HISTORY OF THE SANTA FE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
COMPILED AS OF JUNE, 1986
The object of this work will not permit giving details .regarding the seperation of the Cumberland from the main stream of Presbyterians. Briefly stated, the Kentucky, in 1802, divided the Transylvania Presbytery constituting the congregations of South Kentucky and Middle Tennessee into the Cumberland Presbytery. Shortly afterwards, growing out of differences of doctrine and practice relative to the measures used in the great religious movement known as the Revival of 1800, the Cumberland Presbytery was, by order of the synod, dissolved. Appeal was made by the protesting part of the higher courts of the church, pending the decision of which a semi-organization was formed. Called a "Council" as such, the members refrained from all legislations, but provided for the regular ministry of the means of grace to the members sympathizing with them. It was just at this period that Maury County was formed, and many of the pioneer settlers were sympathizers with the protesting ministers now commonly called the Cumberland Party. The result of the contention was the reorganization of the Cumberland Presbytery as an independent church court, which was done on February 4, 1810; and from it has grown the denomination known as Cumberland Presbyterians.