Historical Markers and War Memorials in Madisonville, Tennessee
Madisonville is the county seat for Monroe County
Madisonville is in Monroe County
Monroe County(41) ► ADJACENT TO MONROE COUNTY Blount County(68) ► Loudon County(24) ► McMinn County(53) ► Polk County(16) ► Cherokee County, North Carolina(25) ► Graham County, North Carolina(23) ►
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Born and buried on this land near Madisonville. Graduate of University of Tennessee, Yale Law School. Attorney; State Commissioner of Finance and Taxation January-May 1939; U.S. Representative from the Third Congressional District 1939–1948; U.S. . . . — — Map (db m243328) HM
Born in a house which stood here. Captain in the 5th Tenn. Inf., Mexican War; organizer and first commander of the 3rd Tenn. Inf., CSA, whose first action was the first Battle of Manassas. Promoted brigadier general, he was captured at Vicksburg . . . — — Map (db m215328) HM
Features of national significance include the world's largest underground lake and the rare anthodite formation (cave flowers). The cave also contains numerous other forms of stalactites and stalagmites. The bones and footprints of a giant . . . — — Map (db m82274) HM
Monroe County was established 1819; Named in honor of President James Monroe.
From 1819-1830 the Courthouse was in private homes.
The first courthouse was built on this site in 1830 and burned in 1833.
The second courthouse was . . . — — Map (db m82275) HM
This monument is dedicated to the U.S. Military Members from Monroe County that served in the wars that resulted from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Names listed are the K.I.A from Monroe County. Iraq Paul J. Johnson . . . — — Map (db m215330) WM
Dedicated by the Citizens of Monroe County In Honor and recognition of those who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars and in memory of those who gave their lives for our country The price of freedom is high even in . . . — — Map (db m215334) HM WM
In Memoriam Honoring the men from Monroe County who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the World War 1917 – 1918 Bedford B. Lunsford, DSC • Fred R. Allen • Horace Burger • Harden E. Clark • Lem E. Emert • Wm. Edgar Giles • Willie Greer • . . . — — Map (db m215333) HM WM
This memorial is dedicated in memory of those from Monroe County who gave their lives in World War II in defense of our country that we might have freedom in our pursuit of happiness. They gave us peace. we must keep it. Allen, Shirley • . . . — — Map (db m215332) HM WM
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 November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet . . . — — Map (db m69379) HM
