The early settlement of “Petersburg” was granted a post office in 1858. At that time, the village’s name was changed to Arrington for the nearby creek. Among the early families were Buchanan, Couch, Crockett, Duff, King, Morris, . . . — — Map (db m112079) HM
Kings’ Chapel Cemetery
This sacred burial ground of 48 poles by 100 poles was donated by Major William Edmondson to the trustees of Kings’ Chapel, as mentioned in a deed of 1843 between Robert and Thomas Edmondson to William King. Though the . . . — — Map (db m112080) HM
On Osburn Road at Osburn Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west on Osburn Road.
Robert Ozburn was born in 1755 in York County,
PA, where his family settled after emigrating
from Scotland. The family moved to Mecklenburg,
NC, where he enlisted in the NC Militia and
served in several companies during the Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m149869) HM
On Nolensville Road (U.S. 41) at Old Murphreesboro Road, on the right when traveling north on Nolensville Road.
This village dates from about 1800 and was first called Hardeman Cross Roads. After 1849 it took the name of the Methodist Church and became known as Triune. Prior to the Civil War, Triune was a flourshing center of commerce and agriculture. Known . . . — — Map (db m32798) HM
On Nolensville Road (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north.
Buried here are the following 48 Confederate veterans who have been identified: J.S.C. Bain, T.M.Baker, I.J. Battle, Dr. T.J.Bennett, J.C. Bostick, M.H. Bostick, T.H.Caldwell, J.W. Carroll, Thomas Chambers, W.R. Cherry, Dr. J.G.Cook, W.W.Crockett, . . . — — Map (db m32813) HM
On Nolensville Road (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north on Nolensville Road.
The Triune United Methodist Church's origin goes back to King's Chapel, organized ca. 1815 a mile west. A brick building was built here in 1849 on the then-new highway. The Church was named Triune and the village, previously known as Hardeman Cross . . . — — Map (db m83166) HM
On Nolensville Rd near TN Hwy 96, on the right when traveling north.
This church was organized on October 13, 1804 with forty-six members including fourteen African-Americans. Early families to worship here were Clayton, Davis, Fleming, Hill, Hyde, Jordon, McKnight, McFadden, and Pate. The site was donated by John D. . . . — — Map (db m112078) HM
On Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431) 0.1 miles north of Hillsboro Valley Road, on the right when traveling north.
Samuel McCutchen, Charles Brown, and Samuel Edmiston settled here before 1800. Thomas W. Stockett, who built a mill on Little Harpeth River, came by 1802. Near the intersection of Beech Creek Road and the Nashville-Hillsboro Turnpike were various . . . — — Map (db m149816) HM
On Franklin Road (U.S. 31) just south of Brentwood Place, on the right when traveling south.
Founded in 1851, the Brentwood United Methodist
Church was located on Frierson Street. The building was destroyed by a storm in 1884, and the church was moved to Church Street onto land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Moore. That building was . . . — — Map (db m146424) HM
On Volunteer Parkway 0.2 miles north of Crockett Road, on the left when traveling north.
The two-story log part of this house was built ca. 1830's by James Carothers. His son, Dr. Robert Blake Carothers, added the frame addition in the 1870's. Originally located on Mallory Road, it was moved to this site by the City of Brentwood in 1993 . . . — — Map (db m149861) HM
On Old Smyrna Road 0.9 miles west of Edmondson Pike, on the right when traveling west.
Cottonport stands on the site of Mayfield Station, a fort constructed as protection from Indian raids. Built on the site of an Indian town, the station was attacked by Indians in 1788. John Frost, later a captain in the War of 1812, came here from . . . — — Map (db m151478) HM
On Franklin Road (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Old Hickory Boulevard (State Highway 254), on the right when traveling south.
Davidson County
Established 1783; named in honor of
Brig. Gen. William Lee Davidson
of North Carolina. Distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War. Served with the Army at Valley Forge. Fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. Killed in . . . — — Map (db m149818) HM
On Wilson Pike (Tennessee Route 252) at Crocket Road, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Pike.
