On Atwood Highway (U.S. 79) at Cades Atwood Road, on the right when traveling south on Atwood Highway.
Carroll County
Established 1822: Named in honor of
William Carroll
An officer in the War of 1812;
governor of Tennessee, 1821-27
and 1829-35; Served as governor
longer than any other man.
Gibson County
Established . . . — — Map (db m52132) HM
On Main Street, Atwood Highway (Tennessee Route 76 / 77) at Cades Atwood Road, on the left when traveling east on Main Street, Atwood Highway.
Established 1823; Named in honor of
Colonel John Gibson
who served with distinction under
General Andrew Jackson in the
Natchez Expedition, 1812 - 13,
and in the Creek Wars. — — Map (db m52134) HM
On Atwod Highway (U.S. 79) at Jax Road, on the right when traveling east on Atwod Highway.
Governor Browning was born in Carroll County. After graduating from Cumberland Law School in 1915, he began practicing in Huntingdon. He commanded Battery D, 114th Field Artillery in France in World War I. In 1922 he was elected to Congress and . . . — — Map (db m51404) HM
On Lexington Clarksburg Road (Tennessee Route 22) at Tennessee Route 424 when traveling south on Lexington Clarksburg Road.
(preface)
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry brigade on a raid through West Tennessee, Dec 15, 1862-Jan 3, 1863, destroying railroads and severing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s supply line between Columbus, Kentucky, and Vicksburg, . . . — — Map (db m174179) HM
On State Highway 22 at Roan Creek Church Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 22.
In July 1825, William and Mary Billingsley Holmes and daughter, Polly Holmes, Christopher and Elizabeth Wood Gist, and Levi McWhirter and wife met in the grove of large oaks directly to the west and organized a Bible school. This was the beginning . . . — — Map (db m156580) HM
On Broad Street (U.S. 70) at Wall Street, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), author of the classic Democracy in America, and Gustave de Beaumont (1802-1866) spent four frigid days and nights, December 12-16, 1831 at Sandy Bridge, now Hollow Rock. The postmaster, Zephaniah Harris, and . . . — — Map (db m52647) HM
On West Broad Street (U.S. 70) at Bayless Street, on the left when traveling east on West Broad Street.
Founded in 1822, this Primitive Baptist Church has been in constant use. It holds an annual foot-washing ceremony the first Sunday in May, which is attended by communicants and witnesses from many parts of this and neighboring states. — — Map (db m52585) HM
On Court Square at Lexington Street (Tennessee Route 22), on the left when traveling east on Court Square.
When the Civil War began, Carroll County residents were divided about equally between Union and Confederate sympathies and furnished a similar number of soldiers for each army. The well-to-do cotton growers residing in the prime land in the western . . . — — Map (db m179657) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 70) at Browning Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Dedicated to
those who
gave their lives
Mexican War 1846-1848
Company B, Carroll County Guards
Tennessee Volunteers
John A. Barham • J. B. H. Bigham • W. E. Bledsoe • Samuel W. Bridges • Clark S. Butler • Gilmore S. Butler • Thomas . . . — — Map (db m179661) WM
Near East Main Street (Business U.S. 70) at Browning Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Thomas Park was established in 1906 by the Civic Improvement Club, a women's group whose primary objective was the beautification of their hometown. The Club took on the task of making the area on East Main Street around the train depot more . . . — — Map (db m179631) HM
On Lexington Street (Business Tennessee Route 22) at Noles Lane, on the right when traveling south on Lexington Street.
Born in Maury Co., he was an officer of volunteers in the Mexican War. A lifelong staunch Unionist, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Union Party convention of 1860, later an officer in the Federal Army. A delegate to the Republican convention . . . — — Map (db m52608) HM
On Court Square (Business U.S. 70) at Church Street when traveling south on Court Square.
This site was a portion of the property that was home for Hotel Olive built in 1889 and later burned in 1930. E.H. & Lida Mai Edwards built the service station on the property in 1935 that remained a functioning service station for the downtown area . . . — — Map (db m179644) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 70) at Buena Vista Road, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Lived and is buried about 3½ miles southeast. On December 9, 1822, he made a trail through the woods to the new county seat, carrying a crosscut saw. Arrived at Huntingdon, he sawed a door in the new log courthouse and thus, as Chairman of the . . . — — Map (db m52609) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 70) at Oakhill Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Established in 1822, this cemetery contains the remains of soldiers from every major American war since the establishment of the state. Among those buried here are two from the War of 1812, three from the Mexican War, and thirty-eight from the Civil . . . — — Map (db m51407) HM
On Tennessee Route 22 at Lexington Street (Business Tennessee Route 22), on the right when traveling north on State Route 22.
Built about 1818 in the area to the east. Here also were held barbecues, barn dances, prize fights and cockfights. Here, according to court records, David Crockett “participated in an affray,” while attending the races. He was fined six . . . — — Map (db m52584) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 70) at Northwood Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Although many West Tennessee residents favored secession, Unionism was strong in many areas, particularly in the counties near the Tennessee River. Two of the most notable Unionists lived on the south and north sides of Huntingdon.
