Historical Markers and War Memorials in Gallatin, Tennessee
Gallatin is the county seat for Sumner County
Gallatin is in Sumner County
Sumner County(135) ► ADJACENT TO SUMNER COUNTY Davidson County(1450) ► Macon County(51) ► Robertson County(39) ► Trousdale County(10) ► Wilson County(76) ► Allen County, Kentucky(17) ► Simpson County, Kentucky(31) ►
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As part of the westward migration of settlers from Fort Nashborough, the Asher family blazed a trail from Bledsoe's Creek through the area now known as Fairvue Plantation and built a stockade called Asher's Station. Savage Indian attacks at the . . . — — Map (db m198951) HM
On August 12, 1862, 2.7 miles north of here, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders, aided by citizens of Gallatin, demolished the Big South Tunnel on the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad by crashing a locomotive into a barrier of . . . — — Map (db m148022) HM
From 1882-1908, Fairvue Plantation was owned by Charles Reed who produced a long list of champion racehorses including Sir Francis, Mr. Pickwick, Rossifer and Yorkville Belle. He also purchased the most famous stallion of the time, St. Blaise, an . . . — — Map (db m198973) HM
Located 2.6 miles south of here is the Cairo Rosenwald School. Completed in 1923, it provided educational opportunities for African American children until 1959. Funding for the school's construction was provided by the African American community, . . . — — Map (db m178545) HM
City Cemetery
Located 0.2 miles south, the City Cemetery opened circa 1818 on land acquired from Felix Grundy, who later served as a United States senator from Tennessee. Within it stands one of only two Mexican War monuments in Tennessee. . . . — — Map (db m149358) HM
Bledsoe Creek State Park borders historic early settlements and houses including Bledsoe's Lick, Cragfont, Wynnewood, and the Avery Trace in what had been an Indian hunting ground. During the Civil War, this prosperous river and railroad hub . . . — — Map (db m180166) HM
“Miss Ellen”, gracious mistress of Fairvue Plantation, was a lifelong preservationist and leader in the restoration of historical homes in Tennessee. Under her stewardship, Fairvue mansion was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. She . . . — — Map (db m198969) HM
Built by Isaac Franklin in 1832, the mansion was considered to be the finest antebellum home in Tennessee. With identical facades facing east and west, the four over four room house has a central hall and double portico in the Ionic style. During . . . — — Map (db m198962) HM
In the early part of the 19th century, Isaac Franklin purchased twelve tracts of adjoining land totaling more than 2000 acres. This land comprised the nucleus of Fairvue Plantation. In 1832, he built Fairvue Mansion, the most elegant antebellum home . . . — — Map (db m198946) HM
The oldest church building in Gallatin in continuous existence, this church was organized October 25, 1828. The building was erected in 1836-37 and is an example of early Greek Revival architecture. The sanctuary was used as a hospital for Federal . . . — — Map (db m214582) HM
Early in 1861, Gallatin and Sumner County were divided over secession, but after the fall of Fort Sumter, residents voted almost ten to one in favor. Support of the Confederacy never wavered, as Capt. Benjamin S. Nicklin, 13th Battery, Indiana Light . . . — — Map (db m68408) HM
By an act of the Tennessee General Assembly, Gallatin became the county seat of Sumner County on February 26, 1802, when commissioners sold the first town lots. Newly laid out, the town embraced 42 ½ acres. The site had been purchased from . . . — — Map (db m82971) HM
General Griffith Rutherford, surveyor, North Carolina legislator, commander of Revolutionary War forces of Western North Carolina, and President of the Legislative Council of the Southwest Territory from 1794 to statehood, lived 3
miles south of . . . — — Map (db m180027) HM
In 1929, a small group of affluent foxhunters and equine enthusiasts purchased six hundred and thirty four acres of land initiating the Southern Grassland Hunt and Racing Foundation in Gallatin, Tennessee. This opened the way for a racecourse . . . — — Map (db m198975) HM
On this site was the campus of Gallatin Female Academy, 1824-36, and Sumner Female Academy, 1837-56. It was leased by the Howard Lodge I. O. O. F. to Howard Female Institute, 1856-74; Neophogen College, 1874-78; and Howard Female College, 1878-1922. . . . — — Map (db m149936) HM
Two miles east is "Rogana.” the stone and brick house built in 1800 by Hugh Rogan (1747-1814). An Irish immigrant, Rogan came to Nashborough with the John Donelson party in 1780 and was a signer of the Cumberland Compact. Noted as a surveyor and . . . — — Map (db m151860) HM
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common undeniable goal - - to valiantly protect our country’s freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and . . . — — Map (db m82972) WM
Born in Sumner County, Franklin and his business partner John Armfield became wealthy by trading in slaves and cotton. In 1832, he built the mansion at Fairvue Plantation and in 1839 married Adelicia Hayes. They had four children; none survived to . . . — — Map (db m198974) HM
Built c. 1844 by John Fonville
for James B. Jameson
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m178551) HM
