The Old Log House

The replica honors the host, Samuel McAdow. Born in North Carolina in 1760 to Scots and Irish immigrants, he was licensed to preach in 1794 and went to Kentucky in 1799. In Tennessee over a hundred families once asked him to stay as pastor. When the Presbyterian Church dissolved the Cumberland Presbytery in 1806, he settled in Dickson County. At his dogtrot house on February 4, 1810, he, Finis Ewing and Samuel King organized the presbytery anew, independent of the Presbyterians. McAdow moved to Illinois in 1828 and died in 1844.

What the plaque says

The Old Log House Replica of the home of Rev. Samuel McAdow where he, together with Rev. Finis Ewing and Rev. Samuel King, founded the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Feb. 4, 1810. 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" was for this Cumberland region; "Presbyterian" described the form of government. Birth of a Church 1.1 miles southwest is a restoration of the log cabin in which Finis Ewing, Samuel King and Samuel McAdow organized the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Feb 4, 1810. The congregation was made up of secedent members of the Presbyterian Church and others in the area.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Carnton — 27 mi
  The McGavock farm in Franklin, worked by 44 enslaved people in 1860, that became the largest field hospital of the Battle of Franklin.

More markers nearby

• McNairy's Attack — 1.8 mi
• Frank Goad Clement — 5.5 mi
• Civil War In Charlotte — 6.6 mi
• James Worley — 7.9 mi