Forge Seat was built in 1808 by Samuel Crockett III, one of a large family of Crocketts who settled on extensive tracts of land in this area during the late 1700's. The house took its name from an iron forge on the property where Crockett and his . . . — — Map (db m54042) HM
On Franklin Road (U.S. 31) south of Harpeth Drive, on the right when traveling south.
With two brigades of Cavalry in a widely separated encircling or "Pincer" maneuver on the night of March 24, 1863, Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest raided deep behind Federal lines. He completely captured the Federal garrison of 785 officers and . . . — — Map (db m149824) HM
On Green Hill Boulevard at Concord Road (Tennessee Route 253), on the right when traveling south on Green Hill Boulevard.
This Revolutionary War officer and Methodist leader
settled and built his home here in 1799. He was influential in establishing Methodism on the Tennessee frontier and founded the Liberty Methodist Church
one mile east. The Western Conference of . . . — — Map (db m149864) HM
Near Navaho Drive at Glen Ridge Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Green Hill (Nov. 3, 1741-Sept. 11, 1826) moved
from North Carolina to the large plantation of which this is a center in 1799. Hill was
a Revolutionary War Colonel, generous philanthropist, and a Methodist preacher for over 50 years. On Oct. 1-7, . . . — — Map (db m149862) HM
On Church Street East east of Summit View Place, in the median.
When slaves were freed in 1865, many of them left local plantations and settled just east of the village of Brentwood. Because of its rocky terrain, the area became known as Hardscuffle. There African-Americans organized churches. schools, and . . . — — Map (db m151439) HM
On Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431) 0.3 miles south of Old Hickory Boulevard (State Highway 254), on the right when traveling south.
This church is built on ground donated by Samuel McCutchen, a Revolutionary War veteran who received it as part of a land grant. O. B. Hayes served as the first
pastor: David Bell and Robert McCutchen were elders, and James McCutcheon was . . . — — Map (db m149817) HM
On Highland Road just west of Muray Lane, on the right when traveling west.
For 100 years, the "Cator-McClanahan" plantation was the focal point of life for the inhabitants of this area. The land was developed by Levin Cator in 1823 and became known as "Highland View". It was later inherited by his son Moses in 1848. Near . . . — — Map (db m159940) HM
On Concord Road (State Road 253) 0.1 miles east of Lipscomb Drive, on the right when traveling east.
The school was founded as a private academy in the 1860's by Professor William Lipscomb, brother of David Lipscomb, founder of David Lipscomb University. Students were attracted to the school from the local area as well as from other parts of the . . . — — Map (db m145738) HM
On Murray Lane 0.5 miles west of Franklin Road (U.S. 31), in the median.
A short distance east of this marker is the site of the Midway Plantation slave cemetery which holds the remains of many of the African Americans who labored on the 1,000 acre
plantation in the bonds of slavery during the mid-nineteenth century. By . . . — — Map (db m149826) HM
On Franklin Road (U.S. 31) at Jackson Lane, on the right when traveling south on Franklin Road.
Owen Chapel Church of Christ, established July 24, 1857, continued to meet during the Civil War in a log cabin east of this site. The present building was completed in 1867 on land donated by James C. Owen. Early ministers included Elisha G. Sewell, . . . — — Map (db m159942) HM
On Church Street East at Overlook Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Church Street East.
Below are the names of African-Americans buried here, some of whom were born during slavery, and others who were descendents of emancipated slaves. Several graves are unmarked, but known to be interred here. Birth and death dates are from a . . . — — Map (db m151440) HM
On Old Smyrna Road 0.3 miles east of Jones Parkway, on the right when traveling east.
