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  • Caldwell, Benjamin H., Jr., Robert Hicks, and Mark W. Scala, comps. Art of Tennessee. Nashville: Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 2003.  

 

 

 

  • Corlew, Robert E.  Tennessee: A Short History. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1993.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Garrison, Joseph Yates, and James B. Jones, Jr. Tennessee’s Historic Themes: Commerce and Industry, 1790-1941.  Nashville: Tennessee Historical Commission, 1990.

 

  • Hutchens, Turner.  "Anti-tank Round Found by Fisherman."  The Daily Herald, Maury County, March 2005. Article available from the World Wide Web <http://www.columbiadailyherald.com/articles/2005/
    03/02/top_stories/01bomb.txt>.

 

 

  • Minton, John Dean.  The New Deal in Tennessee, 1932-1938.  New York: Garland, 1979.

 

  • Phillips, Margaret I.  Governors of Tennessee. Gretna: Pelican Publishing, 1978.

 

  • Ramsey, Bets, and Merikay Walkdvogel.  The Quilts of Tennessee: Images of Domestic Life Prior to 1930.  Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1986.  

 

  • Smith, Reid.  Majestic Middle Tennessee. Prattville: Paddle Wheel Publications, 1975.

 

  • Snodgrass, Charles Albert.  County Profile. Nashville:  1977.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religious History

  • 165th Anniversary, Spring Hill United Methodist Church, Main Street.  Spring Hill: Spring Hill United Methodist Church, 1981.

 

  • Alexander, Charles C., and Virginia W. Alexander.  Historic Ebenezer (Reese’s Chapel) Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Maury County, Columbia, Tennessee.  N.P., 1968.

 

  • Alexander, Virginia W.  Riverside United Methodist Church, 1945-1995.  Columbia: Riverside United Methodist Church, 1995.

 

  • Armentrout, Donald S.  James Hervey Otey: First Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee.  Nashville: Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, 1984.

 

  • Arnette, Charles B.  The History of the East Main Street Church of Christ (Columbia).  Columbia: N.P., 1988.

 

  • Barr, Thomas C.  The Story of the Presbyteries of Columbia and Nashville: From Early Settlement to 1972.  Nashville: Middle Tennessee Presbytery, Presbyterian Church, USA, 1976.

 

  • Bethbirei Presbyterian Church (Marshall County). Souvenir of Centennial Celebration of Bethbirei Presbyterian Church (Rock Creek Church) Held at the Church, Near Lewisburg, Tennessee, on May 13, 14, & 15, 1910.  N.P., 1910.

 

 

  • Bridgewater, Betty Anderson.  History of Bean's Creek Christian Church of God, 1857-1917. Tullahoma: Coffee County Historical Society, 1974.

 

  • Bridgewater, Betty Anderson.  “St. Barnabas Parish: The First One Hundred Years.”a  Coffee County Historical Society Quarterly 4:4 (1974): 1-57.

 

  • Carter, Cullen Tullen.  History of the Columbia District of the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Church.  Nashville: Parthenon Press, 1962.

 

 

  • Cavender, Gray.  A History of the Waverly Congregation of the Church of Christ in Waverly, Tennessee: From its Inception Through our Centennial Celebration.  Waverly: Waverly Church of Christ, 1989.

 

  • Churches of Maury County, Tennessee, Prior to 1860.  Columbia: Tennessee Chapter, DAR, 1980.

 

  • Clark, Forrest Shelton.  “A History of the Duck River Baptists.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 3:2 (1977): 61-67.

 

  • Cogswell, Robert E.  “A New Date for an Old Church.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 1:3 (1975): 87-91.

 

  • Cogswell, Robert E.  Written on Many Hearts: History of the First Presbyterian Church, Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1815-1865.  Nashville: Parthenon Press, 1965.

 

 

  • Cook, Jerry Wayne.  “Old Zion Primitive Baptist Church.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 2:2 (1976): 22.

 

  • Derryberry, Mary Alice.  “History of the Missionary Society of the Bell Buckle United Methodist Church.”a Bedford County Historical Quarterly 21:1 (1995): 11-13.

 

  • “The Diary of Isaac Conger [Methodist Circuit Rider], 1813.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 28:4 (2002): 84-106.

 

  • Doane, George Washington.  The Office of a Bishop: A Sermon, Preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia, January 14, 1834, at the Consecration of the Rt. Rev. James Hervey Otey, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee.  Philadelphia: W. Staley, 1834.

 

  • Dotson, Edward.  Lest We Forget: Churches of Christ in Hickman County, Tennessee, Across 150 Years. N.P., 1984.

 

 

  • Evins, S.C., ed.  Memoir of the Late Elder Elijah Hanks of Maury County, Tennessee: Together with a Synopsis of His Views on the Atonement of Christ and Other Subjects.a  Nashville: Union and American, 1872.

 

  • Fleming, William S.  Historical Sketch of Zion Church, Maury County, Tennessee, 1907, and Genealogy of the Frierson Family, 1730-1887. Columbia: Aydelott's Printery, 1907.

