Ref: Here's Harper 1863-1963 pg 65

The Barnett Spring Presbyterian Church was organized October 10, 1881, on a place now owned by Edgar Fiedler.

The charter members were:

Rev. Mat J. Edmiston
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Crosley
Mrs. Mat Edmiston
Mrs. E. A. Peril
R. D. Peril

Some of the officers of the church of yesterday were:
ELDERS
R. W. Crosley
W. A. Peril
R. W. Hughey
F. L. Rainey
J. W. Faris
J. D. McMillian
Luther E. Stockard
J. M. Elledge
W. T. McKee
Oscar Sellers
C. J. Whitewood
C. W. Granville
A. C. Wendel
J. P. Cook
John J. Nott
P. F. Brown
A. J. Stevens
C. Y. Billings
J. W. Merritt
L. D. Marshall
W. W. Sproul
John S. Morris
J. S. Whitewood
E. R. Dabney
Hugo A. Hopf

DEACONS

F. D. Rountree
W. M. Yett
Henry R. Bierschwale
F. H. Granville
Lewis A. Stevens
Rufus D. Peril
Oscar Sellers
Charles J. Whitewood
A. C. Wendel
Hugo A. Hopf

TRUSTEES

John S. Morris
J. A. Peril

Ministers who have served the Presbyterian Church are:

M. J. Edmiston
S. A. Comer
William M. Bierschwale
A. N. Stockard
William T. Nicholson
W. M. Speegle
A. L. Barr
G. P. Howard
L. S. Markham
G. A. Hudson
David A.  Johnson
A. W. Yell
Charles Workman
C. Douglas Brewer
Arthur L. Spellman
Bob Chaffee
Lewis Petmecky
Paul J. Schwab

Ref: Here's Harper 1863-1963 pg 67
 
On October 10, 1881, the first babies were baptized at the Barnett Spring Church.
They were:
James A. Peril
John Edward Peril
Clara Louisa Peril
Mary Abbie Cook
George Preston Cook
Mattie Cook

It was decieded to move the Barnett Spring Presbyterian Church to Harper and put the building on land given by the late Arch Austin.  The members did much of the work themselves, as co-operation was the medium of exchange in those far away days.  Harvey Stevens was one of the members who helped put on the church roof.

The First Wedding in the Presbyterian Church was the marriage of Claudia Rogers and Charlie Whitewood.