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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RVO_cabin-of-three-states_Greeneville-TN.html
West 1/2 mile is the Couch cabin. When Spencer County, State of Franklin, became Hawkins County, North Carolina, the cabin was moved across the road (1786 state line) south from its location on Little Gap Creek (west 200 yards). In 1796 the State …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R47_andrew-johnson-national-historic-site_Greeneville-TN.html
Welcome to the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. This site commemorates the life and work of the seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson. Born in poverty, Johnson rose from Greeneville tailor to the nation's highest office.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R46_andrew-johnson-and-eliza-johnson-grave_Greeneville-TN.html
Andrew Johnson Seventeenth President of the United States. Born Dec. 29, 1808, died July 31, 1875. His faith in the people never wavered. Eliza Johnson, born Oct. 4, 1810, died Jan. 15, 1876. In memory of our father and mother.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PCM_opera-house_Greeneville-TN.html
Erected in 1903, this building was known as the Opera House, later the Auditorium. Early road shows, minstrel shows, dances and school graduation exercises were held here. It was last used as a movie theater. Buffalo Bill Cody and many famous thea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MG1_i-have-wrestled-with-poverty_Greeneville-TN.html
Andrew Johnson was born in 1808 to poor, uneducated parents in a small building that served as a kitchen to Casso's Inn in Raleigh, North Carolina. When Andrew was three, his father died after saving two of his wealthy employers from drowning in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LED_washington-county_Limestone-TN.html
Colonel in the Colonial Army, Commander-in Chief of the Revolutionary Army and first President of the United States of America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDK_unionist-stronghold_Limestone-TN.html
Before the war began, Greene County had a long history of abolitionist sentiment. It was not surprising, then, that local residents overwhelmingly supported the Union when Tennessee seceded in June 1861. When 30 neighboring counties met in Greenev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G5U_olde-greene-county-gaol_Greeneville-TN.html
A jail commissioned by the Greene County Court has been on this site since 1806. The present structure was built by Turner and Lane in 1882 using limestone and wrought iron from the previous jail built with slaves' labor. This followed the origina…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BI4_gillespie-stone-house_Limestone-TN.html
This was built 1792 for George Gillespie by Seth Smith a Quaker stone mason from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. An early fort originally stood on the site, and was the dividing line between Washington and Greene Counties in 1783. This house was p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BI3_david-crockett_Limestone-TN.html
A flat limestone slab, said to be the doorstone of the original cabin, marks the birthplace of this pioneer. Before his death at the Alamo Massacre in 1836, he had been soldier, trapper, explorer, member of the State Legislature and Representative…
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