In a message dated 5/2/03 4:50:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, dcpurcell@earthlink.net writes: > > Can anyone tell me the names of the early (pre 1860) Presbyterian > Churches in McMinn County, TN--especially in the Athens and Niota > communities? Do any session records exist for any of these early McMinn > County Presbyterian churches? > In the book, "McMinn County, Tennessee and Its People - 1819 - 1997" there are two articles on the First Presbyterian Church (Etowah) and the First United Presbyterian Church U.S.A....the latter of the United Presbyterian Mission School for black students. There are probably some records existing but I don't have any for either of these churches. Jean