Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Bingham
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 31, 2021
1. Bingham Marker
Inscription.
Bingham. . Among the early landowners in this once-flourishing community on Old Hillsboro Road were members of the Boyd, Carter, Haley, Hughes, Poynor, Reynolds, Rodgers, Short and Stone families. Bingham boasted Boyd's Mill on the West Harpeth, a federally licensed distillery on Stillhouse Hollow Road, Lehew's saw mill, Hog Eye Church, Charley Gray's and McMillan's stores, Blankenship's blacksmith shop, Bingham School, and a post office from 1884 until 1907. The boyhood home of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of the Seas, was located one mile to the southeast. From 1843 until 1933, the County Poorhouse was located one mile west.
Among the early landowners in this once-flourishing community on Old Hillsboro Road
were members of the Boyd, Carter, Haley, Hughes, Poynor, Reynolds, Rodgers, Short
and Stone families. Bingham boasted Boyd's Mill on the West Harpeth, a federally licensed distillery on Stillhouse Hollow Road, Lehew's saw mill, Hog Eye Church, Charley Gray's and McMillan's stores, Blankenship's blacksmith shop, Bingham School, and a post office from 1884 until 1907. The boyhood home of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of the Seas, was located one mile to the southeast. From 1843 until 1933, the County Poorhouse was
located one mile west.
Erected 1997 by Williamson County Historical Society.
Location. 35° 55.525′ N, 86° 58.279′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It is at the intersection of Boyd Mill Pike and Old Hillsboro Road (Tennessee Route 46), on the right when traveling east on Boyd Mill Pike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3351 Boyd Mill 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.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 31, 2021
2. Bingham Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 31, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,345 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 31, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
