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Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson Historical Markers
By Sandra Hughes, September 25, 2010
The Hermitage Garden
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | As with all living things, the Hermitage Garden cannot be wholly defined by any particular moment in time. Gardens grow and change. Few records tell us about the appearance of the garden Andrew Jackson enjoyed. Jackson hired gardener William Frost . . . — — Map (db m85370) HM |
| | As was common at large plantations, Jackson hired a white overseer on an annual contract to supervise farm operations, particularly the lives and work of the enslaved. The overseer's contract began on January 1, after the previous year's crop had . . . — — Map (db m85477) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | This log building was not part of Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage. In 1929, a fire destroyed one of Jackson’s original barns. To help replace it, The Ladies’ Hermitage Association purchased and moved this log building from the nearby Hunter's Hill . . . — — Map (db m52416) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | Andrew Jackson's strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.
Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones . . . — — Map (db m85372) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | In 1915, The Ladies' Hermitage Association planted this double line of trees to serve as the border for a new entryway intended for visitors arriving by automobile. Each tree came from a battlefield where Andrew Jackson fought, such as the Plain of . . . — — Map (db m85363) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | The stately trees and park-like grounds of today’s Hermitage bear scant resemblance to the working plantation of Andrew Jackson’s time. As the farm developed, trees were cleared to make room for fields and pastures.
By the time the first . . . — — Map (db m52408) HM |
| On Gallatin Pike North (U.S. 31E) at Rivergate Parkway, on the right when traveling south on Gallatin Pike North. |
| | After Col. John Donelson was killed in 1785, his widow and family continued to live here in a log house. In 1789 lawyers Andrew Jackson and John Overton boarded with the Donelsons. Here Jackson met Rachel, the Donelson's youngest daughter. They . . . — — Map (db m147702) HM |
| | Born March 15, 1767 Died June 8, 1845
Seventh President of the United States 1829-1837
Commander of victorious American forces
at Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815
This equestrian statue by Clark Mills was erected by the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m85487) HM WM |
| On 5th Ave N at Church St, on the right when traveling north on 5th Ave N. |
| | From 1814 to 1955 this was the site of the First Presbyterian Church. President Andrew Jackson was received into the church in 1838. James K. Polk was inaugurated governor here in 1839. The building designed in the Egyptian style by William . . . — — Map (db m121842) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles west of 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Across the alley stood the first Masonic Hall in the state, designed by architect Hugh Roland in 1818. Marquis de la Fayette was entertained there in 1825 by Past Grand Master Andrew Jackson. The 17th General Assembly of Tennessee met there in 1827. . . . — — Map (db m81437) HM |
| On Union Street 0.1 miles east of 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Andrew Jackson settled in Nashville in 1788 and served as Atty. Gen. until 1796. Lawyer John Overton owned a building here (1791-96) and shared office space with his friend Jackson. Jackson was Tennessee's first Rep. to Congress (1796) and state . . . — — Map (db m24084) HM |
| On Rosa L. Parks Boulevard (Alternate U.S. 41) 0.2 miles from Athens Way, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Brick manufacturer and builder, who fought under General Andrew Jackson in the Creek campaigns and at the Battle of New Orleans, left at his death in 1880 property and $100,000 as an endowment for a school later called Watkins Institute, organized . . . — — Map (db m147768) HM |
| Near Kirkwood Avenue at Granny White Pike. |
| | Home of Mary Benton, widow of Jesse Benton who left Nashville after a famous feud with Andrew Jackson in 1813. The Greek Revival house was built c. 1852 and stood between Union and Confederate lines during the Battle of Nashville in 1864. Prominent . . . — — Map (db m52851) HM |
| Near Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) 0.2 miles north of Leake Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1742 a European settler recorded his travel and the conditions of the path which was known as the Natchez Trace. This is the earliest known recording of the trace, a portion of which was located on the site of Belle Meade Plantation. The trace, . . . — — Map (db m81472) HM |
| On Broadway at 8th Avenue on Broadway. |
| | Also called The Commons, originally 240 acres extending south to the river. Given to Davidson Academy by the State of North Carolina, famous as a mustering ground. Here 4,000 Tennessee Militia were reviewed by Andrew Jackson and Lafayette on the . . . — — Map (db m84200) HM |
| | The first part of this house was built in 1799 by Judge John Overton, one time Revenue Collector for the Mero District of North Carolina, later member of the Tennessee Supreme Court and longtime friend of Andrew Jackson. These two with General James . . . — — Map (db m25652) HM |
