McCain’s Academy, Church and Cemetery

McCain’s Academy, Church and Cemetery is a Tennessee historical marker in Maury County.

Highway 7 (31) South at north entrance to McCains Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401

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McCain's Cumberland Presbyterian Church was established circa 1810. In 1817, Eli McCain donated the property for the church and cemetery. Originally a log church and noted campground and meeting place, the present brick building was erected in 1840 by Nimrod Porter. There are more than 75 war veterans buried in McCain's cemetery. McCain's Academy operated from 1855 to 1861 when it burned. Rebuilt in 1894, McCain's Academy operated through the 1920s.

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1794 · Map of the Tennessee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1809 · United States of America, southern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Kentucky (Mathew Carey, 1814) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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McCain’s Academy, Church and Cemetery

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