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The Cove
Arno Allisona Rd., College Grove,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 45' 54.839988",
-86° 44' 10.019976"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Shadowed on the southwest by Pull-Tight Hill, and bisected by Arno Road, the Cove was home to the Biggers, Bizzell, Clendenin, Connell, Crafton, Creswell, Farrar, Graham, Ladd, Rickman, Simmons, Skinner, Watson, White, and Wilson families. On May 10, 1863, the political complexion of the area changed when eight Confederate soldiers murdered Will Biggers, a medically discharged Confederate soldier whose brother was in the Union army. As a result of this misdeed, the Cove became a Republican island in a Democratic county. Harpeth Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church, est. 1833, and Beech Grove United Methodist Church, est. 1878, remain active congregations. Simmons Hill School, built in 1898, closed in 1947.
1999 - Williamson County Historical Society.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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