 

  • Ford, Kenneth Roy.  An Analysis of Significant Persons and Events Contributing to a Paradigm for Renewal in the First Presbyterian Church, Shelbyville, Tennessee.  Pasadena:  Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1985.

 

  • Fort, Mary Pepper.  “Religions in Tennessee Before 1820.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 20:2 (1994): 56-61.

 

  • Fountain Creek United Primitive Baptist Church, Culleoka, Tennessee, 85th Church Anniversary Yearbook, 1905-1990.a  Self-published, 1991.

 

  • Fox, William D. The Development of a Volunteer Chaplaincy Program for the Nautilus Memorial Hospital and the Humphreys County Nursing Home. Louisville: Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1981.

 

  • Fox, Wilburn Mills.  History and Pictures of the Fifty Churches of Christ in Maury County, Tennessee. Columbia: Self-published, 1962.

 

 

 

  • General Association of Baptists.  Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.  Last available from the World Wide Web <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_
    Association_of_Baptists>.

 

  • Gentry, Finis E.  “History of Bethsalem Presbyterian Church U.S., 1816-1993.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 21:3 (1995): 81-85.

 

  • Gentry, Finis E.  “History of Bethsalem Presbyterian Church at Knob Creek.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 21:4 (1995): 104-112.

 

 

 

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  • Greatwood, Richard Neil.  Charles Quintard (1824-1898): His Role and Significance in the Development of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Tennessee and in the South.  Nashville: Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 1977.

 

 

  • History of El Bethel Baptist Church, Unionville Highway, Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1865-1991. N.P., 1991.

 

  • History of First Lutheran Church at Shelbyvillle. N.P., 1991.

 

  • Jackson, Blanche Scott.  Reese’s Church and Its Founders.  Columbia: N.P., 1940.

 

  • Jenkins, Al Warren.  The [Episcopal] Diocese of Tennessee, 1898-1978.  Sewanee: University of the South, 1978.

 

  • Jenkins, Al Warren.  The History of the Episcopal Church Women in the Diocese of Tennessee.  Sewanee: Unpublished Master’s Thesis, University of the South, 1983.

 

  • Keever, Rosalie Ausmus.  Some Pioneer Preachers and Teachers of Tennessee.  Tennessee DAR, 1974.

 

  • Knight, Mabel L.  A History of Halls Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Humphreys County, Tennessee, 1849-1990.  N.P., N.D.

 

  • Lewisburg Methodist Chapel, Women's Society of Christian Service.  Cooking 'Round the World and at Home.  Lewisburg: N.P., 1972.

 

  • Lewisburg Presbyterian Church.  Record Book, 1847-1897.  Nashville: TSLA, MS Collection, Ac. No. 458, 111-A-6, Box 3.

 

  • Little, D.D.  History of the Presbytery of Columbia, Tennessee.  Columbia: Maury Democrat, 1928.

 

  • Locke, Mildred, comp.  Bell Buckle United  Methodist Church: 100 Years 1893-1993. Bell Buckle: N.P., 1993.

 

 

  • Martinez, Corinne.  Trinity Lutheran Church, Tullahoma, Tennessee.  Tullahoma: Self-published, 2002.

 

 

  • McBride, Virginia.  “A History of the Smith Chapel Church.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 2:4 (1976): 15-16.

 

  • McClain, Frank Mauldin.  James Hervey Otey of Tennessee: Builders for Christ.  New York: National Council of the Episcopal Church, 1956.

 

 

  • McComas, William Kenny.  Divinely Dear or Devilish Dangerous Doctrines.  Shelbyville: Bible and Literature Missionary Foundation, 1997.

 

  • McKennon, Sara Tom, and Deane Kennedy Hendrix. The History of Hunter Meetinghouse and Its Cemetery Records, Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee.  Columbia: P-Vine Press, 1983.

 

  • Murrell, Frances C.  The Methodists Came this Way. Tullahoma: First United Methodist Church of Tullahoma, 1984.

 

 

  • Odenheimer, William Henry.  The Right Rev. James Hervey Otey, D.D., LL. D., Late Bishop of Tennessee.  New York:  Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, 1863.

 

  • One Hundredth Anniversary of the Thompson Creek Baptist Church House, 1889-1989.  Raus: The Church, 1989.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Christian Education:  Sermon Before the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at St. Paul's Church, in the City of Richmond, Wednesday, October 5, 1859.  Richmond: Enquirer Book and Job Office, 1859.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Christian Ministry: A Sermon. Nashville: Daniel Dana, Jr., 1860.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  The Doctrine Discipline and Worship of the American Branch of the Catholic Church: Explained and Defended in Three Sermons.  New York: E.P. Dutton, 1870.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  The Duty of Ministers of the Gospel, to Their People, Considered in Their Civil Relations: Set Forth in a Primary Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Tennessee.  Nashville: S. Nye, 1837.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Episcopal Address to the Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention of the Church in the Diocese of Tennessee.  Nashville: J. Roberts, 1853.

