1383 Cumberland Trace

Category: Markers

Marker reads, 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 Logans 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. Reverse, Cumberland Trace - Turning west from Logans 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 Pittmans Station and went south across the Cumberland River to the site that is now Nashville.