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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DWR_robert-e-lee-a-war-memorial_Del-Rio-TN.html
Robert E. Lee. Dixie Highway. Erected and dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and friends in loving memory of Robert E. Lee and to mark the route of the Dixie Highway "The shaft memorial and highway straight attest his w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QO7_johnsons-parrottsville-slaves_Parrottsville-TN.html
In 1842, state senator Andrew Johnson, a resident of neighboring Greene County, purchased his first slave here in Parrottsville. Her name was Dolly, and she was fourteen. Her son claimed that she approached Johnson and asked him to buy her because…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWO_the-hanging-of-peter-reece_Parrottsville-TN.html
During the Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces accused each other of committing atrocities against prisoners and civilians. The hanging of Peter Reece, a Unionist who lived near present day Harned Chapel United Methodist Church, illustrat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15YQ_swaggerty-fort_Parrottsville-TN.html
This fort, one of only two known remaining blockhouses in Tennessee, was built about 1787 by James Swaggerty for protection from the Indians. Located on land of his Uncle Abraham Swaggerty, it consists of three levels. The cantilevered structure w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15YP_the-war-ford_Newport-TN.html
Located .2 mi. east on the Big Pigeon River is a strategic crossing used by the Cherokees. In Aug. 1782, Gen. Charles McDowell of Burke Co., North Carolina, raised an army of five hundred mounted militia from Morgan District to cross the mountains…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15YO_governor-ben-walter-hooper_Newport-TN.html
Born in Newport on October 13, 1870, Hooper was a successful Cocke County attorney.He was elected governor and served two terms, 1911-15. His election is attributed to the influence of fusion, the coalition of the prohibition factions of both majo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13MS_whitsons-fort_Cosby-TN.html
About 2 miles northeast, south of the mouth of Cosby's Creek, William Whitson, Jr., established a fort on the east bank of Pigeon River in 1783. It was an important frontier outpost, since there was a ford there, and the west bank of the river was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9X_tennessee-north-carolina_Del-Rio-TN.html
(obverse)TennesseeCocke CountyEstablished 1797, named in honor of SENATOR WILLIAM COCKE (1796, 1797, 1799 to 1805)
An officer of the Revolutionary Army; one of the leaders of the State of Franklin and member of the Legislature of the Territory …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9V_grace-moore_Del-Rio-TN.html
Born in a house which stood just across the creek, on Dec. 5, 1901, she was educated at Ward Belmont College, in Nashville, and after further musical study in Washington and New York, she became one of the outstanding operatic sopranos of her day.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9U_john-floyd-arrowood_Del-Rio-TN.html
Born two miles west April 1891, Arrowood was one of the first American soldiers to be decorated for bravery in World War I. The French government, on Nov. 14, 1917, awarded him the Croix de Guerre for the rescue of several men under his command fr…