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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZQ_col-thomas-kennedy-gordon_Pulaski-TN.html
Serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson as captain in the War of 1812, he became a lifelong friend of ailing Jackson in Creek War when he said to him, "General I'll stay, will die with you," as others threatened to leave. Pioneer settler of Brick Church…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP69_minor-hill-war-memorial_Minor-Hill-TN.html
In honor of our war dead
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMODQ_sam-davis_Minor-Hill-TN.html
Place where Sam Davis was captured Nov. 19, 1863Minor Hill, TennesseeExecuted at Pulaski Tenn. Nov. 27, 1863When offered his freedom for information, his answer was, "No, I cannot, I would rather die a thousand deaths than betray a friend or be fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMTI_john-calvin-brown_Prospect-TN.html
Born in the same house as his brother, Neill, June 1, 1827. Enlisting for the Confederacy in 1861, he commanded a division at the war's end, having been twice wounded. Member 1869 Legislature and president, 1870 Constitutional Convention; elected …
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Three miles N.E. Neill S. Brown was born April 18, 1810. Veteran of Seminole War, in 1837 became member of State Legislature; in 1847, Governor of Tennessee. In 1850 he was U.S. Minister to Russia and 1870 member of the State Constitutional Conven…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMTG_aaron-venable-brown_Pulaski-TN.html
A native of North Carolina, Aaron Brown studied law in Nashville and moved to Pulaski to practice. He served four terms in the State Legislature, three terms in Congress, and one term as Governor, 1845-47. In 1850, he wrote the Tennessee Platform …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJVX_giles-county-trail-of-tears-memorial_Pulaski-TN.html
"Long time we travel on way to new land...Womens cry... Children cry and men cry... but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much."-Recollection of a survivor of the Trail of TearsTh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJVV_nunahi-duna-dlo-hily-i_Pulaski-TN.html
This sculpture is a small piece of theater, a tableau to engage the spectator in the heartbreak of the Cherokee walking west on the two routes of the Trail of Tears that crossed in Pulaski. Fear, suffering, survival, and resolve are expressed with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJVU_the-benge-route_Pulaski-TN.html
John Benge's Route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, 1838-1839John Benge led one detachment of approximately 1100 Cherokee with 60 wagons and 600 horses that left from Alabama on about…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJVT_the-bell-route_Pulaski-TN.html
Bell's Route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, 1838-1839 OverviewThe detachment headed by John Bell differed from the parties under Cherokee Chief John Ross's supervision. Bell's detachment was composed of approx…