Excerpts  from

"Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee: 

Knox County, Knoxville"

The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration

1941

 

PRESBYTERIAN BODIES:

  1. Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  2. Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  3. Presbyterian Church in the United States
  4. Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
  5. United Presbyterian Church of North America

 

 

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
 

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Assembly
117 Eighth Ave., S
Nashville, Tennessee		 Rev. Leonard L. Thomas, Moderator
Rev. Dan W. Fooks, Stated Clerk & Treasurer
Board of Trustees of the General Assembly Rev. Dan W. Fooks, Secretary
Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House
117 Eighth Ave S.
Nashville, Tennessee		 C.C. Brock, Manager
Cumberland Crusader Rev. Thomas Campbell, Editor
The Cumberland Presbyterian Rev. O. A. Barbee, Editor
The Missionary Messenger Rev. Haspell M. Miller, Editor
Bethel College
McKenzie, Tennessee		 Rev. Ewell K. Reagin, President
Board of Education Rev. James W. Stiles, President
East Tennessee Synod Rev. A. R.  Gourley, Moderator

Knoxville Presbytery:
Rev. J. Frank Waller, Moderator

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Beaver Creek Church
Clinton Pike		 1863 Rev. Lowell C. Bromley
Active Choto Church
Early and Choto Roads		 1894 Rev. Paul Matlock
Active First Church
629 N. Broadway		 1885 Rev. Haskell M. Miller
Active Marietta Church
Marietta Church Road		 1838 Rev. W. Ernest Hedgecock
Active Union Church
Smith Road		 1860 Rev. John E. Dickson
Active Virtue Church
Evans and Virtue Roads		 1887 Rev. John E. Dickson
Defunct Concord Church
Second St., Concord		 1870-1906 Rev. John M. Alexander
Defunct West Emory Church
West Emory Church Road
Concord		 1824-1906  

Missions:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Bethel Chapel Mission
O'possum Road		 1933 Rev. W. Ernest Hedgecock


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COLORED CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH:

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Assembly
117 Eighth Ave., S
Nashville, Tennessee		 Rev. H. A. Sheeler, Moderator
Tennessee Synod Rev. W. D. Eddington, Moderator
   

Hiwassee Presbytery
Rev. H.A. Sheeler, Moderator

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active First Church
1500 Rosedale Ave.		 1933 Rev. O. R. Stevens


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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Assembly
 		 Dr. Charles E. Diehl, Moderator
Rev. E. C. Scott, Stated Clerk
Executive Committee of Foreign Missions Rev. C. Darby Fulton, Executive Secretary
Synod of Appalachia Rev. C. McCoy Franklin, Moderator   
Rev. D. R. Greenhoe, Stated Clerk
Bachman Home for Boys and Girls
Farner, Tennessee		 W. O. Brownlee
King College
Bristol, Tennessee		 Dr. Thomas P. Johnston, President
Southwestern College
Memphis, Tennessee		 Dr. Charles E. Diehl, President
Presbyterian News Rev. Robert H. McCaslin, Editor

Presbytery of Knoxville:

  • Rev. E. D. Veiser, Moderator;

  • Rev. Fred S. McCorkle, Stated Clerk

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Cedar Springs Church
Kingston Pike		 1796 Rev. Milton L. Clemens
Active Concord Church
Clay St. and Second Ave.
Concord		 1866 No regular pastor
Active Fifth Avenue Church
306 W. Fifth Ave.		 1874 Rev. Marshall C. Dendy
Active First Church
620 State St.		 1791 Rev. Emmett B. McGukin
Active Fountain City Church
405 Hotel Ave.
Fountain City		 1923 Rev. Fred S. McCorkle
Active Lebanon Church
Asbury Road		 1791 Rev. James A. Gilbert, Jr.
Active Little Brick Church
1912 E. Fifth Ave.		 1923 Rev. Bertram M. Larson
Defunct Central Church
529 W. Fifth Ave.		 1891-1910 Rev. Leroy G. Henderson

Missions:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Halls Cross Roads Chapel
Emory Road		 1937 Rev. Fred S. McCorkle
Active Houston Street Chapel
816 Houston St.		 1938 Rev. Hugh E. Powell
Active John Sevier Chapel
Rutledge Pike		 1924 Rev. Bertram M. Larson
Active Mead's Chapel
Island Home Pike		 1938 Rev. Bertram M. Larson
Active Twinville Chapel
Norris Freeway		 1937 Rev. Fred S. McCorkle
Active Whittle Spring Chapel
Fairmont Blvd. and Whittle Springs Road		 1940 Rev. Marshall C. Dendy
Defunct St. Paul's Mission
Munson St.		 1937-39 Rev. William Norman Cook

