1899
Report 1 of the Committee on Change of Presbyteries of Tennessee
Synod
13 presbyteries are to be formed, including
the Presbytery of Savannah, which "shall include all of the
territory within the boundary lines of the counties of Wayne,
Hardin, Perry, McNairy and Decatur". These changes were to
take effect at the adjournment of the 1899 meeting of Tennessee
Synod.
[Source: Minutes of Tennessee
Synod, October 17-20, 1899, page 26]
The following congregations are included in the new Savannah Presbytery:
Adamsville (I. W. Brown, Adamsville, Tenn. - session clerk;
W. J. Williams - pastor)
Alder Grove (J. B. Jones
- Savannah, Tenn. - session clerk)
Antioch (G.
W. Smith, Saltillo, Tenn. - session clerk)
Ashland
(J. A. Walker, Ashland, Tenn. - session clerk)
Beacon
(J. J. Douglass, Beacon, Tenn. - session clerk; W. T. Mosely -
pastor)
Bethlehem (S. S. Hudiburg, Olivehill, Tenn.
- session clerk; J. R. Alexaner - pastor)
Clifton
(W. A. Hughes, Clifton, Tenn. - session clerk)
Corinth
(W. H. Taylor, Hydro, Tenn. - session clerk)
Mt.
Herman (J. M. White, Savannah, Tenn. - session clerk; T. N. Smith
- pastor)
Mt. Joy (J. H. Taylor, Parson, Tenn.
- session clerk; A. M. C. Gossett - pastor)
Mt.
Pisgah (H. C. Harbert, Morris Chapel, Tenn. - session clerk)
Mt. Sharon (H. A. Pettigrew, Stantonville, Tenn. -
session clerk; G. J. Carmen - pastor)
Mt. Tabor
(W. I. Bivens, Gibbs, Tenn. - session clerk)
Mt.
Vernon (T. C. Young, Gravel Hill, Tenn. - session clerk; B. C.
Scruggs - pastor)
Mt. Zion (J. T. Tate, Stantonville,
Tenn. - session clerk)
Mud Creek Valley (J. E.
Perry, Adamsville, Tenn. - session clerk)
New Bethel
(Jams Dunaway, Falcon, Tenn. - session clerk)
Nixon
(J. D. Yeiser, Nixon, Tenn. - session clerk)
Olive
Grove (J. B. Webb, Floyville, Tenn. - session clerk)
Pinhook
(J. D. Sticklin, Lutts, Tenn. - session clerk; J. R. Alexander
- pastor)
Ramer (J. S. Ramer, Ramer, Tenn. - session
clerk; B. C. Scruggs - pastor)
Ross (J. T. Maddox,
Maddox, Tenn. - session clerk; R. H. Craig - pastor)
Savannah
(W. T. Roundtree, Savannah, Tenn. - session clerk; R. H. Craig
- pastor)
Selmer (J. W. Parviance, Selmer, Tenn.
- session clerk; B. C. Scruggs - pastor)
Shady
Grove No. 1 (W. A. Johnson, Clifton, Tenn. - session clerk)
Shady Grove No. 2 ( J. G. Montgomery, Saltillo, Tenn.
- session clerk)
Union Grove (J. G. Combs, Purdy,
Tenn. - session clerk)
Waynesboro (H. A. Helton,
Waynesboro, Tenn. - session clerk)
Wessons Chapel
(S. J. Wesson, Sugartree, Tenn. - session clerk)
Willoughby
(J. G. Andrews , Savannah, Tenn. - session clerk; G. W. Crutcher
- pastor)
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, page 149a]
1900
Savannah
Presbytery consolidated with Madison
Presbytery in Tennessee
Synod. "We recommend further, that the united Presbytery
composed of Madison
and Savannah presbyteries, to be known as Madison
Presbytery, hold its first meeting at Clifton, Tenn.,
on Saturday before the first Sunday in December next at 11 a.m.,
and that the Rev. J. R. Alexander be appointed Moderator, and
Rev. J. G. Anderson be appointed Clerk."
[Source: Minutes of the Tennessee Synod, October
30-November 2, 1900, page 26]