Portland in Sumner County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Tennessee
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Kentucky
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, May 9, 2010
1. Tennessee / Kentucky Marker
Established 1796 named in honor of Major Gen. Jethro Sumner. Officer in French and Indian War. Served in defense of Charleston, 1776; in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown; and in the Army at Valley Forge. His last service was in the defense of North Carolina against Cornwallis.
An Iroquois word meaning Meadow Land. It was visited by Indian tribes from as far west as the Rocky Mountains before 1750. The first white settlement was at Harrodsburg in 1774. Kentucky was the second district west of the Alleghenies to be settled and the first (1792) to become a state.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3B 19.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1796.
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 36° 38.009′ N, 86° 33.827′ W. Marker was in Portland, Tennessee,
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Regionally, this marker was in Middle Tennessee and in Greater Nashville. It was also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Triangular Jog (a few steps from this marker in Kentucky); AmVets Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Civil War in Tennessee (approx. 0.6 miles away); Replica of Stone #38 (approx. Ύ mile away in Kentucky); Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away in Kentucky); Duval-Groves House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sandford Duncan Inn / Noted Dueling Ground
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, May 9, 2010
2. Tennessee / Kentucky Marker
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 7, 2015
3. Tennessee / Kentucky Marker no longer at far grassed corner left of sidewalk.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 7, 2015
4. Wider shot noting marker is missing across the road.
© Google Maps, September 2013
5. Photo from Google Streetview from 2013 showing marker was there.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 467 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 30, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 27, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
