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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZWX_john-murrell_Jackson-TN.html
8 mi. S. lived the notorious bandit and outlaw, born 1804 in Williamson Co. Leader of the "Mystic Clan", he fomented slave insurrections and terrorized the lower Mississippi valley for years. He died at Pikeville in 1844 after serving a prison ter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAV_lambuth-college_Jackson-TN.html
Chartered in 1843 as the Memphis Conference Female Institute by the Memphis Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, its first president was Dr.Lorenzo Lea. It became coeducational and received its present name in 1923. shortly thereafter it moved …
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Established in 1830, many of the region's pioneers are buried here. Included are veterans of all wars from the Revolution to World War II. In two sections lie unnamed Confederate soldiers who participated in the defense of Jackson during the War B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYO4_john-lee-sonny-boy-williamson_Jackson-TN.html
"Sonny Boy" Williamson (1914 - 1948), the music innovator responsible for the acceptance of the harmonica as an authentic blues tool, is buried in old Blair's Chapel CME Cemetery, 5 miles southwest. The most influential blues harmonica player of h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYO3_the-electro-chalybeate-well_Jackson-TN.html
Thousands visited this artesian well in the early 1900s to drink its mineral water believed to cure stomach, liver and kidney ailments. It and the adjacent Water Plant, built in 1885, were part of 54 acre Lancaster Park which also included a zoo, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYO2_jackson-spoke-here_Jackson-TN.html
Here in a grove, Oct. 8, 1840, Andrew Jackson spoke before about 10,000 enthusiastic listeners. Accompanied by James K. Polk and Felix Grundy, he was honor guest at a barbecue. Veterans of the War of 1812, welcomed him upon his second visit.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYLI_john-luther-jones_Jackson-TN.html
Born, ~1864, in Missouri, he spent his youth in Cayce, Ky., whence the nickname, "Casey". An engineer on the Illinois Central RR, he was killed in a wreck at Vaughan, Miss., Apr. 29, 1900. He is buried here. The folksong originally sung by Wallace…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL8_first-presbyterian-church_Jackson-TN.html
First Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1823, is Jackson's oldest church. The first church edifice was built in 1832 at Main and Church Street, remaining there for 120 years. In 1952, the church moved to this site. Know as Willow Banks, …