| On Donelson Avenue west of Bryan Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Served in the Revolutionary War and as Inspector of Revenue in North Carolina, the same position held by his brother Judge John Overton in Tennessee. Close friend of Andrew Jackson, he was one of Jackson's seconds in the duel with Charles Dickinson. . . . — — Map (db m147696) HM |
| On Tennessee Route 26 at Tennessee Route 83, on the right when traveling east on State Route 26. |
| | The Beckwith Inn was located just south of here on the Old Turnpike. Originally built by James Cannady in 1816, it was one of the best-known landmarks in DeKalb County. James B. and Rachel Roulstone Beckwith operated the inn from 1843 until the late . . . — — Map (db m84976) HM |
| On Blackburn Hollow Road east of Lewisburg Highway (U.S. 31A), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson as captain in the War of 1812, he became a lifelong friend of ailing Jackson in Creek War when he said to him, "General I'll stay, will die with you," as others threatened to leave. Pioneer settler of Brick Church, . . . — — Map (db m38827) HM |
| On Wood Street (U.S. 79) at North Poplar Street, on the right when traveling east on Wood Street. |
| | (Front):
Henry County Courthouse
This Courthouse was designed by Reuben Harrison Hunt of Chattanooga and built by Ed M. Wallen of New Decatur, Alabama, in 1896. It is the third courthouse on this site and is one of West Tennessee's . . . — — Map (db m81947) HM |
| On Tennessee Route 139, on the right. |
| | Samuel McSpadden, powdermaker and Revolutionary War veteran, built this house in 1804, and died here on August 3, 1844. From a crude powdermill located 1/4 mile north he sent flatboats loaded with gunpowder to New Orleans, where General Andrew . . . — — Map (db m80438) HM |
| On Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 51) south of Unionville Road / Old Hwy 20 (Tennessee Route 210), on the right when traveling north. |
| | (obverse)
Dyer County
Established 1823; named in honor of
Colonel Robert Henry Dyer
who served valiantly under General Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition, the Creek War, War of 1812, - including the decisive . . . — — Map (db m55946) HM |
| On David Crockett Park Road. |
| | In the 49 years that David Crockett called Tennessee his home he migrated from one end of the Volunteer state to the other. From his birthplace near Limestone on the banks of the Nolichucky River to his last home in present day Rutherford (Gibson . . . — — Map (db m107422) HM |
| On David Crockett State Park Road. |
| | “Be always sure you are right, then go ahead!”
• Raised in frontier poverty without any education until he is a teenager, David is often hired out to others for additional income while still a child; once held against his will until . . . — — Map (db m108201) HM |
| On 2nd Avenue South at Mill Creek Drive, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Avenue South. |
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Glen's Stand was a large log house, inn, and tavern. Built pre-1812 by the Glen family in the Mississippi Territory, it was located on a trail beaten out by buffalos, which became part of (Cherokee Chief) Doublehead Trace. It stood at present-day . . . — — Map (db m146819) HM WM |
| On 2nd Avenue South at Millcreek Drive, on the right when traveling south on 2nd Avenue South. |
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An agreement was made with the Masons to build and share the two-story wood clapboard building. Different protestant denominations contributed labor, materials, and money. The graveyard, donated in 1908, became Loretto Cemetery after the church . . . — — Map (db m101814) HM |
| Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 385.9), 0.2 miles north of Summertown Highway (Tennessee Route 20). |
| | This plainly visible, though long deserted road is a section of The Natchez Trace, evolved from Buffalo and Indian Trails, into The First National Highway of the South-West, cut and opened under authority of the United States Government, after . . . — — Map (db m42767) HM |
| Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 385.9), 0.2 miles north of Summertown Highway (Tennessee Route 20), on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Natchez Trace, a very old trail, was traveled by many early Americans. Captain Meriwether Lewis, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, died near this point in 1809 while traveling the Natchez . . . — — Map (db m84633) HM |
| On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) 0.5 miles south of Bypass U.S. 64, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Mobilized his army Camp Blount Oct 1813. — — Map (db m32101) WM |
| On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) 0.1 miles south of Wilson Parkway/Thornton Taylor Parkway (Bypass U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here in October, 1813, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson mobilized from the Tennessee militia a mounted brigade, an artillery company and an infantry division, about 3500 men, for punitive operations in Mississippi territory, now Alabama. Brig. Gen. John . . . — — Map (db m31813) HM |
| On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) 0.5 miles south of Wilson Parkway/Thornton Taylor Parkway (Bypass U.S. 64), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In September 1813 the Army of West Tennessee assembled at Camp Blount on the Elk River just north and east of these oaks. On October 7th, Major General Andrew Jackson arrived in Fayetteville to take command of the army which, included Sam Houston . . . — — Map (db m158777) HM |
