
Pastor - Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1897, pages 199 & 281]

1898
Swain, A. J., retired, Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898, page 296]

1899
Swain, A. J., without charge, Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1899, page 200a]

1900
Swain, A. J., without charge, Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, page 215a]

1901
Swain, A. J., retired, Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1901, page 273a]

1902
Swain, A. J., retired, Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1902, page 226a]

1903
Swain, A. J., retired, Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1903, page 212a]

1904
Swain, A. J., retired, Windridge, Pa.
Minister - Pennsylvania Presbytery - Pennsylvania Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1904, page 191a]

1905
Ordained Ministers Deceased
Name: Swain, A. J.
Occupation: retired
Presbytery: Pennsylvania
Place of Residence: Windridge, Pa.
Date: May 28, 1904
Age: 86
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1905, page 148a]

Rev. A. J. Swain, a venerable minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and the oldest member of the Pennsylvania synod, died at his home near Jacksonville, this county, Saturday evening, May 28, aged 89 years. Mr. Swain had been in active service within the bounds of the Pennsylvania synod since he first engaged in the ministry, and was held in the highest esteem by the members of the congregations he had served as pastor as well as by fellow ministers. He had been a pastor in the following congregations of the C. P church: Brownsville, Bethel, Old Concord, Rock Lick, Fairview, Uniontown and Jacksonville. In early life, Mr. Swain was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Winder, whose death occurred upwards of twenty years ago and a few years later he married Mrs. Mary Ellen Ackley, who with on one, by the first marriage, W. C. Swain, of Washington, Pa., survives. The funeral services were held at his late residence Tuesday morning and interment was made in the Prosperity cemetery.
[Source: Waynesburg Republican (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania), June 2, 1904.

Rev. A. J. Swain Journal. Entries from 1845 - 1885. [Manuscript volume in archives.]