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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XG_williamson-county_Franklin-TN.html
Dedicated to the men and women of Williamson County who served their country in time of needOctober 26, 1799 · October 26, 1999
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XF_andrew-jackson_Franklin-TN.html
On his return from New OrleansAndrew Jacksongave a brass cannon to FranklinA part of his soldiery camped hereon their way to New Orleans.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XE_chickasaw-treaty-council_Franklin-TN.html
In the spring of 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act providing the President with means to exchange the lands of the five civilized Indian nations of the Southeast for lands west of the Mississippi. On August 20, 1830 Andrew Jackson met in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XC_old-factory-store_Franklin-TN.html
(side 1)In 1799 Franklin founder Abram Maury sold Lot 20 to Joseph McBride. By 1825 Dyer Pearl, Thomas Parkes, and Joseph L. Campbell operated a steam-powered cotton & grist mill on East Margin and owned Lot 20 upon which was built a brick store i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XB_presbyterian-church_Franklin-TN.html
The Presbyterian Church was organized in Franklin by the Reverend Gideon Blackburn on June 8, 1811 and first located near City Cemetery. The church moved to this location in 1842. The Reverend A.N. Cunningham was pastor from 1843 to 1857. In 1847,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15X9_st-philip-catholic-church_Franklin-TN.html
(side 1)Missionary priest first celebrated mass in Franklin in 1821 in a private home for the two resident Catholic families. The Nashville bishopric planned a Catholic church in Williamson County as early as 1843, but it was the influx of Irish C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15X7_franklin-special-school-district_Franklin-TN.html
(side 1)On October 27, 1906, the Franklin School Board was created by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. In April 1907, the Tennessee Legislature officially recognized District Nine, Franklin City School System. The original Franklin Elementary Scho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15X5_franklin-cumberland-presbyterian-church_Franklin-TN.html
Founded in 1871 as Franklin's first Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the cornerstone was laid on June 3, 1876. Designed by H.C. Thompson, architect of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the church was dedicated on April 16, 1877, with the Rev. Thomas Da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15X4_hincheyville_Franklin-TN.html
In early 1819, Alfred Balch, Felix Grundy, James Irwin, Randal McGavock, and James Trimble developed Hincheyville, Franklin's first subdivision. The ninety acres, extending from Fair to Eleventh Avenues, including 26 lots on Fair Street, 25 lots o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15WR_st-pauls-episcopal-church_Franklin-TN.html
This "Mother Church of the diocese of Tennessee," was begun in 1831, four years after its congregation was organized in 1827. Here James H Otey, its first rector, was elected the first bishop of Tennessee. It was so damaged through use as a Civil …