Pulaski in Giles County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Sgt. Charles Clayton Abernathy

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 14, 2024

1. Sgt. Charles Clayton Abernathy marker

Inscription. Served under Gen. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812, and participated in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend before receiving a commission as a lieutenant in the Tennessee State Militia. He was the first circuit court clerk in Giles County and served 24 years. His father William Abernathy purchased property here in this valley on 23 March 1810.

Erected 1994 by The Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Tennessee, L.J. Shaw, State President.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War of 1812.

Location. 35° 9.457′ N, 86° 59.527′ W. Marker is in Pulaski, Tennessee, in Giles County. It is on Amos Hamlett Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1500 Amos Hamlett Rd, Pulaski TN 38478, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forrest's September Raid (approx. one mile away); Seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry Memorial (approx. one mile away); Dr. William Albert Lewis (approx. 3.1 miles away); Professor John Thomas Bridgeforth (approx. 3.1 miles away); United States Colored Infantry (approx. 3.1 miles away); Pulaski Cornerstone — Southeast

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(approx. 3.1 miles away); Samuel “Sam” Davis (approx. 3.1 miles away); James M. McCallum (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pulaski.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 14, 2024

2. Sgt. Charles Clayton Abernathy marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 20, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 300 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 20, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.