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. 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.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education • Settlements & Settlers • Women. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee – Williamson County Historical Society series list.

Location. 35° 51.384′ N, 86° 57.283′ W. Marker is near Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It is on Carters Creek Pike (State Highway 246) 0.7 miles south of Bear Creek Road, on the right

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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.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: One Land - Two Warriors - Two Grants (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hardy Murfree (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mayberry-Bailey Plantation (approx. ¾ mile away); Franklin-Hillsboro Turnpike / Franklin's Water Supply (approx. 2.9 miles away); Southall (approx. 3 miles away); Burwood (approx. 3.4 miles away); Leiper's Fork (approx. 3½ miles away); Bank of Leiper's Fork / Hillsboro Methodist Church (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

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 1,625 times since then and 139 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.