A List of all Pastors of the Vernon Center Presbyterian Church, originally the Vernon Center Congregational Society, since 1802
This list is based upon the list begun in 200 Years of Vernon Center’s Presbyterian Church, by Dr. H. Eugene Butler.
1802 – Rev. John Spencer
1803 – Rev. Publius Bogue (sometimes spelled Booge)
1803 – Rev. Palmer
1805 – Rev. James Eells
1805 – Rev. Kirby
1807 – Rev. A. S. Norton
1810 – Rev. John Smith
1811 – Rev. Calvin Bushnell
1817 – Rev. Orange Lyman
1824 – Rev. John Barton
1827 – Rev. B. J. Lane
1828 – Rev. James Boyle
1828 – Rev. Horatio Foot
1828 – Rev. Lucious Foot
1829 – Rev. E. M. Spencer
1830 – Rev. Calvin Bushnell
1831 – Rev. E. N. Nicholas
1833 – Rev. John Waters
1834 – Rev. Dunham
1835 – Rev. Clark
1835 – Rev. Alfred Hough
1840 – Rev. S.P.M. Hastings
1842 – Rev. John Dodd (church divided over slavery/abolition)
1842 – Rev. S. Strong
1843 – Rev. George Gridley
1843 – Rev. Samuel Whaley
1847 – Rev~ R. A. Avery
1873 – Rev. E. C. Ray
1876 – Rev. E. C. Smith
1878 – Rev. M. F. Tripp
1879 – Rev. J. F. Nason
1882 – Rev. Stanley-Roberts
1888 – Rev. C. H. Van Wie
1890 – Rev. C. M. Dodge
1890 – Rev. David Biggar
1900 – Rev. C.H. Dudley
1902 – Rev. H. H. Kellogg
1908 – Rev. John Williams
1910 – Rev. Frank West
1918 – Rev. J.B. Grant
1923 – Rev. Frank West
1927 – Rev. L. D. Jarrard
1937 – Rev. John MacQuarrie
1945 – Rev. Walter Brock
1950 – Rev. John Craig, Jr.
1953 – Mr. Myron Bellinger
1954 – Rev. John Morris
1958 – Rev. Ernest Smyth
1965 – Rev. Richard Stitt
1970 – Rev. Ernest Bittner
1975 – Rev. William Patterson
1983 – Rev. James Bender
1983 – Rev. R. Kraus-Neale
1984 – Mr. Elden T. Shaut
1992 – 2000 – Rev. P. Arthur Brindisi
2000-2004 – Pastor Peg Ward
2005 – Jay G. Williams III
2006-Present – Now merged with and worshiping at Augusta Presbyterian Church, Jay G. Williams III continues as pastor (as of 2022).