Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Frederick Stump
(1723-1820)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 25, 2020
1. Frederick Stump Marker
Frederick Stump was born in Lancaster Co., Pa. He married Ana c. 1757, Ann Snavely c. 1766, and Catherine Gingery in 1816. He had at least 8 children. In 1761 he founded Stumpstown, Pa. In 1768 he was jailed in Carlisle, Pa. for killing several Native Americans. Freed by a sympathetic mob, he fled to Ga. He served in the Revolutionary War under Col. Francis Marion, was jailed and escaped from Ft. Marion, Fla. He returned to Ga. to find his mills burned and property confiscated.
The Stump family moved west, joined the Amos Heaton party, and arrived at French Lick Dec. 1779. Frederick and son Jacob of Whites Creek signed the 1780 Cumberland Compact. By 1789 Stump built this 2-story log tavern-inn, a 2-story log home to the southeast, grist and saw mills, a cotton gin and distillery. He served as Capt. in the War of 1812 and died in Davidson County with an estate of nearly 1,500 acres of land and 60 enslaved persons. His exact burial location is unknown.
Erected 1975 by Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 53.)
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Location. 36° 13.934′ N, 86° 49.501′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is on Buena Vista Pike south of Briley Parkway (Tennessee Highway 155), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4949 Buena Vista Pike, Nashville TN 37218, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee. 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: Captain Alexander "Devil Alex" Ewing (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alexander Little Page Green (approx. 1½ miles away); Whites Creek and the War
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 16, 2020
2. Frederick Stump Marker
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 16, 2020
3. Frederick Stump Marker
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 13, 2020
4. Frederick Stump Marker
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 13, 2020
5. Frederick Stump Inn and Tavern
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 16, 2020
6. Frederick Stump Inn-Tavern
Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,308 times since then and 195 times this year. Last updated on December 13, 2020, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1. submitted on October 26, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3. submitted on August 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 4, 5. submitted on December 13, 2020, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 6. submitted on August 17, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
