Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jonesborough, Tennessee
Jonesborough is the county seat for Washington County
Jonesborough is in Washington County
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On Oak Grove Avenue (State Road 81) north of West Main Street (State Road 81), on the right when traveling north.
Born January 1807, this native Tennessean became one of the area’s most successful businessmen, achieving prominence as a financial agent for the East Tenn. & Va. Railroad, which he helped to found. During the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier . . . — — Map (db m45456) HM
On July 1, 1898, Lt. Ray planted the United States flag on San Juan Hill, Cuba, amid a hail of enemy bullets during the Spanish-American War. For his heroic courage in action, Ray received a battlefield promotion. He served in the U.S. Army from . . . — — Map (db m83136) HM
On West Main Street (Old State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
This 1778 landmark was the home of
Captain Christopher Taylor
Revolutionary War officer and a State of Franklin leader
Andrew Jackson
Seventh President of the United States
Boarded here in 1788 while practicing law in Jonesborough . . . — — Map (db m158251) HM
On Mayberrry Road at Highway 81 on Mayberrry Road.
This Baptist church was organized the first Saturday in September, 1783. Here, the fourth Saturday in October, 1786, Holston Association was organized with Tidence Lane moderator and William Murphy clerk. Seven churches were represented. This was . . . — — Map (db m81253) HM
Built in 1797 by Dr. William P. Chester of Lancaster, Pa., it has been continuously occupied as an Inn, a hotel and an apartment house. Among the guests here have been three presidents of the United States, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk and Andrew . . . — — Map (db m22845) HM
About one mile southwest of this location,
this log house was built in 1777 by this
officer who was a veteran of the French
and Indian War and a major in the
American Revolutionary War. He is buried
in the family cemetery nearby. . . . — — Map (db m83137) HM
On this site, in 1819-1820, were published The Manumission Intelligencer and The Emancipator. Edited and published by Elihu Embree and printed by Jacob Howard, these were the first periodicals in the United States devoted exclusively . . . — — Map (db m22847) HM
On East Main Street east of North Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling east.
Colonial and Revolutionary Service
A native of South Carolina; Founder of Brown’s Settlement on Nolachucky River, 1771; Merchant, Gunsmith and Blacksmith to the Cherokee Indians; purchased from those Indians two boundaries of land-a . . . — — Map (db m83139) HM WM
On Tennessee Route 81 S at Taylor Bridge Road (Tennessee Route 81) on State Route 81 S.
About one mile S.W., this pioneer from S.C. settled on Nolichucky River in 1771. Brown's purchase of 2 tracts of land from the Cherokee on March 25, 1775, was made beneath a great oak tree still standing nearby. His sandstone marker reads "Jacob . . . — — Map (db m121436) HM
On West Jackson Boulevard (U.S. 11E) 0.1 miles east of West College Street (Tennessee Route 81), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Formally established in 1779, by the General Assembly of North Carolina, as county seat of Washington County, first county west of the mountains. In 1784, the State of Franklin was organized here, with Jonesboro as its first capital. — — Map (db m234534) HM
On East Main Street east of North Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling east.
Washington District 1776; the first governmental division ever named in honor of George Washington; Washington County 1777; Jonesborough established by N.C. Act of 1779 laid out 1780; Capital of State of Franklin 1784-1785; Judicial Capital . . . — — Map (db m83153) HM
Near Boone Street, 0.1 miles north of East Main Street (Old Tennessee Route 34), on the left when traveling north.
Jonesborough Veterans Park is dedicated to the men and women of Washington County who have served this nation’s military from the Revolutionary War to the present. — — Map (db m192757) WM
On John Sevier Highway (Tennessee Route 107), on the right when traveling east.
Eighty yards south. German immigrant Charles F. Decker opened the Keystone Pottery in 1872. Kitchen and household ware were produced in large quantities. The Decker family also crafted a variety of unique and beautifully decorated grave markers, . . . — — Map (db m83154) HM
On State Highway 81 at Mayberry Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 81.
1¼ Mi. is the site of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and cemetery. Organized about 1807; reported in 1811 to the North Carolina Synod, and became charter member of Tennessee Synod in 1820. In its early years, services were held in both German and . . . — — Map (db m158201) HM
On East Jackson Boulevard (U.S. 11E) 0.1 miles east of Boone Street, in the median.
One-quarter mile SW on the main street of Jonesboro stood the silversmith shop of William and Matthew Atkinson, designers of the Great Seal of the State of Tennessee. Although authorized by the Tennessee Constitution of 1796, the seal was first used . . . — — Map (db m45399) HM
On Gray Station Sulphur Springs Road (Tennessee Route 75) north of Bayless Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Methodist church has conducted camp meetings here since 1820. Camp meetings are religious revivals at which participants eat and sleep on site. The first shed at Sulphur Springs Camp Meeting Grounds was erected in 1842. A new shed, 74 feet by 45 . . . — — Map (db m133754) HM
On Gray Station Sulphur Springs Road (Tennessee Route 75) north of Bayless Road, on the right when traveling north.
Original Site of the Sulphur Springs Camp Meeting c 1820 Land donated by Payne Squibb
Original shed built about 1845 the Reverend William Milburn, Pastor Present shed built about 1900 from many of the old hand-hewn beams
Dedicated to the Glory . . . — — Map (db m133756) HM
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, June 23, 1773. Moved to Knoxville in 1800 where he practiced law. First Mayor of Knoxville, judge on Superior Court and State Supreme Court. Charter member of Board of Trustees of East Tennessee College, now the . . . — — Map (db m22851) HM
Built by the Holston Association of Baptist Churches in 1854, this building housed the Holston Baptist Female Institute, Tadlock's School for Boys (ca. 1866-67), and Holston Male Institute (1867-76) operated by Confederate Colonel Robert Dungan. In . . . — — Map (db m83155) HM
