Columbia in Marshall County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

The Homestead at Hardison Mill

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 7, 2024

1. The Homestead at Hardison Mill marker

Inscription. The Hardison family settled in this part of Maury County around 1805 and built Hardison's Mill in 1820. They established a store and post office in 1844. After a flood in 1870, Calvin and Sarah Hardison rebuilt the existing farmhouse and the family mill that remained in operation until 1950. In the late 1800s, their youngest daughters Mollie and Veva Hardison were songwriters and teachers at the Hardison Mill School.

Erected 2024 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 3D 90.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places.

Location. 35° 36.864′ N, 86° 49.399′ W. Marker is in Columbia, Tennessee, in Marshall County. It is on Franklin Pike north of Hardison Mill Rd, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3975 Franklin Pike, Columbia TN 38401, 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forrest Boyhood Home (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named Forrest Boyhood Home (approx. 4.1 miles away); Freeman's Battery (approx. 4.1 miles away); Berlin Rock

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(approx. 5.9 miles away); Forrest & Wilson (approx. 6.1 miles away); Buford Ellington (approx. 6½ miles away); Isaac Rainey (approx. 7.3 miles away); Birthplace of Nathan Bedford Forest (approx. 7.4 miles away).

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 7, 2024

2. The Homestead at Hardison Mill marker

Closeup photo of the Hardison Homestead farmhouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 7, 2024

3. Closeup photo of the Hardison Homestead farmhouse

Credits. This page was last revised on December 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 244 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 8, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.