Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State|Country: , tn us

Showing results 1 to 10 of 22
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28IU_j-c-turnleys-mill-place-grindstone_Dandridge-TN.html
Around 1820 to 1837, this large 38-inch diameter grindstone was used at John Cunningham (J.C.) Turnley's farm known as the Mill Place. J.C. Turnley was the founder of Oak Grove and built the Mill Place upstream from Hay's Ferry on the south side o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21ZX_sarah-swann-hall_Jefferson-City-TN.html
Side 1Sarah Swann Hall, Grand Lady of Carson~Newman University, has been "home" to generations of students. Colonel Alfred Reuben Swann (1843~1926), visionary Jefferson County businessman and Carson~Newman trustee, built this stately home for fema…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21I5_site-of-original-land-grant-by-john-roper-branner_Jefferson-City-TN.html
For Black Methodist Episcopal Church, School, and Cemetery. Deeded 1867 to Trustees: John Roper · Jacob Branner · Joseph Peck · William Houston · Richard Dan
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WIC_fighting-at-dandridge-historical_Dandridge-TN.html
(preface) In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E, Burnside's army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W9S_fighting-at-dandridge-historical_Dandridge-TN.html
(preface) In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E, Burnside's army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3X_cox-mill_New-Market-TN.html
A Revolutionary War veteran wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain on October 1, 1780, William Cox Sr. built Cox Mill, a grist mill, on this site about 1792. He was an "Overmountain Man" living in Watauga in 1775. As a delegate from Washington C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWY_samuel-mcspadden_Dandridge-TN.html
Samuel McSpadden, powdermaker and Revolutionary War veteran, build this house in 1804, and died here on August 3, 1844. From a crude powdermill located 1/4 north he sent flatboats loaded with gunpowder to New Orleans, where General Andrew Jackson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C97_mossy-creek-engagement_Jefferson-City-TN.html
(preface)In November 1863, Confederated Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BGA_kimbroughs-crossroads_Talbott-TN.html
(preface)In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside' s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFP_battle-of-hays-ferry_Dandridge-TN.html
(preface)In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside' s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East Tennessee an…
PAGE 1 OF 3