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North Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

David Beck Memorial

 
 
David Beck Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020
1. David Beck Memorial
Inscription.

Site of Quarry, Ferry, Thousand Acre Farm and Cemetery owned by the family of
David Beck
(1765-1841)
prominent in the founding of Chattanooga, 1839
and the State of Tennessee 1796

Plaque placed by Prudhomme Fort Chapter Tennessee Society of the National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century
- March 6, 2015 -

 
Erected 2015 by Prudhomme Fort Chapter, Tennessee Society of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesIndustry & CommerceSettlements & SettlersWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the The Colonial Dames XVII Century, National Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1765.
 
Location. 35° 3.897′ N, 85° 17.15′ W. Marker is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It is in North Chattanooga. Marker is on Dorchester Road south of Riverview Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chattanooga TN 37405, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Chattanooga Golf and Country Club (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lincoln Park (approx. 1.1 miles away); Coolidge Riverside Park / Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Citation
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(approx. 1.2 miles away); The Steele Home for Needy Children (approx. 1.3 miles away); Harry Scott Probasco Family (approx. 1.3 miles away); To the Memory of Our Confederate Dead (approx. 1.3 miles away); Site of Battery Smartt (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hunter Museum of American Art (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.
 
Also see . . .  Becks lived at site of Chattanooga Golf and Country Club; Founded Title Guaranty and Trust. From The Chattanoogan. Posted Sept. 2, 2017. (Submitted on May 26, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) 
 
David Beck Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020
2. David Beck Memorial
View of cemetery, with marker to the left.
David Beck Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020
3. David Beck Memorial
Beck family cemetery headstone
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 201 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 26, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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