History and Heritage in Franklin, TN

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The McLemore House Museum serves to preserve the heritage of the African American culture in Franklin.

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In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led ...

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(side 1) Bank of Leiper's Fork The Bank of Leiper's Fork was organized in 1911 with a capital stock of $10,000. Bank ...

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Forge Seat was built in 1808 by Samuel Crockett III, one of a large family of Crocketts who settled on extensive trac...

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On his return from New Orleans Andrew Jackson gave a brass cannon to Franklin A part of his soldiery camped here on t...

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Carnton was built in 1826 by former Nashville mayor Randal McGavock (1768-1843). Throughout the nineteent...

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Abram Maury (1766-1825) came to this area from Virginia in 1797 to settle on 640 acres he purchased from Major Anthon...

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This Monument memorializes War of 1812 soldiers buried along the Old Natchez Trace, and it honors the service of all ...

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With the completion in 1844 of the Harpeth Turnpike, now known as Wilson Pike, the hamlet of Rock Hill grew and becam...

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(side 1) On October 27, 1906, the Franklin School Board was created by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. In April 1907...

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The high ground you are on is part of a long ridge that divides central Tennessee. Streams south of the divide flow t...

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Historic Franklin, Tenn. is maintained by the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County.

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On this site in 1798 Ewen Cameron built the first house in the town of Franklin. Cameron was born Feb. 23, 1768 in Ba...

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The Monument at Winstead Hill stands as a memorial to the Confederate Veterans of Tennessee who fought du...

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During the retreat from Nashville, Colonel Edmund Rucker's brigade attempted to block the Union pursuit by erecting a...

Mclemore House Museum