Guide to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Monmouth Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Monmouth Records

Inclusive Dates

1820-1941

Call Number

RG 62

Creator(s)

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Monmouth.

Quantity

6.00 cubic feet

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

The Presbytery of Monmouth was organized in 1859. Its origins can be traced to the Presbytery of West Jersey, which was formed out of the Presbytery of Philadelphia. Ten years previously, a separate Presbytery of Burlington had been formed out of this West Jersey area. In 1859 a petition was presented to the Synod of New Jersey requesting that the eastern portion of the Presbytery of New Brunswick be designated as the Presbytery of Monmouth. Following the reunion of the Old and New School Presbyterians in 1870, Burlington and Monmouth Presbyteries were united, with the congregations of the former being absorbed by the latter.

Currently part of the Synod of the Northeast, Monmouth Presbytery includes 43 churches in an area encompassing Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, and parts of Middlesex and Mercer counties.

Collection Overview

This collection reflects Monmouth Presbytery's administrative history and organization from 1819 to 1911. Included are correspondence files, annual reports, committee reports, minutes and resolutions. Also included are various ledgers, property and account books, historical sketches, dockets, cases and miscellaneous other papers.

The materials in the collection are arranged roughly in chronological order.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Monmouth History.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Monmouth Archives.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1a	Finding Aid to Record Group 62
	1	Introductory Materials
	2	Reports on Committee on American Bible Society, 1900-08
	3	Reports on the Committee on American Tract Society, 1902-08
	4	Reports of the Committee of Arrangements, 1897-1910
	5	Committee for Arrangement of Installations--Reports, 1886, 1895-1910
	6	Reports of the Committee on Bills and Overtures, c.1900
	7	Committee on Board of Aid for Colleges--Reports, 1893-1907 (scattered)
	8	Committee on Board of Freedom Reports, 1882-1909 (Scattered)
	9	Committee on Brotherhood Reports, 1907-09
	10	Committee on Church Erection, Reports, 1885-1905 (scattered)
	11	Committee on Candidate Reports, 1869-1910 (scattered)
	12	Committee on Education, Reports, 1875-1910 (scattered)
	13	Committee on Evangelistic Work, 1893-1909 (scattered)
	14	Committee to Examine Sessional Records, 1897-1910
	15	Reports of the Committee on Excuses and Absences, 1899-1908
	16	Finance Committee Reports, 1896-1907
	17	Committee on Foreign Missions, Reports, 1855-1910 (scattered)
	18	Committees concerning Individual Churches, 1863-1909 (scattered)
	19	Committees concerning Individual Ministers, 1885-1902
	20	Committee on Manses Reports, 1866-1907 (scattered)
	21	Committee on Ministerial Relief Reports, 1880-1908 (scattered)
	22	Committee on the Minutes of the General Assembly, Reports, 1878-1901 (scattered)
	23	Committee on the Minutes of Synod, Reports, 1895-1909 (scattered)
	24	Committee on Sabbath Observance, Reports, 1877-1910 (scattered)
	25	Committee on Publication and Sabbath School Work, Reports, 1872, 1889-1910 (scattered)
	26-27	Reports on the Committee on Synodical Home Missions and Church Extension, 1860-98, 1900-09

2	1	Domestic missions, 1820-21
	2	Treasurer's reports 1862-1908 (scattered)
	3	Reports concerning visits to the churches, 1866-1902 (scattered)
	4	Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Reports, 1892-1906 (scattered)
	5	Roll of Presbytery meetings, 1896-1910
	6	Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings, 1899-1910 (scattered)
	7	Reports of the Stated Clerk, 1896-1910
	8	Certificates of Dismissal of Ministers, 1832-1900
	9	Certificates of Dismissal of Licentiates, 1849-1908 (scattered)
	10-12	Resolutions of Recommendations, c.1886-1907
	13	Memorials, c.1867-1905 (scattered)
	14	Overtures, 1903-04
	15	Financial miscellaneous, [n.d.]
	16	Miscellaneous reports, c.1880-1909 (scattered)
	17	Women's Home Mission, Financial Reports, 1860-1900, 1903
	18	Reports concerning work among the Foreign population, 1892-1907 (scattered)
	19	Mission miscellaneous, 1860-1901
	20	Minutes of Congregational meetings, 1860-1910 (scattered)
	21	Narratives, 1864-1909 (scattered)
	22	Annual Report of Individual Churches, 1904
	23-28	Annual Report of Individual Churches, 1905-10
	29	Reports of the Moderators of Individual Churches, 1894-1909 (scattered)
	30	Revision of the Confession of Faith Reports, c.1900
	31	Judicial Commission Reports, 1884-1906 (scattered)
	32	New Manual Reports, c.1898

