Anderson County was created on November 6, 1801, from portions of Grainger and Knox counties. The county was named in honor of Senator Joseph Anderson, a former judge who oversaw the Southwestern Territory prior to the county's founding. There have . . . — — Map (db m214987) HM
The city of Clinton was incorporated on October 9, 1890, although it has been in existence since the establishment of Anderson County in 1801. The legislature appointed commissioners to locate a county seat "as near the river Clinch, on the north . . . — — Map (db m214988) HM
Born June 2, 1863, in a log cabin, about ½ mile N., he studied law at Charlotte, later began practice at Camden. Attorney General of the 13th Judicial District, 1908-12, he was the last Tennessee governor to be elected by a convention. . . . — — Map (db m74481) HM
Born in a house 160 ft. west, Oct. 18 1856. Elected Governor of Tennessee in 1902, he was reelected in 1904. He resigned in 1905, having been elected to the Senate, vice William B. Bate, deceased, and served there until 1911. Defeated for . . . — — Map (db m109180) HM
Born in a house 160 ft. west, Oct. 18 1856. Elected Governor of Tennessee in 1902, he was reelected in 1904. He resigned in 1905, having been elected to the Senate, vice William B. Bate, deceased, and served there until 1911. Defeated for . . . — — Map (db m109179) HM
The V. J. Hultquist family home was constructed in 1925. The same year, the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) constructed a home for the family of E. M. Chandler, who supervised the Sheet Mill from 1924 to 1946. He also managed the North Plant . . . — — Map (db m195372) HM
Citizen of Blount County 1806-1818
Enlisted at Maryville in War 1812
Congressman from Tennessee 1823-1827
Governor of Tennessee 1827-1829
Liberator of Texas San Jacinto April 21,1836
President Republic of Texas 1836-1838, 1841-1844 . . . — — Map (db m150794) HM
It affords me sincere pleasure to apprise the Congress of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi. The measures authorized by Congress at its last session, with a view to the . . . — — Map (db m177976) HM
Governor Browning was born in Carroll County. After graduating from Cumberland Law School in 1915, he began practicing in Huntingdon. He commanded Battery D, 114th Field Artillery in France in World War I. In 1922 he was elected to Congress and . . . — — Map (db m51404) HM
Born in Maury Co., he was an officer of volunteers in the Mexican War. A lifelong staunch Unionist, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Union Party convention of 1860, later an officer in the Federal Army. A delegate to the Republican convention . . . — — Map (db m52608) HM
Lived and is buried about 3½ miles southeast. On December 9, 1822, he made a trail through the woods to the new county seat, carrying a crosscut saw. Arrived at Huntingdon, he sawed a door in the new log courthouse and thus, as Chairman of the . . . — — Map (db m52609) HM
Although many West Tennessee residents favored secession, Unionism was strong in many areas, particularly in the counties near the Tennessee River. Two of the most notable Unionists lived on the south and north sides of Huntingdon.
Isaac R. . . . — — Map (db m179626) HM
The home of R.E.C. Dougherty stood on the foundations of the house to the north. Here, as Chairman, he held the first meeting of the Carroll County Court, March 11, 1822. Members were, Daniel Barcroft, John Bone, Banks W. Burrow, Edward Gwin, John . . . — — Map (db m51405) HM
About 1 mile S.W., at the home of a daughter, Mary Johnson Stover, Andrew Johnson died in 1875. He had been a senator from Tennessee; governor of Tennessee; military governor under Federal occupation; vice-president of the United States and 17th . . . — — Map (db m157912) HM
Sabine Hill, the large Federal-style structure on the knoll to the south, is one of the oldest surviving homes in Carter County. General Nathaniel Taylor (1771-1816), a veteran, of the War of 1812, began the construction of Sabine Hill shortly after . . . — — Map (db m174643) HM
The Edmund Williams family, pioneers of
the area. owned the original log cabin at
this site. Owner Joshua Williams (1808-1895)
enlarged the house and in 1866 gave land
for Buffalo Institute. Now Milligan College,
it was established by Col. W. . . . — — Map (db m157849) HM
The 1791 Holston Treaty prohibited settlers from entering the Cherokee lands in the Powell Valley, but Tennesseans holding North Carolina land grants moved into the area. President Washington directed the pioneers to leave the valley. Captains . . . — — Map (db m142725) HM
The town of Newport was organized in 1867.
The county seat was established here in 1884.
