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

Westhaven Community
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William White Cemetery

Westhaven Community Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 23, 2022

1. Westhaven Community Marker

Inscription. Westhaven Community The Westhaven community encompasses the historic farms of S.F. Glass, Wm. White, Price Gray, Wm. Ashley, James Thompson, Edmund Cook and Theodore Scruggs and their family cemeteries. The high density of pre-historic artifacts found here suggests the occupation of this land by Native Americans as far back as 15,000 years ago, nearby, the Glass Mounds on Hwy 96 West attest to the mound-builder's culture of the Mississippian Period (900-1500 A.D.). In 1934 Williamson County purchased the Scruggs-Jones farms of 335-acres for the County Poorhouse, which remained in operation until it closed in 1958. Today, anonymous small gravestones are all that remain of the County Poorhouse. Milton and Paul Pearre farmed the Poorhouse land until 2001 and lent their names to the Pearre Creek Elementary School.

William White Cemetery On February 19, 1799, the founder of Nashville, James Robertson, sold 428 acres to William White for $2,000, being Land Grant No. 169 issued by North Carolina on March 7, 1786. A first cousin to Abram Maury, founder of Franklin, pioneer William White was active in the organization of Williamson

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County, served on juries and in local militias. William White, Jr. inherited the farm, which remained with his descendants until 1908. Buried within these stone walls are members of the William White family-William Sr. (1768-1815), wife Elinor Johnston, whom he married in 1800, WilliamWhite, Jr. (1811-1850) and wife Mary Bennett; Abner Nash White; Benjamin Franklin White; and 4 great grandchildren.

Erected 2010 by Williamson County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 35° 55.832′ N, 86° 55.532′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It can be reached from Tennessee Route 96. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1973 TN-96, 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,

William White Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 23, 2022

2. William White Cemetery Marker

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Boyd Mill Pike / Franklin-South Harpeth Turnpike (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hamilton Place (approx. half a mile away); Glass Mounds Archaeological Site (approx. 0.6 miles away); Abram Maury (approx. 1.7 miles away); Rev. Mark Lyell Locke Andrews (approx. 1.7 miles away); Matthew Fontaine Maury (approx. 1.8 miles away); Major Anthony Sharpe (1746-1812)/ George Hulme (1761-1835) (approx. 1.9 miles away); Franklin Noon Rotary Rodeo (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Westhaven Community/William White Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 23, 2022

3. Westhaven Community/William White Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 23, 2022

4. Westhaven Community/William White Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 991 times since then and 130 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 4, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 5, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

Westhaven Community⎯⎯⎯William White Cemetery

Westhaven Community
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William White Cemetery