On land that was originally a Revolutionary War land grant, William and Mariam Beck Forrest purchased a two story log cabin and 180 acres one half mile east. The Forrest family moved to Mississippi in 1833. In 1861 their oldest son, Nathan Bedford, . . . — — Map (db m74666) HM
The Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Home, the only surviving house of three that the Forrest family occupied in the northern end of Marshall County, is located a quarter mile ahead of you. In 1830, Forrest's father, William Forrest, bought the . . . — — Map (db m196648) HM
Freeman's Battery under the command of Captain Samuel L. Freeman, served with General Forrest from October 9, 1862 until April 10, 1863. On that day, while advancing toward Franklin, Tennessee on the Lewisburg Pike, General Forrest's command was . . . — — Map (db m74668) HM
This Revolutionary veteran is buried in his family plot. Born in Orange Co., N.C., Jan. 12, 1763, he fought as a volunteer infantryman at Guilford Courthouse and elsewhere. A member of the North Carolina House of Commons, 1809-10 and 1814, he came . . . — — Map (db m151043) HM
Marshall County. Established 1836: named in honor of John Marshall of Virginia. Serving in Congress in 1799, he was Secretary of State from 1800 to 1801, and Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835.
Williamson . . . — — Map (db m150979) HM
Jake Donelson, a feisty game rooster and the mascot of Co. H, 3rd Tennessee Infantry (CSA), was one of the more colorful participants in the Civil War. Sgt. Jerome B. “Joe” McCanless of Cornersville purchased Jake for a silver dime from . . . — — Map (db m151105) HM
Replacing the original
system erected in the year
1920 by the Fleur-de-lis Club
in honor of and in memory of
soldiers and sailors who
served in World War I
Lewisburg Light and
Power Department — — Map (db m196542) HM
2 blocks N., was home of this
pioneer, who gave the land on
which Lewisburg stands. Marshall
County's first court met there, Oct.
3, 1836, with Wm. McClure, chairman;
David McGahey, Secretary; Jas.
Adams, Geo. Cummings, Jas. L. Ewing,
John . . . — — Map (db m151100) HM
In this room of the original Abner Houston home the first court of Marshall County met
October 3, 1836.
Moved and restored by Robert Lewis Chapter DAR October 6, 1957. — — Map (db m152139) HM
Used as a rostrum by
Presidents
James K. Polk Andrew Johnson
U.S. Senators
A,O.P. Nicholson E.W. Carmack
Congressmen
Geo. W. Jones M.P. Gentry U.S.& C.S. James D. Richardson W.C. Houston . . . — — Map (db m152137) HM
A native of Holmes County, Mississippi, he
married Catherine Cheek in 1930. Ten years
later he moved to Verona where he farmed
and operated a general store until 1953.
He was elected to the General Assembly in
1948. Appointed commissioner of . . . — — Map (db m151051) HM
After the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, when the Civil War began, a large majority of Marshall County residents supported the Confederacy. They gathered on the Courthouse Square for war news and information about how and where to enlist. At . . . — — Map (db m151086) HM
Gift of land on 16 February 1877 from J.W. Hutton to the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church in the annual conference of the Tennessee district. Designed in the carpenter vernacular style, contractor Thomas Slate built the frame building for . . . — — Map (db m152142) HM
(front)
They fell
Oct. 7 1863
sealing with
their blood
their devotion
to the
Lost Cause
(side)
In memory of
the gallant dead
of Maj. Gen'l
Wheelers Cavalry
Corps. who fell
in an engagement
with the . . . — — Map (db m151062) WM
The Farmington engagement took place along this road during Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler's October 1-6, 1864, raid through the Sequatchie Valley to cut supply lines to Federal-occupied Chattanooga. Wheeler and his 4,000 cavalrymen captured or . . . — — Map (db m151054) HM
On Oct. 4, 1836, the county court of Marshall County appointed a
committee which built a county courthouse and jail, laid off
streets and sold lots in the new town. Members of this committee
were James Osborne, William Williams, Joel Yowell, . . . — — Map (db m151076) HM
Born in Princeton City, Jackson County, Alabama, Horton was an educator and prominent attorney and farmer. He married Anna Adeline Wilhoite on November 25, 1896. Elected to the state legislature from Franklin County in 1907, he represented . . . — — Map (db m151047) HM
Born in Bedford County on March 17, 1879, Governor McCord had an active private career as a merchant, an auctioneer, and newspaper publisher. In public life he served as a Representative to the United States Congress, 1943-1945; Governor of . . . — — Map (db m151101) HM
On this site, Sunday, October 14. 1951, the newly built Jones Training School was dedicated as an elementary and high school for African American students of Lewisburg and Marshall County. The school was named for Professor Jacob Jake Jones, a . . . — — Map (db m201330) HM
(Southwest side)
List of those killed or died in
the Confederate States Army
from Marshall County.
Alexander N. Alexander W. H. Alexander J. N. Allen C. A. Allen Jo. Allen Jack Allen Jas. Anderson John Anderson . . . — — Map (db m151092) WM
[Center tablet]
In honor to all men and women who made the supreme sacrifice and the ones that served their country and Marshall County to defend our freedom.
[Front, left wing]
W W I
Ervin Beatty Foster N. Burks . . . — — Map (db m151078) WM
In a building which stood here,
James Knox Polk had an office for
the practice of law between the
time of his relinquishment of the
Governorship of Tennessee in 1841
and his election to the Presidency
of the United States in 1844. — — Map (db m151103) HM
Elijah Alexander William Alexander James Bass William Bigham Ezekiel Billington Daniel Bills Joseph Brittain Hezekiah Bryant (Briant) John F. Carr Sylvester Chunn James Coffey Benjamin Copeland Lieut. Robert Cowden Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m152140) WM
The Ladies Rest Room was erected in 1924 by the Marshall County Court as a place for women and young children to rest, use a toilet, or eat a packed lunch during a visit to town. The building was designed with a large sitting room, a two-stall . . . — — Map (db m196541) HM
Born in Essex Co., Va., Feb. 22, 1744, he served as an officer in the Revolution, besides making substantial financial contributions to the cause. At the war's end, instead of
reimbursement, he accepted a large grant in this area, naming his . . . — — Map (db m160574) HM
