Big Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, ante 1832-1906, (defunct), RFD., Marshall, Clark County.

Organized prior to 1832; in that year Robert Paisley, a representative of this congregation, was one of the founders of Vandalia Presbytery, attending its initial meeting at the home of Rev. Joel Knight in Montgomery County. Though one of the earliest Cumberland churches in this area little else is known about it. By 1906 it had only 20 members and no meeting place of worship. Evidently became defunct at this time and did not enter into the reunion of 1907.

No records have been located.
[Source: Inventory of the Church Archives of Illinois Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Prepared by Illinois Historical Records Survey Division of community service programs Work Projects Administration. Sponsored by The Governor of Illinois. Chicago, Illinois, February 1942, pages 74-75]

The property was deeded to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1857. The deed refers to the "duly elected Trustees of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for Big Creek society of said Church..." The land was sold to the church by Phineas and Mary Ann Orndorff and the CP Trustees were William H. Taylor, W. S. Campbell, and William B. Woods.

1890
Name of the Congregation: Big Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: Wm. Taylor, Marshall, Ill.
Pastor: None
Decatur Presbytery - Synod of Illinois
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, page 166]

1891
Name of the Congregation: Big Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: William Taylor, Marshall, Ill.
Pastor: None
Foster Presbytery - Synod of Illinois
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, page 182]

1892
Name of the Congregation: Big Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: William Taylor, Marshall, Ill.
Pastor: None
Foster Presbytery - Synod of Illinois
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892, page 192]

1893
No Report

1894
Name of the Congregation: Big Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: William Taylor, Marshall, Ill.
Pastor: None
Foster Presbytery - Synod of Illinois
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1894, page 206]

1895
No Report

1896
No Report

1897
No Report

1898
Name of the Church: Big Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: Wm Taylor, Marshall, Ill.
Pastor: Emanuel Dehl
Foster Presbytery - Synod of Illinois
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898, page 186]

1899
Name of the Church: Big Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: Wm. Taylor, Marshall, Ill.
Pastor: None
Foster Presbytery - Synod of Illinois
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1899, page 80a]

1900
No Report

1901
No Report

1902
No Report

1903
No Report

1904
No Report

1905
No Report

1906
No Report

This congregation was not active at the time of the union in 1906. Legally the property would have become the property of the Presbyterian Church at that time.