CUMBERLAND SHED (CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN)

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Location: 2 and 1/2 miles south of Ocoee. Ocoee is 7 miles south of Benton.
Date established:Church, second Sunday in May, 1841; cemetery approximately same date.
By whom established: Cumberland presbyterian Church on land given by Absolom Armstrong
Number of graves: 200 or more
Acreage: 2 acres
Remarks: Pioneer settlers buried here are: Morgan Orr, Ablolom Armstrong, Washington Cannon, Samuel Parks, William H. Wimberly; also Lawtons and Kinsers. Charlie Campbell, sherrif of Polk County; Newton Swan, Trustee of Polk County, Mart O'neil, Wash Mason; first pastor, Rev. Houston Hensley; first Elders, Washington Cannon and Samuel Parks. After Samuel's death, his son Jaburn, was an elder, and now his son, Julian.
Date: January 22, 1940