On East Main Street (U.S. 412) at North Poplar Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
To control shipping and military traffic along the Tennessee River, Union forces moved into this region in 1862. Naval gunboats sought to cut vital Confederate supply links to West Tennessee and the Deep South. Confederate cavalry detachments . . . — — Map (db m75003) HM
On South Public Square at West Public Square, on the left when traveling east on South Public Square.
In 1864, the Hickman County Courthouse and Centerville's business district around the public square became a burned-out war zone. Confederate Col. Jacob B. "Jake" Biffle pursued Col. John Murphy's 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry for two days from . . . — — Map (db m99020) HM
On Perryville Rd at Reddix Rd, on the right when traveling north on Perryville Rd.
In November 1821 the Tennessee General Assembly passed Acts directing appointed Commissioners to locate an area to be the County Seat of the 1819-confirmed county of Perry. Thus, the legendary community of Midtown was selected to be laid off as a . . . — — Map (db m272357) HM
On State Highway 100 at milepost 14.5, 0.5 miles north of Perryville Road, on the right when traveling south.
In November 1821, the Tennessee General Assembly passed acts directing appointed commissioners to locate the county seat of the 1819-confirmed county of Perry. The appointees selected the community of Midtown to be laid off as a town called and . . . — — Map (db m150304) HM
On Lower Lick Creek Road 0.4 miles west of Porter Hollow Road, on the left when traveling west.
The Tennessee General Assembly established
Perry County in November 1819.
The first Perry County court met at this house,
the home of James Dickson, on the first Monday of January 1820.
The first county officials were elected by the group . . . — — Map (db m220184) HM
On 10th Street at Avenue O, on the right when traveling west on 10th Street.
Joshua Houston, trusted former servant to General Sam Houston and his wife, Margaret, was one of the first freedmen to purchase real estate from M.C. Rogers in the surrounding area that came to be known as "Rogersville". The homestead at Avenue O . . . — — Map (db m180426) HM
On North Main Street at West Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Dedicated to the Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients of Perry County
Civil War
Corporal-Isaac Harrison Carmin Place of Action: Mississippi Date of Action: 1863
First Sergeant-Alfred Ransbottom Place of Action: Tennessee Date . . . — — Map (db m251336) WM
