Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
Lawrenceburg is the county seat for Lawrence County
Lawrenceburg is in Lawrence County
Lawrence County(61) ► ADJACENT TO LAWRENCE COUNTY Giles County(76) ► Lewis County(19) ► Maury County(124) ► Wayne County(28) ► Lauderdale County, Alabama(239) ►
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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
“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 North Hood Road at Waynesboro Highway (U.S. 64), on the right when traveling east on North Hood Road.
Using country roads in this area, the corps of Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee moved northward to Columbia, in Hood's attempt to concentrate there and destroy Schofield's force before he could unite with Thomas at Nashville. — — Map (db m62536) HM
On Public Square at South Military Street, on the left when traveling north on Public Square.
(front)
Erected by gift of
the people and
the Legislature of Tennessee,
to the memory of
Col. David Crockett.
Born in East Tennessee
Aug. 17th, 1786.
And gave his life for
Texas liberty amid
the smoking walls
of the . . . — — Map (db m82214) HM
On Waterloo Street at Public Square, on the right when traveling west on Waterloo Street.
Cornerstone placed June 19, 1905 by Mimosa Lodge No. 542 F & A M. Lawrence County established 1817. First Courthouse on this site 1821. Commissioners appointed to select site of county seat; David Crockett, Enoch Tucker, Henry Phoenix, Josephus . . . — — Map (db m82215) HM
The Frontier Industrialist
Using probably every cent of her inheritance and savings, Elizabeth Patton Crockett invested in a business venture with her husband that made sense to this growing frontier community. She and David built a crude . . . — — Map (db m107435) HM
On South Military Avenue south of Gallaher Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Here David Crockett lived from 1815 to 1822. He was one of the commissioners who laid out the county and selected the site of Lawrenceburg, a colonel in the militia, justice of the peace, member of the legislature and operator of several industries . . . — — Map (db m63081) HM
On South Military Avenue at East Taylor Street, on the right when traveling north on South Military Avenue.
After returning from the “Battle of New Orleans”, in the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson saw the need for a shorter, better military road, more suitable to defend the Gulf of Mexico. The September 1816 Treaty with the Chickasaw and . . . — — Map (db m152134) HM
On Public Square, on the right when traveling north.
Southern gospel pioneer James D. Vaughan was a hymnodist and music publisher who, in the course of promoting his work, created what is now known as the Southern gospel quartet. Vaughan also embraced then-new technologies, radio and records, and . . . — — Map (db m184867) HM
Born in 1864, James D. Vaughan was a renowned gospel songwriter and publisher. In 1902 he founded the Vaughan Music Company in Lawrenceburg. In 1922, he established radio station WOAN, considered the first radio station licensed in Tennessee. In . . . — — Map (db m53576) HM
Mr. James Vaughn was an American music teacher, composer, songbook publisher, founder of Vaugh Consevatory of Music, and the James D. Vaughn Publishing Co.
He also founded W.O.A.N the very first radio station in the State of Tennessee!
Please . . . — — Map (db m212423) HM
On Pulaski Highway west of Lonestar Road, on the right when traveling west.
Born in 1819, he was a Lawrence County farmer, merchant, and inventor of an early flying machine. Patented Sept. 4, 1877, No. 194841. Model exhibited at Scientific Exposition, Louisville, Ky. 1883.
Died in 1885. The field at Lawrenceburg Municipal . . . — — Map (db m29809) HM
On Shoal Circle at Haynes Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Shoal Circle.
Front and Back
"In Tribute and Dedication to the men and women of Lawrence County, Tennessee who served honorably and as a special tribute to those who gave their lives in defense of our country."
Both Sides
War . . . — — Map (db m232605) WM
On Public Square at South Military Street, on the left when traveling north on Public Square.
"In tribute and dedication to the men and women of Lawrence County, Tennessee who served honorably and as a special tribute to those who gave their lives in defense of our country".
War Casualties
World War I
34
World War II
119 . . . — — Map (db m53602) WM
On Shoal Circle at Hayes Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Shoal Circle.
Marker 1 - Front Side
War 1812
Admiral James Lawrence
Civil War
Robert N Alford • Dr. Gary D. Hampton
Spanish American War
Colonel David Crockett • William B. Allen • Edward W. Clark • George H. Nixon . . . — — Map (db m232332) WM
On West Gaines Street (U.S. 64) at Old Waynesboro Highway, on the right when traveling west on West Gaines Street.
From 1850 to 1861, the center for the cotton and wool spinning industry was hereabouts, many mills being located on Shoal Creek. First was Hope Factory, built just upstream by William Parks in 1823. Others were Glen Factory, Crescent Mills, Crowson . . . — — Map (db m63082) HM
Red-Tailed Hawks are probably the most common hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks are often seen soaring above open fields, gracefully turning circles . . . — — Map (db m107432) HM
The Bell Route
On October 11, 1838, 660 Cherokee led by John Adair Bell left from Fort Cass (present day Charleston, Tennessee) to begin an arduous 700-mile journey. Weak and miserable from being held in removal camps, the people in the Bell . . . — — Map (db m108202) HM
Near David Crockett State Park Road, on the left when traveling west.
This mill stone was discovered in Shoal Creek just below where Crockett Falls is today. This is the “runner” stone from an over runner gristmill, that would have ground corn into meal. Crockett’s mill was located in that general area . . . — — Map (db m114317) HM
On Waterloo Street at Military Street, on the right when traveling west on Waterloo Street.
In November 1862, Confederate cavalrymen under Col. Albert G. Cooper camped near Lawrenceburg. He confined captured Federal soldiers and Union sympathizers in the jail here on the town square. Union Maj. Thomas C. Fitz Gibbon, commanding the post . . . — — Map (db m53601) HM
Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 375.8) at Laurel Hill Road (Old Trace Drive), on the right when traveling north.
(Marker #1)
A Ride on the Old Natchez Trace
From this point you may drive over a mile and a half of the Old Trace and see for yourself this frontier road much as it appeared in the early 1800's.
En route, stop at the three . . . — — Map (db m84649) HM
Long time we travel on way to new land… Womens cry…Children cry and men cry…but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep on go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much.
Recollection of a survivor of the Trail of . . . — — Map (db m108204) HM
Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 375.8) at Laurel Hill Road (Old Trace Drive), on the right when traveling north.
over which pioneers traveled through Lawrence County, Tennessee, which was organized Oct. 21, 1817.
The county seat, Lawrenceburg, was created on Nov. 23, 1819, and named in honor of Capt. James Lawrence, naval hero of the War of 1812. . . . — — Map (db m36078) HM
On Lawrenceburg Highway (U.S. 64) at Pulaski Highway (Tennessee Route 15), on the right when traveling west on Lawrenceburg Highway.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 mandated the removal of all American Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River to lands in the west.
The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 . . . — — Map (db m63079) HM
On Pulaski Street at Public Square, on the left when traveling west on Pulaski Street.
700 Members of the Cherokee Tribe passed through downtown Lawrenceburg on November 5th, 1838 during the forced relocation known as the “Trail of Tears.”
Painting by:
Burnice Davidson
Project funded by:
Jones Distribution . . . — — Map (db m53572) HM
In the summer of 1817, just before his 31st birthday, David Crockett entered Lawrence County with his second wife Elizabeth (his first wife, Polly, died in 1815), her two children from her first husband (James Patton, died in the Creek Indian War in . . . — — Map (db m107420) HM
