On Tennessee Route 96, 0.1 miles east of 11th Avenue North, on the left when traveling west.
The breastworks, thirty yards south, were held by Grose’s Brigade, Kimball’s Division of the Fourth U.S. Army Corps on Nov. 30, 1864. Around 5 p.m., the brigade was attacked by two regiments of Finley’s Florida Brigade, C.S.A. The Floridians . . . — — Map (db m135394) HM
On Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) at Fairgrounds Street, on the right when traveling south on Columbia Avenue.
On November 30, 1864, Col. Joseph Conrad's and Col. John Lane's brigades of Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner's Federal Second Division, Fourth Corps, were placed east and west of the road near this position one half mile south of the Federal main line. . . . — — Map (db m146531) HM WM
On Old Harding Road (Old State Highway 96) 0.2 miles north of Fernvale Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1819, Samuel and Ollie Jones Smith settled along the South Harpeth River near the sulphur springs. In 1879, John B. McEwen purchased Smith's Springs, renamed it Fernvale, and developed a popular summer resort. In 1904, railroad executive William . . . — — Map (db m166012) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 246) at Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31), on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
Preface:In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the . . . — — Map (db m193536) HM WM
On E Main Street near Public Square, on the left when traveling north.
This building was built in the late 1870’s or early 1880’s. In 1888, it housed the agricultural implements repository but in 1893, it was a boarding house. In 1903, Marshall Neely operated a hotel here (sic) it was purchased in 1908 by a Mr. Mays. . . . — — Map (db m140325) HM
On Davenport Boulevard at Danton Boulevard, in the median on Davenport Boulevard.
(Prelude) In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the . . . — — Map (db m149830) HM
On 4th Avenue North north of North Margin Street, on the right when traveling north.
First burying ground in Franklin and the church-yard of the first Presbyterian Church erected in Franklin. These gates erected by Old Glory Chapter D.A.R. August 1916 in honor of the pioneer men and women buried here. In honor of Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m223609) HM
On Legends Club Lane, 0.1 miles east of Franklin Road (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling east.
First Presbyterian Church was organized on June 8, 1811 with 46 members, including four newly ordained elders. The founding pastor, the Rev. Gideon Blackburn, was a noted
preacher, teacher, founder of numerous churches and schools, and . . . — — Map (db m149857) HM
On Pinewood Road (Tennessee Route 46) at Green Chapel Road, on the right when traveling east on Pinewood Road.
Flagpole Campground
During the 1890s Williamson County experienced a religious awakening under the banner of the “Holiness Movement.” Advocates of the “second blessing" and “entire sanctification” met at . . . — — Map (db m166398) HM
On Carters Creek Pike (State Highway 246) 0.7 miles south of Bear Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
This community was named for the plantation of Thomas F, Perkins, earlier owned by Nicholas Perkins Hardeman and originally a land grant to Hugh Leiper. The plantation plus a portion of Hardy Murfree's 5,000 acre tract, the Kinnard, Mayberry, and . . . — — Map (db m149644) HM
On Old Hillsboro Road (Tennessee Route 46) at Old Natchez Trace, on the right when traveling north on Old Hillsboro Road.
This community, which appeared on a early twentieth century map spelled "Forrest Home," is thought to have been named for Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, C.S.A., who found it a safe haven after his raid on Brentwood in March, 1863. Forest Home is near the . . . — — Map (db m149807) HM
On Captain Freeman Parkway east of Lewisburg Pike (Tennessee Route 106), on the left when traveling east.
On Friday, mid-afternoon, April 10, 1863, Brig. Gen.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, with a force of his skilled
cavalrymen, was in the vicinity of the Harpeth River
west of Hughes Ford, when he learned that his Chief
of Artillery, Capt. Samuel L. . . . — — Map (db m202640) HM
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” Hood . . . — — Map (db m41119) HM
Near Eddy Lane near Fort Granger Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Staunchly pro-Confederate Williamson County raised several large regiments in the spring of 1861. But after the fall of Nashville in February 1862, Federal regiments quickly occupied the region. They suppressed hostile Confederate sympathizers and . . . — — Map (db m142697) HM
In the spring of 1863, Federal forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger occupied Franklin. Construction of major fortifications began under the direction of Capt. W. E. Merrill, U.S. Corps of Engineers, the largest of them being placed on . . . — — Map (db m165630) HM
Near Eddy Lane south of Fort Granger Drive, on the right when traveling south.
