Cumberland Trace
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As early as 1779 and 1780, many settlers traveled over the trace, passing through what is now Taylor County. The Cumberland Trace branched off from the Wilderness Road near Logan's Station in Lincoln County (40 mi. east). It was the trail traveled by the pioneers who came through the Cumberland Gap to settle the then new lands of Ky. and Tenn. Over.
[Reverse]
Cumberland Trace - Turning west from Logan's Station, the trace crossed the Rolling Fork River; went down to Robinson Creek in what is now Taylor County; then near Buckhorn Creek, and down the south side of the Trace Fork of Sinking Creek (Pittman Creek). It crossed the Green River at Pittman's Station and went south across the Cumberland River to the site that is now Nashville. Over.
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More markers in Taylor
Friendship Baptist Church
One of Taylor Co.'s oldest churches was admitted to Russell Creek Assoc.
Campbellsville Baptist Church
Campbellsville, KY
Taylor County's oldest congregation began with Pitman Creek, organized 1791, and Robinson Creek, founded by 1793.
Brig. Gen. Elias Barbee
Campbellsville, KY
Born 1763. Died 1843.
Sanders Tavern
US 68, KY
Site of tavern owned by Henry Sanders, Jr., and operated by him as early as 1814.
Campbellsville
Campbellsville, KY
First settled about 1800.