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Shackle Island
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HISTORICAL

Why the name?
Whiskey was available in a small shack on an island in an area creek
The name stuck and in 1900 was adopted by the post office
Developed rapidly from 1804 to 1833
Located at intersection of New Hope Rd & Long Hollow Pike
Listed on the National Register

CHURCHES

Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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Located 6.4 miles northeast on Long Hollow Pike
Church organized by Thomas Craighead 1798
Original log church built 1815
Construction completed on stone structure 1828
Revolutionary soldiers buried in churchyard
Stone Church erected by William Montgomery 1828

HOMES

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Built 1804 by William Montgomery
Montgomery supervised the building of Old Beach Church
Stone Home
Built by William Montgomery’s sons

   

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