On March 24, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln told Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson, “The colored population is the great available, and yet unavailed of, force for restoring the Union.” In September 1863, Johnson gave permission to Maj. . . . — — Map (db m189735) HM
On Eddy Lane south of Fort Granger Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Located along Figuers Bluff overlooking the Harpeth River, this Federal fort, named for Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, was well situated to control transportation in and out of Franklin. U.S. Corps of Engineers Capt. William E. Merrill supervised . . . — — Map (db m193145) HM
Near Edy Lane south of Fort Granger Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Union troops fought at Fort Granger during the Battle of Franklin of November 30, 1864. As the sun set that afternoon, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood’s army engaged Union Gen. John M. Schofield’s troops in a vicious battle. Five horrific hours of . . . — — Map (db m193147) HM
Near Eddy Lane near Fort Granger Park Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Directly ahead is Fort Granger’s original entrance and exit, known in military parlance as the sally port. With the completion of the fort in the spring of 1863, Union soldiers had enough artillery to protect the entrance from Confederate cavalry . . . — — Map (db m208493) HM
Near Eddy Lane south of Fort Granger Drive, on the right when traveling south.
After the Union army occupied Franklin, hundreds of enslaved African Americans fled neighboring plantations and farms and headed toward the Federal camps. Some of these self-emancipated former slaves, called “contrabands,” built and maintained much . . . — — Map (db m208494) HM
Near Eddy Lane, 0.1 miles south of Fort Granger Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Welcome to Fort Granger. The fort’s position atop Figuers Bluff allowed the Union army to command the town of Franklin as well as the road and railroad that served Nashville. The 84th Indiana Infantry was among the regiments that improved and manned . . . — — Map (db m208599) HM
On Jamison Station Lane at Old Liberty Pike, on the right when traveling north on Jamison Station Lane.
The Federal Garrison at Franklin centered on the earthworks fortification on Figuers' Bluff. Detached works included Gen Granger's headquarters at a smaller works some 700 yards east at Ralston Lane, gun emplacement on Liberty Pike east of Ralston . . . — — Map (db m135395) HM
On 4th Avenue North north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1833, a congregation of seventeen Christians was organized in Franklin following preaching by Tolbert Fanning, Absalom Adams, and Alexander Campbell. Joel Anderson and Andrew Craig were other early leaders in this church, one of the oldest in the . . . — — Map (db m149649) HM
On 1st Avenue South, 0.1 miles south of East Main Street (U.S. 31), on the left when traveling south.
Franklin Cotton Factory and Foundry
Dyer Pearl, Thomas Parkes and Joseph L. Campbell established a manufacturing operation for the production of cotton and woolen goods on this 3.5 acres site in 1825. The first steam powered loom in the . . . — — Map (db m193179) HM
On 7th Avenue South at West Main Street, on the right when traveling north on 7th Avenue South.
Founded in 1871 as Franklin's first Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the cornerstone was laid on June 3, 1876. Designed by H.C. Thompson, architect of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the church was dedicated on April 16, 1877, with the Rev. Thomas Dale . . . — — Map (db m61719) HM
The town of Franklin was developed in 1799 by Abram Maury, who acquired the land from Major Anthony Sharpe. The original town, consisting of 109 acres, was composed of sixteen blocks divided into 188 lots centered on a 2-acre public square. The . . . — — Map (db m140424) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) just south of W Fowlkes Street, on the right when traveling south.
In the fall of 1926, the school moved to this location into a $125,000 new building paid for by the town of Franklin, and the faculty was supplied by Williamson County. Principal Guy Craddock and a staff of ten teachers greeted the students. The . . . — — Map (db m149121) HM
Near Hughes Crossing just east of Levisa Lane, on the right when traveling west.
This state-of-the-art Public building was masterfully designed to embrace the architectural heritage of Franklin, constructed to look more like a traditional small town southern factory than a grocery store. The vintage steel windows were . . . — — Map (db m154314) HM
On 4th Avenue South, on the right when traveling south.