L. Snease, Mayor
Aldermen
C.D. Fisher
Hugh Gray
W.E. McGaha
Frank Parks
James Murray — — Map (db m152049) HM
Born in Newport on October 13, 1870, Hooper was a successful Cocke County attorney.
He was elected governor and served two terms, 1911-15. His election is attributed to the influence of fusion, the coalition of the prohibition factions of both . . . — — Map (db m61778) HM
Born in Washington, Feb. 16, 1840, where his father, Harvey Magee Watterson, was in Congress, he spent most of his boyhood in a house 100 ft. W. Subsequently Confederate soldier, journalist and political leader, he founded the Louisville . . . — — Map (db m81375) HM
Coffee County
Established 1836; named in honor of
Major General John Coffee
soldier, surveyor, and close friend of Andrew Jackson. Tennessee troops under his command took a decisive part in the New Orleans Campaign, December 23, 1814 to . . . — — Map (db m150467) HM
In the second floor of the original Methodist Episcopal Church here, the first county court met. March 12, 1872, with Isaac Johnson Chairman, and Commissioners W.N. Beasley, John F. Sinclair, J.F. Robertson, David A. James, Asa Dean, Frank F. Wood, . . . — — Map (db m156333) HM
"First in war, First in peace, First in the hearts of his countrymen" Historic Red Maple Tree from Mount Vernon planted by the Crab-Orchard Chapter, NSDAR. — — Map (db m159990) HM
The house of his birth, Feb. 18, 1796, was on this site. Graduate of Nashville's Cumberland College, 1814, he was a state senator in 1817 and Member of Congress, 1827 to 1841, when appointed Secretary of War. He was nominated for the Presidency by . . . — — Map (db m151191) HM
Andrew Jackson took on life with grit and determination. Both served him well. Through persistence, ambition, and luck, the boy born into a struggling immigrant family and orphaned at age fourteen, would become a respected lawyer, judge, . . . — — Map (db m81404) HM
Of all the young men Andrew Jackson helped raise, perhaps none showed as much promise as Rachel's nephew Andrew Jackson Donelson. Donelson became Jackson's ward at age five when his father died.
Jackson saw to young Donelson's education, sending . . . — — Map (db m182555) HM
Designed by Jos. Reiff, who was also builder of the Hermitage, this house was built in 1836 for Andrew J. Donelson, Jackson's namesake and secretary. A West Point graduate, Donelson was at one time minister to Prussia, and held other offices. In . . . — — Map (db m147680) HM
On the site of this house was home of John Haywood, a Supreme Court Justice in North Carolina. Founder (1820) of the Antiquarian Society, forerunner of the Tennessee Historical Society and author of the basic histories of the state, he is known as . . . — — Map (db m182312) HM
A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Avon N. Williams, Jr., was an attorney, statewide civil rights leader, politician, educator, and a founder of the Davidson County Independent Political Council and the Tennessee Voters Council. In 1950, as a . . . — — Map (db m147486) HM
In appreciation of
the services of
Colonel John Donelson
Born in Delaware, 1718.
Died in Kentucky 1786.
Distinguished in early life in Virginia as a civil, industrial and military leader.
Member of the House of Burgesses, iron . . . — — Map (db m59376) HM
Across the alley stood the first Masonic Hall in the state, designed by architect Hugh Roland in 1818. Marquis de la Fayette was entertained there in 1825 by Past Grand Master Andrew Jackson. The 17th General Assembly of Tennessee met there in 1827. . . . — — Map (db m188945) HM
On this site was erected, in 1853, Nashville's first public school building, named in memory of Alfred Hume, an eminent educator, and known as the “Father of the Nashville public school system.”
