Harrison in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Joseph Vann's Town

Photographed by R. E. Smith, December 27, 2007

1. Joseph Vann's Town Marker

Inscription. About ½ mile N of here, a Chickamauga village was destroyed by Evan Shelby's punitive expedition of 1779. Following his expulsion from Georgia, this wealthy Cherokee chief built a homestead here, with three racetracks, about which a new village grew up. It was abandoned at the Cherokee expulsion of 1838. Vann's house stood until 1900.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 2A 38.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1779.

Location. 35° 8.726′ N, 85° 6.723′ W. Marker is in Harrison, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It is on Tennessee Route 58, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Harrison TN 37341, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Harrison (approx. ¾ mile away); The Hiram Douglas House (approx. 2½ miles away); Harrison Academy (approx. 2.9 miles away); Jackson Chapel Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); “Old Dallas”

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(approx. 3.3 miles away); Cast Down Your Buckets (approx. 4.3 miles away); The Life of Booker Taliaferro Washington (approx. 4.3 miles away); The Tuskegee Institute (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harrison.

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Photographed by R. E. Smith, December 27, 2007

2. Joseph Vann's Town Marker

Photographed by R. E. Smith, December 27, 2007

3. Joseph Vann's Town Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 4, 2008, by R. E. Smith of Nashville, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 3,272 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 2, 2008, by R. E. Smith of Nashville, Tennessee. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.