Historic Home
Built 1920
Franklin, Tennessee
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the Unites States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m195673) HM
On Granbury Street, 0.1 miles west of Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31), on the right when traveling west.
The Franklin Housing Authority (FHA) was chartered 1953 and from that point has been a leader in providing safe, affordable housing in the Franklin community. The FHA owns approximately 53 acres on six sites in the core of Franklin. These sites . . . — — Map (db m163816) HM
On Franklin Road (U.S. 31) at Legends Club Lane, on the right when traveling north on Franklin Road.
In 1902, eight Nashville businessmen (Frank Bond, James Fulcher, Frank Haskell, John H. McMillen, James L. Parks, Jr., Charles Ruth, W.H. Whittemore, and D.J. Wikle) formed the Nashville and Columbia Railroad. Completed in 1908, the Interurban was . . . — — Map (db m149730) HM
On Long Lane, 0.1 miles north of Peytonsville Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Franklin Noon Rotary Club was chartered in 1948 by nineteen leading Williamson County businessmen, professionals, and farmers. The organization is best known for founding the Franklin Rodeo in 1950, an annual event which has grown into one of . . . — — Map (db m83285) HM
On Culberson Boulevard at Boyd Mill Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Culberson Boulevard.
The Franklin Noon Rotary Club was chartered in 1948 by nineteen leading Williamson County businessmen, professionals, and farmers. The organization is best known for founding the Franklin Rodeo in 1950, an annual event which has grown into one of . . . — — Map (db m226876) HM
On South Margin Street just east of 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling north.
In 1853, John S, Claybrook, a Williamson County railroad visionary, led a group of about 30 local citizens to provide the initial $20,000 capital for building the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad. The City of Franklin followed with $20,000. Once the . . . — — Map (db m142176) HM
On West Main Street west of 6th Avenue North, on the left when traveling west.
On October 27, 1906, the Franklin School Board was created by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. In April 1907, the Tennessee Legislature officially recognized District Nine, Franklin City School System. The original Franklin Elementary School was . . . — — Map (db m83180) HM
On 3rd Avenue North at Public Square, on the left when traveling south on 3rd Avenue North.
A two-story brick courthouse was constructed where you are standing in about 1809. The "market house,” where farmers and vendors sold their produce and wares, stood "in close proximity” to the courthouse. For half a century human beings . . . — — Map (db m146043) HM
On West Main Street at 3rd Avenue South, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
(prelude)
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman’s “March to . . . — — Map (db m141977) HM
On Southall Road just east of McMillan Road, on the right when traveling east.
Franklin-Hillsboro Turnpike
The Franklin Hillsboro Turnpike Company was chartered March 15, 1880. The turnpike ran from the Wye at Southall and Carter's Creek Turnpike to the Cunningham Bridge on Garrison Creek. Original stockholders were . . . — — Map (db m149778) HM
On Natchez Street just north of West Fowlkes Street, on the right when traveling north.
This site is historically recognized for its former owner Ruth Gaylor (1902-1982) and her guest house participation in the famed Green Book. This book was first published in 1936 by Victor H. Green (1892-1960). The Green Book was the product of . . . — — Map (db m149709) HM
On Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
Front: Dedicated to Freeman’s Battery, Forrest’s Artillery and Samuel L. Freeman, Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s first artillery captain. The battery was captured on the Lewisburg Pike near Franklin, TN, April 10, 1863
Rear: While advancing toward . . . — — Map (db m135828) HM WM
On Garrison Road, on the left when traveling west.
In 1801, a U. S. Military garrison, under the command of Capt. Robert Butler, was established here to enforce the 1785 Indian boundary along the Duck River Ridge section of the new Natchez Trace. The Anderson, Burns, Campbell, Cowan, Cunningham, . . . — — Map (db m164778) HM
Near Murfreesboro Road (Tennessee Route 96), on the right when traveling west.
In early 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Also that year U.S. Gen. Gordon Granger and several thousand Union troops were stationed in and around Franklin. That spring those troops, with the help of some escaped . . . — — Map (db m177493) HM
On New Highway 96 West (State Highway 96) 0.2 miles west of Stonewater Road, on the left when traveling west.