| On Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) 0.8 miles south of Ardmore Highway (State Road 110), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Immediately to the east lies an old cemetery that was established at an early date along the Great Road to Twickingham, now Huntsville, Alabama, over which General Andrew Jackson and his volunteers marched in 1813 to the Creek War. Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m30571) HM |
| On Auditorium Street at East Chester Street (U.S. 70), on the left when traveling south on Auditorium Street. |
| | William E. Butler, who served as Surgeon-General to Andrew Jackson in New Orleans, owned a race track located on this block. Jackson and his wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, attended races here in 1825. In 1843 Dr. Butler donated the site for a school . . . — — Map (db m61153) HM |
| On South Royal Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here in a grove, Oct. 8, 1840, Andrew Jackson spoke before about 10,000 enthusiastic listeners. Accompanied by James K. Polk and Felix Grundy, he was honor guest at a barbecue. Veterans of the War of 1812, welcomed him upon his second visit. — — Map (db m51373) HM |
| | Land donated by Richard "Kettle Dick" Anderson from 2,000 acre land grant he settled in 1810. Named "Old Well" for well at NW corner of cemetery dug by Andrew Jackson's army returning from the battle of New Orleans. Early settlers used the well as . . . — — Map (db m102063) HM |
| Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 407.7) south of Williamsport Pike (Tennessee Highway 50), on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | The 500 mile long Natchez Trace of the early 1800's, then known as the Natchez Road, connected Nashville on the Cumberland River with Natchez on the Mississippi River. This historic wilderness road crossed the Duck River 1/4 mile south of here. John . . . — — Map (db m84260) HM |
| Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 407) south of Williamsport Pike (Tennessee Route 50), on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of the few remaining buildings associated with the Old Natchez Trace is the house of ferry operator John Gordon.
In the early 1800s Gordon made an agreement with the Chickasaw Chief George Colbert to operate a trading post and ferry on the . . . — — Map (db m60217) HM |
| Near Blythe Ferry Road 2 miles north of Hiwassee Highway (Tennessee Highway 60), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Both the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Treaty of New Echota aimed to accomplish removal through voluntary emigration. Such efforts largely failed and by 1838 only about 2,000 Cherokee affected by the treaty had moved west. For those remaining, . . . — — Map (db m39493) HM |
| Near Blythe Ferry Road 2 miles north of Hiwassee Highway (Tennessee Highway 60), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Both the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Treaty of New Echota aimed to accomplish removal through voluntary emigration. Such efforts largely failed and by 1838 only about 2,000 Cherokee affected by the treaty had moved west. For those remaining, . . . — — Map (db m39529) HM |
| On State Highway 58 1 mile south of Cameron Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | About 1 mile east, at the mouth of Agency Creek, the U.S. Agency for the Cherokees was located from 1816 to 1821. Here, on July 8. 1817, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson, Governor Joseph McMinn, and David Meriwether, U.S. Commissioners, concluded a treaty . . . — — Map (db m150444) HM |
| On Tennessee Route 68 at County Farm Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 68. |
| | This highway follows two miles of the Old Federal Road established by the Treaty of 1805 between the United States and the Cherokee Nation. The Road began at the Tellico Blockhouse on the Little Tennessee River and extended to Vann’s Ferry on the . . . — — Map (db m49576) HM |
| On Nashville Highway (U.S. 70N) 0.4 miles east of Buffalo Valley Road (State Highway 96), on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m157316) HM |
| On County Route 41 0.1 miles east of Keysburg Road (Highway 1884), on the right when traveling west. |
| | To the north was the farm of John Bell, an early, prominent settler from North Carolina. According to legend, his family was harried during the early 19th century by the famous Bell Witch. She kept the household in turmoil, assaulted Bell, and drove . . . — — Map (db m50725) HM |
| | A soldier of the colonial army of 1776, and a veteran of the American Revolution, 1776-1781, Thomas Atchley served alongside private Andrew Jackson in 1794 under the command of Brigadier General James Robertson in the Indian Wars of the lower . . . — — Map (db m17103) HM |
| Near Island Road 1 mile from A.W. Willis Avenue. |
| | As early as the 1730's, a few British traders lived among the Chickasaw in this area, but Great Britain's brief ascendancy on the Lower Mississippi did not began until 1763. In that year, the British defeated France in the Seven Years' War and took . . . — — Map (db m82852) HM |
