January 20: Charles Cummings

This Day in Presbyterian History: Presbyterians in Southwest Virginia Declare Independence from England In September of 1774, the first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to protest some British laws which…

January 18: Dr. Charles Nisbet [1736-1804]

This Day in Presbyterian History: A Walking Library with Wit Charles Nisbet was born in Scotland in 1736. Graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he studied divinity for another six…

January 17: The Battle of Cowpens

This Day in Presbyterian History: Almost Entirely a Presbyterian Army When Lord Cornwallis brought his British army into the southern colonies, it was the Presbyterian colonists of that part of…

January 16: J. Oliver Buswell, Jr.

This Day in Presbyterian History: Dr. J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. James Oliver Buswell, Jr. was born January 16, 1895, in Burlington Wisconsin. When he was four years old he moved…