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John Haywood

 
 
John Haywood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 7, 2020
1. John Haywood Marker
Inscription. On the site of this house was home of John Haywood, a Supreme Court Justice in North Carolina. Founder (1820) of the Antiquarian Society, forerunner of the Tennessee Historical Society and author of the basic histories of the state, he is known as the Father of Tennessee History.
 
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 12.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicEducationGovernment & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.
 
Location. 36° 3.662′ N, 86° 42.983′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is on Nolensville Pike (Alternate U.S. 41) 0.1 miles north of Strasser Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4930 Nolensville Pike, Nashville TN 37211, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America,
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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: Lake Providence Community (approx. 0.9 miles away); Kitchen Garden History (approx. 1.7 miles away); Early History (approx. 1.7 miles away); Ellington Agricultural Center (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Caldwell Years (approx. 1.7 miles away); Caring for Historic Cabins (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Ellington Agricultural Center (approx. 1.9 miles away); Antioch Pike (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.
 
John Haywood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 7, 2020
2. John Haywood Marker
John Haywood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 4, 2021
3. John Haywood Marker
John Haywood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 4, 2021
4. John Haywood Marker
John Haywood Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 4, 2021
5. John Haywood Marker
John Haywood Obelisk Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, 60
6. John Haywood Obelisk Panel
John Haywood image. Click for full size.
Courtesy Tennessee State Library and Archives
7. John Haywood
John Haywood Obelisk image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 4, 2021
8. John Haywood Obelisk
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 821 times since then and 54 times this year. Last updated on September 22, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.   3. submitted on September 22, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.   4. submitted on September 10, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.   5. submitted on September 22, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.   6. submitted on September 10, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.   7. submitted on June 10, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.   8. submitted on September 10, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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