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

In Memory of Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas Cotton

1748 - 1795

 
 
In Memory of Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas Cotton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 23, 2023
1. In Memory of Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas Cotton Marker
Inscription.
Captain - Hertford Co. Militia, NC
Prisoner of War - Burial Site Unknown

 
Erected 2021 by General Jethro Sumner Chpater, NSDAR.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.
 
Location. 36° 27.071′ N, 86° 32.309′ W. Memorial is in Cottontown, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It can be reached from the intersection of Tennessee 25 and Bugg Hollow Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2315 TN-25, Cottontown TN 37048, 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 Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bridal House (within shouting distance of this marker); Station Camp Baptist Church (approx. 2.6 miles away); Big South Tunnel (approx. 3.8 miles away); The Clark House (approx. 4.9 miles away); Site of First County Court in Sumner County (approx. 5.2 miles away); Highland Community (approx. 5.3 miles away); History of the Highland Community (approx. 5.4 miles away); Original Church of God / L.M. Swanson's Nursing Home (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cottontown.
 
In Memory of Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas Cotton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 23, 2023
2. In Memory of Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas Cotton Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 535 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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