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Rock Ledge

117 Stuffle Pl., Kingsport, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 34' 32.996532", -82° 30' 55.123884"
  Tennessee TN State Historical Marker
Tennessee State
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National Register of Historic Places

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
 
Built before 1835 by David Shaver, father of Samuel Shaver, an early Tennessee portrait painter. Passed to Lucinda Shaver, wife of Unionist and Tennessee State Senator (1865-69), John Welsh. Inherited by Leah Welsh and her husband, Lafayette M. Stuffle, a well-known planter and lieutenant in the Confederate Army. This property has remained in direct descent for six generations.
Rock Ledge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 24, 1978.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
    Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
 
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