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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTU_land-conservation-at-the-hermitage_Nashville-TN.html
Native warm season grasses grow well during the summer heat. These are bunch type grasses, and the bare ground between the grass clumps provides wildlife cover and nesting space. Habitat conditions are excellent for species such as bobwhite quail,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSH_cabin-by-the-spring_Nashville-TN.html
In 1940, The Ladies' Hermitage Association constructed this building to be used for meetings and receptions. Today, the cabin still serves as a meeting place and classroom, and is also rented for private functions.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSG_field-quarter-trail_Nashville-TN.html
This path leads to the Field Quarter, an area that was once home to at least eighty enslaved African-Americans. A series of illustrated signs near exposed building foundations at the site help you to "see" what life was like for this part of the H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSF_the-field-quarter-spring_Nashville-TN.html
Known as "Muddy Spring" in Andrew Jackson's time, this fast flowing spring was the primary source of water for the fifty to eighty enslaved men, women, and children who lived in the nearby Field Quarter.
Along with its life-sustaining w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSE_have-the-negro-houses-placed-where-the-old-ones-stands_Nashville-TN.html
When Jackson's plantation turned a profit in the 1820s, he invested it in slaves and buildings. Letters sent from Jackson to Andrew Jackson Jr. and his overseer in 1829 show that brick was being made for new buildings. In September 1829, Andrew Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSD_a-lively-place_Nashville-TN.html
For nearly thirty years - from the construction of the brick dwellings in 1829 to the sale of this parcel of land in 1856 - the Field Quarter was home to at least eight enslaved families at The Hermitage. With fifty to eighty inhabitants, the Fiel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LSB_the-field-quarter_Nashville-TN.html
In 1806, Andrew Jackson purchased 640 acres north of the first Hermitage and in turn used this land mostly for field crops such as cotton and corn. Jackson chose this portion of that land to build dwellings for his field slaves because of its cent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LRG_the-garden-privy_Nashville-TN.html
This small brick privy or necessary is something of a mystery. No documents or illustrations record the presence of such a building when the Jackson family lived on the property. Archaelogical evidence suggests that an older building may have stoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KZQ_the-south-field_Nashville-TN.html
Also called The Commons, originally 240 acres extending south to the river. Given to Davidson Academy by the State of North Carolina, famous as a mustering ground. Here 4,000 Tennessee Militia were reviewed by Andrew Jackson and Lafayette on the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KZP_captain-john-gordon-1763-1819_Nashville-TN.html
Born in Virginia came to Nashville in 1782. Became a noted defender against the Indians of Old Fort Nashboro and the frontier settlements. Captain of a spy company of the Davidson County Regiment, participated in the Nickajack Expedition which end…