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SOURCES
 
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  All of the records are unpublished and are in the possession of the congregation [circa 1965]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  Published and unpublished.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 Of the unpublished minutes, B-1 is in the possession of Mr.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 All other unpublished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.
B1 Minutes of the Session of the New Providence Presbyterian Church, Bedford Co., TN, 1827-1860, unpublished.
B2 Minutes of the Session of the Bethsalem Presbyterian Church, Bedford Co., TN, 1829-1849, unpublished.
B3 Minutes of the Session of the Bethsalem Church,1850-1872, unpublished.
B4 Minutes of the Presbytery of West Tennessee, 1810-1836, unpublished.
B5 Minutes of the Presbytery of Shiloh, 1815-1830, unpublished.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B7 Minutes of the Synod of KY, 1802-1821, unpublished.
B8 Minutes of the Synods of West TN and Nashville, 1826-1850, unpublished.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.