GUIDE TO CHURCH RECORDS IN THE HOLDINGS OF THE TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY and ARCHIVES, PART 3 Published Church Records Found In the Library Collection Church records can be very useful for genealogy researchers as they often contain membership lists, baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial records. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has a large number of church records that date to the founding of the state. Following is a bibliographic compilation of church records found in TSLA s library collection. Blankenship, Nelly M. Salem Baptist Church, Wilson County, TN. Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1994? BX6480.W57 B53 Note: From the Salem records kept by Preston Cason, Lascassas, TN. Boylston, Mabel Lorene Norwood. The Legacy of New Hopewell Baptist Church, Co. Rd. 121, McMinn Co., Athens, TN, Eighteen Hundred Twenty-Four to Nineteen Hundred Ninety-Eight. Athens, Tennessee, M. L. N. Boylston, c. 1999. F444.A75 B69 Brooks, Richard Donoho. One Hundred and Sixty-Two Years of Middle Tennessee Baptists, 1796-1958. Nashville, Cullom & Ghertner Co., 1958. BX6248.T2 B7 Cawthorn, C. P. and Warnell, N. L. Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South-Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee, 1799-1899. United Stats: s. n., c. 1985. BX6248.K4 C38 Crouthers, Bill J. New Providence Presbyterian Church Minutes of Bedford County, Tennessee, 1826-1860. Bonne-Terre, MO, c. 1997. F443.B35 C76 Delano, Marvin. Records of Park Avenue Methodist Church: 2104 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, 1882-1953. Nashville, the Church, 1987. BX8481.N2 D44 Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. Records of Ebenezer Church, Maury Co., Tenn., 1805-1921. Copied from the Original Record Loaned by Mrs. W. L. Jackson of Columbia and Nashville. Nashville, 1939. BX9211.M36 E2-1-
First Baptist Church. First Baptist Church, Lebanon, Tennessee, Records, 1889-1935. 1985. BX6480.L3 1985 First Baptist Church. Historical Summary and Church Directory of First Baptist Church, Shelbyville, Tennessee from 1843-1928. Shelbyville, Tenn., Gazetet print? 1928. BX6480.S34 H5 Guthrie, Robert H. Rev. Robert H. Gutherie s Diary: Cleveland Circuit, Holston Conference, 1874-1875. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.H19 R4 Hastings, Patricia Gilliam. Into His Marvelous Light: The Minutes of the Siloam Missionary Baptist Church, 1841-1883. Hermitage, TN, P. G. Hastings, 1988. BX6480.S54 H37 Historical Records Survey. Concord Baptist Church Minutes of Hamilton County, 1842-1872. Chattanooga, TN, Concord Historical Society, 1980, 1941. BX6480.C4 C66 Note: Left-hand page of book contains typewritten copy of mimeographed hand-written copy of the right-hand page. Kelley, Wanda Daugherty. Prospect Baptist Church, Roane County (now Loudon County), Tennessee, 1826-1863. Harriman, TN, W. Kelley, 199_? BX6480.L68 K4 Lewis, Sue. Hinds Creek Baptist Church Records, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1806-1831. Knoxville, Tenn., S. Lewis, 2002. BX6480.H55 L49 Note: In memory of William and Charity Lewis; with special thanks to Jack Lewis of Knoxville, Tennessee, who found, copied, and generously shard these records and without whom this work would not have been possible. At the time Jack found these records, the originals were in the hands of Mr. Henry Baker of Union county. Makris, Patricia short. Early Episcopal Church Records, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths: Otey Memorial Parish, Sewanee, Tennessee. Belleville, IL, P. S. Makris, c.1999. F444.S4 M33 McDonnold, Benjamin Wilburn. History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Nashville, Tenn., Board of Publication of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1899. BX8972.M3 1899 Minutes of the First Baptist Church, Huntsville, Tennessee, June 1894 to November 1945. Huntsville, Tenn.? s. n., 19? BX6480.H8 M54-2-
Miscellaneous Records, Sinking Creek Baptist Church, Carter County, Tennessee, 1773-1890. S. I., s. n., 1991. BX6480.C36 S53 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Antioch Baptist Church Minutes, 1839-1879. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J5 A57 (Jefferson County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Beaver Creek Church Records, 1833-1879. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 19? F443.K6 B42 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Canday s Creek Baptist Church of Bradley County: Minutes, 1849-1866. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1941. F443.B8 T4 Note: Issued with White Plains Baptist Church, Bradley County, minutes, 1843-1864. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Chattanooga Baptist Church Minutes of Hamilton County, 1852-1882. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1941. F443.H19 C6 Note: Chattanooga Baptist Church minutes of Hamilton County, 1852-1882; Concord Baptist Church minutes of Hamilton County, 1842-1872; Good Springs Baptist Church minutes of Hamilton County, 1838-1876. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Christianburg Baptist Church Minutes, 1828-1917. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.M7 C47 (Monroe County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Church Deeds. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J3 M57 (Jackson County) Note: Bound with miscellaneous records, 1810-1909, Graves-Teel-Carver family records and history of Gainesboro. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Church Minutes. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S6 C48 (Smith County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Church Minutes. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 19?; 1938. F443.S8 C48 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Church Minutes, 1799-1807. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S6 B52 (Smith County) Note: Bound with Bible and tombstone records; church minutes, 1866. -3-
Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Church Minutes of Pleasant Ridge, Tennessee, 1869-1899. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.M2 C38 (McNairy County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Church Minutes, Waverly M. E. Church South. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.H8 B52 (Humphreys County) Note: Bound with Bible, family, and tombstone records; history of the Shannon family; and minutes of Church of Christ, Bakerville. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Cumberland Presbyterian Church Minute Book, 1811-1935. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J3 C85 (Jackson County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Dixon s Creek Baptist Church Minutes, 1799-1853. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S6 D59 (Smith County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Dumplin Baptist Church Minutes, 1797-1860. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1939. F443.J5 D85 (Jefferson County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Dunlap Baptist Church Minutes, 1868; 1896-1899. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S35 D86 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Ebenezer Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Minutes of session and Church Register, 1889-1918. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1939. F443.M32 E23 (Marion County) Note: Bound with register of Sulpher Springs M. E. Church, South, 1887-1928; and with records of the Hall family, 1794-1933. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. French Broad River Baptist Church Minutes, 1786-1842. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J5 F73 (Jefferson County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Graves-Teel-Carver Family Record. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J3 M57 (Jackson County) Bound with micscllaneous records, 1810-1909, church deeds, and history of Gainesboro. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Historical Sketch, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1858-1918. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.R8 H58 (Rutherford County) -4-
Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. History of White Pine Presbyterian Church, 1873-1880. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J5 M566 (Jefferson County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. History of Zion Church, 1806-1858. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.M4 H57 (Maury County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Hopewell Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1788-1842. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1936. F443.J5 H66 (Jefferson County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Lincoln County Tennessee, Church Records. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.L6 L56 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Minutes of Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Vol. 2, 1869-1899. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S9 M57 (Sumner County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Minutes of Church of Christ, Bakerville. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.H8 B52 Note: Bound with Bible, family, and tombstone records; history of the Shannon family; and church minutes Waverly M. E. Church, South. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Minutes of Primitive Baptist Church, 1829-1881. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J5 M566 (Jefferson County) Note: Bound with minutes of the French Broad Baptist Oak Grove Church, 1887-1932; history of White Pine Presbyterian Church, 1873-1880; Cline family record; Hynds family history; and Swann family record. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Minutes of Sycamore Landing Church of Christ, 1917-1937. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.H8 M5 (Humphreys County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Minutes of the Board of Stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Clarksville, 1893-1925. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1939. F443.M8 B52 (Montgomery County) Note: Bound with Bible and family records, tombstone inscriptions. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Minutes of the French Broad Baptist Oak Grove Church, 1887-1932. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J5 M566 Note: Bound with minutes of the French Broad Baptist Oak Grove Church, 1887-1932; history of White Pine Presbyterian Church, 1873-1880; Cline family record; Hynds family history; and Swann family record. -5-
Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Minutes, New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1824-1845. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.R5 M58 (Roane County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Miscellaneous Church Records. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S9 M572 (Sumner County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Miscellaneous Records, 1810-1909. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.J3 M57 (Jackson County) Note: Bound with church deeds, Graves-Teel-Carver family record and history of Gainesboro. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. New Bethel Presbyterian Church Records. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 19?. F443.S8 N482 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Ocoee Baptist Church Minutes, 1836-1874. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.P7 O26 (Polk County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Pleasant Forest Presbyterian Church Minute Book, 1833-1891. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.K6 P53 (Knox County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Records of Blount County, Tennessee: First Baptist Church Minutes, Maryville, 1886-1899. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1937. F443.B6 R42 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Records of Cocke County, Tennessee: Minutes of Slate Creek Baptist Church, 1812-1976. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1936. F443.C6 R47 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Records of Cocke County, Tennessee: Minutes of the East Tennessee Association of Baptists, 18410-1872. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1936. F443.C6 R43 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Records of Cocke County, Tennessee: Minutes of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 1838-1860. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1936. F443.C6 R46-6-
Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Records of Hamblin County, Tennessee: Record Books A, B, & C Westminister & St. Paul s Presbyterian Churches, 1818-1875. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1937. F443.H17 R4 Note: Westminister church was in Jefferson County about two miles from what is now White Pine, Tennessee; St. Paul s Church is in Hamblen County about six miles south of Morristown, Tennessee. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Records of Red River Church at the Mouth of Sulpher Fork of Red River in Tennessee County (now Robertson county), Mero District, 1791. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1936. F443.R55 R42 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Register (1844-1936) of Church of Christ of Bagdad. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1936. F443.J3 R43 (Jackson County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Register of Sulpher Springs M. E. Church, South, 1887-1928. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1939. F443.M32 E23 (Marion County) Note: Bound with Ebenezer Cumberland Presbyterian Church minutes of session and church register; and a family record of the Hall s. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Round Lick Baptist Association, Bildad Meeting House, Church Minutes, 1866. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S6 B52 (Smith County) Note: Bound with Bible and tombstone records. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Shiloh Presbyterian Church, 1793-1847. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S9 S44 (Sumner County) Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. St. Peter s Church Minutes, Columbia, Tennessee, 1914-1919. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.M4 S8 (Maury County) Note: Bound with St. Peter s Episcopal Church history. Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Bedford County, Church Records: New Hope Lutheran Church, 1805-1836. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.B35 T42 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Church Minutes of Immanuel Episcopal Church, La Grange, Tennessee, Fayette County, 1848. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 19. F443.F3 T42-7-
Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Fayette County, History of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Somerville, Tennessee. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.F3 T44 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Bledsoe County: Baptist Church Minutes, 1882-1938. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.B55 T4 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Carter County: Sketch of Sinking Creek Baptist Church. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.C32 T42 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Dekalb County: Salem Baptist Church Minutes, 1809-1908. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.D3 T46 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Giles County: First Presbyterian Church and Masonic Hall, Pulaski, 1828-1885. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.G4 T44 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Hamblen County: Bent Creek Church Minutes, 1785-1844. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.H17 T42 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Rhea County: Minutes of the Hiwassee Association of Missionary Baptists, 1891. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.R4 T49 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Rhea County: Minutes of the Quarterly Conference of the Washington Circuit of the Holston Conference, Methodist Church South, 1870-1879. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.R4 T48 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Tennessee, Records of Wilson County: Cumberland Presbyterian Church Minutes, Lebanon, Tennessee. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.W75 T32 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. United Baptist Section Minutes, 1838-1850. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.S6 U54 Moore, John Trotwood, Mrs. Union Church of Christ, 1871-1884. Nashville, Works Progress Administration, 1938. F443.L5 U56-8-
New Bethel Presbyterian Church. The New Bethel Sesquicentennial, 1782-1932; Comprising An Account of the Sesquicentennial of the New Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sullivan County, Tennessee, and Various Other Matters Pertaining Thereto. Bristol, Tenn., King print Co., 1932 BX9211.B7 N4 Note: Includes sermons, cemetery records, and the centennial exercises for 1882. Ocoee Baptist Association. Ocoee Baptist Association Minutes, 1859-1896. Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. BX6349.T2 O2 Records of the Church of Christ at flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee, 1868-1981. Flat Creek, Tenn., The Church, 1981. BX7077.Z7 C43 Roberts, Snyder E. Origin of the First Baptist Church of Oliver Springs, 1846-1980. S. I., S. E. Roberts? 1981? BX6480.O6 1981 Sistler, Byron. Vital Statistics from 19 th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville, Tenn., B. Sistler, 1979. F435.S6 Sugg s Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Wilson County). Sugg s Creek Church Book: First Presbyterian Church at Sugg s Creek Meeting Hours, Gladeville, Tennessee. Lebanon, Tenn., T. E. Partlow, 19. BX9211.W75 S82 Tennessee Historical Records Survey. Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1940-1942. BR555.T2 H5 Note: No. 19 Davidson County, Nashville. No. 33 Hamilton County, Chattanooga. No. 47 Knox County, Knoxville. No. 79 Shelby County, Memphis. No. 90 Washington County, Jonesboro. Tennessee Historical Records Survey. Inventory of the Church Archives of Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. CD3520.H5 B3 Tennessee Historical Records Survey. Inventory of the Church Archives of Tennessee Baptist Convention, Ocoee Baptist Association. Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1942. CD3520.H5 B32 Tennessee Historical Records Survey. Inventory of the Church and Synagogue Archives of Tennessee. Jewish Congregations. Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. CD3520.H5 J4-9-
Tennessee Miscellaneous Church Records. Tenn.? S. n., 19? F436.T4554 Tennessee War Services Project. Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., War Services Section, 1942. CD3520.W3 Thomas, Jan Biard. Millers Cove Baptist Church Minutes, Walland, Blount Co. TN, 1812-1824. Signal Mountain, Tenn., Mountain press, 2003. BX6480. B56 T46 United Baptist Church of Christ. United Baptist Church of Christ at Station Camp, Sumner Co., Tenn., Minutes, 1867-1916. S. I., s. n., 19? BX6480.S8 A3 United States Works Progress Administration. Giles County, Minutes of Trustees and Building Committee of Pisgah Church, 1867-1869. Nashville, Tenn.? Works Progress Administration? F443.G4 G45 United States Works Progress Administration. History, Minutes, and Register of the Smyrna Presbyterian Church, 1820-1935. Nashville, Tenn., Works Progress Administration, 1938. (Rutherford County) F443.R8 H57 United States Works Progress Administration. Sinking Creek Baptist Church, 1783-1905. Signal Mountain, TN, Mountain Press, 199_? BX6480.C36 S54 Note: Selections from records copied under Works Progress Administration and published 1938-1939. Williams, Carthol L. Second Creek Church, Book #1, June 26, 1830 to December 1906. Five Points, TN, Printed by Carthol L. Williams, 19? BX6480.L3 S426 Williams, Carthol L. Second Creek Church, Book #2, January 1907 to November 1948. Five Points, TN, Printed by Carthol L. Williams, 19? BX6480.L3 S4262 Wood, Mayme Parrott. Shunem Church and Cemetery Speak: A Living Memorial to Those Who Sleep Here, 1824-1965. Strawberry Plain, Jefferson County, Tennessee, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Brazon Press, Marion R. Mangrum, c. 1965. F444.S8 W62-10-