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Land Grants on Elk River in Tennessee 1783-1831

Land Grants on Elk River in Tennessee 1783-1831

Land Grant Genealogy 5 by Jack Masters covers Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall & Moore Counties in Southern Middle Tennessee. This book features North Carolina and Tennessee Land Grants on the Elk River in Southern middle Tennessee. 1438 transcribed Land Grants cover the period 1783 – 1831. All grants are placed on modern topographical maps for ease in location. Includes all name and place index with 123 map pages. Click here to read a detailed description. [Note: TNGenWeb…

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History of Wilder’s Chapel Community

History of Wilder’s Chapel Community

Authors Donald Hill, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Willie Sue Partin Hill, of Decherd, Tennessee, compiled a history of the Wilder’s Chapel community in 2009 and deposited the text at the USGenWeb Archives. Click here to read the text.

Goodspeed’s History of Franklin County

Goodspeed’s History of Franklin County

The information below is no longer available at the link formerly found on the Franklin County TNGenWeb site. Because it’s been offline for more than five years, we have copied  the text from the Internet Archive below for the benefit of researchers. The Internet Archive link is found at the end of the text. FRANKLIN COUNTY is bounded on the north by Coffee County, northeast by Grundy, east by Marion, south by the State of Alabama, west by Lincoln, northwest…

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Historical Sites of Franklin County

Historical Sites of Franklin County

The Old Jail Museum was built in 1897. It not only preserves features and equipment of the historic jail, but it displays many artifacts of the frontier, Civil War, and other historic periods. The sturdy brick jail house served as the county jail for more than 75 years. It is located at 400 First Ave., N.E. just off the Court House Square. It is open mid-March through mid-December. Call (615) 967-0524 or 967-0850. Tims Ford State Park is an outstanding…

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Some Franklin County Geographic Names

Some Franklin County Geographic Names

The following locations and place names could be found within the boundaries of Franklin County, Tennessee in the early days. Some of these features may now be within the borders of Coffee, Grundy and Moore Counties. TOWNS: Winchester, Cowan, Decherd, Sewanee, Estill Springs and Huntland. COMMUNITIES: Alto, Anderson, Awalt, Beans Creek, Belvidere, Broadview, Buncombe, Capitol Hill, Center Grove, Dripping Springs, Farris Chapel, Goshen, Greenhaw, Harmony, Hockersville (now Alto/Decherd area), Keith’s Spring, Liberty, Marble Hill (now Moore Co.), Maple Grove, Marble…

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