Harrison City Historical Markers

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

Harrison City Historical Markers

Harrison Churches

Site of Salem Baptist Church ~ 1835-1942

Site of Salem Baptist Church
1835-1942

Joseph roark gave this site in Wilderness Indian Territory fo... [click for more]

Harrison Schools

Harrison Academy

Found in 1838, this was the first public school in Hamilton County. It stood on a small hill about two miles northeast. Many citizens, later prominent... [click for more]

Harrison Historic Homes & Houses

Joseph Roark Homestead

Joseph Roark Homestead
Circa 1833

Joseph Roark and wife, Juda Ann Carr Roark, were among the origina... [click for more]

Harrison General Interest

Conner Cemetery ~ Est. 1848

Located one mile northwest, the cemetery contains 145 graves including those of two Revolutionary War Veterans.

Thomas Palmer and William M... [click for more]

Old Harrison

Hamilton County's first court met at Hasten Poe's tavern near the present Daisy in 1819, later moving to Rawlings' Farm, near the present Dallas. In 1... [click for more]