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The first settlers came into
the region in the 1780s and early 1790s from Virginia, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland. In 1769, Daniel Boone explored the area that
later became Cumberland County. According to local legend, the first
settlers fought an intense battle with the Indians in 1790 about ten
miles north of what is now Burksville. A daring rescue of a young girl
from the Indians took place at Little Renox Falls. A group of settlers
attacked the Indian captors of the girl, killed them, and saved the
girl, suffering no casualties.
In the War of 1812, General John Edwards
King of Burkesville commanded the Third Brigade in the Battle of Thames.
At this time General King was about fifty-five years old and was Circuit
Court Clerk of Cumberland County. His home was on Hwy. 61 near the city
limits and was later the home of the Cheek family, originators of
Maxwell House Coffee. The house was demolished a few years ago and
there is now a new home on the site.
When the Civil War began,
Cumberland Countians for the most part were in sympathy with the Union
cause. In the election of 1860, 67 percent of the voters cast their
ballots in favor of the
Constitutional Union Party, led by John Bell of
Tennessee; Abraham Lincoln received seven votes. When war began in 1861,
many joined the 5th Kentucky Cavalry under the command of Burkesville
resident Col. David Haggard. The 3d Kentucky Volunteer and the 16th
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry also received numerous Cumberland County
men. Cumberland County experienced
several raids during the course of the war. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's
cavalry crossed the Cumberland River at Burkesville in January, 1863. On
February 12, 1863, two companies of Morgan's cavalry attacked and
defeated Federal troops at Burkesville. Throughout 1862 and 1863, raids
and skirmishes occurred in the county. After the Civil War,
Cumberland County's economy was in a state of disarray and for many
years the county remained economically depressed, with poor roads and
communications. By the 1940s, new roads had constructed in the area and
the county became more accessible to the rest of the state.
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The thirty-second county in order of
formation, Cumberland County is located in south-central Kentucky along
the Tennessee state line. It has an area of 307 square miles. Cumberland
County was formed on December 14, 1798, from a portion of
Green County and named for the Cumberland River,
which flows through the county. The county seat is BURKESVILLE. The
County is bordered by Adair County (north),
Russell County (northeast),
Clinton County (east),
Clay County,
TN (south),
Monroe County (west),
Metcalfe County (northwest). There are many small
communities, such as Marrowbone, Grider, Kettle, Waterview, Bow, Hegria,
Renox, Bakerton and the county seat of Burkesville.
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