| COGSWELL SOURCES |
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| A - OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CONGREGATION | |
| All of the records are unpublished and are in the possession of the congregation [circa 1965] | |
| A1 | Church Register, 1827-1900. |
| A2 | Minutes of the Session, November 1867-Sept. 1882, with Church Register. |
| A3 | Minutes of Congregational Meetings, May 1880-Feb. 1889. |
| A4 | Minutes of the Session, Oct. 1882-Feb. 1892. |
| A5 | Church Register, 1892-1908. |
| A6 | Minutes of the Session, Mar. 1892-Apr. 1908. |
| A7 | Church Register, 1898-1922. |
| A8 | Minutes of the Session, Apr. 1908-Jan. 1916, with Church Register. |
| A9 | Minutes of the Session, Jan. 1916-Sept. 1925. |
| A10 | Minutes of the Session, Sept. 1925-Apr. 1932. |
| A11 | Minutes of the Session, Apr. 1932-Jun 1939. |
| A12 | Minutes of the Session, Jun 1939-Apr. 1949, with Minutes of Congregational Meetings and Church Register. |
| A13 | Minutes of the Session, Apr. 19194-Jan. 1956, with Minutes of Congregational Meetings. |
| A14 | Minutes of the Session, Feb. 1956 to date, with Minutes of Congregational Meetings. |
| A15 | Church Treasurer's Record, 1871-1895. |
| A16 | Minutes of the Diaconate, May 1882-Mar. 1935. |
| A17 | Minutes of the Diaconate, Apr. 1935-Mar. 1945. |
| A18 | Minutes of the Diaconate, Apr. 1945-Dec. 1955. |
| A19 | Minutes of the Diaconate, Jan. 1956-Dec. 1962. |
| A20 | Minutes of the Diaconate, Jan. 1963 to date. |
| B - OTHER OFFICIAL CHURCH RECORDS | |
| Published and unpublished. Copies of all published
minutes are on deposit at the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and reformed Churches, Montreat, North Carolina. Of the unpublished minutes, B-1 is in the possession of Mr. A.E. Wright, Nashville, TN; B-2 and B-3 are in the possession of the Bethsalem Presbyterian Church, Wartrace, TN. All other unpublished minutes are on deposit at Montreat. References to published minutes in Appendix-C are made by the year by which the volume is dated. |
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| B1 | Minutes of the Session of the New Providence Presbyterian Church, Bedford Co., TN, 1827-1860, unpublished. |
| B2 | Minutes of the Session of the Bethsalem Presbyterian Church, Bedford Co., TN, 1829-1849, unpublished. |
| B3 | Minutes of the Session of the Bethsalem Church,1850-1872, unpublished. |
| B4 | Minutes of the Presbytery of West Tennessee, 1810-1836, unpublished. |
| B5 | Minutes of the Presbytery of Shiloh, 1815-1830, unpublished. |
| B6 | Manual of the Presbytery of Nashville, 1879, published. |
| B7 | Minutes of the Synod of KY, 1802-1821, unpublished. |
| B8 | Minutes of the Synods of West TN and Nashville, 1826-1850, unpublished. |
| B9 | Minutes of the Synod of Nashville, 1851-1867, unpublished. |
| B10 | Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1789-2847, published. |
| B11 | Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of American (Old School), 1838-1869, published. |
| B12 | Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of American (New School), 1838-1869, published. |
| B13 | Minutes of the United Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (New School South), 1858-1860, unpublished. |
| B14 | Minutes of the Southern and Southwestern Presbyterian Convention, Cassville, Georgia, Oct. 1840, published. |
| B15 | Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America, 1861-1864, published. |
| B16 | Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern), 1865 to date, published. |
| B17 | Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Northern), 1869 to date, published. |
| C3 | "Historical Sketch of Bethsalem Presbyterian Church, Wartrace, Tennessee, 1816-1916," 1916. |
| F5 | Deed Records of Bedford Co., TN, 1808 to date, references listed by books as numbered. |