Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church grew out of the Great Revival of 1800. On February 4, 1810, Samuel McAdow, Finis Ewing and Samuel King reorganized the Cumberland Presbytery at McAdow's log cabin near what is now Burns, Tennessee, after the Kentucky Synod dissolved it for ordaining men without the required education. The denomination was among the early ones to ordain African Americans. About 50,000 members stayed out of the 1906 union with the northern Presbyterians. The city of Goodlettsville is named for A. G. Goodlett, this church's pastor from 1848 to 1853.

What the plaque says

Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church In 1843, Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized near Mansker Creek and was originally known as Mansker Creek Congregation. In January 1848, the church moved to the present location and burned in 1901. The present edifice was built in 1902. The congregation has remained active for more than 150 years.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Andrew Jackson's Hermitage — 9.1 mi
  Andrew Jackson's cotton plantation east of Nashville, where visitors can walk to the quarters, Alfred's Cabin and the Enslaved Cemetery as well as the mansion.
• Tennessee State Capitol — 11 mi
  William Strickland's Greek Revival capitol on Nashville's Capitol Hill, finished in 1859 and built from the bottom up with the labor of enslaved men.
• Ryman Auditorium — 11 mi
  The 1892 brick tabernacle in downtown Nashville that was the Grand Ole Opry's home from 1943 to 1974, now a National Historic Landmark and working concert hall.
• Civil Rights Room at the Nashville Public Library — 11 mi
  A room in the downtown library with a circular lunch counter, a timeline and oral histories of the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, a few blocks from the stores where they began.

More markers nearby

• Casper Mansker 1746-1820 — steps away
• Mansker's Station — steps away
• Robert Cartwright — 0.3 mi
• First Long Hunters — 1.3 mi