Near Pikeville in Bledsoe County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Sequatchie College

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 8, 2012

1. Sequatchie College Marker

Inscription. About 500 yds. NW. This school was the outgrowth of a community meeting at Bryant Camp Ground in 1858. War conditions delayed opening until 1865, with Prof. Gerry Rodgers first president. The first student body included both Confederate and Federal veterans. A coeducational school of strict discipline, it operated until 1887.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 2B 21.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1858.

Location. 35° 30.633′ N, 85° 17.033′ W. Marker is near Pikeville, Tennessee, in Bledsoe County. It is at the intersection of William Howard Taft Highway (U.S. 127) and College Station Cross Road (State Road 110), on the right when traveling south on William Howard Taft Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pikeville TN 37367, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau.

It is also 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 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Madison (approx. 6 miles away); The Pratt House (approx. 8.1 miles away); The Eliza S. Ault House (approx. 8.2 miles away); T. A. Pope House (approx. 8.2 miles away); Fred Roberson House

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(approx. 8.2 miles away); Bledsoe County Jail (approx. 8.4 miles away); R.E. Winsett (approx. 8.4 miles away); James Beriah Frazier (approx. 8½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pikeville.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 8, 2012

2. Sequatchie College Marker

view looking south on US-127.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 8, 2012

3. Sequatchie College Marker

looking east across the intersection of College Station Cross Rd.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2012, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,984 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 29, 2012, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.