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Roll of Honor – Greene County

“Achievement at the Price of Great Sacrifice”

 
 
Roll of Honor – Greene County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 4, 2012
1. Roll of Honor – Greene County Marker
Inscription.
John Sevier • Nancy Ward • Samuel Doak • Francis Asbury • Hezekiah Balch • Charles Coffin • Davy Crockett • Benjamin Lundy • Andrew Johnson • David Fry • Daniel Ellis • Edmund Ross • Miss Elsie Gass
 
Erected 1988 by Greene County Heritage & Glenwood Old Timers Days Association.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Heroes.
 
Location. 36° 9.778′ N, 82° 49.852′ W. Memorial is in Greeneville, Tennessee, in Greene County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street (U.S. 321) and E Depot Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. Marker is located in front of the Greene County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 108 South Main Street, Greeneville TN 37745, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee. 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 original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, the State of Franklin, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Greeneville, Tennessee (here, next to this marker); Governor John Sevier (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); John H. Morgan (here, next to this marker); Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser (a few steps from this marker); Greene County Civil War (a few steps from this marker); Greeneville Union Convention
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(a few steps from this marker); Olde Greene County Gaol (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greeneville.
 
Roll of Honor – Greene County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 4, 2012
2. Roll of Honor – Greene County Marker
Greene County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 4, 2012
3. Greene County Courthouse
The Roll of Honor – Greene County marker can be seen to the right of the courthouse steps.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 871 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 18, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
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