Ewen CameronOn this site in 1798 Ewen Cameron built the first house in the town of Franklin. Cameron was born Feb. 23, 1768 in Balgalkan, Ferintosh, Scotland. He ... [click for more]
Federal Breastworks Battle of FranklinThe breastworks, thirty yards south, were held by Grose's Brigade, Kimball's division of the Fourth U. S. Army Corps on November 30, 1864. Around 5 p.... [click for more]
Federal Forward LinesOn November 30, 1864, Col. Joseph Conrad's and Col. John Lane's brigades of Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner's Federal Second Division, Fourth Corps, were ... [click for more]
Field Hospitals ? Hood’s Campaign ?Field Hospitals
Caring for the Wounded
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Fort Granger ? Hood’s CampaignFort Granger
Franklin Stronghold
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In September 1864, after Union Gen. Will... [click for more]
Fort GrangerIn the spring of 1863, Federal forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger occupied Franklin. Construction of major fortifications began under the di... [click for more]
Franklin BattlefieldFranklin Battlefield is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Franklin Historic DistrictFranklin Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesWilliamson County MRA (AD)... [click for more]
Franklin Noon Rotary RodeoThe Franklin Noon Rotary club was founded in 1948 by nineteen leading Wilson County businessmen, professionals, and farmers. The organization is best ... [click for more]
Franklin Railroad DepotCalvin and Marylin Lenew
Williamson County Historical Society 2007
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Glen EchoGlen Echo is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Grassland CommunityThis site is part of the 1784 land-grant to heirs of Wm. Leaton, Jr.. The tract was settled in the late 1820s by Wm. Leaton, III. By 1801, John Campbe... [click for more]
Harlinsdale FarmHarlinsdale Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesHistoric Family Farms in Middle Tennessee MPS... [click for more]
HincheyvilleIn early 1819, Alfred Balch, Felix Grundy, James Irwin, Randal McGavock, and James Trimble developed Hincheyville, Franklin's first subdivision. The n... [click for more]
Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7The Masonic Hall of Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 is a historic Gothic revival building in Franklin, Tennessee. Constructed in 1823, it is the oldest publ... [click for more]
Hood’s Retreat ~ Dec. 17, 1864 (2)Moving rapidly south through Franklin, Stephen D. Lee's Corps, with Chalmers' cavalry division attacked, took up a delaying position in this area abou... [click for more]
John H. EatonOn this site stood the home of John H. Eaton, U.S. Senator (1818-1829) and Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson (1829-1831). He resigned from the Cab... [click for more]
Knights of Pythias PavilionKnights of Pythias Pavilion is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesWilliamson County MRA... [click for more]
Leiper’s Fork Chuch of ChristThe Union Meeting House was built on this site in 1821. With the Retoration movement and the preaching of Andrew Craig and Joel Anderson, Leiper's For... [click for more]
Leiper’s ForkSituation on the Natchez Trace, the village and stream were named for the pioneer surveyor Hugh Leiper. The Adams, Benton, Bond, Carl, Cummins, Davis,... [click for more]
Lewisburg Avenue Historic DistrictLewisburg Avenue Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesWilliamson County MRA... [click for more]
Main Entrenchment Federal Battle LineBattle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. Federal Commander General John M. Schofield. Confederate Commander General John B. Hood. Bloodiest battle of th... [click for more]
Mallory CemeteryRevolutionary War Patriot Roger Mallory and his wife, Lucy, are buried in this cemetery. Roger was born 12 May 1755 in King William Co., VA, died 22 D... [click for more]
Matthew Fontaine Maury1.4 miles west stood the home of The Pathfinder of the Seas. In 1825 he became an officer in U.S. Navy; after secession, in the Confederate Navy. For ... [click for more]
McGavock Confederate CemeteryIn the spring of 1866, Col. John McGavock, seeing the deteriorating condition of the Confederate graves on the Franklin battlefield, set aside 2 acres... [click for more]
