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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF8C_greeneville-union-convention_Greeneville-TN.html
On June 17, 1961, delegates from every EastTennessee county except Rhea convened herefor four days. The purpose was to keep EastTennessee in the Union after secession of the state. Leaders of the movement wereThomas D. Arnold, William G. Brownlow,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF8B_first-presbyterian-church_Greeneville-TN.html
Founded in 1780 under the trees atthe Big Spring by the Rev. SamuelDoak, it was originally called MountBethel Presbyterian Church. Thefirst settled pastor was the Rev.Hezekiah Balch in 1783. Fifteenyears later the name was changedto Harmony Church…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7N_greeneville-cumberland-presbyterian-church_Greeneville-TN.html
Rev. Isaac S. Bonham founded the congregation with thirty charter members in 1841. The present church was begun in 1860 on land purchased from Andrew Johnson by Rev. John P. Holtsinger. The church was shelled on September 4, 1864, the day Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7M_the-big-spring_Greeneville-TN.html
The site of Greeneville was ajuncture of two Indian trails, andthe presence of the Big Springfurnished a stopping off place forthe weary Indian traveler. The Scotch-Irish pioneers made thespring the reason for the foundingof Greeneville in 1783. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7K_robert-kerr_Greeneville-TN.html
On this site originally stood the house of Robert Kerr, where were held sessions of the Upper House of the State of Franklin. The first sessions of Greene County's Court were also held here. The Baptist church, established in 1872, was moved to it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7I_harmony-house_Greeneville-TN.html
Built in 1851 by Dr. and Mrs. William Andrew Harmon, this house was used as a place of refuge during the Civil War. Soldiers from both Confederate and Union armies camped in the back yard. Of Federal architecture, the interior contains prime examp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1W_death-of-john-morgan_Greeneville-TN.html
The center of the present block was one the garden of the Williams house where Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan of Morgan's Raiders fame and his staff were billeted. Just after dawn a detail from Brig. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem's Federal forces slipped past…