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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1W_percy-warner-park_Nashville-TN.html
Percy Warner (1861-1927) was a pioneer in electric utilities and hydroelectric development in the South. As chairman of the Park Board, he expanded Nashville's park system. Preservation of this natural area was one of his greatest civic projects. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1R_belle-meade-farm-freedom_Nashville-TN.html
In 1865 one hundred thirty six (136) enslaved men, women, and children at Belle Meade Farm gained their freedom. With this freedom they gained the right to choose where they would live and work. Seventy-two (72) farm workers continued under the em…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1I_the-natchez-trace_Nashville-TN.html
In 1742 a European settler recorded his travel and the conditions of the path which was known as the Natchez Trace. This is the earliest known recording of the trace, a portion of which was located on the site of Belle Meade Plantation. The trace,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1F_belle-meade-plantation_Nashville-TN.html
Confederate Gen. William Hicks "Billy" Jackson (1835-1903), who acquired Belle Meade Plantation after the war, served with distinction throughout the Western Theater of the Civil War. He was an excellent horseman, a skill that served him well duri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1D_belle-meade-plantation_Nashville-TN.html
(overview)In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1C_war-on-the-home-front_Nashville-TN.html
William Giles Harding, the owner of Belle Meade Plantation, was an ardent Confederate supporter who provided thousands of dollars to help arm Tennessee's Confederate forces. He served on the state's Military Armaments Committee. In March 1862, he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM102Z_the-craighead-house_Nashville-TN.html
This Federal-style home was built c1810 for John Brown Craighead and his first wife Jane Erwin Dickinson. Craighead was the son of early Nashville settler the Rev. Thomas Craighead. In 1823, Craighead married Lavinia Robertson Beck, youngest daugh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM102Y_richland-west-end_Nashville-TN.html
This early planned subdivision presents a largely unaltered picture of suburban residences in early 20th century Nashville. With ninety percent of existing homes built between 1905 and 1925, the styles range from large American four-squares to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM102H_montgomery-bell-academy_Nashville-TN.html
Formally established in 1867 with a bequest of $20,000 by ironmaster Montgomery Bell, the roots of M.B.A. actually go back to 1785, with the University of Nashville, Cumberland College, and Davidson Academy. The boy's preparatory school has been h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM102F_johnsons-station_Nashville-TN.html
A double log house and a few log cabins, partially picketed, stood here about 1790. On May 9, 1793, 4 children on their way to the spring were attacked by Indians. Three were scalped and killed. One escaped. The home of Charles Bosley, wealthy pio…