Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized on this site in March 1835, though the congregation probably met here as early as 1821, when Rev. Peter Harden and other Presbyterians first settled in the valley. The present church building was erected in 1850, and Peter Harden delivered the first sermon. A grade school stood near the church, and classes were held until the public school system was established in 1908. Many members of the pioneer families of St. Clair County are buried here, including three men who greatly assisted in the county's development: John Ash, Peter Harden, and Henry Looney. The oldest marked grave is that of George Vandergrift, who died September 15, 1833.