Near Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Forest Hill
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 9, 2020
1. Forest Hill Marker
Inscription.
Forest Hill. . This community was named for the plantation of Thomas F, Perkins, earlier owned by Nicholas Perkins Hardeman and originally a land grant to Hugh Leiper. The plantation plus a portion of Hardy Murfree's 5,000 acre tract, the Kinnard, Mayberry, and Morton family farms, and smaller homesteads on Murfree's Fork, Bear Creek, and Carter's Creek Pike, constituted the community. T. F. Overbey bought this site in 1907 and built this colonial revival home in 1914. Forest Hill Female Academy (est. 1853) became a public school after the Civil War. Area churches include Leiper's Fork and Murfree's Fork Primitive Baptist Churches, est. in 1824 and 1897. Glen Overbey operated a general store here from 1916 until 1975,
This community was named for the plantation of Thomas F, Perkins, earlier owned by Nicholas Perkins Hardeman and originally a land grant to Hugh Leiper. The plantation plus a portion of Hardy Murfree's 5,000 acre tract, the Kinnard, Mayberry, and Morton family farms, and smaller homesteads on Murfree's Fork, Bear Creek, and Carter's Creek Pike, constituted the community. T. F. Overbey bought this site in 1907 and built this colonial revival home in 1914. Forest Hill Female Academy (est. 1853) became a public school after the Civil War. Area churches include Leiper's Fork and Murfree's Fork Primitive Baptist Churches, est. in 1824 and 1897. Glen Overbey operated a general store here from 1916 until 1975,
Erected 1999 by Williamson County Historical Society.
Location. 35° 51.384′ N, 86° 57.283′ W. Marker is near Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. Marker is on Carters Creek Pike (State Highway 246) 0.7 miles south of Bear Creek Road, on the
Click or scan to see this page online
right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5023 Carters Creek Pike, Franklin TN 37064, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 9, 2020
2. Forest Hill Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 553 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 10, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.