Near Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

James B. Jameson House

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 31, 2021

1. James B. Jameson House Marker

Inscription.
Built c. 1844 by John Fonville
for James B. Jameson
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1844.

Location. 36° 23.943′ N, 86° 20.976′ W. Marker is near Gallatin, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It is on Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles west of Cragfont Estates Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2295 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin TN 37066, 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

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cragfont (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Cragfont (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Cragfont (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bledsoe's Fort and Monument (approx. 1.4 miles away); Abraham “Abram” Bledsoe (approx. 1.4 miles away); Civil War in Sumner County (approx. 1.6 miles away); Bill "Hoss" Allen (approx. 1.6 miles away); Fighting for a Way of Life (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gallatin.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Ziegler's Station (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Regarding James B. Jameson House. From the National Register inventory-nomination form submitted for the site:

… James B. Jameson was born in Kentucky on September 25, 1795. A prominent landowner and land trader near Glasgow, Kentucky, he moved with his wife Jane (1816-1856) and six children (two more were born in Tennessee) to Sumner County in the early 1840's. Jameson hired John Fonville, a local master builder, to construct his new residence in around 1844. … Jameson was a farmer with nineteen slaves
via NPS, unknown

2. James B. Jameson House
National Register of Historic Places Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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in 1860. He died in 1862 …

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 31, 2021

3. James B. Jameson House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 714 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on December 30, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.