Around A.D. 200, Native Americans built four
earthen mounds along the West Harpeth River.
These stood between 8 and 20 feet tall and
contained copper artifacts, demonstrating trade
between Tennessee and the Ohio valley. On
behalf of the . . . — — Map (db m151410) HM
This classic two-story Federal-style house was built c 1829 by Judge Thomas Stuart, Williamson County's first Circuit Judge. It features Flemish Bond brickwork on the front and American Bond on the sides and rear. The “glorified . . . — — Map (db m166391) HM
On Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431) at Boxwood Drive, on the right when traveling south on Hillsboro Road.
This site was part of a 1784 land grant to heirs of Wm. Leaton, Jr. The tract was settled in the late 1820s by W. Leaton III. By 1801 John Campbell, John Stuart, Ephriam Brown, Wm. Tarkington, and Joseph German were living in this area. Later . . . — — Map (db m149815) HM
Near Franklin Road just south of Hooper Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Bought in 1944 for $4,400, the horse they said was powerful as the sun and black as midnight proved to be Harlinsdale's main claim to fame. The black stallion was not only a two-time World Champion at the Walking Horse Celebration, he also sired . . . — — Map (db m150935) HM
On Greenbriar Hill Road, on the right when traveling south.
Revolutionary War soldiers John Beard, Henry W. Davis, John Mayberry, James Potts, and Thomas Prowell established homesteads and reared large families on Lick Creek. By 1811 Hugh Fox, Thomas and Sampson Prowell, and James Thompson had migrated . . . — — Map (db m164776) HM
Near Reams Fleming Boulevard, 0.5 miles south of McBride Lane, on the right when traveling south.
(side 1)
The Halfacre Reams Fleming Family Cemetery was first laid out on one of the highest points of the Reams Fleming land. On the other prominent peak to the west was constructed Highland Hall, the land's manor house.
The prominent . . . — — Map (db m160315) HM
On Old Charlotte Pike East, 0.3 miles south of Hamilton Branch Lane, on the left when traveling south.
In 1791, Elijah Hamilton purchased 320 acres on the West Harpeth River. Around that time, he moved his family to this site, known as Hamilton Place (Williamson County Tax Book I shows he was here in 1800). The house, designed with a rigid symmetry . . . — — Map (db m200322) HM
On 11th Avenue North at Glass Street, on the right when traveling north on 11th Avenue North.
In 1873, W.S. McLemore subdivided 15 acres which he called “Hard Bargain” because of a difficult land deal struck in 1866. Hard Bargain became a stable community, largely African-American. The Harvey McLemore house on this lot, built in . . . — — Map (db m141263) HM
On Carters Creek Pike (Tennessee Route 246) south of West Harpeth Road, on the left when traveling south.
Lieutenant Colonel Hardy Murfree, for whom
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is named, served in the
Continental Army. He fought in many engagements,
including Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.
At Stony Point, he played a key role in defeating
the . . . — — Map (db m149646) HM
On Del Rio Pike west of Hillsboro Road (Tennessee Route 106), on the right when traveling east.
1.4 miles west, and north of the road, this boys' school commenced operations in 1811 under Rev. Gideon Blackburn, noted Presbyterian missionary. James Hervey Otey, later first Episcopal bishop of Tennessee, succeeded him in 1821. In 1825, the . . . — — Map (db m149651) HM
On Lewisburg Pike at Carriage Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on Lewisburg Pike.
Tennessee’s Harpeth River Restoration Project is designated a keystone conservation and outdoor restoration project under President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors program. Here, we celebrate the partnership and collaboration that resulted in . . . — — Map (db m138511) HM
On 2nd Avenue North north of East Main Street (Tennessee Route 6), on the right when traveling north.
