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

Mount Carmel/Duplex

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 16, 2021

1. Mount Carmel/Duplex Marker

Inscription. In 1827 Allen Bugg deeded 3½ acres of the “old campgrounds” to W.W. Bond, T.E. Kirkpatrick, Clement Wall and Newton Wall, trustees of Mt. Carmel Church, the first Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the county. The building, burned by Union soldiers, was rebuilt after the Civil War only to be so damaged by a 1913 storm that it was torn down and the present church erected. Mt. Carmel school, next to the church, closed in 1951. The Lewisburg Tollgate was located a few yards to the north. The community adopted it's present name, Duplex, in honor of John Lee's famous pacer, which set a world's record for the mile. Early area families were Crutcher, Lee, McCord, Oden, Padgett, Short, Stephens, Thompson, and Warren.

Erected 1998 by Williamson County Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee – Williamson County Historical Society series list.

Location. 35° 45.106′ N, 86° 50.181′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It is on Lewisburg Pike (U.S. 431) north of Bethesda-Duplex Road, on the right when

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traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2300 Lewisburg 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethesda (approx. 2.3 miles away); New Hope Presbyterian Church (approx. 3 miles away); Forrest & Wilson (approx. 3.4 miles away); Cross Keys (approx. 4.1 miles away); Star Pointer (approx. 4.8 miles away); Hood and Schofield (approx. 4.8 miles away); Battle of Thompson's Station (approx. 5 miles away); Moses Steele Cemetery (approx. 5 miles away).

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 16, 2021

2. Mount Carmel/Duplex Marker

Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 16, 2021

3. Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 918 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 16, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.