On this spot was the site of a building . . . — — Map (db m166566) HM
Jeffrey Lockelier, a free man of color, worked at the Courthouse following a military career in Jackson's army. "Major Jeffrey" called Nashville home for twenty years. His 1830 obituary eulogized him as one "who bestowed his best days to the service . . . — — Map (db m206232) HM
John Robert Lewis was born on Feb. 21, 1940 to sharecropper parents in Troy, Ala. He
entered Nashville's American Baptist Theological Seminary in 1957 and soon began attending non-violence workshops at Clark Memorial Methodist Church with the . . . — — Map (db m177650) HM
In 1890, the state legislature made payment of a poll tax a condition of voting. Women were granted the right to vote in 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This receipt is one of the first issued to a woman . . . — — Map (db m206245) HM
Thomas H. Shriver (1932-1997) was a Nashville native and a distinguished public servant best remembered as District Attorney General from 1966-1987 and as a Criminal Court Judge from 1987-1997. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and . . . — — Map (db m174701) HM
On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby giving all American women the right to vote. After weeks of intense lobbying by national leaders, Tennessee passed the measure by one . . . — — Map (db m52369) HM
Although women did not have the right to vote, they played a major role in the success of the Whig Party in the South and particularly in Nashville. Women were invited to Whig conventions in the 1840s and 1850s, and over 150 women marched to the . . . — — Map (db m206233) HM
A native of Nashville, Hill McAlister was elected City Attorney in 1905. In 1911 he was elected to the State Senate where he supported legislation in the areas of health, education, and labor. He later served five terms as State Treasurer and two . . . — — Map (db m145810) HM
Born a slave in Madison County, Samuel McElwee began teaching school in Haywood County at the age of 16. In 1882, he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives and one year later was graduated from Fisk University. The only African . . . — — Map (db m81465) HM
Marion Barry received his Master's Degree in Chemistry from Fisk University. While in Nashville, he became the first chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He continued his civil rights activism in the South until 1965, . . . — — Map (db m209053) HM
Betty Nixon was a trailblazing woman in Nashville politics, an ardent preservationist,
and a relentless advocate for the city's people and neighborhoods. She served on the Metro
Council from 1975 to 1987, was the first woman to chair its Budget . . . — — Map (db m154866) HM
As the longest serving member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1973-2013), Rep. DeBerry was known as an exemplary legislator. She was the first woman to chair the Shelby County delegation, the first female Speaker Pro Tempore (1987-2010), . . . — — Map (db m203498) HM
Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium was dedicated to Vanderbilt students and alumni killed in World War II on December 6, 1952. The site of civil rights activities; here in 1966 Nashville's Pearl High School won the first desegregated TSSAA basketball . . . — — Map (db m135220) HM
The Capitol Hill Redevelopment Plan of 1949 addressed land surrounding the capitol building and was one of the first large-scale urban renewal projects in the United States. — — Map (db m218497) HM
In 1915, Edward H. "Boss" Crump was ousted as Memphis mayor for refusal to enforce prohibition laws, but he and his political machine greatly influenced Tennessee politics for the next 40 years. — — Map (db m216208) HM
In 1979, Governor-elect Lamar Alexander assumed office three days early due to the suspicions raised by the U.S. Justice Department's investigation into the administration of Governor Ray Blanton. — — Map (db m218818) HM
Sam Houston, a native of Virginia, moved to Nashville in 1818 to study law with Judge James Trimble. Admitted to the bar later that year, Houston practiced in Lebanon, Tenn., before returning to Nashville to serve as District Attorney (1819-21). In . . . — — Map (db m147738) HM
In 1844, James K. Polk was elected U. S. President. During his term of office, territorial gains from the Mexican War extended the western border of the United States to the Pacific Ocean. — — Map (db m215514) HM
In 1963, Nashville and Davidson County became the first in the nation to consolidate governments into a single metropolitan entity. — — Map (db m218763) HM
The Nashville Convention of 1850 discussed secession of the Southern states, foreshadowing divisions that would violently erupt with the onset of the Civil War. — — Map (db m215550) HM
A new constitution in 1834 provided for fairer taxation and more opportunities for representation, but continued to deny suffrage for women and took away free African-American male voting rights. — — Map (db m215477) HM
In 1795, a census revealed that the territory exceeded the required 60,000 population to petition Congress for Tennessee statehood. — — Map (db m215163) HM
With the re-election of President Lincoln in 1864, Tennessee's governor,
Andrew Johnson, was elected Vice-President on November 4. — — Map (db m215627) HM
Rocky Mount became the first territorial capital in 1790 when Governor Blount established temporary residence at the home of William Cobb. — — Map (db m215141) HM
Samuel Dold Morgan, born November 8, 1798, in Staunton, Virginia, moved with his family at an early age to Maryville, Tenn. and later to Huntsville, Ala. following attendance at University of Nashville and employment in Huntsville, he moved to . . . — — Map (db m163423) HM
North Carolina ceded its western lands to the national government in 1789, and present-day Tennessee existed as the Southwest Territory from 1790 to 1796. William Blount as appointed territorial governor. — — Map (db m215140) HM
The separate State of Franklin, with John Sevier as governor, was formed in 1784 around Greeneville by future Tennesseans dissatisfied with North Carolina's lack of protection. — — Map (db m214973) HM
Frontier settlements became more permanent, despite Cherokee resistance which lasted until 1795. In a momentous decade, North Carolina citizenship gave way to territorial status in preparation for Tennessee statehood under the new nation. — — Map (db m214981) HM
The Tennessee State Capitol (constructed 1845 - 1877) was designed by
engineer and architect William Strickland. It was one of the first
buildings in the nation with structural iron roof trusses. The Capitol
grounds were designed by engineers . . . — — Map (db m163503) HM
The mortal remains of
James Knox Polk
are resting in the vault beneath.