(obverse)
Harpeth Square
Since 1805, there have been eight bridges along First Avenue North. Because of the destruction of the Harpeth River Bridge in 1862, approximately 800 Union Army wagons were forced to wait all day on November . . . — — Map (db m154588) HM
On Fair Street east of North 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
John B. McEwen, lawyer, bank president, developer, Progressive farmer & dairyman, investor in numerous businesses, supporter of public schools, owner of the Fernvale Hotel, and Civil War era-mayor, was one of Franklin's leading citizens. He married . . . — — Map (db m146271) HM
On Fair Street just east of North 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
At age 15, Cary Harris started the Franklin weekly newspaper, The Independent Gazette. Later, in 1824, he and his future brother-in-law, Abram P. Maury, Jr., began the Nashville Clarion, followed by the Nashville Republican in 1825. He married . . . — — Map (db m146421) HM
On West Main Street at 7th Avenue South, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
In early 1819, Alfred Balch, Felix Grundy, James Irwin, Randal McGavock, and James Trimble developed Hincheyville, Franklin's first subdivision. The ninety acres, extending from Fair to Eleventh Avenues, including 26 lots on Fair Street, 25 lots on . . . — — Map (db m61716) HM
Near 2nd Avenue South south of East Main Street (Business U.S. 31), on the left when traveling south.
As the Civil War approached, Masons urged peace. James McCullum, Grand Master of Tennessee, encouraged "the brethren engaged in the lawful contest to remember that a fallen foe is a brother, and as such is entitled to warmest sympathies and . . . — — Map (db m147247) HM
On Columbia Pike (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling south.
Schofield, slipping his army past Hood's at Spring Hill, entrenched in the southern edge of Franklin, 2 mi. N. Here Hood attacked him frontally about 4 p.m., sustaining heavy losses. Schofield withdrew to Nashville, Hood followed. Hood's command . . . — — Map (db m135821) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle, 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Following the Battle of Franklin, the Union army dashed north into their supply base of Nashville and its vast network of fortifications where Gen. George H. Thomas had assembled a sizeable force. In pursuit came Gen. John Bell Hood’s battered . . . — — Map (db m103490) HM
On Rural Plains Circle, on the left when traveling south.
Hughes Mill Park is dedicated to the memory of the Martin and Hughes families.
After serving on Andrew Jackson's staff in the War of 1812, Colonel "Buck" Martin returned to his middle Tennessee home, called "Rural Plains," which stood on the Town . . . — — Map (db m202641) HM
On Highgrove Circle, on the right when traveling east.
Inside the fence is a family cemetery. Buried here are James McGavock, his wife Lucinda, family members and descendants. The cemetery was part of 900 acres the McGavocks assembled in the Harpeth River in the early 1800s. During their lifetimes, they . . . — — Map (db m202638) HM
On Myles Manor Court south of Winslow Road, on the right when traveling south.
Jasmine Grove
Built as a two-story frame house in 1850 by William Many, Jasmine Grove was occupied by Union forces during the construction of Fort Granger during the Civil War. In 1916, Jasmine Grove was owned by Charles Sidway who hired . . . — — Map (db m150934) HM
Near Columbia Pike (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
Tennessee born John Adams was a West Point graduate. He was commissioned Brigadier to rank from December 29, 1862, after assuming command of Maryland born Lloyd Tilghman’s Brigade. Joining The Army of Tennessee at Resaca in May 1864, the Brigade . . . — — Map (db m137828) HM
On Columbia Pike (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
Commissioned Brigadier to rank from July 7, 1864 Carter had worked his way up from the rank of Captain by distinguishing himself with the Army of Tennessee at Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro & Chickamauga. Taking part in the Atlanta Campaign, . . . — — Map (db m137862) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 31) at 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
On this site stood the home of John H. Eaton, U.S. Senator (1818-1829) and Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson (1829-1831). He resigned from the Cabinet after a scandal which reflected on the reputation of his controversial wife, Peggy. He . . . — — Map (db m149683) HM
On Franklin Road (U.S. 31) at Old Liberty Pike (a.k.a.: Lancaster Drive), on the left when traveling north on Franklin Road.