3	1	Dockets for Meetings of the Presbytery, 1892, 1896-1904
	2	Copies of Certificates of Incorporation 1838-1901 (scattered)
	3	Asbury Park Case--Reports, 1896-1910 (scattered)
	4	Asbury Park Case--Trial proceedings, c.1896
	5	Asbury Park Case--Miscellaneous, 1886-96 (scattered)
	6	Monmouth Presbytery, Asbury Park Case--Correspondence, 1889-96 (scattered)
	7	Correspondence and Questionnaires pertaining to the incorporation of churches, 1882-1900
	8	Dockets for meeting of the Presbytery, 1905-10
	9	Case of John Brash--Various documents, 1872-79
	10	The case of Lawrence E. Brown--Various documents, c.1878
	11	Millstone Church, Dr. Worrell, 1867-68
	12	Minutes, 1865-1905 (scattered)
	13	Minutes, 1865-1903 (scattered)
	14	Minutes, 1869-1910 (scattered)
	15	Minutes, 1860-67
	16	Minutes, 1860-1909
	17	Various miscellaneous documents from 1873-1908

4	1	Correspondence, not dated
	2	Correspondence, 1850-57
	3	Correspondence, 1860-69
	4	Correspondence, 1870-74
	5	Correspondence, 1875-79
	6	Correspondence, 1880-85
	7	Correspondence, 1887-89
	8	Correspondence, 1890-94
	9	Correspondence, 1895
	10	Correspondence, 1896
	11	Correspondence, 1897-98
	12	Correspondence, 1899
	13	Correspondence, 1900
	14	Correspondence, 1901
	15	Correspondence, 1902
	16	Correspondence, 1903
	17	Correspondence, 1904
	18	Correspondence,1905
	19	Correspondence, 1906
	20	Correspondence, 1907
	21	Correspondence, 1908
	22	Correspondence, 1909
	23	Correspondence, 1910-11
	24	Committee on Foreign Missions--Files of Dr John Townley, 1927-41

5	1	Account Books, 1898-1910; Check Stubs, 1902-09
	2	Books on Ruling Elders, Ministers, and Committees, [n.d.]
	3	Memoranda as to properties held by the Justices of the Presbytery of Monmouth, [n.d.]
	4	Minutes, October 1875--December 1876
	5	Minutes, October 1875--April 1876
	6	Minutes, December 1876--September 1877
	7	Minutes, October 1877--April 1878
	8	Minutes, April 1879--July 1881
	9	Minutes, October 1881--April 1883
	10	Minutes, October 1883--December 1883
	11	Minutes, April 1884
	12	Minutes, October 1884--January 1885
	13	Minutes, April 1885--October 1885
	14	Minutes, June 1886--November 1886
	15	Minutes, February 1887--Spring 1887
	16	Minutes, October 1887; April--October 1888
	17	Minutes, April 1877 (Book A)
	18	Minutes, April 1889--October 1890
	19	Minutes, October 1889--October 1890
	20	Minutes, October 1890--November 1893
	21	Minutes, January 1904--September 1906 (rough copy)
	22	Minutes, April 1884--April 1885
	23	Minutes, June 1895--October 1896
	24	Minutes, April 1897--October 1899
	25	Minutes, October 1906--June 1909

6	1	September 1900-January 1901 (rough copy)
	2	Committee of Church Extension and Home Missions, nd
	3	Standing Rules, 1860, nd
	4	Various Committee Meeting Notes, 1896-97
	5	Committee on First Presbyterian Church, Asbury Park, nd
	6	Published material, bicentennial celebration, Old Scots Church, Bridgeton, NJ, 1881
	7	Historical sketch of Monmouth Presbytery and its churches, 1877
	8	Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, NJ, 1869
	9	Historical Sketch of the Synod of New Jersey, 1888
	10	History of Old Scots Church, Freehold, NJ, 1895
	11	Monmouth Presbytery, Published material, Manuals: a) September 1872 b) April 1898 c) September 1903
	12	Some account of the Presbyterian Church of Toms River, NJ, 1885
	13	Twenty-fifth anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, NJ 18946
	14	Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies, 1904, 1907
	15	Abstract from Minutes from the 89th Stated Clerk's Meeting, April 1910

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