 

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Otey's Journal, Being the Account by James Hervey Otey, A.B., M.A., D.D., L.L.D. First Bishop of the Tennessee Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church of His Travels in the Summer of 1851 in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.  Ed. Edwin Thomas Greninger. Johnson City: Overmountain Press, 1994.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Pastoral Letter Addressed to the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Tennessee: On the Duties of Church Wardens and Vestrymen.  Nashville: Hutton & Freligh, 1861.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Preaching the Gospel:  A Charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Tennessee.  Nashville: S. Nye, 1840.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Preparation of Candidates for Confirmation: Set Forth in the Third Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Tennessee.  Nashville: Bang & Walker, 1857.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  The Resurrection of the Body; Its Certainty, Nature and Consequences:  A Funeral Sermon. Nashville: Bynum & Cameron, Democrat Office, 1836.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  The Triennial Sermon: Before the Bishops, Clergy and Laity, Constituting the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, Thursday Evening, September 6, 1838.  New York: C. Sherman, 1838.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  Trust in God, the Foundation of the Christian Minister's Success:  A Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Right Rev. William Mercer Green.  New York: Stanford and Swords, 1850.

 

  • Otey, James Hervey.  The Unity of the Church; The Ministry; The Apostolical Succession: Three Discourses. Nashville: D. Tilton Bigelow, 1852.

 

  • Polk, George W.  “St. John’s Church, Maury County, Tennessee.”  Tennessee Historical Magazine 7 (1921): 147-153.

 

  • Polk, William M.  Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General.  2 vols.  New York: Longmans, Green, 1893.

 

  • Poplin, Richard.  “Enon Primitive Baptist Church.”a

Bedford County Historical Quarterly 1:2 (1975): 37-41.

 

  • Poplin, Richard.  “Bedford County Church History.”a Bedford County Historical Quarterly 11:3 (1981): 11-19.

 

  • Prados, Mrs. G.E.  History of the Spring Hill Presbyterian Church from 1844 to 1974.  Spring Hill: Self-published, 1974.

 

  • Records of the Church of Christ at Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee, 1868-1981. Flat Creek: The Church, 1981.

 

  • “Riverside Methodist Church History.”  Columbia: N.P., 1965.
     

  • Robins, Glenn M.  Leonidas Polk and Episcopal Identity: An Evangelical Experiment in the Mid-Nineteenth Century South.  Hattiesburg: Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern Mississippi, 1999.
     

  • Rogers, E.G. "Pioneering Accounts of Frontier Religion."a Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 17 (1951): 32-40.

 

  • Rogers, Paul.  I Have Much People in This City: Highlights of 125 Years, Centerville Church of Christ.  N.P., 1995.

 

  • Ryan, Thornton.  St. Peter’s Episcopal Church of Maury County, Tennessee, the First 125 Years of the Parish, 1829-1954.  Columbia: N.P., 1954.

 

  • Schacht, J.  Review of Three Discourses on the Unity of the Church, the Ministry, and the Apostolical Succession: Preached and Published by Rt. Rev. James H. Otey, Prot. Ep. Bishop of Tenn.  New York: J.G. Shepard, Printer, 1846.

 

  • Sharber, Patricia Ferrell.  Social History of Tennessee Episcopalians, 1865-1935, with Guide to Research in Local Religious History.  Murfreesboro: Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Middle Tennessee State University, 1973.

 

  • Smith, Garnett Roy.  The Dynamics of Missionary Expansion and Evangelization of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Tennessee from 1865 to 1935, Including a Brief Survey of the First Quarter.  Sewanee: Unpublished Master’s Thesis, University of the South, 1982.

 

  • Smoot, Frederick.  1996.  Treaties, Cessions, and the Chickasaw Nation.  TNGenWeb History Presentation.  Last available from the World Wide Web <http://www.tngenweb.org/tnfirst/chicksaw/treaties.htm>.
     

  • Stephens, Gilley.  “The Duck River Association of Baptists.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 8:3 (1982): 119.

 

  • Templin, Eleanor.  History of Duck River Baptist Association and Churches, 1826-1976: Coffee, Franklin, and Grundy Counties of Tennessee.  Nashville: White Printing Co., 1976.

 

  • Templin, Eleanor.  History of the Duck River Association of Missionary Baptists.  Nashville: White Printing Co., 1962.

 

 

  • Walker, Leola Arnold.  “A History of the Wartrace Baptist Church.”a  Bedford County Historical Quarterly 2:4 (1976): 17-20.

 

 

 

 

  • Wingard, George T.  The Story of the Columbia and Nashville Presbyteries in Middle Tennessee: Early Settlement to 1972.  Nashville: Presbyteries of Middle Tennessee, 1976.

 

 

  • Works Progress Administration.  Lewis County, Tennessee: The Mormon Massacre, 1844.a  N.P., 1938.

 

  • Works Progress Administration.  Union Church of Christ, 1871-1884.a  N.P., 1938.

 

  • Yeatman, Trezevant P., Jr.  “St. John’s--A Plantation Church of the Old South.”  Tennessee Historical Quarterly 10 (1959): 334-343.

 

  • Young, R.A.  Reminiscences.  Methodist Episcopal Church, 1900.  

 

  • Zion Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Tennessee. Columbia: Zion Presbyterian Church, 1982.