William Earl Webb was born in White County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1897. His family moved to Bon Air and then Ravenscroft, where Earl worked in the coal mines and played baseball for local teams. He began in the minor leagues in 1921, and . . . — — Map (db m48664) HM
The Army of Mississippi passed here. Forrest's Cavalry Brigade, reporting Sept. 3, moved out to screen the left flank. Here, Sept. 5, Bragg advised his army of Kirby Smith's victory at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30. At Milledgeville, 10 mi. N., Bragg, with . . . — — Map (db m75263) HM
Gen'l Morgan's Cavalry was joined at Sparta, June 1862, by Champ Ferguson, as guide for Morgan's invasion into Kentucky.
Cap't Ferguson, and his co-fighters were the only protection the people of the Cumberland and Hickory Valley area had . . . — — Map (db m157784) HM
This White County farmer, educator, road commissioner, and county trustee established the first cotton gin in White County. He served also as chairman of the White County Quarterly Court. Born in Larne, Ireland, he settled in White County in 1810 . . . — — Map (db m150176) HM
Champ Ferguson (1821–1865) was born in Kentucky, the oldest of ten children. He moved to White County, Tennessee, in the 1850s. During the Civil War, he showed passionate loyalty to the Southern cause and extreme hatred for the Union. The alleged . . . — — Map (db m157780) HM
Born in a house which stood here. A leading citizen, he was elected a Union delegate to the proposed secession convention of 1861, but enlisted for the Confederacy at Tennessee's withdrawal; recruited and commanded brigades under Forrest and . . . — — Map (db m83163) HM
This historical monument honors Joseph Kerr hero of the battle of Kings Mountain who lived and died in White County and those soldiers who fought in the American Revolution and who also made their home in White County *** Erected with deep pride and . . . — — Map (db m107641) WM
He was born at Duncans Chapel near the boundary of Putnam and Overton Counties, Tennessee, and moved to Sparta at an early age where he made his permanent home. A bluegrass music pioneer and composer, Mr. Flatt was also a member of the Grand Ole . . . — — Map (db m83164) HM
You are not forgotten
George W. Andrews • Eurell Rasco Broyles • Herbert B. Burns • Bailey Daniels • Joe D. Goodwin • Joe M. Goodwin • Joe J. Hickey • Alford Humphrey Jr. • Wallace Jenkins • William A. Jones • John M, Lafever • James L. Miller • . . . — — Map (db m107639) WM
Rotary Club of Sparta
This park is dedicated to the veterans and families of White County who served this great nation in times of peace and war. Our veterans lived, worked and fought to secure the freedom and liberty enjoyed by all Americans. . . . — — Map (db m150185) WM
Rotary Club of Sparta This park is dedicated to the veterans and families of White County who served this great nation in times of peace and war. Our veterans lived, worked and fought to secure the freedom and liberty enjoyed by all Americans. Let . . . — — Map (db m150222) WM
Rotary Club of Sparta This park is dedicated to the veterans and families of White County who served this great nation in times of peace and war. Our veterans lived, worked and fought to secure the freedom and liberty enjoyed by all Americans. Let . . . — — Map (db m150223) WM
Rotary Club of Sparta This park is dedicated to the veterans and families of White County who served this great nation in times of peace and war. Our veterans lived, worked and fought to secure the freedom and liberty enjoyed by all Americans. Let . . . — — Map (db m150268) WM
Rotary Club of Sparta This park is dedicated to the veterans and families of White County who served this great nation in times of peace and war. Our veterans lived, worked and fought to secure the freedom and liberty enjoyed by all Americans. Let . . . — — Map (db m150270) WM
The Double Eagle celebrates our Country’s founding. One eagle looks proudly back on a glorious past, the other eagle gazes confidently to an unlimited future---Proudly presented to the people of White County by the members of the White County . . . — — Map (db m107644) WM
This building, constructed late in the 1830s, was a rest stop and tollhouse for travelers and wagoners on the Wilderness Trail Road. During the Civil War, such roads through the rugged Cumberland Plateau were the focus of clashes between Union . . . — — Map (db m150186) HM
Tennessee Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
and
Sequoyah District
Commemorate
The Rock House
Tennessee Bicentennial
1796 – 1996 — — Map (db m162285) HM
Built of Tennessee sandstone between 1835 and 1839 by Barlow and Madison Fisk, the Rock House served as a frontier toll house and stagecoach inn along the Wilderness Trail. President Andrew Jackson stopped here on his trips to and from Washington to . . . — — Map (db m75377) HM
“Brother against brother” sums up the divided loyalties families faced in White County during the Civil War. In 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s troops marched through the Sparta town square en route north to invade Kentucky. . . . — — Map (db m83165) HM
Established 1806; named in honor of John White, Veteran of the Revolutionary War. First Settler in what later became White County. — — Map (db m150184) HM
In honor of White County Veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice in defense of the United States of America.
Donated by Disabled American Veterans White County Chapter 19 and Ladies Auxiliary — — Map (db m107643) WM
The 81st Infantry Division (Red) was captured in western White County in the enveloping movement by the Fifth Armored Division (Blue). The 81st was dug in along a ridge between Peeled Chestnut and Cassville along State Highway 26 near here. Blues . . . — — Map (db m84323) HM
