Dr. Peter John Flippin was born in Oakland, Tennessee and graduated in 1897 from the Memphis Hospital Medical College (later the University of Tennessee Medical School). Dr. Flippin provided medical care to white and African-American citizens of . . . — — Map (db m179140) HM
"The end of an evil year in the history of America—what another year will bring forth remained to be seen—perhaps and most likely the bloodiest war ever known in America, God forbid!" — Tipton County Court Clerk John T. Douglas, . . . — — Map (db m74738) HM
In the 1800s this area, known for its rich and fertile farm land, attracted settlers from the Carolinas, East and Middle Tennessee who were pioneering the "Great West". Associate Reformed Presbyterians (ARP) arrived and established Salem Church in . . . — — Map (db m179144) HM
A lifelong resident of Tipton County, Charles Bryson Simonton (1838-1911) was educated at Erskine College and, while serving as Captain, 9th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A was wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Ky. He was an educator, lawyer, state . . . — — Map (db m74696) HM
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Colonial Period
The first men of the English speaking race to tread the soil of Tennessee, James Needham and Gabriel Arthur, passed this site in June, 1673. They followed a great buffalo trail. Crossing the Alleghenies . . . — — Map (db m83134) HM
Following the removal of the Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church South to this place in 1852, a small, unplanned village known as Mt. Zion sprang up on the adjoining lands of Arthur Forbes Wooten, who first settled this point in 1835. The Post . . . — — Map (db m179157) HM
