| Tazewell County, Virginia |
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| Church Records |
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| Presbyterian Churches |
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| Source -- John Newton Harman, Sr. Annals of Tazewell County, 1800-1922, in Two Volumes (Richmond VA: W. C. Hill Publishing Co., 1922), Reissued as 2 vols. in 1 in 1975 by Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Springfield, VA, Vol. I. Extracted and submitted by: June White |
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| "The first Presbyterians in the county were William Perry, Samuel Walker and his wife. Prof. Doak preached the first sermon to them, somewhere around 1798. He was soon followed by Rev. Mr. Crawford from Washington County." (Vol. 2, p. 318) | |
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| FIRST CHURCH: |
In the Cove, in 1833, with Rev. Dugald McIntyre assisted by Rev. Mr. McEwin. Church was closed before 1851. |
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| SECOND CHURCH: | Organized at Jeffersonville in the summer of 1851, under Rev. Mr. Naff; In 1851, known as the Jeffersonville Presbyterian Church; by 1922, known as the Tazewell Presbyterian Church. Organized: Sept. 14, 1851 by Rev. I.N. Naff, then an evangelist of New River Presbytery, assited by the Rev. D.S. Palmer. Washington Spotts and Rufus Brittain. CHARTER MEMBERS: Alexander Ward, Sr., Jane Ward, Rosanna I. Witten, Washington Spotts, Amanda Cox, Elizabeth I. Peery, Rufus Brittain, M. Lavalette Estill, Jane Roberts, William L. Watkins, Mary L. Benham. Pastors, 1851 - 1925: Rev. I.N. Neff 1851 - 1857, Rev. Jonathan Lyons, Rev. Johnson, Rev. Doggett, Rev. Herndon, Rev. Ruff, Rev. Hall, Rev. Dr. W.W. Arrowhead. Elders, 1851 - 1925: Rufus Brittain 1852 - 1899; Washington Spotts 1851 - 1871; W.H. Maxwell 1852 - 1853; I. E. Chapman, 1870-1877 and 1889-1895; J. H. Alexander, 1870-1891; James C. Spotts, 1872-1900; J. C. Hopkins, 1877-1885; A. J. Tynes, 1884-1914; J. C. Alexander, 1884-1888 and 1896-1925; J. H. Stuart, 1896-1911; G. W. St. Clair, 1896-1925; W. A. Scott, 190-1925; J. W. Chapman, 1915-1925; A. M. Black, 1915-1925. Deacons, 1851 - 1925: J.D. Alexander 1872 - 1884; A.J. Tynes 1872 - 1884; C. H. Belew, 1885- 1924; J. M. Spotts, 1885-1889; John Brittain, 1890-1891; G. W. St. Clair, 1892-1896; J. H. Stuart, 1892-1896; J. B. Painter, 1895-1903; W. A. Scott, 1897-1904; A. M. Black, 1904-1915; L. A. Tynes, 1904-1925; G. W. McConnell, 1916-1920; R. M. Kelly, 1916-1925; Jeff Ward, 1916-1925; W. L. Painter, 1916-1925 |
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| OTHER CHURCHES: |
Bowens's Cove and Thompson Valley, by Dr. M. W. Doggett 1925 |