Greeneville City Historical Markers

Map of Tennessee State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Greeneville

Greeneville City Historical Markers

Greeneville Historical Marker

108 South Main Street, Greeneville, TN, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 9' 46.739988", -82° 49' 51.479976"

Greeneville, Tennessee: Home of Andrew Johnson ? 17th President of U.S.
Tailor Shop corner Depot & College Sts.
Residence - - 217 So. Main St.
Monument ? So. Main & Monument Avenue

Erected by Mothers Club.

108 South Main Street

Greeneville Churches

First Presbyterian Church

Founded in 1780 under the trees at the Big Spring by the Rev. Samuel Doak, it was originally called Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church. The first settle... [click for more]

Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Rev. Isaac S. Bonham founded the congregation with thirty charter members in 1841. The present church was begun in 1860 on land purchased from Andrew ... [click for more]

New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church

New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

The Old Brick Church

On August 12, 1797, in Greene County, Tennessee, land for a house of worship was deeded to trustees Seth Babb, John Carter, John Weems, Claudius Baile... [click for more]

Greeneville Schools

Tusculum College

Tusculum College
President Andrew Johnson Museum & Library

During the 1861 secession debates, Gre... [click for more]

Greeneville Historic Homes & Houses

Andrew Johnson Homestead

The Andrew Johnson Homestead was the last home of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), 17th President of the United States (1865-1869). Congressman Andrew Joh... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park ~ An Early Home

Andrew Johnson and his family lived in this two-story brick house from some time in the 1830s until 1851. During these years, Johnson's life changed d... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park ~ The Heart of the Household

"At four in the morning I had to be up. I went up and made the fire in [Johnson's] room, shined his boots, and then made a fire in the kitche... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park ~ The Homestead Grounds
There are no written records describing the Homestead grounds as Andrew Johnson knew them from 1869 until 1875. The earliest descriptions of the lands... [click for more]

David Rankin House
David Rankin House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Harmony House
Built in 1851 by Dr. and Mrs. William Andrew Harmon, this house was used as a place of refuge during the Civil War. Soldiers from both Confederate and... [click for more]

Home of Andrew Johnson
Home of
Andrew Johnson
17th President of the
United States
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Erected by
Nolachuckey Chapter D.A.R.... [click for more]

James Lowry House
James Lowry House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

The Dickson - Williams Mansion ~ A House Divided
Dr. Alexander Williams. Catharine Williams, The Federal-style mansion in front of you was the home of Catharine Dickson Williams and Dr. Alexander Wil... [click for more]

The Home of the 17th President
Andrew Johnson Patterson, son of Martha Johnson Patterson and grandson of President Andrew Johnson, was born and died in this house. To him and his lo... [click for more]

Valentine Sevier Home
Oldest house standing in Greeneville. Built circa 1795 by Valentine Sevier, wealthy political leader and philanthropist of the late 18th and early 19... [click for more]

Greeneville General Interest
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
Andrew Johnson chose to be buried atop this hill, then known as "signal Hill," which he owned. His family members continued to be buried her... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park ~ Preserving the President’s Legacy
" . . . I believe that my Father was the greatest man this country ever produced!"
Martha Johnson Patterson

Three g... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park ~Andrew Johnson
Welcome to the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. This site commemorates the life and work of the seventeenth president of the United States, Andr... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - Historical Marker Sign
Three miles west is the central unit of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site which includes the 17th president's small tailor shop, the home in w... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
(Refer to the text on the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - Historical M... [click for more]

Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson

Champion of Public Education in Tennessee
"Can there be nothing done to advance the g... [click for more]

Benjamin Lundy
Here from 1822-1824 Lundy, a Quaker, published the Genius of Universal Emancipation, a small monthly paper devoted exclusively to the abolition of sl... [click for more]

Bridge Burners - Hangings at the Depot
Bridge Burners
Hangings at the Depot

After Unionists burned several East Tennessee railroad bridge... [click for more]

Bright Hope Industries
North about one mi. on Furnace Creek was the Bright Hope Iron Works, built about 1830. Mining and smelting of iron ore and manufacturing of cast and w... [click for more]

Capitol of State of Franklin
This is a replica of the building which is believed to have served as the capitol of the State of Franklin from 1785 until 1788 and which originally s... [click for more]

Death of Gen. John Hunt Morgan
Death of Gen. John Hunt Morgan
... bring Morgan out dead or alive.

On September 3-4, 1864... [click for more]

Death of John Morgan - Sept. 4, 1864
The center of the present block was one the garden of the Williams house where Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan of Morgan's Raiders fame and his staff were... [click for more]

Dickson - Williams Mansion
Designed and constructed (1815-21) by Irish craftsmen Thomas Battersby and John Hoy, this house was built by Greeneville's first postmaster, William D... [click for more]

Ellen ?Nelly? VanVactor - Free Black Female Landowner
Ellen ?Nelly? VanVactor
Free Black Female Landowner

Nelly and her family lived on the northwest co... [click for more]

General Morgan Inn
The Grand Central was constructed as a railroad hotel, from 1887 to 1890. From 1908 to 1981, it operated as Hotel Brumley. Carefully restored under th... [click for more]

Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address

Address by President Lincoln
at the dedication of
the Gettysburg National Cemetery
Governor John Sevier 1785 1788
To commemorate the Capital
of the State of Franklin
and to honor
Governor John Sevier

Greeneville Historic District
Greeneville Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Greeneville Union Convention
On June 17, 1961, delegates from every East Tennessee county except Rhea convened here for four days. The purpose was to keep East Tennessee in the U... [click for more]

Greeneville, Tennessee (2)
Home of Andrew Johnson ? 17th President of U.S.
Tailor Shop corner Depot & College Sts.
Residence - - 217 So. Main St.
Monument... [click for more]

Greeneville City Historical Marker
Greeneville, Tennessee: Home of Andrew Johnson ? 17th President of U.S.
Tailor Shop corner Depot & College Sts.
Residence - - 217 So... [click for more]

Hawkins - Greene County Line
Hawkins County

Established 1786; named in honor of
Benjamin Hawkins.

Me... [click for more]

Henderson’s Station
About 1 mi. N., now the village of Afton, Anthony Moore settled on Sinking Creek in 1778; his daughter was the first white child born hereabouts. Dani... [click for more]

John H. Morgan 1825 - 1864
John H. Morgan
1825 - 1864
? The Thunderbolt of the Confederacy ?

First lieutenant, Marshal's... [click for more]

Margaret Johnson Patterson Bartlett ~ Andrew Johnson
Margaret Johnson Patterson Bartlett
* * *

Margaret Johnson Patterson Bartlett, great-granddaug... [click for more]

McKee Street Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty
Eleven mayors of Greeneville resided in the 100 block of McKee Street while serving in office. At interval periods between the years of 1873 and 1972,... [click for more]

Old Greene County Gaol
A jail commissioned by the Greene County Court has been on this site since 1806. The present structure was built by Turner and Lane in 1882 using lime... [click for more]

Old Harmony Graveyard
This burying ground, established in 1791 in connection with Harmony Presbyterian Church, contains the graves of the Scotch-Irish Covenanters who estab... [click for more]

Robert Kerr
On this site originally stood the house of Robert Kerr, where were held sessions of the Upper House of the State of Franklin. The first sessions of Gr... [click for more]

Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser
For conspicuous gallantry as a leader of a First Marine Division Rifle Platoon on Okinawa Shima on May 4, 1945, this Greene County native was awarded ... [click for more]

The Big Spring
The site of Greeneville was a juncture of two Indian trails, and the presence of the Big Spring furnished a stopping off place for the weary Indian t... [click for more]