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South Pittsburg in Marion County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Captain Robert Bean

 
 
Captain Robert Bean Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 16, 2023
1. Captain Robert Bean Marker
Inscription.
Born in Virginia
A Captain in the Indian Wars
A Companion of Daniel Boone
A Tennessee Volunteer
A Hero of King's Mountain
An intrepid Pioneer - Patriot
1750 - 1824

Captain Robert Bean
Born 3 May 1764
Died 17 Nov 1824
Placed by his descendants
Southern Bean Association
1998

 
Erected 1917 by The descendants of Captain Robert Bean.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 35° 4.63′ N, 85° 47.485′ W. Memorial is in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, in Marion County. It is on Beene Cemetery Road half a mile north of Sweetens Cove Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 285 Beene Cemetery Rd, South Pittsburg TN 37380, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the
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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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Colonel James Roulston (a few steps from this marker); Bean-Roulston Graveyard (approx. 6.3 miles away); Chiaha (approx. 6.3 miles away); Christ Church Episcopal (approx. 6½ miles away); Hiram Beene Moore, M.D. (approx. 6.6 miles away); McReynolds High School (approx. 6.6 miles away); Marion Post No. 62 (approx. 6.6 miles away); James Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr. (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in South Pittsburg.
 
Captain Robert Bean Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 16, 2023
2. Captain Robert Bean Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 632 times since then and 82 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 3, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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