Sneed Acres was established as a plantation in 1798 by James Sneed (1764-1853) and wife, Bethenia Harden Perkins Sneed (1770-1812). They came to this area from Halifax County, Virginia. Three original buildings remain on this site with a portion . . . — — Map (db m151476) HM
On Concord Road (State Highway 253) 0.1 miles east of Lipscomb Drive, on the left when traveling east.
This station began operation October 5, 1932, the anniversary of WSM's founding in 1925 by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company of Nashville. WSM-AM operates on a clear channel frequency of 650 kilohertz with power of 50,000 watts. It . . . — — Map (db m145744) HM
On Carters Creek Pike (Tennessee Route 246) at Popes Chapel Road, on the left when traveling south on Carters Creek Pike.
Side A Originally named Williamsburg, later Shaw, the village's name was changed to Burwood, a title taken from Mrs. Humphrey Ward's novel, "Robert Elsmere." Rev. John Pope, a Revolutionary War veteran, built his home, Eastview, here in . . . — — Map (db m98515) HM
On Horton Highway (Alternate U.S. 31) at Arno-College Grove Road, on the right when traveling south on Horton Highway.
Once called Harpeth, then Poplar Grove, this area was settled about 1800 by the Allison, Cannon, Ogilvie and Wilson families. Home to Congressman Meredith Gentry and William Demonbreun, son of pioneer Timothy Demonbreun, the town's name was changed . . . — — Map (db m149762) HM
On Pulltight Hill Road at Cross Keys Road, on the right when traveling west on Pulltight Hill Road.
Laban Hartley, Jr. built a stone house here ca. 1818 and operated a tavern for which this community was named. Mt. Pisgah, located 1/2 mile southwest, was used as a reference point when surveyors created the 1783 Military Reservation line, which . . . — — Map (db m149768) HM
On Flat Creek Road at Horton Highway (Alternate U.S. 31), on the left when traveling east on Flat Creek Road.
In memory of
Gideon Riggs 1790-1871
and his wives
Mary Reynolds 1798-1825
Sophia Campbell 1801-1836
Catherine F. Holden 1815-1865
All their graves are here except Catherine F. Holden's which is in Arkansas. His farm included . . . — — Map (db m151041) HM
On Horton Highway (U.S. 31) at Taliaferro Rd, on the right when traveling north on Horton Highway.
0.7 mile. The grave of this combat veteran and statesman is on the land to which his father, a Revolutionary veteran, brought his family from North Carolina in 1791. In addition to his distinguished military record, he was twice a member of Congress . . . — — Map (db m83167) HM
On Horton Highway (Alternate U.S. 31) 0.3 miles south of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
This property was settled by William and Mary Harris Ogilvie, who came to this area via ox wagons from Granville County, N.C. during the late 1790s. Their nine children - Harris, Sarah, Smith, Kimbrough, John, William, Patty, Richard, and Nancy - . . . — — Map (db m149764) HM
On Horton Highway (Alternate U.S. 31) at Flat Creek Road, on the right when traveling south on Horton Highway.
Located 110 yards west at crossing of Fishing Ford or Riggs Rd., oldest traveled thoroughfare in Middle Tennessee, and old Columbia or Flat Creek Rd. Old village compound consisted of a brick house, post office, blacksmith shop, and store on about . . . — — Map (db m151006) HM
On Arno-Allisona Road at Pulltight Hill Road, on the left when traveling north on Arno-Allisona Road.
Shadowed on the southwest by Pull-Tight Hill and bisected by Arno Road, the Cove was home to the Biggers, Bizzell, Clendenin, Connell, Crafton, Creswell, Farrar, Graham, Ladd, Rickman, Simmons, Skinner, Watson, White, and Wilson families. On May 10, . . . — — Map (db m149766) HM
On Columbia Pike (Tennessee Route 6) 0.7 miles south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling south.
The Civil War touched this house. Here, Sept. 2, 1864, the mortally wounded Brig. Gen. John H. Kelly, CSA, was brought here after the affair between his cavalry division and Federals under Brig. Gen. James D. Brownlow. He was buried in the garden, . . . — — Map (db m136181) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of W Folkes Street, on the left when traveling north.
