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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jefferson County, Tennessee
Adjacent to Jefferson County, Tennessee
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| On Gay Street south of East Meeting Street (U.S. 70), on the left when traveling south. |
| | (preface)
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’ s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet’s men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m69520) HM |
| | A critical point in the bitter cavalry actions during Longstreet's withdrawal to winter quarters near Morristown. The 1st Brig., 1st Cav. Div., Army of the Cumberland, coming from the NW through Dandridge, was attacked at Hays' Ferry, four mi. NE, . . . — — Map (db m82195) HM |
| Near Oak Grove Road at Spring Creek Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | (preface)
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’ s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet’s men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m69526) HM |
| On East Main Street at Graveyard Alley, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | (preface)
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet’s men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m151536) HM |
| On Tennessee Route 92 0.1 miles east of U.S. 25W, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Permanently settled 1783. Francis Dean built meeting house where Revolutionary Cemetery remains. Jan., 1793, commissioners of County Court, Jefferson Co., Territory South of the River Ohio, located county seat here. Dean donated land & Samuel Jack . . . — — Map (db m82196) HM |
| On Dumplin Valley Road at Chucky Pike, on the right when traveling east on Dumplin Valley Road. Reported missing. |
| | Legendary frontiersman David Crockett and his first wife, Polly Finley, were married on August 14, 1806, at the home of Polly's parents, William and Jean Finley, one~fourth mile southeast of here. After the wedding, David and Polly lived in this . . . — — Map (db m80231) HM |
| On Interstate 40 1.4 miles east of Tennessee Route 113, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (preface)
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E, Burnside's army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m100483) HM |
| | (preface)
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E, Burnside's army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet's men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m100826) HM |
| On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 139) at Gay Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Around 1820 to 1837, this large 38-inch diameter grindstone was used at John Cunningham (J.C.) Turnley's farm known as the Mill Place. J.C. Turnley was the founder of Oak Grove and built the Mill Place upstream from Hay's Ferry on the south side of . . . — — Map (db m118844) HM |
| On U.S. 25W at Swansylvania Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 25W. |
| | "In commemoration of Pine Chapel Cemetery one half mile north of this spot, and Pine Chapel Methodist Church on this spot about 1787, together with Pine Chapel School House near this spot, being the first public institutions in the Wilderness. . . . — — Map (db m28571) HM |
| On Tennessee Route 139, on the right. |
| | Samuel McSpadden, powdermaker and Revolutionary War veteran, built this house in 1804, and died here on August 3, 1844. From a crude powdermill located 1/4 mile north he sent flatboats loaded with gunpowder to New Orleans, where General Andrew . . . — — Map (db m80438) HM |
| On U.S. 25W/70 at Swansylvania Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 25W/70. |
| | Side A One-half mile south, on Seehorn Creek, the first Stokely Brothers cannery was built in 1898 with $3,900 invested by Colonel Alfred R. Swann, Anna Rorex Stokely, and her sons, James and John. In the 30 ~ by ~ 60 ~ foot shed, 4,000 . . . — — Map (db m28296) HM |
| On East Main Street east of Chestnut Hill Road (a.k.a.: Gay Street), on the right when traveling east. |
| | A portion of the town of Dandridge would have been flooded by the waters of Douglas Lake if the Tennessee Valley Authority had not built a dike. The top of the dike is an elevation of 1009 feet, seven feet above the dam's crest gates. All of the . . . — — Map (db m80210) HM |
| On East Old Andrew Johnson Highway 0.1 miles south of Municipal Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Federal cavalry under Gen. S.D. Sturgis established a line just east of Mossy Creek. At 9:00 a.m., Confederate Gen. W.T. Martin assembled 2000 dismounted cavalry and eight cannons at Talbott's Railroad Station, three miles east. They advanced along . . . — — Map (db m28311) HM |
| On Russel Avenue at Andrew Johnson Highway (Tennessee Highway 11E), on the right when traveling north on Russel Avenue. |
| | ½ mi. Following organizational meetings in 1849, this was chartered as Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary in 1851. It closed 1861-65, its buildings being occupied and badly damaged by Federal troops in that period. Resuming operation in . . . — — Map (db m28488) HM |
| On Fielden Store Road at River Road, on the right when traveling west on Fielden Store Road. |
| | A Revolutionary War veteran wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain on October 1, 1780, William Cox Sr. built Cox Mill, a grist mill, on this site about 1792. He was an "Overmountain Man" living in Watauga in 1775. As a delegate from Washington . . . — — Map (db m84368) HM |
| On East Old Andrew Johnson Highway 0.1 miles south of Municipal Road., on the right when traveling south. |
| | (preface)
In November 1863, Confederated Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet’s men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m70659) HM |
| On Russell Avenue at Swann Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Russell Avenue. |
| | Side 1 Sarah Swann Hall, Grand Lady of Carson~Newman University, has been "home" to generations of students. Colonel Alfred Reuben Swann (1843~1926), visionary Jefferson County businessman and Carson~Newman trustee, built this stately home . . . — — Map (db m108736) HM |
| On Hicks Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | For Black Methodist Episcopal Church, School, and Cemetery. Deeded 1867 to Trustees:
John Roper •
Jacob Branner •
Joseph Peck •
William Houston •
Richard Dan — — Map (db m107951) HM |
| On U.S. 11E just from Churchview Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | The author of this book, probably the most famous of her several works, spent her first winter in the United States in a small house which stood about 250 yards south. Besides this juvenile work, she was the author of numerous popular adult books . . . — — Map (db m100828) HM |
| On Old Andrew Johnson Hwy, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In a log cabin which stood here, Frances Eliza Hodgson, newly from England with her family, spent the winter of 1865. She helped support her family with music lessons, also opened a "Select Seminary for Young People." Here she met Dr. Swan Burnett, . . . — — Map (db m28493) HM |
| On U.S. 11E, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | 1/2 mile NW, near the present railway bridge, this ferry was established by William McBee in the last decade of the 18th century. Many early travelers have, in their diaries, mentioned using it. — — Map (db m101788) HM |
| On Ebenezer Church Road 0.2 miles south of Valley Home Road (Tennessee Route 66), on the left when traveling south. |
| | (preface)
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’ s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet’s men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m69548) HM |
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