Goodlettsville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Robert Cartwright

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 5, 2025

1. Robert Cartwright Marker

Inscription. Near here was the home of Robert Cartwright, early pioneer and Indian fighter. Born 1722 in Virginia, he served in the British Army in the French and Indian War, and in the American Army in the Revolutionary War. He came to the Cumberland settlements in 1780 with the Donelson expedition and was a signer of the Cumberland Compact. the first articles of government for the region. He later was a member of the Nickajack expedition against the Chickamauga Indians, and was overseer for construction of the turnpike now followed by this highway. He died in 1809 and is buried nearby.

Erected 2025 by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 82.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary • Wars, US Indian.

Location. 36° 18.871′ N, 86° 42.824′ W. Marker is in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is on South Main Street south of Rivergate Pkwy, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 602 S Main St, Goodlettsville TN 37072, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Goodlettsville High School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Casper Mansker (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mansker's Forts and Walton's Campground (approx. half a mile away); In Memory of Casper Mansker (approx. half a mile away); Mansker’s Station (approx. half a mile away); William Bowen House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Mansker’s First Fort (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goodlettsville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 5, 2025

2. Robert Cartwright Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 306 times since then and 108 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 6, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.