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

Field Quarter Trail

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 14, 2015

1. Field Quarter Trail Marker

Inscription. This path leads to the Field Quarter, an area that was once home to at least eighty enslaved African-Americans. A series of illustrated signs near exposed building foundations at the site help you to "see" what life was like for this part of the Hermitage plantation community. The trail will also lead you past other features of nineteenth century life as well as take you along a wooded stream. The trail makes a circuit of a little less than half a mile, returning you to the Springhouse. You should be able to walk the path in twenty minutes.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: African Americans.

Location. 36° 13.032′ N, 86° 36.657′ W. Marker is in Hermitage, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is on Rachels Lane. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hermitage TN 37076, 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 walking distance of this marker: The Belted Galloway (within shouting distance of this marker); The North Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Abandonment and Preservation (within shouting distance of this marker); The Hermitage Landscape (within shouting distance of this marker); Ginning and Pressing "King Cotton" (within shouting distance of this

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marker); A home for Jackson’s Slaves (within shouting distance of this marker); A Future President's Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Land Conservation at The Hermitage (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hermitage.

Wide view of Field Quarter Trail Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 14, 2015

2. Wide view of Field Quarter Trail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 457 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 12, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.