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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7Q_abram-maury_Franklin-TN.html
Abram Maury (1766-1825) came to this area from Virginia in 1797 to settle on 640 acres he purchased from Major Anthony Sharpe. In 1798, he reserved a square-shaped area of 109 acres for a town he intended to name Marthasville for his wife. Instead…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJI_fort-granger_Franklin-TN.html
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood moved north…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQU3_fort-granger_Franklin-TN.html
In the spring of 1863, Federal forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger occupied Franklin. Construction of major fortifications began under the direction of Capt. W. E. Merrill, U.S. Corps of Engineers, the largest of them being placed on Figu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQU2_opdyckes-bridgade_Franklin-TN.html
Col. Emerson Opdycke's Federal brigade was positioned in this area 150 yards north of the Carter House, east and west of Columbia Pike. Without orders, the Federal brigade attacked a portion of Cleburne's and Brown's Confederate divisions after th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQU1_carter-house_Franklin-TN.html
Built 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter, and in use by three generations of his family. Here was command post of Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Federal field commander of Schofield's delaying action. The hottest fighting took place just east and south nearb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQTU_attack-on-the-union-left-lot-no-1-in-the-plan-of-carnton_Franklin-TN.html
(obverse)Attack On The Union Left
Confederate Regiments from Brig. Gen. Thomas Scott's, Brig. Gen. John Adams', and Brig. Gen. Winfield Featherstons's Brigades of Maj. Gen. William Loring's Division advanced under artillery fire through this no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWH_nolensville_Nolensville-TN.html
William Nolen purchased a portion of a land grant to Jason Thompson on which Nolensville was later built. In the early 1800s a large migration from Rockingham N.C. brought the Adams, Allen, Barnes, Cyrus, Fields, Glenn, Irion, Johnson, Peay, Scale…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWF_triune-cemetery_Arrington-TN.html
Buried here are the following 48 Confederate veterans who have been identified: J.S.C. Bain, T.M.Baker, I.J. Battle, Dr. T.J.Bennett, J.C. Bostick, M.H. Bostick, T.H.Caldwell, J.W. Carroll, Thomas Chambers, W.R. Cherry, Dr. J.G.Cook, W.W.Crockett,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLW8_triune-united-methodist-church_Arrington-TN.html
The Triune United Methodist Church origin goes back to King's Chapel, organized ca. 1815 a mile west. A brick building was built here in 1849 on the then-new highway. The Chruch was named Triune then the village, previously known as Hardman Cross …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLW4_triune_Arrington-TN.html
This village dates from about 1800 and was first called Hardeman Cross Roads. After 1849 it took the name of the Methodist Church and became known as Triune. Prior to the Civil War, Triune was a flourshing center of commerce and agriculture. Known…