Route 2
Petersburg, Tennessee 37144[former name: New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church]before 1850 – presentColumbia Presbytery Tennessee Synod

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This congregation was organized before 1850. It appears in the list of congregations represented at the meeting of
Elk Presbytery on April 12, 1850. The representative was P. Holbert. At this time, the archives do not have any minutes of Elk Presbytery prior to 1850.

The name was changed in 1949 from New Salem to Boonshill. The November 1, 1948 minutes of Elk Presbytery list New Salem. The April 21, 1949 minutes of Elk Presbytery list Boonshill.

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DATE	NAME OF  CONGREGATION	CLERK OF THE SESSION AND POST-OFFICE	PASTOR	SYNOD	PRESBYTERY	TOTAL  MEMBERSHIP
1890	New Salem	W. W. Erwin	R. J. Orr	Tennessee	Elk	110
		Boon's Hill, Tenn.
1891	New Salem	N. W. Erwin	W. A. Bridges	Tennessee	Elk	105
		Boon's Hill, Tenn.
1892	New Salem	W. W. Erwin	W. A. Bridges	Tennessee	Elk	110
		Boon's Hill, Tenn.
1893	New Salem	W. W. Erwin	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	100
		Boon's Hill, Tenn.
1894	New Salem	W. M. Erwin	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	110
		Boon's Hill, Tenn.
1895	New Salem	W. W. Erwin	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	100
		Boon's Hill, Tenn.
1896	New Salem	W. W. Erwin	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	130
		Boon's Hill, Tenn.
1897	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	133
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1898	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel	J. A Foster	Tennessee	Elk	130
		Boons Hill, Tenn.
1899	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel	W. W. Irwin	Tennessee	Elk	124
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1900	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel	W. W. Irwin	Tennessee	Elk	123
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1901	New Salem	J. W. McDaniel	W. W. Irwin	Tennessee	Elk	105
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1902	New Salem	John R. Marshall	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	100
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1903	New Salem	John R. Marshall	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	100
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1904	New Salem	S. J. McAfee	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	45
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1905	New Salem	S. J. McAfee	None Listed	Tennessee	Elk	100
		Boonshill, Tenn.
1906	New Salem	A. B. Willson	W. W. Erwin	Tennessee	Elk	105
		Boons Hill, Tenn.