You searched for City|State|Country: , tn us
Page 11 of 13 — Showing results 101 to 110 of 121
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15WQ_courthouse_Franklin-TN.html
Williamson County's first courthouses, one log, one brick, were in the center of the square. This the third, completed in 1858 under the supervision of John W. Miller, is one of seven antebellum courthouses in Tennessee. The four iron columns were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15WO_john-h-eaton_Franklin-TN.html
On this site stood the home of John H. Eaton, U.S. Senator (1818-1829) and Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson (1829-1831). He resigned from the Cabinet after a scandal which reflected on the reputation of his controversial wife, Peggy. He serve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15WN_ewen-cameron_Franklin-TN.html
On this site in 1798 Ewen Cameron built the first house in the town of Franklin. Cameron was born Feb. 23, 1768 in Balgalkan, Ferintosh, Scotland. He emigrated to Virginia in 1785 and from there came to Tennessee. Cameron died Feb. 28, 1846, havin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15WL_masonic-temple_Franklin-TN.html
This Masonic Temple, home of Hiram Lodge No. 7, built in 1823, was the first three-story building in Tennessee, and was at that time, the tallest building west of the Allegheny Mountains. It has been occupied by Hiram Lodge No. 7 since its complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WN_u-s-d-1812_Franklin-TN.html
This Monument memorializes War of 1812 soldiers buried along the Old Natchez Trace, and it honors the service of all brave volunteers who marched on the Natchez Trace during the War of 1812 to help establish American Independence.
The Natchez T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WL_tennessee-valley-divide_Franklin-TN.html
The high ground you are on is part of a long ridge that divides central Tennessee. Streams south of the divide flow to the Duck and Tennessee Rivers, while streams to the north empty into the Cumberland River.
Travelers in the early days of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10KB_trinity-church_Franklin-TN.html
This United Methodist church was an outgrowth of Mt. Zion Methodist church, established about 1840 in Burke Hollow near the Tom Page house. Mt. Zion was destroyed in 1863 by Union soldiers who used its materials for a signal station on Daddy's Kno…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10K0_forge-seat_Brentwood-TN.html
Forge Seat was built in 1808 by Samuel Crockett III, one of a large family of Crocketts who settled on extensive tracts of land in this area during the late 1700's. The house took its name from an iron forge on the property where Crockett and his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10JZ_rock-hill_Franklin-TN.html
With the completion in 1844 of the Harpeth Turnpike, now known as Wilson Pike, the hamlet of Rock Hill grew and became the commercial center for a large area. The original store and post office building was located 350 yds south at the driveway en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10JY_bostick-female-academy_Arrington-TN.html
Dr. Jonathan Bostick, a resident of Triune who died in 1872 at his cotton plantation in Mississippi, bequeathed funds for this school. It was his desire to replace the famed Porter Female Academy, burned by Union soldiers in 1863, and to maintain …