On November 8, 1833, Benjamin Hooker sold six acres of land for one dollar to Wilson County Trustees to build a school and a church affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The establishment of a school and church helped
to solidify . . . — — Map (db m170761) HM
Over the course of a career that began in the late 1950s, singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels has bridged Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music.
Charles Edward Daniels was born in Wilmington, North . . . — — Map (db m154960) HM
Ezekiel Cloyd and John Williamson established Stoner's Creek Presbyterian Church about 1795. The congregation joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1810. Members built a church and camp meeting ground with a shelter on land donated by Cloyd. . . . — — Map (db m268843) HM
•William C Baird • Willie L Jones • Joe E Wright • Bryan R Gilliam • James Harden • Thomas Lane • Tyler Cates • Michael Stansbery, Jr • John Robertson • William Eagan • William M Smithson • Wilburn Warren Adams • Eugene Draper • George Keeling Lowe . . . — — Map (db m263481) WM
Stoner was the first white man known to have explored west Wilson County, as early as 1767. A "Long Hunter" he was attracted to this area for its abundant wildlife, including buffalo. In 1780, he explored what has since been called Stoner's Creek. . . . — — Map (db m278829) HM
Mount Olivet, the oldest Baptist Church in Wilson County was constituted on April 25, 1801. Until 1843, it was known as Big Cedar Lick Church. Begun in 1859, the native stone building, ¾ mile west, was finished after the Civil War. Slaves hauled . . . — — Map (db m150732) HM
With a certificate of freedom praising his industry and morality, Sherrod Bryant (1781-1854) moved here from Granville County, N.C., before 1840. A farmer, he was probably the wealthiest free black in Tennessee by 1850, owning land and slaves worth . . . — — Map (db m154968) HM
Sugg's Creek Church, founded in 1800, became Cumberland Presbyterian in 1810. The first Constitution of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States of America containing the Confession of Faith, Catechism, Government and Discipline, and . . . — — Map (db m178073) HM
Tracy Lawrence's impressive catalog of timeless music has made him a mainstay in the Country music genre selling millions of albums and repeatedly hitting No. 1 on the charts. He has garnered numerous CMA and ACM awards and nominations, as well as a . . . — — Map (db m263478) HM
This is the Williamson family cemetery that was started in 1823 when Elizabeth Williamson born in 1820 was buried here. John Williamson is buried here and he was a member of the North Carolina Regiment during the Revolutionary War. The earliest born . . . — — Map (db m271164) HM
