Historical Markers and War Memorials in Monroe County, Tennessee
Madisonville is the county seat for Monroe County
Adjacent to Monroe County, Tennessee
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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On Tennessee Route 68 at Hot Water Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 68.
For more than a century, Coker Creek was the economic center of Tennessee’s eastern gold district. Prospectors began working the area as early as 1827 when it was still within the Cherokee Nation. Tennessee’s first state geologist, Gerard Troost, . . . — — Map (db m227675) HM
On Tellico Street South near Kefauver Lane, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Warren Street at Tellico Street North, on the right when traveling west on Warren Street. Reported missing.
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
On College Street south of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
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 College Street South south of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Mayes Avenue north of West North Street, on the right when traveling north.
Captain John M. Jones, CSA Memorial Park
Soldier, Merchant, Farmer, Industrialist, Banker,
Philanthropist and Caring Public Citizen
Captain John M. Jones, August 6, 1835 - May 29, 1908, wife Martha Jane Tipton Jones,
August 30, 1846 . . . — — Map (db m180318) HM WM
On South High Street at Williams Street, on the right when traveling west on South High Street.
In mid to late 1863, Sweetwater was a supply and staging area for the Confederacy. It was the last secure depot on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, south of the Union lines. In November 1863, General Longstreet, with 15,000 men, camped here . . . — — Map (db m100755) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at East Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
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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 . . . — — Map (db m69367) HM
On U.S. 11 just north of Old U.S. 11, on the left when traveling north.
Founded in 1874 on College Street as Sweetwater Military College by Dr. J. Lynn Bachman, the name was changed to Tennessee Military Institute in 1902 and T M I ACADEMY in 1975. It was relocated to this site in 1909 as a preparatory . . . — — Map (db m154990) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) at Old Highway 11, on the right when traveling north on Lee Highway.
This monument commemorates Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School (TMG) which existed here. The school was founded on the Christian principle of service to mankind, with the motto: "Do for others".
During its 18 years, TMG graduated 677 students. . . . — — Map (db m70484) HM
On Lost Sea Road, 0.2 miles north of Tennessee Route 68, on the right when traveling north.
Saltpeter, or niter, is a key ingredient of gunpowder found in many limestone caves in East Tennessee. In June 1861, Randolph Ross, Jr., and J. Marshall McCue contracted with the Confederate Ordnance Bureau to produce niter here at the “Milk . . . — — Map (db m82276) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 11) north of East Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north.
Prosperous farmer, railroad investor, and legislator, I. T. Lenoir deeded a track of his farm in 1858 for the location of a railroad depot on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad which bisected the fledging town of Sweetwater. Within a few years, . . . — — Map (db m117113) HM
On Cherohala Skyway, on the right when traveling west.
Created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the middle of the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created for the conservation of the nation's natural resources and to provide work and a desperately needed salary for millions of . . . — — Map (db m209717) HM
On Cherohala Skyway (Tennessee Route 165) at Hunt Street, on the right when traveling west on Cherohala Skyway.
Known as the “Terror of Tellico Plains,” this eminent Knoxville lawyer gained national fame as Chief Counsel at the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954. He defended more than 600 persons on trial for their lives and never lost a one to the . . . — — Map (db m49578) HM
On Cherohala Skyway (Bypass Route 165) at Herford Street, on the left when traveling west on Cherohala Skyway.
Cherokee Heritage Trails (Tsalagi Usdi Nvnohi) wind through the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, in the heart of Cherokee homelands that once encompassed more than 140,000 square miles. Here, where Cherokee people have lived . . . — — Map (db m75410) HM
On Tennessee Route 68 at Joe Brown Highway (County Route 40), on the left when traveling south on State Route 68.
Here in the shadow of the Unicoi Mountains, the Coker Creek community suffered the effects of the Civil War. The conflict closed the lucrative gold mines here and brought devastation and terror to the inhabitants. Both the Union and the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m82296) HM
On Tennessee Route 68 at Hot Water Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 68.
Placer gold was discovered along Coker Creek in 1831. For a time there was feverish digging; $80,000 of Coker Creek gold was mined between 1831 and 1854. Since then there has been sporadic mining here. — — Map (db m49557) HM
On Cherohala Skyway (Tennessee Route 165) at Hunt Street, on the right when traveling west on Cherohala Skyway.
