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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24CY_history-of-the-webb-cemetery_Celina-TN.html
On September 25, 1830, Mary Ann (Hudspeth) Webb (ca 1772-1842) used the proceeds from the sale of her land holdings in North Carolina to buy 200 acres of land in Overton County, located on the east side of the Obed River, about 1 ½ miles upri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24BS_donaldson-cemetery_Celina-TN.html
Capt. Jacob C. "Jake" Bennett, a native Kentuckian and noted Confederate partisan ranger, is buried in Donaldson Cemetery (four miles north of here). During the war, bushwhackers and guerrillas on both sides raided the sparsely populated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q7Z_dale-hollow-dam_Celina-TN.html
Constructed and operated by Corps of Engineers Department of the Army.
This is one of a series of dams in the Cumberland River Basin for flood control, power, navigation and water conservation.
Height of dam - 185 ft. Length of dam - 1,717 f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EU9_butlers-landing-bailey-butler_Celina-TN.html
Butler's LandingDaniel Boone, on his trip to the Western Territory in 1773, followed the old game and Indian trail to where two creeks flowed into the Cumberland River. He referred to them as the Twin or Double Creeks in his journal. On this trip,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ET8_celina-during-the-civil-war_Celina-TN.html
During the Civil War, the residents of the eastern and Cumberland River sections of present-day Clay County (then part of Jackson and Overton Counties) were usually Confederate sympathizers, while those in the western section supported the Union. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESM_free-hills-community_Celina-TN.html
Free Hill(s), a historic Black community, was established northeast of Celina before the Civil War by former slaves of Virginia Hill. Hill brought her slaves from North Carolina to then Overton County, purchased 2,000 hilly and rough acres, settle…