Isaac R. . . . — — Map (db m179626) HM
On Cherry Avenue at College Drive, on the right when traveling west on Cherry Avenue.
Founded as Bethel Seminary at McLemoresville in 1842 by the West Tennessee Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Ruben Burrow principal. Incorporated in 1847, it became Bethel College in 1850 and moved here in 1872. It was presented to . . . — — Map (db m52842) HM
On Highland Drive (U.S. 76) at State Route 22, on the left when traveling north on Highland Drive.
About 3 miles SE, the lake was discovered in 1785 by Henry Rutherford, who surveyed the majority of west Tennessee. It was orginally named Boyd's Lake, for the Rev. Adam Boyd, chaplin [sic] of the North Carolina Regiment in the Revolution, who later . . . — — Map (db m81368) HM
On Highland Drive (U.S. 76) 0.2 miles south of Oak Manor Road & Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling north.
Moving to McKenzie, Forrest's Brigade captured the 100 - man garrison. Here they spent Christmas Eve, while working parties completed destruction of 4 miles of trestles and bridge between the forks of the Obion River. Other parties completed . . . — — Map (db m52174) HM
On North Carroll Street, 0.3 miles north of East Smith Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Albert Gallatin Harris purchased this farm in 1829 and built the present house in 1857. After camping on the land during the Civil War, Union troops ransacked the farm, killing or stealing all the livestock. They did not burn the house because the . . . — — Map (db m74514) HM
On Cedar Street (Tennessee Route 124) at Broadway Street, on the left when traveling west on Cedar Street.
James Monroe McKenzie, entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in February 12, 1818. In 1860 he donated land for the depot and freight office where the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad crossed the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, resulting in the . . . — — Map (db m81369) HM
On North Main Street at Cedar Street (Tennessee Route 124), on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
(preface)
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry brigade on a raid through West Tennessee, Dec. 15, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863, destroying railroads and severing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's supply line between Columbus, Kentucky, and Vicksburg, . . . — — Map (db m74532) HM
On Highland Drive (U.S. 79) 0.1 miles south of Tennessee Route 22, on the left when traveling north.
Originally founded in 1923 as the black "County Training School" at Smyrna, Tennessee. It was moved to McKenzie in 1927, and named "Webb High School" in honor of John L. Webb. With over 1900 alumni, this school, under the leadership of J. L. Seets . . . — — Map (db m52177) HM
On West College Street at Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on West College Street.
Near this site, in 1842, Bethel
College had its beginning as Bethel
Seminary, founded by the West
Tennessee Synod of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. The college
continued here in McLemoresville
until 1872, when it was moved to
McKenzie. . . . — — Map (db m194269) HM
On Main Street (Alternate U.S. 70) 0.1 miles east of McLemoresville Road, on the right when traveling east.
The home of R.E.C. Dougherty stood on the foundations of the house to the north. Here, as Chairman, he held the first meeting of the Carroll County Court, March 11, 1822. Members were, Daniel Barcroft, John Bone, Banks W. Burrow, Edward Gwin, John . . . — — Map (db m51405) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 77) at College Street (State Highway 105), on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Forrest's Brigade, re-armed, and re-equipped with material and horses captured from the Federal storehouses which they had plundered, passed through here enroute to Lexington and their re-crossing of the Tennessee River at Clifton. — — Map (db m51406) HM
On West College Street (Tennessee Route 105) at Church Street, on the right when traveling east on West College Street.
McLemoresville was settled in early 1800. In 1820 missionaries Rev. Benjamin Peeples and Rev. Lewis Garrett met at the Public Land Office to divide their territory. By 1859 a church was organized. From 1886 when the northern Methodist Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m194273) HM
On Adams Street, 0.5 miles west of Tennessee Route 105, on the right when traveling west.
Formerly enslaved, the Reverend Levi Price and his wife Lizzie Price were members of the original church. The Reverend Levi Price served as the first pastor of Reedy Creek Missionary Baptist Church, the only African American Church in the area. On . . . — — Map (db m130428) HM
On Tennessee Route 190 at milepost 4,, 0.3 miles south of Hinkledale Road, on the right when traveling north.
First used as Post No. 2 by the 1785 surveyors, a town was later established on November 14, 1823, at John Christmas McLemore's Bluff, on the South Fork of the
Obion River. Goods were shipped down the river until 1854. Buckeye Point, 1 mile east, . . . — — Map (db m52130) HM
On Broad Street (U.S. 76) at Oak Grove Road (Old McKenzie Road), on the right when traveling south on Broad Street.
On the old McKenzie Road one mile north stands the historic home of Major Jack Hillsman, Civil War veteran, son of pioneer Reddick Hillsman from North Carolina who helped organize Carroll County in 1821. The two-story house, completed in 1869, was . . . — — Map (db m52192) HM