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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

| Presbytery of Union | Presbytery of LaVere (Colored) |


Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Assembly
514 Witherspoon Bldg
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 		 Dr. Herbert Booth Smith, Moderator
Rev. William Barrow Pugh, Stated Clerk
Synod of Tennessee
406 Presbyterian Bldg
Nashville, Tennessee		 Rev. Robert M. Stimson, Moderator
Rev. C. E. Cathey, Acting Stated Clerk
Alpine School
Alpine Tennessee		 J. Benton Cantrell, Chairman
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tennessee		 Dr. Ernest L. Stockton, President
Maryville College
Maryville, Tennessee		 Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd
Mossop School for Girls
Harriman, Tennessee		 Rena E. Avery, Principal
Rocky Ford Community Center
Flag Pond, Tennessee		 Harriet E. Jackson, Executive
Smyrna Community Center
Byrdstown, Tennessee		 Grace E. Justice, County Worker
Sunset Gap School
Newport, Tennessee		 Sara E. Cochran, Executive
Tusculum College
Greeneville, Tennessee		 Dr. Charles A. Anderson, President
Washington College
Washington College, Tennessee		 J. M. Scott, Secretary

Presbytery of Union: 

  • Rev. Ray Rollenmeyer, Moderator

  • Rev. Benjamin B. Lavender, Stated Clerk

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Caledonia Church
Ruggles Ferry Road		 1857 Rev. Earl W. Crawford
Active Erin Church
Wesgarber Road		 1877 Rev. Harry Ross Mercer
Active Fort Sanders Church
Sixteenth St. and Laurel Ave.		 1895 Rev. Ralph Odell
Active Fourth Church
N. Broadway and
W. Glenwood Ave.		 1886 Rev. Robert B. Hamilton
Active Graystone Church
Blount Ave. and S. Broadway		 1890 Rev. Benjamin B. Lavender
Active Kirkwood Church
McCalla Ave. and Kirkwood St.		 1911 Rev. Earl W. Crawford
Active New Prospect Church
Prospect Road and Old Sevierville Pike		 1834 Rev. Stewart H. Butten
Active Park City Church
2150 Linden Ave.		 1890 Rev. Robert H. Wood
Active Second Church
500 W. Church Ave.		 1818 Rev. Clifford E. Barbour
Active Shannondale Church
Tazewell Pike		 1886 Rev. Edwin Dalstrom
Active Spring Place Church
Love's Creek Road		 1842 Rev. William M. Gillam
Active Washington Church
Washington Pike		 1802 Rev. William M. Gillam
Active West Emory Church
West Emory Church and Mofield Roads		 1906 Rev. George Brown
Defunct Atkin Street Church
432 Atkin Street		 1897-1905 Rev. William M. McClung
Defunct Beaver Creek Church
Clinton Pike and May's Road		    
Defunct Concord Church
Second Street
Concord		 1906-10 No regular pastor
Defunct Grace Church
Lowe's Ferry Pike		 1904-36 Rev. William M. Gillam
Defunct Lincoln Park Church
716 Chicamauga Ave.		 1894-1912 Rev. Thomas J. Miles
Defunct Mt. Carmel Church
Emory Road
Corryton		 1860-64 Rev. Gideon S. White
Defunct Pleasant Forest Church
Concord Road
Concord		 1833-1907 No regular pastor

Missions

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Brushy Valley Chapel
Brushy Valley Road
Powell Station		 1930 Rev. C. W. Dilworth
Active Lewis' Chapel
Brush Valley Road
Powell Station		 1937 Students of Maryville College
Defunct Hillside Chapel
420 Seventh St.		 1877-1907 George L. Ogden, Superintendent
Defunct Madison Avenue Mission
1709 Madison Avenue		 1908-12 Rev. Thomas J. Miles
Defunct Oakwood Mission
304 E. Springdale Ave.		 1902-6 Elder Nathaniel D. Barrows, Superintendent

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
Synod of Blue Ridge (Colored)
 		 Rev. Thomas A. Jenkins, Moderator
Rev. Samuel A. Downer, Stated Clerk

Presbytery of LaVere (Colored): 

  • Rev. W. C., Hargrove, Moderator
  • Rev. Thomas A. Jenkins, Stated Clerk
Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active East Vine Avenue Church
715 E. Vine Ave.		 1899 Rev. Samuel A. Downer
Active Meyers' Memorial
(Formerly Gilgal)
Yearwood Ave. and Carr St.
Bearden		 1910 No regular pastor
Active Shiloh Church
1016 E. Church Ave.		 1865 Rev. Thomas A Jenkins

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UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Assembly
209 Ninth St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		 Rev. R. L. Lanning, Moderator
Rev. O. H. Milligan, Clerk
Second Synod: Rev. E. R. Jamison, Moderator
Rev. W. Wade Miller, Clerk

Tennessee Presbytery: 

  • Rev. Benjamin B. Evans, Moderator

  • Rev. C. H. Wilson, Clerk

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active First Church (Col.)
College St. and Exeter Ave.		 1875 Rev. Benjamin B. Evans

Institutions:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Knoxville College (Col.)
College St. and Exeter Ave.		 1875 Dr. John A. Cotton, Acting President

 

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