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

The Stone Box Indian Site

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 15, 2021

1. The Stone Box Indian Site

Inscription. When this subdivision was being developed in 1964, ancient Native American remains were discovered. Work was halted until archaeologists explored the site. They found that a Mississippian culture had flourished in a village near here for 500 years between 1200 and 1700 AD. It was mentioned as "an old Indian town” in the North Carolina land grant to James Crockett. Native Americans of the Mississippian Period had a highly developed culture and buried their dead in “stone box” graves, many of which were found near here. They had mysteriously disappeared by the early 1700s.

Erected by Brentwood Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 36° 1.532′ N, 86° 48.377′ W. Marker is in Brentwood, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It is on Seward Road 0.1 miles south of Meadow Lake Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5215 Seward Rd, Brentwood TN 37027, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Midway (approx. ¾ mile away); Brentwood United Methodist Church

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(approx. ¾ mile away); Midway Plantation Slave Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Mooreland (approx. one mile away); Johnson Chapel United Methodist Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); Forrest's Brentwood Raid (approx. 1.2 miles away); Davidson County / Williamson County (approx. 1.2 miles away); Nobles Corner (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brentwood.

Also see . . . Stone Box Indian Site. Profile for the site (Submitted on January 15, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.)

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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 15, 2021

2. The Stone Box Indian Site Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,561 times since then and 77 times this year. Last updated on January 15, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.