Near Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Grassland Community

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 9, 2020

1. Grassland Community Marker

Inscription. This site was part of a 1784 land grant to heirs of Wm. Leaton, Jr. The tract was settled in the late 1820s by W. Leaton III. By 1801 John Campbell, John Stuart, Ephriam Brown, Wm. Tarkington, and Joseph German were living in this area. Later Grassland families were Leigh, Motheral, Fullton, Sneed, Murrey, Armstrong, Hulme, Greer, Moran, Wray, and Hughes. In 1846, Prior Smith bought the Leaton farm and enlarged the two-room log cabin, the district's first voting place, to a ten-room house known as the Jeff Moran home. The community had blacksmith shops, country stores, a post office (1879-1902), and Grassland School. Bethlehem United Methodist Church was organized in 1848.

Erected 1997 by Williamson County Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee – Williamson County Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1784.

Location. 36° 0.683′ N, 86° 53.336′ W. Marker is near Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It is at the intersection of Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431)

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and Boxwood Drive, on the right when traveling south on Hillsboro Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Franklin TN 37069, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Montpier (approx. 0.3 miles away); Samuel Claybrook Locke (approx. half a mile away); Motheral/Moran House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Motheral-Ring Family of Locust Guard (approx. 0.9 miles away); Leigh-Morgan Property at Grassland (approx. 0.9 miles away); Beechville (approx. 1.9 miles away); Berry’s Chapel Stone Wall / Berry's Chapel Community (approx. 2.2 miles away); Berry’s Chapel Church of Christ (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 9, 2020

2. Grassland Community Marker

of all markers in Franklin.

Also see . . . With hints of change, Grassland has kept its quiet community spirit. Community profile in the Oct. 13, 2017 edition of The Tennessean. (Submitted on May 11, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

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