On Rankin Highway (U.S. 127) at Madison Drive, on the right when traveling north on Rankin Highway.
The first county seat of Bledsoe Co., was here. Buildings included a log jail on the hillock to the southeast. Members of its first court were Jno. Tollet, Jno. Narramore, Jesse McKinney, Michael Rawlings, Jos. Hoge, Jas. Standiver, Timothy Hixon, . . . — — Map (db m57955) HM
Near Cordell Lane at Tennessee Route 28, on the right when traveling west.
The outbreak of the war divided Sequatchie County families, and local men served on both sides of the conflict. Union and Confederate armies marched through the county, civilian law broke down, and marauders used the conflict as an excuse to rob, . . . — — Map (db m85541) HM
This road, then part of the Anderson Turnpike, was used by Federal wagon trains between the base at Bridgeport, Ala., and the besieged army in Chattanooga. West of here, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, raiding northwestward with his cavalry, intercepted a . . . — — Map (db m41147) HM
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