McGavock Family CemeteryBuried here, beginning ca. 1818, are the remains of numerous family members. Among them are Randal McGavock (1768-1843), planter and political leader ... [click for more]
Meeting of the WatersThis house, named for its location at the confluence of the Big Harpeth and West Harpeth rivers, was built in the early 1800s by Thomas Harden Perkins... [click for more]
MontpierNicholas Bigbee Perkins (1779-1848) gained national fame when he helped capture Aaron Burr in the Mississippi Territory in 1807. Perkins, who was a la... [click for more]
Natchez Street Historic DistrictNatchez Street Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Old Factory Store(side 1)
In 1799 Franklin founder Abram Maury sold Lot 20 to Joseph McBride. By 1825 Dyer Pearl, Thomas Parkes, and Joseph L. Campbell o... [click for more]
Old Town BridgeOld Town Bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesWilliamson County MRA... [click for more]
Old TownThe highly developed Indian society which flourished here between 900 and 1450 A.D. is now marked by several earth mounds in the field south of this m... [click for more]
Opdycke’s BridgadeCol. Emerson Opdycke's Federal brigade was positioned in this area 150 yards north of the Carter House, east and west of Columbia Pike. Without orders... [click for more]
Rest Haven CemeteryIn 1855, eminent Franklin lawyer, John Marshall gave a seven-acre lot for a new cemetery to be located immediately west of the City Cemetery. Early Me... [click for more]
Rock HillWith the completion in 1844 of the Harpeth Turnpike, now known as Wilson Pike, the hamlet of Rock Hill grew and became the commercial center for a lar... [click for more]
Roper’s Knob FortificationsRoper's Knob Fortifications is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesCivil War Historic and Historic Archeological Resources in Tennessee ... [click for more]
Samuel Winstead (1778-1851)(side 1)
Samuel Winstead, a native of Virginia, came here in 1799. At his death, his $34,000 estate included several tracts of land and ... [click for more]
Star PointerFoaled 1889, in the barn 200 yards west, he was the son of Brown Hal and Sweepstakes. His owner was Capt. Henry P. Pointer, who also bred Hal Pointer.... [click for more]
Tennessee Association Sons of Confederate SoldiersSide 1:
The association was established at Franklin , on Sept. 14, 1892, in conjunction with the annual reunion of the Tennessee Associa... [click for more]
Tennessee Valley DivideThe high ground you are on is part of a long ridge that divides central Tennessee. Streams south of the divide flow to the Duck and Tennessee Rivers, ... [click for more]
The Cotton Gin AssaultInto this area rushed elements of four Confederated division on November 30, 1864 as they assaulted the Federal lines near the Carter cotton gin. Cros... [click for more]
The Natchez TraceIn early 1801, the U.S. postmaster general complained to the secretary of war that mail service along the Natchez Trace between Nashville and Natchez ... [click for more]
Thomas Hart BentonOn the foundations of this house was home of Thomas Hart Benton, whose family came from North Carolina in 1799. In 1809 he was state senator. Moving t... [click for more]
Toussaint L?Ouverture CemeteryThis cemetery is named for Toussaint L?Ouverture, a slave leader whose rebellion led to Haiti's independence in 1804. This cemetery is the final resti... [click for more]
Trinity United Methodist CurchTrinity United Methodist Curch is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesWilliamson County MRA... [click for more]
U.S.D. 1812This Monument memorializes War of 1812 soldiers buried along the Old Natchez Trace, and it honors the service of all brave volunteers who marched on t... [click for more]
Union Headquarters ? Hood’s CampaignUnion Headquarters
Planning for Battle
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In Septemb... [click for more]
Willow PlungeOpened in 1924, this was the largest outdoor concrete swimming pool in the South. Willow Plunge was owned, and for many years operated, by the Claibor... [click for more]
Winstead HillWinstead Hill ? Hood's Campaign
Winstead Hill
Fateful Decision
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Wyatt HallWyatt Hall is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
