| Description | Including Minutes of Church and Deacon's Meetings, 1847-1992; Minutes of Joint Meetings of Office Bearers, 1947; Annual Reports, 1988-1999; Balance Sheets and Financial Statements, 1901-1975; Account Books, 1967-1986; Correspondence, 1898-1993; Church Notices and Orders of Service, 1890-2000; Newspaper Cuttings, 1985-1905; Miscellaneous, c.1937-1956 |
| Administrative History | The congregation of Nairn Congregational Church first met on 24 May 1801. The first regular preacher was John Ferguson, from 1802-1803. He was succeeded by William McKay, who preached to the congregation from 1803-1804. James Dewar led worship from 1804-1805 and was ordained the first pastor of the church on 16 July 1806. He died on 10 December 1842. In 1804 a chapel was erected funded by Robert Haldane, Edinburgh, at the academy at which James Dewar received his education for the ministry. A new chapel was erected in Crescent Road/King Street, to which the congregation moved in 1862. The Leslie Legacy was established with the purpose of supplementing the Minister's salary |