1821
October
16, 1821
Ordered to be formed from ? Presbytery
by order of Cumberland
Synod.
1823
Dissolved.
Attached to Tennessee
and Bigby
presbyteries.
October 24, 1823
Alabama
Presbytery Dissolved
Whereas the members of
the Alabama presbytery live remote from each other and
are separated by watercourses, difficult to pass in time of high
water; resolved that s'd presbytery be disolved, and that the
Rev. Messrs. Robert
Bell and John Forbes of the Alabama presbytery
and John
Molloy and John C. Smith of the Tennessee
presbytery constitute a presbytery to be known by the
name of Bigby
presbytery at Abner Boan's in Monroe county, state of
Mississippi on the 24th day of January next: including the following
boundaries (viz) Beginning at the mouth of Mobile river, thence
up s'd river to the mouth of the Black warrior, thence up the
Blackwarrior the road leading from Florence to Tuskyloocy, thence
with s'd road to Tennessee
presbytery line; thence with s'd line to the Tennessee
state line; thence with s'd line to the Mississippi river; thence
south to undefined boundaries; that Robert
Bell be the first moderator; and in case of his absence
John Forbes. The Rev. Messrs. William Moore and Benjamin Lockheart,
with the remaining bounds of the Alabama presbytery be
attached to the Tennessee
presbytery; and that the minutes of s'd presbytery with
the licentiates and candidates belong to the Tennessee
presbytery; except Daniel
Patton who shall be attached to the Elk
presbytery.
[Source: Minutes
of Cumberland Synod, October 24, 1823]
1824
Reactivated
October 22, 1824
Resolved,
That the Rev. Messrs. Benjamin Lockhart, William Moor, James W.
Dickey, and John Williams, compose a Presbytery to be known by
the name of the Alabama Presbytery; bounded on the west
by the Mobile river, from the mouth up said river to the mouth
of Bigby river, thence up said river to the mouth of Black Warrior,
thence up the Warrior to Tuskaloosa, thence by Bolivar's Road
to the top of the mountain south of the Tennessee river, thence
with the top of the mountain east to the Indian boundary line,
thence south with said line to the ocean; to be constituted at
Alexander Georges's, Perry county, State of Alabama, on the first
Friday in April, 1825, Benjamin Lockhart, moderator, and, in case
of his failure, William Moor.
[Source:
Minutes of Cumberland Synod, October 22, 1824]
1829
Became part
of Columbia
Synod in reorganization.
1832
Became part
of newly formed Mississippi
Synod.
1836
Became part
of newly formed Union
Synod.
1867
Became part
of Alabama
Synod (name change from Union
Synod)
1898
Consolidated
with Birmingham
presbytery, taking name Birmingham presbytery.
1825-1885
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According to Rev. James H. B. Hall writing in 1904:
Minutes of Alabama Presbytery, April 1, 1825-October 3, 1867, 1 volume Help us locate this
Minutes of Alabama Presbytery, April 2, 1868-September 20, 1890, 1 volume Help us locate this
Minutes of Alabama Presbytery, April 23, 1891-1898. Same volume also contains Minutes of Birmingham Presbytery, October 10, 1898-February 9, 1900, 1 volume Help us locate this
1885
December
5 & 7-8, 1885 - Jamison, Chilton County, Alabama
Moderator:
George L. Waller
Stated Clerk and Treasurer: George
L. Waller
[1 printed minute in
archives]
1886
July 16-17
& 19, 1886 - Highland congregation, Shelby County, Alabama
Moderator: Rev.
D. Y. Wyatt
Stated Clerk and Treasurer:
George L. Waller
[1 printed minute
in archives]
1886
December
2, 1886 - Union Grove congregation, Marion Junction, Dallas County,
Alabama
Moderator: Rev. L. B. Cross
Stated
Clerk and Treasurer: Rev. James H. B. Hall
[1 printed minute in archives]
1887
May 19, 1887
- Calera, Shelby County, Alabama [called meeting]
Moderator:
Rev. L. B. Cross
Stated Clerk and Treasurer: Rev.
James H. B. Hall
July 14-17, 1887 - Rocky Ridge, Jefferson County, Alabama
Moderator: C. L. Harrell
Stated Clerk
and Treasurer: Rev. James H. B. Hall
[1
printed minute in archives]
1887
December
1-4, 1887 - Harmony (Helena), Shelby County, Alabama
Moderator:
Rev.
R. J. C. Hail
Stated Clerk and Treasurer:
Rev. James H. B. Hall
[1 printed
minute in archives]
1888
July 12,
1888 - Goshen, Wilcox County, Alabama
Moderator:
Rev. John B. Cross
No
Minutes in Archives
1889
November
28-30, 1889 - Helena, Shelby County, Alabama
Moderator:
Rev. S. G. Oglesby
Stated Clerk and Treasurer:
Rev. Luther B. Cross
[1 printed
minute in archives]
1890
April 11,
1890 - Spring Creek, Shelby County, Alabama
No Minutes in Archives
1890
September
18-20, 1890 - Calera, Alabama
Moderator: Rev. J.
W. Caldwell
Stated Clerk and Treasurer: Rev. Luther
B. Cross
[1 printed minute in archives]
1891
April 1891
- Green Pond, Alabama
No
Minutes in Archives
1891-1899
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