| On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) east of Interstate 240, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Shelby County Established 1819; named in honor of ISAAC SHELBY who, along with Andrew Jackson, was appointed United States Commissioner; together they arranged the purchase of the Western District from the Chickasaw Indian Nation . . . — — Map (db m82859) HM |
| On Adams Avenue at Third Street, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue. |
| | Exterior statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse includes, most prominently, six seated figures carved from single blocks of Tennessee marble, representing Wisdom, Justice, Liberty, Authority, Peace, and Prosperity. Near the top of the north facade . . . — — Map (db m82861) HM |
| | Although eastern Tennessee was settled in the 1770's, Western Tennessee was still wilderness when the state was admitted to the Union in 1796. Fort Pickering, a trading post of the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff was located near present day Memphis. At the . . . — — Map (db m82862) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
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Mile 90.2 AHP
Word of the treaty signed in December 1814, was slow to reach the countryside south of New Orleans, LA. Before dawn on January 8, 1815, General Andrew Jackson’s American troops were waiting for a British attack. Commanded . . . — — Map (db m114922) HM |
| Near Island Drive 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south. |
| |
A) Venice Louisiana
Mile 10.8 AHP
Venice lies at the end of the longest continuous levee line in the world, stretching 650 miles north to the Arkansas River. It is the last town accessible by a highway on the west bank of the . . . — — Map (db m114915) HM |
| On Bristol Highway (State Road 126) west of Anderson Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built shortly after 1785 by William Deery. Stopping place for many distinguished travelers of early days, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, the Marquis de Lafayette, Prince Louis Phillipe, Andrew Johnson and others enjoyed its hospitality. It operated . . . — — Map (db m82955) HM |
| On Carl Moore Parkway (U.S. 421) at Old Jonesboro Road, on the right when traveling east on Carl Moore Parkway. |
| | It crosses the highway here. Originally a branch of the Great War and Trading Path, it was later an important route from Virginia to the west. The first mail route between Richmond and Washington ran over it. Many notables used it, including Andrew . . . — — Map (db m157952) HM |
| On Netherland Inn Road just east of Lilac Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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In 1802 William King of Saltville, Virginia purchased two lots in Christianville where he built a dwelling, wharfs, warehouses and a store.
In 1818 Richard Netherland, Esquire, purchased the property and established a tavern on the Great Stage . . . — — Map (db m158080) HM |
| On Bristol Highway (State Highway 34) near Hyder Hill Road. |
| | 300 yards to the southeast is the home of William Cobb, pioneer. First seat of government of the Southwest Territory, October 10, 1790: Governor William Blount had headquarters here till removal to Knoxville, the new capital, in 1792. Andrew Jackson . . . — — Map (db m22906) HM |
| On U.S. 231 0.2 miles north of Chipman Road/Browning Branch Road (Tennessee Route 260), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Sumner County
Established 1786; named in honor of
Major Gen. Jethro Sumner
Officer in French and Indian War. Served in defense of Charleston, 1776; in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown; and in the Army at Valley Forge. His last . . . — — Map (db m149919) HM |
| On Hartsville Pike west of Harsh Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | 0.7 mile north, the home of James Winchester, built by artisans from his home state of Maryland and completed in 1802. He was a War of 1812 brigadier general, and in association with General Andrew Jackson and Judge John Overton was one of Memphis' . . . — — Map (db m82968) HM WM |
| On Ben Albert Road at Tyree Springs Road (Tennessee Route 258), on the right when traveling south on Ben Albert Road. |
| | A mineral springs resort was established here by R.C. Tyree sometime between 1814 and 1822. By 1834 it was the most celebrated watering place in the state. Presidents Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk were guests here. Burned during the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m151838) HM |
| | In the valley 500 yards north were held many kinds of frontier diversions, including racing on a half~mile semicircular track. Here, in 1788, Andrew Jackson, then 21 years old, rode his horse in a match race against a horse belonging to Col. Robert . . . — — Map (db m82981) 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 |
| | 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 Musket Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | • Raised in frontier poverty without any education until he is a teenager, David is often hired out to others for additional income while still a child; once held against his will until he escapes under the cover of a winter storm. • To avoid . . . — — Map (db m58421) HM |
| On Natchez Trace Parkway south of Morgan Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1663, King Charles II of England granted the
colony of Carolina all the land between 31 and 36 degrees
north latitude from the Atlantic Ocean "west
in a direct line as far as the South Seas."
