Micajah Davis lived with his family lived near Moss Spring in a two-story cabin near Fort Warren.  Land records show that he was granted 1280 acres on June 11, 1839.  The oak structure was built in 1839.


The story is that Rev. Sumner Bacon was riding down an old wagon road near Moss Springs. Micajah Davis invited him to his cabin. During his time there, Rev. Bacon was asked to preach for Mr. Davis's family and neighbors, amounting to about twenty people.
From this chance meeting grew the beginning of Pilot Knobs Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Meetings continued to be held in the Davis cabin or a neighbor's home. When warmer weather arrived, the congregation chose a spot located about one mile southeast of the Davis cabin on the branch of Iron Ore Creek for a meeting place. A campground was carved out on the south side of the creek. A cemetery was established on the north side of the same creek.
It is unknown why the church, cemetery, campground and community was named "Pilot Knob". It was customary for men, at that time, to call small hills "knobs".
Some of the old tombstones which surrounded the church remained, with many ravaged with time and are buried, stolen or broken.
L. W. Clark bought 116 acres of the Spenser Rice Survey which was across the road west of the church property. The Clark family lived in a two-story house. Many of the Clark family members were buried in the cemetery around the turn of the century.  The name Pilot Knob Cemetery was forgotten. The hill and the old cemetery became known as "Clark".
The First United Presbyterian Church of Denison gained title to the ten acre tract of land in 1950. Their plans were to use the property for church activies and the establishment of a mission church. The church members renamed the tract of land 'Hodges Park' in honor of their minister who served the church from 1911 to July 1938.
The funeral director, George Shields, buried people in the Pilot Knob Cemetery, he indicated the place of interment as "Hodges Presbyterian Cemetery."
A small piece of one stone was found with the name 'Davis' on it. Its authenticity was confirmed by Micajah Davis' great-great-great-grandaughter, Ann McKee. The stone was given to Frontier Village. Weldon & Jim Bob Henslee were hiking through the old park and found two tombstones on the south side of the creek. This leads one to believe that the cemetery spread over the entire 10 acres.
Burials are no longer allowed in the cemetery. However, special permission was given by First United Presbyterian Church to bury Wiley Doyle Fritts, born May 13, 1923 and died April 19, 1997.
source: Micajah C. Davis (1786 - 1860), Pilot Knob Community