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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11Z_william-bowen-house_Goodlettsville-TN.html
Near Mansker's Creek stands a rare example of Federal architecture built by Capt. William Bowen and Mary Henley Russell. Bowen, an early pioneer and Indian fighter had served in the French & Indian and Revolutionary wars before moving his family t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11X_goodlettsville-cumberland-presbyterian-church_Goodlettsville-TN.html
In 1843, Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized near Mansker Creek and was originally known as Mansker Creek Congregation. In January 1848, the church moved to the present location and burned in 1901. The present edifice was b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXO_casper-mansker_Goodlettsville-TN.html
Two blocks west is the grave of this renowned frontiersman and Goodlettsville's first citizen. Coming first to the Cumberland Settlements in 1770, he returned in 1780 and built his fort one-half mile north on Mansker's creek. He repeatedly fought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWE_manskers-station_Goodlettsville-TN.html
Here, near Mansker's Lick, Casper Mansker established a station of the Cumberland Settlements in 1780. The road connecting with Nashboro was built in 1781. John Donelson and his family moved here after abandoning his Clover Bottom Station, followi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWD_davidson-county-sumner-county_Nashville-TN.html
Davidson County. Established 1783; named in honor of Brig. Gen. William Lee Davidson of North Carolina. Distinguished officer in the revolutionary War. Served with the Army at Valley Forge. Killed in action at Cowan's Ford, N.C., 1781.
Sumner C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWB_free-hill-road_Hendersonville-TN.html
In 1860, Sumner County's population of African descent consisted of 7,700 slaves. After America's Civil War, emancipated slaves settled on this high hill and road in the Rockland Community. According to oral tradition, Free Hill Road received its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMW_brainerd-mission_Chattanooga-TN.html
Established 1817 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, it played an important part in the educational development and Christianizing of the Cherokee. Brainerd Cemetery contains graves of whites and Indians who died at the Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMV_betsy-pack_Jasper-TN.html
Born Elizabeth Lowery, daughter of Chief John Lowery of the Cherokee, she lived in a house about 60 yards southeast after her marriage. She donated the ground on which the town of Jasper was laid out in 1820, when the county seat was moved here fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMU_ernest-walter-holmes-sr_Chattanooga-TN.html
1883-1945. Born in 1883, Ernest Walter Holmes, Sr., opened Chattanooga's first independent auto-repair garage at 318 Market Street. Here in 1916 he invented the twin-boom wrecker. Holmes pioneered and patented numerous improvements in the towing a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGR_general-sam-houston_Maryville-TN.html
March 2, 1793 - July 26, 1863 Born In Rockbridge County VA Moved To TN in 1807 Taught At This Schoolhouse In 1812 Attended Porter Academy In 1813 Joined Army In 1813 In Maryville, TN Studied Law In Nashville, TN In 1818 U.S. Rep. TN 1823-27; U.S.…