Castalian Springs in Sumner County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Cragfont
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 31, 2021
1. Cragfont Marker
U.S.D.
1812
(lower plaque)
Gen. James Winchester
Erected by National Society, United State Daughters of 1812.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • War of 1812. In addition, it is included in the United States Daughters of 1812, National Society series list. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
Location. 36° 24.315′ N, 86° 20.509′ W. Memorial is in Castalian Springs, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It is on Cragfont Road 0.6 miles north of Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25), on the right when traveling north. Marker is at the rear of the house. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 Cragfont Road, Castalian Springs TN 37031, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Cragfont (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Cragfont (approx. half a mile away); James B. Jameson House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bledsoe's Fort and Monument (approx. 1.1 miles away); Abraham Abram Bledsoe (approx. 1.2 miles away); Isaac Bledsoe (approx. 1.2 miles away); Site of Bledsoe's Fort (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bledsoe's Fort, 1783-1806 (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Castalian Springs.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Ziegler's Station (was approx. 1.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 31, 2021
2. Cragfont Marker
Marker is on second post from left.
Photographed by Ralph E. W. Earl, 1817
3. Gen. James Winchester
Oil on canvas portrait now on display in Cragfont.
Brian Stansberry / CC BY 3.0, September 13, 2008
4. Cragfont
Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 350 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