The separation of North and South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m69634) HM WM |
| Near Country Club Road (Old County Route 2200) at Bockman Way (U.S. 70), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built of Tennessee sandstone between 1835 and 1839 by Barlow and Madison Fisk, the Rock House served as a frontier toll house and stagecoach inn along the Wilderness Trail. President Andrew Jackson stopped here on his trips to and from Washington to . . . — — Map (db m75377) HM |
| On Wilson Pike (Tennessee Route 252) at Crocket Road, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Pike. |
| | Forge Seat was built in 1808 by Samuel Crockett III, one of a large family of Crocketts who settled on extensive tracts of land in this area during the late 1700's. The house took its name from an iron forge on the property where Crockett and his . . . — — Map (db m54042) HM |
| On West Main Street at Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | On his return from New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
gave a brass cannon to Franklin
A part of his soldiery camped here
on their way to New Orleans. — — Map (db m61730) HM WM |
| On West Main Street at Columbia Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | In the spring of 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act providing the President with means to exchange the lands of the five civilized Indian nations of the Southeast for lands west of the Mississippi. On August 20, 1830 Andrew Jackson met in . . . — — Map (db m61729) HM |
| On Fair Street just east of North 7th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | At age 15, Cary Harris started the Franklin weekly newspaper, The Independent Gazette. Later, in 1824, he and his future brother-in-law, Abram P. Maury, Jr., began the Nashville Clarion, followed by the Nashville Republican in 1825. He married . . . — — Map (db m146421) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 31) at 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | On this site stood the home of John H. Eaton, U.S. Senator (1818-1829) and Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson (1829-1831). He resigned from the Cabinet after a scandal which reflected on the reputation of his controversial wife, Peggy. He . . . — — Map (db m149683) HM |
| On 2nd Avenue South south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This Masonic Temple, home of Hiram Lodge No. 7, built in 1823, was the first three-story building in Tennessee, and was at that time, the tallest building west of the Allegheny Mountains. It has been occupied by Hiram Lodge No. 7 since its . . . — — Map (db m61690) HM WM |
| On Old Hillsboro Road (State Highway 46) 0.1 miles east of Wilkins Branch Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Born near Hillsborough, N.C., and in 1801 moved his widowed mother and seven siblings to a 2,500-acre tract on Leiper’s Fork Creek. This settlement was originally called Bentontown, then Hillsboro. Upon this site stood the Benton log home until . . . — — Map (db m149964) HM |
| On Pecan Street north of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Chosen commissary by
General Andrew Jackson, War of 1812
Edward Burleson, his son,
accompanied him as book-keeper
Participated in
the Battle of New Orleans
January 8, 1815
Served under
his son, Edward, Army of Texas,
in the Grass . . . — — Map (db m111111) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business U.S. 59) at North Wells Street (Texas Highway 111), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. |
| | Organized, 1837; named for 7th President of U. S., Andrew Jackson.