The 125th O.V.I. was formed at Camp Cleveland, Ohio in August of 1862. The regiment was stationed in Franklin in the spring of 1863. On November 30, 1864, the 125th were in reserve 150 yards north of the Carter house with Opdycke’s brigade. Without . . . — — Map (db m135349) HM
Near W Fowlkes Street north of Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
The 183rd Ohio was mustered into Federal Service November 13, 1864 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. With 700 officers and enlisted men present, it arrived at Rutherford Creek on November 28th and was engaged in skirmishing at Spring Creek the following day. . . . — — Map (db m135441) 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.
Made and presented to Confederate Memorial Park by Harold Winstead
in honor of his ancestor, Samuel Winstead, in whose honor this hill was named
and who is buried 200 yds. NW of this location. — — Map (db m137246) WM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the left when traveling north.
This regiment was organized in the late summer and early fall of 1864. It was commanded by Col. Robert C. Bradshaw, a veteran officer who had seen prior action at Lexington and Shiloh. The 44th Missouri was shipped to Tennessee to help defend . . . — — Map (db m138573) HM
On Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles from Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
For the Union, 1863 brought the Emancipation Proclamation, victory at Gettysburg, and the capturing of the Mississippi River. Federal forces continued their drive toward Atlanta in hopes of ending the war altogether. But on March 5th, seven miles . . . — — Map (db m103335) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
To assist the newly freed with court cases, education, and housing, Congress formed the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865. An additional goal of the Bureau was to help create labor contracts between white landowners and the formerly enslaved. In October . . . — — Map (db m103487) HM
On Founders Pointe Boulevard at New Highway 96 (State Route 96), on the right when traveling north on Founders Pointe Boulevard.
Abram Maury (1766-1825) came to this area from Virginia in 1797 to settle on 640 acres he purchased from Major Anthony Sharpe. In 1798, he reserved a square-shaped area of 109 acres for a town he intended to name Marthasville for his wife. Instead, . . . — — Map (db m50694) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
(preface)
This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas M. Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps
Distance to Union Lines: 1,200 . . . — — Map (db m103665) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
(preface)
This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas M. Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps
Distance to Union Lines: 1,500 . . . — — Map (db m103667) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle south of Lewsburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling north.
(preface)
This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps
Distance to Union Main Line: 1,000 . . . — — Map (db m105086) HM
On Carter Street at Natchez Street, on the left when traveling north on Carter Street.
African-American Schools in Franklin
From 1888 until 1967, African-American students were educated on this site. First known as Claiborne Institute in honor of Prof. Willis Claiborne (1862-1892), later schools here were known as Franklin . . . — — Map (db m149647) HM
Near Columbia Avenue 0.2 miles south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway, on the right when traveling south.
In memory of the men of Alabama who bravely fought and died at the Battle of Franklin and Nashville
Alabama Infantry Regiments
1st 10th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 22nd 23rd 24th
25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th
35th . . . — — Map (db m147004) WM
This complex of ten depression-era buildings, with a total of 310,000 square feet, housed four different factories over its industrial lifetime. The buildings were built for the Allen Manufacturing Co. (stove manufacturers) in 1929. More than . . . — — Map (db m69023) HM
On West Main Street at Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
On his return from New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
gave a brass cannon to Franklin
A part of his soldiery camped here
on their way to New Orleans. — — Map (db m61730) HM WM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.
(front)
The Battle of Franklin was the most tragic chapter of the Army of Tennessee. These were battle-hardened veterans. They knew the enemy they faced and the strength of their defenses. Honor, Valor, Patriotism, Devotion to Duty, and . . . — — Map (db m148704) HM
On Lewisburg Avenue (U.S. 431) at Thompson Alley, on the right when traveling south on Lewisburg Avenue.
