Near Southside in Montgomery County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

McAlister's Crossroads

1807 - 1826

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 4, 2024

1. McAlister's Crossroads Marker

Inscription. McAlister's Crossroads is located on what was a 12000-acre Revolutionary War land grant purchased by John McAlister in 1807 from the estate of General Francis Nash, for whom Nashville was named. The Crossroads was the site of a U.S. Post Office and near Cabin Row Plantation, the home of McAlister. In 1828, thirty-seven years before the Emancipation Proclamation, he gave his sixty-two slaves their freedom and 1000 acres.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3C 65.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1807.

Location. 36° 21.157′ N, 87° 21.007′ W. Marker is near Southside, Tennessee, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of Grays Chapel Road and Old Tennessee Highway 48, on the right when traveling west on Grays Chapel Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 790 Grays Chapel Rd, Southside TN 37171, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in the Highland Rim.

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 South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cumberland Furnace Iron Plantation

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

(approx. 5.7 miles away); Stark's Cabin (approx. 5.9 miles away); Drouillard House (approx. 6 miles away); Thompson House (approx. 6 miles away); Hand House (approx. 6.1 miles away); Old Neptune School (approx. 7½ miles away); Pat Head Summitt (approx. 9 miles away); Palmyra Furnace (approx. 9.4 miles away).

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 4, 2024

2. McAlister's Crossroads Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 766 times since then and 106 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 5, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.