Tiptonville Presbyterian Church

Tiptonville Presbyterian Church is a Tennessee historical marker in front of church, Lake County.

Lake Co, Tiptonville, State Route Church 21, 719 Church St, front of church

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Organized in October 1880 by Rev. J.E. Carne. Charter members were R.S. Bradford and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Arnett, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Cook, Mrs. Emma Whitford Alexander, Richard Owen and wife, Nimmie Tipton Owen, daughter of William Tipton, early settler for whom Tiptonville was named. Present building was erected in 1892, Rev. William Thorne, pastor, Richard Owen, builder.

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1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1880 · Ark., Miss., La. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map XVIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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