Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

A 1938 local history of Pine Hill, dictated by J. T. Arthur and kept in June Tuck's files, explains the name: people went to a pine-covered hill south of Coon Creek for pine knots to use as kindling. The same account says Coon Creek got its name when a surveyor asked what the creek was called and settler W. J. McLaren answered that he and John Penn had killed four raccoons there the night before. It also tells of a rope factory, a horse-powered gin and a sawmill. The compilers do not vouch for every detail.

What the plaque says

Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Organized in 1864 by J. G. L. Davis and a small group of charter members, this church has served its rural community for well over a century. This property, acquired in 1883, has been the site of several church buildings, the last constructed in 1954. The adjacent Pine Hill Cemetery, containing over 125 marked and unmarked graves, dates to at least 1873. The earliest documented burial in the graveyard is that of James Thompson (1805-1873). Still serving people in a wide rural area, the church and cemetery reflect the community's rich heritage. (1989)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Cooper Lake State Park — 28 mi
  Two units on Jim Chapman Lake, a Corps reservoir proposed in the late 1930s, stalled by a lawsuit until 1984 and dedicated in 1991, with a 10.5-mile equestrian trail and wildlife land around it.

More markers nearby

• Harmony Methodist Church and Cemetery — 4.2 mi
• James Selen Stout — 5.1 mi
• Black Oak Baptist Church — 8.9 mi
• Forest Academy Cemetery — 10 mi