Born 3 miles, NE, Oct. 24,1847; member of the Legislature, 1887 to 1891, he was governor from 1891 to 1893. Elected by a farmer-labor coalition, his administration was marked by labor unrest and reform, extension of the public school system, and . . . — — Map (db m68998) HM
On Hargrove Road, 0.2 miles north of Hargrove Ridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1846, David and Sarah Hawks King came from Warren County, N.C. to settle fifty acres on Backbone Ridge between Leiper's Fork and Smith's Spring. Their homestead in the vast forest gave Kingfield its name. The Kings reared a large family . . . — — Map (db m166015) HM
In 1889, Battle Ground Academy was established on a site east of Columbia Avenue in Franklin, Tennessee. In 1902, the campus moved across Columbia Avenue, and there remained until 2003. The school is presently on this Glen Echo campus, the school's . . . — — Map (db m166389) HM
On Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431) 0.1 miles south of J B Hood Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In 1898 Thomas J. and Mattie Dudley Leigh purchased a 103-acre parcel of land on the west side of Hillsboro Pike in the area known as the Grassland community. Supporting the family as farm land and orchids, the property evolved into a business . . . — — Map (db m68996) HM
On Old Hillsboro Road (Tennessee Route 46) east of Joseph Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Union Meeting House was built on this site in 1821. With the Restoration movement and the preaching of Andrew Craig and Joel Anderson, Leiper's Fork became the first Church of Christ south of Nashville. In 1831, Seth and Rebecca Sparkman were . . . — — Map (db m149654) HM
On South Margin Street (Business U.S. 431) at Lewisburg Avenue (Business U.S. 431), on the left when traveling west on South Margin Street.
This Historic District, located along Lewisburg Ave. immediately south of what once was the town limit, consisted of 31 houses in 1993. The district's oldest residence is the Otey-Campbell House, built in 1840 on the corner of South Margin and . . . — — Map (db m149015) HM
On Church Street at 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling west on Church Street.
Lot 60 at the Corner of Cameron & Church Street
In 1867 Rev. Otis O. Knight of Nashville purchased Lot 60, selling the southern half to ex-slave A.N.C. Williams, and the northern half for the construction of Wiley Memorial Methodist Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m69010) HM
On Columbia Avenue south of East Fowlkes Street, on the right when traveling north.
(Preface): In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood let the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to . . . — — Map (db m188516) HM WM
On Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling south.
In 1858, the Lotz House was built on property purchased from Fountain B. Carter by German immigrant Albert Lotz, a master carpenter and piano maker. On November 30, 1864, before the Battle of Franklin, the Lotz family sought refuge across the . . . — — Map (db m62335) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Strahl Street, on the right when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. Federal commander, Gen. John M. Schofield. Confederate commander, Gen. John B. Hood. Bloodiest battle of the War Between the States for numbers involved. In this battle fell six Confederate generals: . . . — — Map (db m103601) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle near Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the left when traveling west.
During the Battle of Franklin this Confederate division composed of three brigades commanded by Brig. Gens. Winfield Scott Featherston, Thomas Moore Scott, and John Adams, swept past Carnton as it approached the Federal line just after 4 p.m. on . . . — — Map (db m202694) HM
On Twin Oaks Drive at Teil Drive, on the left when traveling south on Twin Oaks Drive.
Anthony Sharpe, a Revolutionary War patriot, served in McCroy's Company, Ninth N.C. Regiment, was granted 3,840 acres of land in the new Tennessee county of Davidson. The grant was dated April 9, 1788 under Warrant No. 52 and was surveyed by William . . . — — Map (db m226877) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
“Well, Govan, if we are to die, let us die like men.”
Nov. 30, 1864
Presented as a tribute to General Cleburne and his gallant division by Dr. and Mrs. David R. Watts — — Map (db m135825) WM
On Nichol Mill Lane, 0.1 miles east of Seaboard Lane, on the left when traveling west.
Revolutionary War Patriot Roger Mallory and his wife, Lucy, are buried in this cemetery. Roger was born 12 May 1755 in King William Co., VA, died 22 Dec. 1834 in Williamson Co., TN. Lucy died 16 Feb. 1831 in Williamson Co., TN. Roger's 1832 . . . — — Map (db m149793) HM
On 2nd Avenue South south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
This Masonic Temple, home of Hiram Lodge No. 7, built in 1823, was the first three-story building in Tennessee, and was at that time, the tallest building west of the Allegheny Mountains. It has been occupied by Hiram Lodge No. 7 since its . . . — — Map (db m61690) HM WM
On West Main Street (Business U.S. 31) at 3rd Avenue North, on the left when traveling north on West Main Street.
