Near Burns in Dickson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Monument
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2020
1. Cumberland Presbyterian Church Monument
This monument was erected by the Tenn. synod May 30, 1942
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized Feb. 4, 1810 by Samuel King, Finis Ewing, Samuel McAdow
Erected 1942 by Tennessee Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.
Location. 36° 5.451′ N, 87° 17.534′ W. Marker is near Burns, Tennessee, in Dickson County. It can be reached from Camp I Road. Marker is located on a trail about 500 feet west of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Montgomery Bell State Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Burns TN 37029, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is in Middle Tennessee, in the Highland Rim, and in Greater Nashville. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Old Log House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Civilian Conservation Corps (approx. 0.8 miles away); The CCC at Montgomery Bell (approx. 0.8 miles away); Birth of a Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Civilian Conservation Corps and Montgomery Bell State Park (approx. one mile away); McNairys Attack (approx. 1.9 miles away); "Lonesome" Cabin (approx. 3.2 miles away); The Civil War in White Bluffs (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burns.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2020
2. Cumberland Presbyterian Church Monument
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2020
3. Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Located near the marker, it is the denomination's mother church.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2020
4. Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Interior view.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 621 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 16, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
