Cumberland Presbyterian Church

On February 4 1810 in the log cabin home (in Burns, Dickson County, Tennessee) of Rev. Samuel McAdow he together with Rev. Finis Ewing, and Rev. Samuel King organized the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The congregation was made up of secedent members of the Presbyterian Church and others in the area. A replica of Rev. Samuel McAdow's cabin now stands where the three founded the church. Outgrowth of "The Great Revival of 1800", the new denomination arose to minister to the spiritual needs of a pioneer people who turned from the doctrine of predestination to embrace the "Whosoever Will" gospel of the new church. "Cumberland" used from the areas name; "Presbyterian" described the form of government.