This oldest building on the square was built 1815-1817 by Thomas T. Maury, cousin of Matthew Fontaine Maury, “Pathfinder of the Seas,” and nephew of Abram Maury, Franklin’s founder. It has housed Franklin’s first bank, “Doctors’ . . . — — Map (db m142099) HM
On Bear Creek Road, 0.3 miles west of Carters Creek Pike (Tennessee Route 246), on the right when traveling west.
Henry George Washington Mayberry (1823-1897) carved a 1,608-acre farm out of the original 5,000 acre land grant of Col. Hardy Murfree in 1848. The fertile land along Murfree's Fork provided for a rich antebellum agrarian lifestyle, complete with . . . — — Map (db m169332) HM
On Hospitality Drive just south of Murfreesboro Road (Tennessee Highway 96), on the right when traveling south.
About 100 yards SW stood the church where Garner McConnico, a pioneer from Lunenburg Co., Va., organized a Primitive Baptist congregation about 1799. Destroyed by storm in 1909, the church was rebuilt at its present location on the Liberty Pike, . . . — — Map (db m149860) HM
On Carnton Lane, 0.3 miles south of Brandon Drive, on the left when traveling south.
After the Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, the Union Army withdrew into Nashville. Casualties of over 8,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lay upon the field. In pursuit of the withdrawing Union forces, Confederate General John Bell Hood . . . — — Map (db m69042) HM
On Carnton Lane, 0.3 miles south of Brandon Drive, on the left when traveling south.
In the spring of 1866, the bodies of Confederate soldiers killed at the Battle of Franklin were exhumed from their temporary graves and reburied here, on this two-acre plot adjacent to Carnton, home of John and Carrie McGavock. Over about ten weeks, . . . — — Map (db m83183) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle, 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Tennessee Route 106), on the left when traveling west.
In the spring of 1866, Col. John McGavock, seeing the deteriorating condition of the Confederate graves on the Franklin battlefield, set aside 2 acres of Carnton Plantation as the nation's largest private Confederate cemetery. The dead were . . . — — Map (db m84205) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle, 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Tennessee Route 106), on the left when traveling west.
Buried here, beginning ca. 1818, are the remains of numerous family members. Among them are Randal McGavock (1768-1843), planter and political leader who built Carnton; his son, Col. John McGavock (1815-1893), successful farmer and civic leader who . . . — — Map (db m84174) HM
On Del Rio Pike east of Two Rivers Lane, on the left when traveling east.
This house, named for its location at the confluence of the Big Harpeth and West Harpeth rivers, was built in the early 1800s by Thomas Harden Perkins (1757-1838), Revolutionary War officer, Tennessee pioneer, planter, and ironmaster. It is one of . . . — — Map (db m149798) HM
On 5th Ave South (Tennessee Route 106) at Church Street (Tennessee Route 246), on the right when traveling south on 5th Ave South.
This building stands at the church's third location. The original brick sanctuary stood on the east side of First Avenue facing Church Street. Land for it had been given in 1799 by Franklin founder Abram Maury. Pioneer Methodist Bishop Francis . . . — — Map (db m149070) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
(Front)
Twas November Thirtieth, Eighteen Sixty-Four
Mississippi’s sons and fathers into battle again were poured. The young and the old. The brave and the bold. Their mission all too plain – to charge across what would be . . . — — Map (db m137616) WM
On Old Natchez Trace, 0.3 miles south of Natchez Road, on the right when traveling south.
Nicholas "Bigbee" Perkins (1779-1848) gained national fame when he helped capture Aaron Burr in the Mississippi Territory in 1807.Perkins, who was a lawyer and territorial Register of Lands, also was in charge of a small party who took Burr from Ft. . . . — — Map (db m149813) HM
This house was built before 1815 by John Motheral
(1755-1824) a Revolutionary War soldier. Originally,
the large log home faced the Harpeth River. When
the road was moved, a double front porch was added
on the north side, the logs were covered . . . — — Map (db m165624) HM
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