Cumberland County Established 1855; named in honor of The Cumberland Mountains which were in turn named for the Duke of Cumberland by Dr. Thomas Walker of Virginia, about 1748. Tennessee frontiersman. Roane County Established 1801; named in honor of Archibald Roane. Governor of Tennessee, 1801-03; Member of Constitutional Convention, 1796; Judge of Superior Court of Law and Equity, 1796-1801; Judge of Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, 1815-19. Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
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