(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 m70660) HM
On Lewisburg Avenue (U.S. 431) at Thompson Alley, on the left when traveling south on Lewisburg Avenue.
(obverse)
Attack On The Union Left
Confederate Regiments from Brig. Gen. Thomas Scott's, Brig. Gen. John Adams', and Brig. Gen. Winfield Featherstons's Brigades of Maj. Gen. William Loring's Division advanced under artillery fire . . . — — Map (db m40107) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the left when traveling north.
Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Bate’s division consisted of Smith’s Tennessee-Georgia, Bullock’s Florida and Jackson’s Georgia brigades. The division, struck the main line west of Brown’s Division, their right in the locust grove and their left at the Carter’s . . . — — Map (db m137252) HM
On Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) at Everbright Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Columbia Avenue.
Founded in 1889 as Battle Ground Academy, named for its location where the Battle of Franklin occurred in 1864, and dedicated in an address by Confederate General William B. Bate, later governor and U.S. Senator, this boys' preparatory school was . . . — — Map (db m62329) HM
On Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) at Everbright Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Columbia Avenue.
Front:
Founded in 1889 as Battle Ground Academy, the first campus was located on the foundation of the Carter Cotton Gin on Cleburne Street, the epicenter of the Battle of Franklin in 1864. BGA, founded on the principles of Character, . . . — — Map (db m146536) HM
On Ernest Rice Lane, on the left when traveling east.
Founded in 1889 as Battle Ground Academy, the school was named for its original location across from the Carter House where the Battle of Franklin occurred in 1864. BGA, dedicated in an address by U.S. Senator William B. Bate, was founded on the . . . — — Map (db m151498) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Several Federal gun crews delivered relentless fire to this portion of the Franklin battlefield late in the afternoon of November 30, 1864. At least fourteen of the Union’s thirty-six fieldpieces engaged at Franklin could hit the Eastern flank here. . . . — — Map (db m103508) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Visibility was always a critical factor in Civil War battles. Officers and enlisted men needed clear lines of sight to know where to move, when to stay in place, and in which direction to shoot. At the Battle of Franklin, two important factors . . . — — Map (db m103685) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
During the Civil War, topography played a major role in shaping events. The Battle of Franklin was a prime example.
When Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood’s 20,000 men charged across these fields, the steep hills to their left and the angling . . . — — Map (db m103686) 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.
(Left Panel)
Here occurred one of the most desperately fought battles of the entire War Between The States between forces (flag) under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, and the attacking (flag) Army of Tennessee under Gen. John B. Hood. . . . — — Map (db m138333) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
More than 700 Union soldiers were made prisoners before, during, and after the Battle of Franklin. Although the war was almost over, many of them would never see their homes again. The vast majority were taken to prison camps in Cahaba, Alabama, and . . . — — Map (db m103505) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Today’s Carnton presents a quiet pastoral setting, but before the Civil War, John and Carrie McGavock’s farm would have looked more like a bustling agricultural factory.
Their plantation encompassed 700 acres, more than three times the amount . . . — — Map (db m103441) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Confederate Gen. Willaim Loring’s division marched across the McGavock plantation during the battle. Anticipating heavy casualties, his officers chose Carnton for a hospital.
The main house was a sound choice. Less than a mile (.6 km) from . . . — — Map (db m103442) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
On September 28, 1861, local men sympathetic to the Confederacy gathered in this field to form the Williamson County Cavalry (Co. F, 4th Tennessee Cavalry). The local newspaper pronounced the company composed of “about 100 of the finest . . . — — Map (db m103480) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
In the Battle of Franklin, Confederate Gen. William W. Loring’s division formed the far right flank of the Confederate assault line. Numbering approximately 3,500 men, it marched across these fields and smashed into the Federal lines. The attempt to . . . — — Map (db m103482) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
How costly was the Battle of Franklin? More Americans became casualties in this five-hour battle than were lost in the first twenty-four hours of the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious assault in history.
