Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lincoln County, Tennessee
Adjacent to Lincoln County, Tennessee
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During 1837 and 1838, a forced removal plan of the native people was implemented consisting of the removal of the tribal people of Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.
Lieutenant Edward Deas, escorted one of the last groups to be . . . — — Map (db m75213) HM
On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) 0.1 miles south of Wilson Parkway/Thornton Taylor Parkway (Bypass U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north.
Here in October, 1813, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson mobilized from the Tennessee militia a mounted brigade, an artillery company and an infantry division, about 3500 men, for punitive operations in Mississippi territory, now Alabama. Brig. Gen. John . . . — — Map (db m31813) HM
On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) 0.5 miles south of Wilson Parkway/Thornton Taylor Parkway (Bypass U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north.
In September 1813 the Army of West Tennessee assembled at Camp Blount on the Elk River just north and east of these oaks. On October 7th, Major General Andrew Jackson arrived in Fayetteville to take command of the army which, included Sam Houston . . . — — Map (db m158777) HM
On Elk Avenue South at College Street East (Business U.S. 64), on the left when traveling north on Elk Avenue South.
Confederate Park, the northeast corner of the courthouse yard, was deeded to the Zollicoffer-Fulton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, by the Quarterly Court. The chapter unveiled the Confederate Monument on September 6, 1906. . . . — — Map (db m32103) HM
On College Street East (Business U.S. 64) at Elk Avenue South, on the right when traveling east on College Street East.
Manufactured by the Scott Foundry of Reading, Pennsylvania, in January 1865 and February 1866, these two cannons were cast as 10-inch muzzle loading smooth bore weapons. In 1876 rifled sleeves were inserted into the gun tubes reducing the barrel . . . — — Map (db m32304) HM
Near Thornton Taylor Parkway (Route 10/15) at Eufala Street, on the right when traveling west.
This jail door is from the old city calaboose which was built in 1867. Cahoots Restaurant is located in this structure today.
“Many a person has looked through these bars”
Donated by Flo Carter — — Map (db m152126) HM
On Thornton Taylor Parkway (Bypass U.S. 64) west of Eufala Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1862, Lincoln County and Fayetteville residents celebrated the completion of a local engineering marvel, a huge stone bridge over the Elk River, that they hoped would ensure the continual prosperity of this agricultural community. The 450-foot . . . — — Map (db m152122) HM
Near Thornton Taylor Parkway (State Highway 10/15) at Eufala Street.
This bridge, a 36 feet replica, was built in June 2000 as a memorial of the original stone bridge which spanned 450 feet across the Elk River. Its remnants can still be seen and are approximately 300 yards to the southwest of this location. . . . — — Map (db m152127) HM
On Elk Avenue South south of College Street East (Business U.S. 64), on the right when traveling south.
Lincoln County was a Confederate stronghold during the Civil War. Local men formed companies for the Confederate army before Tennessee seceded. In April 1861, Col. Peter B. Turney organized the 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment (first in the state) . . . — — Map (db m82217) HM
On Elk Avenue South south of College Street East (Business U.S. 64), on the right when traveling south.
On June 15, 1864, Thomas Massey, William Pickett, and Frank Burroughs were arrested and were to be executed without trial by Union General E.A. Payne for the alleged charge of bushwhacking. Hearing of the order, John Massey, the older brother of . . . — — Map (db m82218) HM
On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) 0.8 miles south of Ardmore Highway (State Road 110), on the right when traveling north.
Immediately to the east lies an old cemetery that was established at an early date along the Great Road to Twickingham, now Huntsville, Alabama, over which General Andrew Jackson and his volunteers marched in 1813 to the Creek War. Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m30571) HM
On College Street West (U.S. 64) at Edison Street West, on the right when traveling west on College Street West.
St. Paul AME Church
has been placed on
The National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
October 3, 2003 — — Map (db m154303) HM
On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 431) at Thorton Taylor Parkway (Bypass U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north on Huntsville Highway.
This is the largest of a number of dry-stone arch bridges which furnished the highways of Tennessee before the War Between the States. It was begun in 1858, and completed a short time before Tennessee seceded from the Union. It accommodated a . . . — — Map (db m152130) HM
On Thornton Taylor Parkway (Bypass U.S. 64) west of Eufala Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 mandated the removal of all American Indian tribes cast of the Mississippi River to lands in the west.
The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 . . . — — Map (db m152128) HM
On East Market Street east of South Main Avenue (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west.
To the women of the Confederacy, who kept intact the homes of the South, while the men of the South were fighting her battles, and who gave to their soldiers, their children, and their land the water of life, hope, and courage, this fountain is . . . — — Map (db m35800) HM
Lincoln County
Established 1809; named in honor of Major Gen. Benjamin Lincoln of the Revolutionary Army. After service at Saratoga, he was put in Chief Command in the Southern Colonies. Later, he was Secretary of War under the Confederation, . . . — — Map (db m82219) HM
On Three Hundred Dollar Road 0.3 miles west of Bledsoe Road, on the left when traveling west.
Joseph Greer, age 26, son of Andrew
Greer, an early member of the Watauga
Settlement in East Tennessee, fought at
the battle of Kings Mountain on
Oct. 7, 1780. He alone made the overland
trip from the battlefield to Philadelphia
where he . . . — — Map (db m146818) HM
About four miles northeast is buried Joseph Greer, son of Andrew Greer, an early member of the Watauga Settlement in East Tennessee. After fighting at King's Mountain, he made a rapid overland trip to Philadelphia, where he officially reported the . . . — — Map (db m31546) HM
On Lewisburg Highway (U.S. 431) 0.2 miles south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
Lincoln County
Established 1809; named in honor of
Major Gen. Benjamin Lincoln
of the Revolutionary Army. After service at Saratoga, he was put in Chief Command in the
Southern Colonies. Later, he was Secretary of War under the . . . — — Map (db m160583) HM
On Ardmore Highway (Tennessee Route 110) 0.3 miles east of Ballard Hollow Road, on the right when traveling east.
Born 1811 in South Carolina, a farmer, Renowned Gunsmith and a Past Master of Andrew Jackson Lodge #68 F & AM. Grandson of Revolutionary War Veteran John Bearden, Sr. Married in 1831 to Margaret Downing, buried at this site with four of their eleven . . . — — Map (db m72478) HM
On Poorhouse Road 1.7 miles east of Good Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west.
The rocks were placed here as a memorial for about two hundred people buried in the
grass lot located five hundred yards northwest of this location. No identification of
graves or people remain. The boundary of this cemetery is marked by upright . . . — — Map (db m152133) HM
On Poorhouse Road 1.7 miles east of Good Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Lincoln County Poor Farm operated on 230 acres in these hills. Many lived and died
here. Some 100 that died here are buried on the hillside 500 yards northwest of this location. No grave identifications remain. At minimal taxpayers' expense, . . . — — Map (db m152132) HM
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