Four miles N.E., at junction Cane Creek, Tellico River, Fort Loudoun’s Garrison, which had surrendered to Attakullakulla and other Cherokee chiefs, was betrayed Aug. 9, 1760 - while returning under safe conduct to Charleston. 25 were killed; 200 . . . — — Map (db m49577) HM
On Scott Mansion Road (County Road 733) 0.5 miles east of Fairview Road (County Road 714), on the left when traveling east.
Born in Johnson County, Tennessee, Charles A. Scott came to Tellico Plains ca. 1890 and was actively involved in its development. During his life, he sold off or donated vast amounts of his 15,000 acre holdings to expand the town. He recruited the . . . — — Map (db m60256) HM
On Cherohola Skyway (Bypass Tennessee Route 165) at Herford Street, on the left when traveling west on Cherohola Skyway.
Throughout the Civil War, both sides depended on the iron industry for vitally important munitions. The Tellico Iron and Manufacturing Company, then located one mile east, caught the attention first of the Confederate army and eventually of Union . . . — — Map (db m82297) HM
On Cherohola Skyway (Tennessee Route 165) east of Hunt Street, on the left when traveling east.
Tellico Plains
Early Iron and Logging Industries
Tellico Plains’ first industrial venture, the Tellico Iron Works, started around 1825 with the construction of a foundry by an early white settler. Local legend, however, holds that native . . . — — Map (db m116822) HM
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 year. The earliest European maps of the area note the trail as a connector between Cherokee Territories and the coastal ports of Charleston and Savannah. In 1756 British . . . — — Map (db m82299) HM WM
Cherokee Heritage Trails (Tsalagi Usdi Nvnohi) wind through the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, in the heart of Cherokee homelands that once encompassed more than 140,000 square miles. Here, where Cherokee people have lived for . . . — — Map (db m75440) HM
On Tennessee Route 360 at U.S. 411, on the right when traveling north on State Route 360.
Along the south side of the Little Tennessee River for about thirteen miles were ten villages of the Overhill Cherokees. They were Mialaque, Tuskegee, Tomotley, Toquo, Tennessee, Chota, Citico, Halfway Town, Chilhowee, Talassee. White encroachments . . . — — Map (db m60258) HM
Constructed by the English 1756 to help win the valley of the Mississippi. Captured by the Indians under French influence 1760.
Marked by the Tennessee Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1917 — — Map (db m88877) HM
One mile east is a replica of this fort, built 1756-57 by South Carolina provincial troops to check the French and strengthen the English influence in the Mississippi Valley. It was besieged by the Cherokee and surrendered August 7, 1760. — — Map (db m75420) HM WM
Fort Loudoun has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. — — Map (db m75425) HM WM
From the beginning of the eighteenth century until the American Revolution, Cherokee hunters and trappers traded tens of thousands of animal pelts for manufactured goods imported by licensed British traders. The first resident trader in the Overhill . . . — — Map (db m116823) HM
On Tennessee Route 360 at U.S. 411, on the left when traveling north on State Route 360.
About 1½ mi. E., in the town of Tuskegee, this son of Nathaniel Gist, an emissary to the Cherokee from George Washington, and Wurteh, daughter of a chief, was born about 1770. He designed the alphabet of 85 characters, still in use in the . . . — — Map (db m60257) HM
On Blockhouse Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Tellico Blockhouse was a United States fortification constructed in 1794 and in use through 1807. Primarily, The Tellico Blockhouse served as a check against white settlement deeper into Cherokee lands. It also served as home to the Tellico . . . — — Map (db m120203) HM
On Citico Road at Smokey Branch Road, on the left when traveling east on Citico Road.
Near here on the bank of the now-flooded Little Tennessee River was the Cherokee Indian village of Tenasee. Probably established in the 17th century, by 1753 it had been overshadowed by Chota, the principal political center during the latter half of . . . — — Map (db m53951) HM
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 years. The earliest European maps of the area note the trail as a connector between Cherokee Territories and the coastal ports of Charleston and Savannah. In 1756 British . . . — — Map (db m82302) HM WM
The path now known as the Unicoi Turnpike Trail has existed for over 1,000 years. The earliest European maps of the area note the trail as a connector between Cherokee Territories and the coastal ports of Charleston and Savannah. In 1756 British . . . — — Map (db m82303) HM
Fort Loudoun played a significant role in helping Great Britain secure the trans-Appalachian region from France during the Seven Years War, or as it is known in America, the French and Indian War. As the first planned British fort in the "Overhill" . . . — — Map (db m75423) HM