In both . . . — — Map (db m103484) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
About 600 yards (550 meters) in front of you is the Nashville & Decatur Railroad. During the war, this line was only a few years old, but it was the most direct north-south transportation route through Middle Tennessee. Consequently, it was one . . . — — Map (db m103635) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Whether in the Union or Confederate ranks, the typical Civil War soldier at Franklin came from a rural world. More than likely, he lived in the countryside or in a town about the size of Franklin, which had a population of about 750 at the time. . . . — — Map (db m103636) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
About one mile (1.6 km) directly north of you stands Fort Granger, a large earthen fortification that provided the Union army a commanding view over much of this area. Built in the spring of 1863, Fort Granger sat on top of Figuers’ Bluff . . . — — Map (db m103637) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles from Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Road construction boomed in Tennessee during the mid-1800s, and the Nashville area was the state’s primary highway hub. Private companies built most of the roads, and they placed tollhouses along the routes to collect fees to cover costs and create . . . — — Map (db m103666) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
Of Tennessee’s 83 counties in 1860, only in three did slaves outnumber whites. Two were near the Mississippi Rover, where large plantations flourished. The third was Williamson County.
The McGavocks of Carnton, who owned 39 people in 1860, were . . . — — Map (db m103687) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle south of Lewsburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling north.
During the battle, Confederate forces charged a gristmill and sawmill that stood directly in front of you on the Lewisburg Pike. In antebellum Middle Tennessee, tobacco grew well in the north, while cotton blossomed in the south. Corn, wheat, and . . . — — Map (db m103960) HM
On Granbury Street at Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31), on the left when traveling west on Granbury Street.
Beasley Town
In 1899, W.J. Beasley and family came from Lick Creek to Franklin to establish a home and lumber mill. By 1920, Beasley was paying taxes on his home, sawmill and 24 rental houses valued at over $10,000 in total. Originally, the . . . — — Map (db m149782) HM
On Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
"Throughout 1862 first one army would be encamped in town, then the Federals. Raids were frequent, then we would run down in our cellar to get out of the range of the bullets. Sometimes we would spend a whole night there. The quiet would go on for . . . — — Map (db m103333) HM
Near South Berrys Chapel Road at Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431), on the left when traveling west.
In 1880, a group of Christians, including the Hamilton, Whitfield, and Dobson families, began to meet in the Perkins School (later called Parman School), a
one-room building located at the present day junction of Spencer Creek Road and Hillsboro . . . — — Map (db m158709) HM
On South Berrys Chapel Road at Hillsboro Road (U.S. 431), on the left when traveling south on South Berrys Chapel Road.
Berry's Chapel Stone Wall. In the early 20th century, miles of limestone fences lined both sides of Hillsboro, Franklin and Columbia Pikes. Our predecessors placed a high value on their stonewalls. The good ones were referred to as "hog deep . . . — — Map (db m158712) HM
On Boxley Valley Road 0.2 miles south of Boyd Mill Pike, on the right when traveling south.
Boyd's Mill was once the center of the costal and economic life of the Bingham community. Today, only the stone foundations give evidence to its position on the West Harpeth River. Originally built by Hendley Stone in 1809, sequent owners and . . . — — Map (db m150386) 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.
(front)
Born: March 1, 1831
Died: On this field, November 30, 1864
A moment before he fell, he urged his Texans on:
“Forward, men, forward! Never let it be said that Texans lag in a fight!”
They never did, and neither . . . — — Map (db m138119) 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.
The sense of pride, honor and integrity of the everyday fighting man of the Army of Tennessee made the brilliant careers of these five Brigadier Generals possible. Largely non-slave owning, these brave men of the Army of Tennessee followed Adams, . . . — — Map (db m135827) HM WM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of Strahl Street, on the left when traveling north.
