Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Leaving Home

Photographed by David Austin

1. Leaving Home Marker

Inscription. The residents abandoned this site about 600 years ago. Why? No one knows for sure. There is no evidence they left abruptly or were forced out by enemies. Some houses were burned, but the people cleaned out their possessions beforehand, so the fires were probably planned. Possibly, families gradually abandoned this site as the soils became depleted from years and years of raising corn.

Where Did They Go?
The evidence is sketchy. Small groups may have gone in various directions and joined existing towns or created new settlements. Some of them may have moved upriver near present-day Florence, Alabama, but those villages were subsequently abandoned, about 500 years ago. By that time, ancestors of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee had settled in the region. Some descendants of the people who lived here may have joined the Chickasaw, who lived the closest to this site.

Erected by Shiloh Indian Mounds National Landmark.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 35° 8.45′ N, 88° 19.405′ W.

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Marker is in Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It can be reached from Riverside Drive east of Hamburg Savannah Rd. Down a 1.3 Mile Nature Trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shiloh TN 38376, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

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 walking distance of this marker: Shiloh Indian Mounds (within shouting distance of this marker); The Center of Town (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Borrow Pits (about 600 feet away); Signs of Dwellings (about 600 feet away); Signs of Prestige (about 600 feet away); 28th Illinois Infantry (about 700 feet away); Maternal Clusters (about 800 feet away); Kentucky Regiments at Battle of Shiloh (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by David Austin, April 13, 2025

2. Leaving Home Marker

of all markers in Shiloh.

Photographed by David Austin

3. Leaving Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2025, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 27, 2025, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. 2. submitted on April 15, 2025, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. 3. submitted on April 27, 2025, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.