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Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Tennessee historical marker in Sumner County.

TN 6 (US 31E), near Hendersonville Presbyterian Church

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The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, founded in 1810, constituted its first Synod here on October 5. 1813. Presbyterian minister Thomas Craighead organized the congregation in 1798. In 1828, the stone building was erected with walls 3 ft. thick, replacing the original meetinghouse. The historic cemetery, deeded to the church in 1799, is the final resting place of early settlers and founding members of the church. Among these are pioneer government surveyor William Montgomery and Revolutionary War soldiers Francis Catron (Ketring) and John McMurtry.

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