Early hunting grounds of the cannibalistic Karankawa Indians, this region was crossed in 1528 by shipwrecked Spaniard Cabeza de Vaca. French explorer La Salle founded the first . . . — — Map (db m120603) HM |
| On West Hempstead Street at South Dallas Street, on the right when traveling west on West Hempstead Street. |
| | This congregation was organized in 1870 by ex-slaves Bob Bennett, James Collier, Andrew Jackson, Elijah Lewis, Alfred Williams, Steve Williams, Henry Wilson, and their families. They worshiped first in a residence provided by Alford Williams, then . . . — — Map (db m151371) HM |
| On Avenue I at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Avenue I. |
| | The present monument was erected by the State of Texas and unveiled on April 21, 1911, the 75th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Among several thousand spectators present were Houston family members, State officials, the two surviving . . . — — Map (db m82312) HM |
| On Church Hill Road 0.1 miles south of Shurtleff Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Hiram Powers, one of the most famous nineteenth century sculptors, was born in 1805 in a farmhouse that stood on this hillside. Although he went west with his family at a young age, and took up residence in Florence, Italy, in 1837, Powers always . . . — — Map (db m32221) HM |
| On Memorial Avenue 0.1 miles east of Richmond Highway (Virginia Route 110), on the right when traveling west. |
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"Before us is the broad and beautiful river, separating two of the original thirteen States, which a late President [Andrew Jackson]... desired to span with arches of ever-enduring granite, symbolical of the firmly established union of the . . . — — Map (db m142186) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 211) at Locust Street (Virginia Route 8), on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | This place became the county seat when Floyd County was formed in 1831. First called Jacksonville for Andrew Jackson, its name was changed to that of the county. The courthouse was built on land given by the Phlegar family. The town was incorporated . . . — — Map (db m65633) HM |
| On South Main Street (Business U.S. 220) near Old Furnace Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here stands the furnace and ironmaster’s house of the Washington Iron Works, Franklin County’s first industry. Originally established in 1773 by Col. John Donelson, father-in-law of President Andrew Jackson, the iron plantation was acquired in 1779 . . . — — Map (db m65983) HM |
| On Tazewell Street near Granby St. |
| | Here stood the residence of Littleton Waller Tazewell, attorney, Virginia legislator, U.S. Congressman and Senator, and Governor of Virginia. The Williamsburg native came to Norfolk in 1802 to practice commercial and maritime law and was widely . . . — — Map (db m35089) HM |
| On U.S. 29 Bypass, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Some miles northeast is the site of Markham, where was born Rachel Donelson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, 1767. Her father, John Donelson, leaving Virginia, became one of the first settlers of Tennessee. Fort Donelson was named for him. — — Map (db m20775) HM |
| Near Lincoln Street east of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | After the War of 1812, the shipyard helped repel an invasion of Craney Island and the USS Chesapeake was captured off Nova Scotia. Gosport continued to expand and improve. The keel of the USS Delaware was laid in the summer of 1817. . . . — — Map (db m76840) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 60) at South 13th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | Black Sparrow Hawk (Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak) led the Sauk Nation in defense of land taken from them in the 1830s. Displaced from three Midwestern locations, the Sauk resisted another federal relocation. Led by Black Hawk, the Sauk fought . . . — — Map (db m24336) HM |
| On Main Street / Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) at Depot Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street / Old Valley Pike. |
| | This area was a Native American hunting territory
before settlers of European descent arrived early in
the 18th century. Fertile land and powerful streams
supported an agricultural and milling economy. In
1826 the Virginia General Assembly . . . — — Map (db m108888) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Originally Mt. Pleasant, renamed in 1826 for Andrew Jackson who became president in 1828. 1861 - A Confederate hospital built with 500 beds. Confederate cemetery was established nearby. — — Map (db m158503) HM |
| On 5th Avenue at 8th Street on 5th Avenue. |
| | Authorized by an act of 1786 was extended in December 1787 from Richmond Va. past this point to the mouth of the Big Sandy River entering the city over Norway Avenue. By 1832 this road became the James River and Kanawha Turnpike opening west to . . . — — Map (db m73741) HM |
| On Sweet Springs Valley Road (West Virginia Route 3) at Kanawha Trail (West Virginia Route 311), in the median on Sweet Springs Valley Road. |
| | Near here is grave of John Floyd, 1783-1837. Governor of Virginia, 1830-1834; champion of the Oregon Country and of States' Rights; leader in the formation of the Whig Party; bitter foe of administration of President Andrew Jackson. — — Map (db m34487) HM |
| On Wheeling and Elm Grove Boulevard (West Virginia Route 88) at National Road (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling west on Wheeling and Elm Grove Boulevard. |
| | On site of Fort Shepherd is this mansion, built in 1798 by Moses Shepherd and known as Shepherd Hall. Among its guests were Lafayette, James K. Polk, Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay. Clay's support brought National Pike here. — — Map (db m750) HM |
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