Originally chartered in North Carolina as King Solomon Lodge #52. Gallatin's King Solomon Masonic Lodge #6 received its charter in 1808. As a pioneer lodge, its members and others formed the Grand Lodge of Tennessee on December 27, 1813. — — Map (db m224763) HM
The purpose of the mare barns was the birthing and nurturing of foals. Originally, the mare barns were fenced to protect the foals from the older horses. When horse racing enthusiast Charles Reed owned Fairvue 1882-1908, he built several mare barns . . . — — Map (db m198953) HM
The Mexican War
Instigated by the U.S. annexation of Texas and the dispute over its southern boundary, the Mexican War of 1846-1848 resulted in the cession of over 500,000 square miles of the territory then owned by Mexico west of Texas and . . . — — Map (db m85159) HM
A prominent African-American soldier, minister, and educator, Peter Vertrees was born December 16, 1840, in Edmondson County, Kentucky, as Peter Skaggs. At age five he was apprenticed to Jacob Vertrees whose name he assumed. From 1861-1865, he was . . . — — Map (db m149937) HM
Randy’s Record Shop (1946-1991) was the world’s largest mail-order record company. Founder Randy Wood began advertising his mail-order business in the late 40s on clear channel WLAC in Nashville, a broadcast that could be heard throughout most of . . . — — Map (db m68441) HM
Established in the home of William Dillard during the late 1700s, Rehoboth is the oldest continuing congregation in the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Church. Rehoboth has provided Sumner County with a community-meeting place, voting site, . . . — — Map (db m220961) HM
This monument marks Rose Mont and pays tribute to Major George Blackmore, father of Catherine Blackmore Guild, wife of Josephus Conn Guild, owner and builder of Rose Mont. Blackmore served in the Revolutionary War from 1777-1781. He came to . . . — — Map (db m68406) HM WM
Catherine Blackmore (1806-1888) and her husband Josephus Conn Guild (1802-1883) built Rose Mont circa 1842 here on their 500-acre plantation. Descendants occupied it until the City of Gallatin acquired the property in 1993. A grove of trees 150 . . . — — Map (db m68404) HM
Rosemont, a Greek Revival—style mansion completed in the 1840s, was the home of Judge Josephus Conn Guild, a state senator and representative who also served as a Lt. Colonel in the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Volunteers during the Seminole War. He . . . — — Map (db m68405) HM
This Monument Was erected by the liberality of the Citizens of the County of Sumner to the memory of her Patriotic Sons: who sacrificed their lives in the defense of the Flag of their country in the war with Mexico. In 1846. 1847 & 1848. . . . — — Map (db m85162) WM
Among the first ex-slaves in the Union Army were 200 local volunteers who enlisted here on the Public Square in July, 1863. They became a part of the Thirteenth United States Colored Infantry at Nashville. Two months later the army recruited . . . — — Map (db m68440) HM
This is the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did many of Sumner County’s young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a Protestant minister, died in 1847 at the age of forty-one, leaving his wife, Emma Douglass Clark, to . . . — — Map (db m82973) WM
To those courageous men and women who came to Gallatin in its earliest days, to those who settled here, and to those who later pushed farther westward carrying the American dream all the way to the Pacific.
In honor of Fred A. and Frances Dulin . . . — — Map (db m214580) HM
In 1799 James Winchester and William Cage, Jr. purchased 150 acres on the banks of the Cumberland River and here founded the town of Cairo. Four principal streets were laid out. Lots were sold between 1800 and 1820. The County Court met at Cairo . . . — — Map (db m178549) HM
This was the home of William Trousdale (1790-1872), governor of Tennessee (1849-1851) and U.S. minister to Brazil (1853-1857). During the Union army’s occupation of Gallatin from 1862 to 1870, its commanders regarded former governor Trousdale as the . . . — — Map (db m68416) HM
Built by John Bowen prior to 1820 and purchased in 1822 by William Trousdale, Governor of Tennessee, 1849-1851. He fought in the War of 1812, and the Creek, Seminole, and Mexican Wars, and was brevetted brigadier-general by President Polk in 1848. . . . — — Map (db m68415) HM
Completed in 1922 on East Winchester Street, Union High School was Sumner County's first and only secondary school for African-American youth. The African-American community, public, and Rosenwald Funds provided funding for construction. The first . . . — — Map (db m151861) HM
The people of the "Volunteer" State of Tennessee humbly dedicate this structure between the counties of Sumner and Wilson to its valiant sons and daughters who, in times past, having answered the call to Arms, have sacrificed their services and . . . — — Map (db m214581) WM
With the opening of Volunteer State Community College in September 1971, Gallatin's dream of a strong institution of higher education was realized. Acting on the recommendation of Education Commissioner J.H. Warf and Governor Buford Ellington, the . . . — — Map (db m149942) HM
This station was built in 1790 near Bledsoe Creek by Joseph Ziegler to protect early settlers. In 1791, it was attacked by a war party of Creek, Cherokee, and Chickamauga Indians, killing ten persons and taking eighteen prisoners. A forced march was . . . — — Map (db m82974) HM WM
