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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13NM_the-home-of-the-17th-president_Greeneville-TN.html
Andrew Johnson Patterson, son of Martha Johnson Patterson and grandson of President Andrew Johnson, was born and died in this house. To him and his loyal and devoted wife, Martha Barkley Patterson, the nation is indebted for their untiring efforts…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13NL_the-homestead-grounds_Greeneville-TN.html
There are no written records describing the Homestead grounds as Andrew Johnson knew them from 1869 until 1875. The earliest descriptions of the landscape during that period come from the oral accounts of Andrew Johnson's descendants twenty-five y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13NH_preserving-the-presidents-legacy_Greeneville-TN.html
" . . . I believe that my Father was the greatest man this country ever produced!"Martha Johnson Patterson
Three generations of Andrew Johnson's family devoted time and effort to preserve his memory and legacy. In 1906, the Johnson family's bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13NF_the-heart-of-the-household_Greeneville-TN.html
"At four in the morning I had to be up. I went up and made the fire in [Johnson's] room, shined his boots, and then made a fire in the kitchen stove. I stood by his side at the table . . . then I washed the dishes." ? ? ? William Johnson, slave t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ND_an-early-home_Greeneville-TN.html
Andrew Johnson and his family lived in this two-story brick house from some time in the 1830s until 1851. During these years, Johnson's life changed drastically as he ventured from the tailoring trade into politics. After being elected alderman of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13NB_governor-john-sevier_Greeneville-TN.html
To commemorate the Capital of the State of Franklin and to honor Governor John Sevier and the patriotic pioneers who followed him in the War of the Revolution and assisted in establishing in the wilderness the foundations of law and liberty.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13MW_andrew-johnson-national-cemetery_Greeneville-TN.html
Andrew Johnson chose to be buried atop this hill, then known as "Signal Hill," which he owned. His family members continued to be buried here in the family plot until his great-granddaughter's interment in 1992. The cemetery became part of Andrew …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13EC_bridge-burners_Greeneville-TN.html
After Unionists burned several East Tennessee railroad bridges on November 9, 1861, Confederate engineer Colonel Danville Leadbetter soon arrived to rebuild the brides and capture the perpetrators. Later that month, his forces captured Henry Fry, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFOH_andrew-johnson_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/HMFOG_andrew-johnson-homestead_Greeneville-TN.html
The Andrew Johnson Homestead was the last home of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), 17th President of the United States (1865-1869). Congressman Andrew Johnson purchased the house and half-acre lot from James Brannan in September 1851. Built directly up…