HOLSTON BAPTIST COLLECTION
Minutes 1826-1904
(Predominately 1859-1886)

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138

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INTRODUCTION

Title:

 The Holston Baptist Association Collection

Collection Numbers:

 Accession No. 48
L. C. No. MS 82-575

Physical Description:

29 file folders

Creator:

 The Holston Baptist Association

Repository:

Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Holston Baptist Collection was placed in Sherrod Library, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, date and donor unknown. The collection was transferred to the Archives of Appalachia on January 15, 1979.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing Information: David Goodin completed processing, and the collection was opened for research June 1, 1979.

HISTORICAL NOTE

The Holston Baptist Association was the first permanent association in Tennessee and was organized on October 30, 1786, at Cherokee Creek Meeting House, Washington County. Buffalo Ridge and Sinking Creek churches were represented in the association in October 1787. Tidence Lane was the first moderator of the Holston Association. The Holston Association was split on December 25, 1802 to form the Tennessee Association.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Baptists
Holston Baptist Association

 

CONTENTS

Series I, MINUTES, 1826-1904, Folders 1-29.

The published minutes of the annual associations' meetings are contained in the collection.

Folder #:

1. Minutes of association, 1826.
2. Minutes of association, 1849.
3. Minutes of association, 1857.
4. Minutes of general association, 1857.
5. Minutes of association, 1858.
6. Minutes of association, 1859 and 1860.
7. Minutes of association, 1861 and 1862.
8. Minutes of association, 1866 and 1867.
9. Minutes of association, 1868 and 1869.
10. Minutes of association, 1870 and 1871.
11. Minutes of association, 1872 and 1873.
12. Minutes of association, 1874.
13. Minutes of association, 1875.
14. Minutes of association, 1876.
15. Minutes of association, 1877.
16. Minutes of association, 1878.
17. Minutes of association, 1880.
18. Minutes of association, 1881.
19. Minutes of association, 1882.
20. Minutes of association, 1883.
21. Minutes of association, 1885.
22. Minutes of association, 1886.
23. Minutes of association, 1889.
24. Minutes of association, 1892.
25. Minutes of association, 1893.
26. Minutes of association, 1895.
27. Minutes of association, 1897.
28. Minutes of association, 1898.
29. Minutes of association, 1904.

 

 

INDEX TO THE HOLSTON BAPTIST COLLECTION*

*Notation following index term indicates file location of index material.

Akin, Jim: 1.
Constitution, General Association of East Tennessee: 9.
Constitution, Holston Association of Baptists: 7, 10.
Minutes, General Association, 1857: 4.
Minutes, General Association, 1869: 9.

Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1826: 1.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1849: 2.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1857: 3.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1858: 5.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1859: 6.

Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1860: 6.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1861: 7.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1862: 7.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1866: 8.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1867: 8.

Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1868: 9.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1870: 10.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1871: 10.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1872: 11.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1873: 11.

Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1874: 12.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1875: 13.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1876: 14.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1877: 15.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1878: 16.

Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1880: 17.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1881: 18.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1882: 19.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1883: 20.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1885: 21.

Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1886: 22.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1889: 23.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1892: 24.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1893: 25.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1895: 26.

Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1897: 27.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1898: 28.
Minutes, Holston Baptist Association, 1904: 29.

 

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