He was born in MecKlenburg County
North Carolina
and emigrated with his father
Samuel Polk to Tennessee
in 1806.
The beauty of virtue
was illustrated in . . . — — Map (db m85552) HM
Within the walls of this magnificent Greek Revival-style capitol, designed by famed American architect William Strickland, a Confederate governor and a Federal military governor each administered the state during the Civil War.
Governor Isham . . . — — Map (db m166572) HM
William Strickland, architect and engineer, was born in 1768, and grew up in Philadelphia. The son of a master carpenter, Strickland became a friend of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, renowned designer of the day, and was apprenticed to Latrobe at the . . . — — Map (db m163529) HM
Mr. Cardwell began his government career in 1958, working for the city of Nashville as a Junior Accountant. He then
served the newly-formed Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County as Auditor (1963-68), Assistant
Chief Accountant . . . — — Map (db m198816) HM
Mr. Cardwell began his government career in 1958, working for the city of Nashville as a Junior Accountant. He then served the newly-formed Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County as Auditor (1963-68), Assistant Chief Accountant . . . — — Map (db m221586) HM
Born in Nashville, January 27, 1927
Richard H. Fulton graduated from East High School
before attending the University of Tennessee
and serving in the Navy during World War II.
After time as a merchant, he began a public
service career of . . . — — Map (db m198800) HM
President Rutherford B. Hayes laid its cornerstone in 1877. Designed by Treasury Department architect W.A. Potter, it was occupied in 1882 by collectors of customs and internal revenue, U.S. courts, and Nashville's main post office. Addition to rear . . . — — Map (db m147164) HM
governor of Tennessee from 1853 to 1857, was appointed military governor of the state in March 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln after the fall of Nashville. At Johnson's urging, the Union Army began constructing fortifications around the city. . . . — — Map (db m178420) HM
Though largely forgotten today, John Bell was one of the last great American statesmen. He was born in Davidson County in 1796, the year Tennessee became a state. Bell was elected to the U.S. Congress defeating Felix Grundy, Bell's service, . . . — — Map (db m166482) HM
James C. Napier (1845-1940), Nashville Negro lawyer, educator, member of the city council, delegate to four Republican conventions, Register of U.S. Treasury, 1911-15, was a trustee of Fisk, Howard, and Meharry, advocate of the public schools, and . . . — — Map (db m147545) HM
Born on this site, June 1920, Clement spent his childhood in Dickson. Famous as an orator, he was three times elected Governor of Tennessee, for a two-year term in 1952 and for four-year terms in 1954 and 1962. Among the programs inaugurated during . . . — — Map (db m68933) HM
The "Queen of the Confederacy" was born here January 11, 1832. In 1858 she married Francis Pickens, United States Ambassador to Russia and later Governor of South Carolina. During the Civil War, Lucy was the only woman honored by having her portrait . . . — — Map (db m37274) HM
This house was the birthplace of Lucy P. Holcombe Pickens (June 11, 1832 - Aug. 8, 1899), a noted beauty of ante-bellum days and the most famous person born in La Grange. Mrs. Pickens is the only woman whose likeness has appeared on American . . . — — Map (db m37276) HM
Fayette County was organized the first Monday in December, 1824, in the home of Robert G. Thornton, ten miles S. East on North fork of Wolf River. It was made a part of the district which David Crockett then represented in the state legislature. — — Map (db m33856) HM
Kate Bradford Stockton was born in Stockton, California, in 1880. Four years later, she moved with her parents to Fentress County. She was the descendant of a distinguished family of radical thinkers, and was the product of the Upper Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m72466) HM
Between the 1850s and 1911, a livery stable and stone works occupied the north end of this site. With the John Custer Family home on the south corner, the present building was constructed for the US Post Office and various government offices. After . . . — — Map (db m75915) HM
1/8 mi. N.W. are ruins of the antebellum home of Peter Turney (1827-1903). Organizer and commander of the 1st Tennessee Infantry CSA until wounded; member of State Supreme Court, 1878-86; chief justice, 1886-93; governor; 1893-97. The house was . . . — — Map (db m25428) HM
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