{"id":3019,"date":"2021-09-07T06:07:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2021-09-07T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:13:00","slug":"cumberland-presbyterian-church-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/cumberland-presbyterian-church-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumberland Presbyterian Church History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Historical Foundation<\/h2>\n

The Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America maintains a research library and archives for the denomination and its congregations.  Click here<\/a> to visit the Web site.<\/p>\n

Published History<\/h2>\n
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Rev. B. W. McDonnold<\/p><\/div>\n

Click here<\/a> to read a transcription of this important work by Overton County native Rev. Benjamin Wilburn McDonnold (1827 – 1889).  The work contains a great deal of information about the establishment of the denomination in the Upper Cumberland and Highland Rim regions of Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read Reverend McDonnold’s biography.<\/p>\n

Some Important Ministers in the Links Below<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Rev. John Leath Dillard<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n

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Rev. Abraham L. Williams<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Rev. William D. Chadick<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n

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Rev. Stokely R. Chadick<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Rev. James Tate Williams<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Overton County Links<\/h2>\n

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Cave Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Livingston <\/a><\/p>\n

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Livingston <\/a><\/p>\n

Tennessee Cumberland Presbyterian Churches<\/a><\/p>\n

Sparta Presbytery – Cumberland Presbyterian Church<\/a> (founded in Overton County)<\/p>\n

Allons, Tennessee – Allons Cumberland Presbyterian Church<\/a><\/p>\n

Rock Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church-Nacogdoches, Texas<\/a>
\n(connected to Rock Springs in Overton County)<\/p>\n

Rev. John Leath Dillard, 1793-1884<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Milton Wayne Swearingen 1854-1918<\/a><\/p>\n

Stone Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Lansden Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Abraham Lansden Williams, 1852-1915<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. John M. Lansden, 1830-1890<\/a><\/p>\n

Payne Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Samuel McSpadden 1779-1860<\/a>
\n(connections to Overton County)<\/p>\n

Rev. John Mitchell McMurry, 1804-1875<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. William Davidson Chadick, 1817-1878<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Stokely R. Chadick, 1818-1909<\/a><\/p>\n

Means Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

McDonnold Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Clemens Means, 1800-1879<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Samuel Young Thomas, 1797-1880<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. William Carter Cantrell 1836-1911<\/a><\/p>\n

Tate Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Elder Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. George Donnell, 1801-1845<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Francis Johnson\/Johnston, 1790-1856<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. David L. Foster, 1780-1833<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. James Tate Williams 1847-1886<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fentress County Links<\/h2>\n

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McDonnold Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Means Family Information<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. William Carter Cantrell 1836-1911<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pickett County Links<\/h2>\n

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Historical Foundation The Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America maintains a research library and archives for the denomination and its congregations.  Click here to visit the Web site. Published History Click here …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-individuals-families","category-local-history-information","category-religious-group-records"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3019"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3027,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions\/3027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}