This division, commanded by Major General John C. Brown, consisted or Gordon’s, Strahl’s and Carter’s Tennessee Brigades, and Gist’s South Carolina and Georgia Brigade. They were engaged south and west of the Carter House to the locust grove. Around . . . — — Map (db m137251) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (Business U.S. 31) north of W Folkes Street, on the left when traveling north.
Born at the Carter House March 24, 1840 and educated at the Harpeth Academy. He was an attorney-at-law and a Master Mason. Tod enlisted in Co. H, 20th Tenn. Inf. May 1, 1862. Appointed Assistant Quarter Master on Oct. 24, 1862 and served as a war . . . — — Map (db m137299) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewsiburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the left when traveling south.
The first enslaved African Americans were brought to Carnton in the nineteenth century. In 1820, eleven slaves lived here. By 1860, forty-four enslaved men, women and children labored on the six-hundred-acre farm. They lived in eleven cabins, most . . . — — Map (db m142923) HM
Near Eastern Flank Circle 0.4 miles south of Lewisburg Pike (Business U.S. 431), on the left when traveling west.
In this part of the McGavock family cemetery are buried some of the people who were once enslaved here, former slaves, and perhaps African-Americans who labored at Carnton in the decades following the Civil War. These individuals are an integrated . . . — — Map (db m142939) HM
On Carnton Lane south of Brandon Drive (Route 0.3), on the left when traveling south.
Carnton was built ca. 1815 by Randal McGavock (1768-1843), planter, political leader and mayor of Nashville. Named after the McGavock home in Northern Ireland, the house was greatly enlarged by Randal ca.1826. His son, John, later added the Greek . . . — — Map (db m62916) HM
Near Carnton Lane 0.6 miles south of Brandon Drive. Reported permanently removed.
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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 m135448) HM
On Carothers Parkway at Corporate Centre Drive, on the right when traveling north on Carothers Parkway.
Robert Carothers, Sr., a Revolutionary War soldier, and his family came to Tennessee from North Carolina in 1791 and were living in Williamson County in 1799. His son James, a War of 1812 veteran, became a prosperous landowner well-known for his . . . — — Map (db m149859) HM
On Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
The Carter cotton gin house, the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the Battle of Franklin, was located about 80 yards east of Columbia Pike. General Adams, Cleburne and Granbury were killed near here. The gin house, a weatherboarded, frame . . . — — Map (db m146527) HM
On Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling south.
Built 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter, and in use by three generations of his family. Here was command post of Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Federal field commander of Schofield's delaying action. The hottest fighting took place just east and south nearby, . . . — — Map (db m40114) HM
On Cleburne Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
(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 m137247) HM WM
Johnson Elementary School was dedicated on November 30, 1958, being named for Dr. Charles C. Johnson (1886-1966), a prominent local African American physician. Mr. James R. Watkins (1914-1996), Johnson’s first principal, led the school through the . . . — — Map (db m141186) HM
Near Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.1 miles south of Hillview Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Chestnut Blight Strikes!
First identified in 1904 in New York’s Bronx Zoological Park, the chestnut blight is caused by an Asiatic fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) and is almost always lethal to the American chestnut. Moving through the . . . — — Map (db m143852) HM
On West Main Street at Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
In the spring of 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act providing the President with means to exchange the lands of the five civilized Indian nations of the Southeast for lands west of the Mississippi. On August 20, 1830 Andrew Jackson met in . . . — — Map (db m61729) HM
On 4th Avenue North just north of North Margin Street, on the right when traveling north.
The two-acre city cemetery was deeded by Joel Parrish in 1811 to the town commissioners for $100. Among the early settlers buried here are Ewan Cameron who built Franklin’s first house, and Thomas Stuart, who served as judge of the Fourth Circuit . . . — — Map (db m141592) HM
According to a Nashville newspaper, by 1863 the ravages of war had made once-prosperous Franklin "but the ruin of its former greatness. Desolation and decay have passed over it."
The Union occupation in the spring of 1863 was followed by a . . . — — Map (db m120382) HM
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