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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJ6_nathan-nesbitt_Huntingdon-TN.html
Lived and is buried about 3½ miles southeast. On December 9, 1822, he made a trail through the woods to the new county seat, carrying a crosscut saw. Arrived at Huntingdon, he sawed a door in the new log courthouse and thus, as Chairman of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJ5_isaac-r-hawkins_Huntingdon-TN.html
Born in Maury Co., he was an officer of volunteers in the Mexican War. A lifelong staunch Unionist, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Union Party convention of 1860, later an officer in the Federal Army. A delegate to the Republican conventi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZIH_old-racetrack_Huntingdon-TN.html
Built about 1818 in the area to the east. Here also were held barbecues, barn dances, prize fights and cockfights. Here, according to court records, David Crockett "participated in an affray," while attending the races. He was fined six coonskins.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYOX_oak-hill-cemetery_Huntingdon-TN.html
Established in 1822, this cemetery contains the remains of soldiers from every major American war since the establishment of the state. Among those buried here are two from the War of 1812, three from the Mexican War, and thirty-eight from the Civ…