Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lincoln County, Tennessee
Fayetteville is the county seat for Lincoln County
Adjacent to Lincoln County, Tennessee
Bedford County(35) ► Franklin County(106) ► Giles County(73) ► Marshall County(32) ► Moore County(11) ► Limestone County, Alabama(90) ► Madison County, Alabama(196) ►
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About the Sculpture
The First Volunteer statue represents no specific individual. Instead, the
sculpture embodies the volunteer spirit made synonymous with
Tennessee during the War of 1812. To portray the typical citizen-soldier
of the era, . . . — — Map (db m207968) HM
For Love of Family and Country
Andrew Jackson lost his entire family-father, two brother,
and mother-before his 15th birthday. His character was
marked by an abiding hatred of the British inspired by his
experiences during the . . . — — Map (db m207973) HM
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
Singer, songwriter, producer, attorney and educator, Ed Townsend remains best known for cowriting and coproducing half of Marvin Gaye's classic 1973 album, Let's Get It On. Over the course of a 50-year career, he wrote 250 published songs and . . . — — Map (db m196529) HM
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
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
Camp Blount was one of the earliest and by far the largest muster site for "Tennessee Volunteers during the War of 1812 and the Creek War, as such it helped Tennessee earn its official nickname, "The Volunteer State."
Between 1813 and 1815 . . . — — Map (db m207964) HM
Camp Blount was the rendezvous point and mustering ground for thousands of Tennessee militia serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and the Creek War. The State of Tennessee has preserved this site as a memorial to Tennesseans who . . . — — Map (db m207926) HM
Massacre at Fort Mims
The Creek civil war boiled over on August 30, 1813, when
Red Stick Creeks attacked Fort Mims in present-day
Alabama. Most of those killed were Creeks or spouses
or children of Creeks who had accepted . . . — — Map (db m207969) HM
The cascade was built in April, 2000, using stones from the original bridge. Water flowing over this semicircular structure is being pumped from Norris Creek.
It took two days, using modern equipment to set these stones.
How do you think . . . — — Map (db m214796) HM
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
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
(front)
This carven stone is here to tell to all the world, the love we bear to those who fought, died and fell, whose battle cry was do and dare, who feared no foe but fared the fray, our gallant men who wore the gray.
A tribute . . . — — Map (db m214895) WM
Native Tennessean
David Crockett was born in 1786 in Greene County,
Tennessee. In 1811, he moved his wife, Polly, and two sons
to Lincoln County, and in 1813 to Franklin County. When
the Creek War started Crockett mustered into the . . . — — Map (db m207976) HM
The National Register of Historic Places
March 25, 1982
Douglas-Wyatt House
Built by Hugh Bright Douglas
Circa 1893
Owned by Don Wyatt
Steamboat Gothic-Queen Anne Victorian — — Map (db m196509) HM
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
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
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
The Hobbs Bridge once served as the river crossing here. Completed in 1891 at a cost of $7,329, the bridge was named for Pleasant Hobbs, a member of the Lincoln County Court.
Only one of the original three steel trusses of the Hobbs Bridge . . . — — Map (db m195812) HM
These stones previously located on North Franklin Avenue were used by the early settlers of the town to mount their horses.
Donated to Lincoln County by the John and Jerry McKinney families. 1980
County Judge Leonard B. Mansfield
Plaque . . . — — Map (db m207985) HM
This Tulip Poplar
The State Tree of Tennessee
Planted
In Memory of
James Taylor Crawford
1903-1977
Who served the people of Lincoln County as
State Representative
State Senator
County Judge
He was a lifelong . . . — — Map (db m207986) HM
Tennesseans Push for War
The War of 1812 and Creek War thrust Tennessee into
the national spotlight. Tennessean Felix Grundy led the War Hawks, politicians who pushed the declaration of war against the British through Congress in June . . . — — Map (db m207965) HM
Joseph Greer carried the message of the victory at King's Mountain to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, thereby turning the tide of the revolution.
D.A.R.
1780 — — Map (db m214901) HM
In November 1809, thirteen years after
Tennessee became a state, settlers of
lower Bedford County saw the need to
establish a new county which resulted
in an act being passed by the General
Assembly in Knoxville that a county,
to be called . . . — — Map (db m191646) HM
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 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
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior<,br>
Dr. J. McKinney
in 1827 — — Map (db m196517) HM
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
Raising Awareness
The significance of Camp Blount has been recognized for
over a century. In 1913, the local chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution marked the site with a boulder
bearing a bronze plaque. In 1927, A.P. . . . — — Map (db m207967) HM
A National Hero
Andrew Jackson's victories during the Creek War and the War of 1812 made him a national hero. A contemporary noted, "Only George Washington enjoyed a reputation of comparable
scope.” For decades, the
nation celebrated . . . — — Map (db m207966) HM
In recognition of the Patriots who Settled in Lincoln County, Tennessee
Abbot, Drury•
Armstrong, Thomas•
Aslin, Thomas•
Beard, William•
Benson, Levin•
Blackmore, George•
Blackmore, George D.•
Brandon, Josiah•
Brown, . . . — — Map (db m207979) WM
Historical Brick from Robert E. Lee School circa 1900
donated by Greenbank
and
The James Moores Home circa 1917
donated by Roy Cline Family
A Fayetteville Main Street Project
2010 . . . — — Map (db m208854) HM
Black Raven
Soon after Sam Houston's father died, his mother moved
the family from Virginia to Maryville, Tennessee. Unhappy
with life on the farm, fourteen-year-old Sam ran away from
home to live with a Cherokee tribe. Black Raven, as . . . — — Map (db m207975) HM
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
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
The Business of War
Gov. Willie Blount's order calling out the militia brought
fifty-five year old Robert Hays, Andrew Jackson's
brother-in-law, back into service. Hays served as Muster
Master and Inspector at the rendevous site named . . . — — Map (db m207971) HM
The Creek Civil War
For years, the rift within the Creek Nation had grown
ever wider. Some Creeks accepted the federal government's program of acculturation. The Red Sticks did not. The growing tension between the two factions erupted into . . . — — Map (db m207963) HM
War with Great Britain
Most Americans were fed up with Great Britain. Between 1808 and 1811, the British navy captured 6,000 American sailors and forced them to serve in the Royal Navy. The British also encouraged the Indian nations to take up . . . — — Map (db m207928) HM
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Map on the left side of the panel is of the War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Creek War (1813-1814)
The map on the right side of the panel is of the Creek War (1813-1814) — — Map (db m207929) HM
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
Honoring all who served and dedicated to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I and II, and in the Korean Conflict, Viet Nam whose patriotism is held in perpetual remembrance.
Erected by the citizens of Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m214823) WM
Frontiersman
William Hall's family came to Tennessee in 1785 and
settled near Bledsoe's Lick in Summer County. Two years
later, hostilities between settlers and Indians escalated into
war. Hall lost seven family members, including his . . . — — Map (db m207977) HM
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
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
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
Petersburg Colored Elementary School was the only African American School in Petersburg, Tennessee. It burned in 1944. The following year a new two-room school was constructed for students in grades first through eighth. To separate the student body . . . — — Map (db m196533) HM
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
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
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 m207925) HM
