tennessee highways and byways: Historic Downtown Franklin, TN - Carnton Plantation House - 04/12/08 08:33 PM
About a mile East from the square in Historic Down Town going out Lewisburg pike, sets Carnton Plantation. The original plantation was built circa 1815 Carnton was built by former Nashville mayor Randal McGavock the 11th mayor of Nashville. All that remains of the original hose is the foundation. The current … (8 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Historic Downtown Franklin, TN - 04/06/08 03:52 AM
On October 26, 1799, The City of Franklin, TN was founded. Dr. Hugh Williamson, a member of the Continental Congress for whom Williamson County was named, named the city after his close friend Benjamin Franklin. For almost all of its existence, Franklin has been a small quiet town and the county … (8 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: The Carter House - Historic Franklin, TN - 04/03/08 06:19 AM
The Carter house located at 1140 Columbia Ave is about .4 miles South East of 5 points where Andrew Jackson attended the Indian Removal Council and Hincheyville, Historic Franklin, TN’s first subdivision. This modest brick house was build circa 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter. The surrounding farm and countryside was the … (5 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Indian Removal Council - Williamson County Archives Park - 04/02/08 06:04 AM
Located on the Southeast side of 5 points in historical downtown Franklin, TN and about 100 yards north of Franklin’s first subdivision Hincheyville, is the Williamson County Archives and Museum. It is on this site on 20 August, 1830 when Andrew Jackson met with the chiefs of the Chickasaw Nation to … (2 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Historic Franklin, TN - Hincheyville - 04/01/08 05:46 AM
Just south of 5 points in historic downtown Franklin, TN sets Franklin’s first subdivision Hincheyville. The subdivision was developed in early 1819 by Felix Grundy, James Irwin, and James Trimble. The ninety acres, extending from Fair Street to Eleventh Avenue had 26 lots on Fair Street, 25 lots on Main Street … (5 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Historical Court House - Franklin, TN - 03/31/08 05:55 AM
This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property of Michael Thornton of Complete Home Inspections, Inc. providing home inspections for Brentwood, Nashville, Davidson and Williamson Counties of Middle Tennessee. The views and opinions expressed are just that - views and opinions of Michael Thornton and those who … (8 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Photo of the Day . . . - 03/15/08 06:14 AM
It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words plus or minus a few. I am sure that this driver pulling this mobile home had a few choice words to say, and I would bet you a "milyun" that the words weren't, "Rut Ro!" or "I knew that … (13 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Tennessee Volunteers - How the Nickname Originated . . . - 03/12/08 06:13 AM
Tennessee has long been known as the Volunteer State. Most Tennesseans probably do not know the origin of the nickname; I know I didn’t, so I did some research. Here is what I was able to dig up.
Famous politician, hunter, and Indian fighter, Davy Crockett led a 12 man … (9 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Battle of Nashville Park . . . - 03/04/08 09:29 AM
The Battle of
Nashville Monument was commissioned by the Ladies Battlefield Association. It
was dedicated on its original site on Franklin Road near Woodmont Blvd., on
Armistice Day, 1927.
The Association
envisioned a memorial to dedicated to the struggles of both the Confederate and
Union forces who clashed on … (5 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Midway Plantation - Brentwood Country Club - 02/28/08 04:16 AM
Traveling south out
of Brentwood, TN along one of Tennessee’s many
highways and byways, stands a historical marker at the entrance to Brentwood
Country Club Estates. The site was originally the site of Midway Plantation,
appropriately named because it was located midway between Franklin, TN and
Nashville, TN, was owned … (7 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Battle of the Barrels - Nashville, TN - 02/27/08 03:45 PM
During the Civil War, many battles were fought in
Nashville,
TN. Driving up and down Granny White Pike and Franklin Road, one can see several
historical markers along these
highways and byways depicting where some of the
battles had taken place. At the entrance to Princeton Hills subdivision in
Brentwood, … (4 comments)
tennessee highways and byways: Johnson's Chapel - Brentwood, Tennessee - 02/27/08 09:20 AM
Late in the
eighteenth century as settlers began pouring into the rich bottom lands of the
Harpeth River Valley, many of the early pioneers brought a pioneering spirit to
this area, along with a fervent belief in God - one of the cornerstones upon
which our nation was built. The harsh … (2 comments)
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About a mile East from the square in Historic Down Town going out Lewisburg pike, sets Carnton Plantation. The original plantation was built circa 1815 Carnton was built by former Nashville mayor Randal McGavock the 11th mayor of Nashville. All that remains of the original hose is the foundation. The current … (8 comments)
