Minutes
Minutes of Hanover Presbytery, Vol. 1 (1755-1769)
Minutes of the General Convention for Religious Liberty, 1766-1775 (1766-1775, 1904)
Minutes of Hanover Presbytery, Vol. 2 (1769-1785)
Minutes of Hanover Presbytery, Vol. 3 (1786-1795)
Minutes of the Synod of Virginia, Vol. 1 (1788-1797)
Minutes of Hanover Presbytery, Vol. 4 (1796-1804)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1797-1809)
Minutes of the Synod of Virginia, Vol. 2 (1798-1806)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1809-1823)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1823-1827)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1828-1830)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1829 (1830)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1830 (1831)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1831 (1832)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1831-1833)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1832 (1833)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1833 (1834)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1833-1834)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1834-1841)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1834-1835 (1836)
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in United States of America (1836)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1836 (1837)
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1837)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1838 (1838)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1839-1840 (1840)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1841 (1841)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1842 (1842)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1842-1848)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1843 (1843)
Minutes of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 1844 (1844)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1848-1855)
Minutes of the PCUS Presbytery of Hopewell (1855-1859)
Source: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Digital Collections
Source: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Digital Collections
Source: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Digital Collections
Source: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Digital Collections
Source: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Digital Collections
Minutes log documenting meetings held between March 1797 and October 7th, 1809 of the Hopewell presbytery. Among the topics discussed are the assignments of ministers to different church parishes in Georgia, the licensing of new members, and a dispute adjudication based on claims of inappropriate behavior towards Mrs. Susannah Ewing by Mr. William Montgomery.
Source: Digital Library of Georgia
Source: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Digital Collections
Minutes log documenting meetings held between September 7th, 1809 and February 6th, 1823 of the Hopewell presbytery. Topics discussed include violations of the Sabbath and how to respond, the founding of a theological school in Athens, the presbytery's inability to write a report to the synod, and various ordination sermons from prospective new members.
Source: Digital Library of Georgia
Minutes log documenting meetings held between March 5th, 1823 and August 6th, 1827 of the Hopewell presbytery. Proposals for the establishment of a Georgia Education Society and a Domestic Missionary Society were presented and constitutions for both were adopted, rules for adding new members to the presbytery were also proposed, and a report of the Hopewell Presbytery was prepared and sent to the General Assembly of the church.
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Minutes log documenting meetings held between April 3rd, 1828 and October 9th, 1830 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. A committee was assembled to write a book on the history of the Presbyterian church in Georgia. Missionaries were sent to the Cherokee Indians in Georgia. The presbytery pledged temperance but one member, Reverend William Moderwel, repeatedly failed in this oath and was suspended indefinitely from ministerial work. A theological seminary with a professorship was proposed for Columbia, South Carolina.
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Minutes log documenting meetings held between March 31st, 1831 and April 3rd, 1833 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. The presbytery approved an endowment for a professorship at the theological seminary and created a committee to collect books for the seminary. Reverend William Moderwel was reinstated after a six year suspension for intemperance. It was resolved that infant baptisms should continue in the church and Dr. Thomas Goulding was charged with composing a report on baptism from which tracts were to be printed and distributed to the ministry. The presbytery also voted to divide itself in two, creating Goodhope Presbytery.
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Minutes log documenting meetings held between April 23rd, 1833 and April 4, 1834 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. Reverend William Moderwel was accused of separating from his wife and after a lengthy trial was found guilty and stripped of his ministerial duties. A letter, to be published in the Charleston Observer, on the state of religion in the area, was read.
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Minutes log documenting meetings held between April 3rd, 1834 and October 7th, 1841 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. The Presbytery took the Midway Seminary under its care from the Georgia Education Society and later resolved to found a Presbyterian College at Midway. After rumors that the abolitionist cause would be taken up by the General Assembly, the Hopewell Presbytery issued a statement in support of the institution of slavery. A resolution urging members to avoid dancing was passed and the question of how to fill ministerial vacancies was taken up.
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Minutes log documenting meetings held between April 7th, 1842 and August 5th, 1848 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. A trial was held for Alexander N. Cunningham after being accused of plagiarizing sermons. The problem of supply of destitute churches with ministers was encountered on multiple occasions. The Washington Female Seminary was placed under the care of the presbytery, a report in support of parochial schools was written, and pledges were made to fully endow Oglethorpe University.
Source: Digital Library of Georgia
Minutes log documenting meetings held between November 24th, 1848 and April 7th, 1855 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. Trials were undertaken against Reverends E. P. Rogers and John U. Parsons. The presbytery resolved to strengthen the Sabbath School Instruction Union, to continue missions to African slaves in Georgia, and to open an institution for the education of the blind.
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Minutes log documenting meetings held between September 20th, 1855 and October 1859 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. Reports were presented on the state of religion in the churches, systemic benevolence, domestic missions, and members delinquent to meetings. A fourth professorship was also proposed for Oglethorpe University.
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Minutes log documenting meetings held between February 8th, 1860 and April 18th, 1866 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. Reports on domestic missions and on the state of religion were presented. The religious instruction of "colored people" was raised and it was eventually resolved to license "colored" ministers and preachers. At the opening of the American Civil War the presbytery voted to sever ties with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America and align with the Confederacy.
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