Andrew Jackson Grave Site
The Hermitage is the most authentic early presidential home in America, where you'll be a honored guest in the Jackson family mansion, the formal garden, slave quarters, and the original log cabin the Jacksons occupied in... famplosion.com
Mansker's Fort
Here on west bank of the creek that he discovered in 1772, Kasper Mansker and other first settlers built a log fort in 1779. John Donelson?s family fled here in 1780 for safety from Indians. Mansker abandoned the fort in 1781 a... hmdb.org
Tennessee Historical Commission
The mission of the Tennessee Historical Commission is to encourage the inclusive diverse study of Tennessee's history for the benefit of future generations; to protect, preserve, interpret, operate, maintain, and ad... americanheritage.com
Historic Rock Castle
Historic Rock Castle was one of the first permanently built homes on the Tennessee State Frontier. Today it remains one of Tennessee's most important structures of the early Republic. Its noteworthy architectural characte... museumsusa.org
Hank Snow Grave Site
Country Music Singer, Composer. Hank Snow was a Canadian who achieved country music notoriety far from the American area that developed and shaped this musical form. At the time of his death in Madison (Nashville suburb) ... findagrave.com
Roy Acuff Grave Site
Country Music Singer. A native of Maynardsville, Tennessee, he sold more records in the 1930s and 1940s than any country music star. A semi-professional baseball player in his 20's, his career cut short by injury. He then... findagrave.com
Ernest "Texas Troubadour" Tubb Grave Site
Musician, Songwriter. He was a farm boy born near Crisp, Texas, to sharecropper parents. One of the big country music stars of the day was Jimmie Rodgers, and Tubb aspired to be like him. He worked for the Works Progress ... findagrave.com
Two Rivers Mansion
This residence still speaks to the fortune and life of David McGavock, a prominent Nashvillian of the mid 19th century. mytravelguide.com
Earl Eugene Scruggs Grave Site
Country and Bluegrass Musician. He is probably best known for his three-finger banjo picking style of bluegrass music. He was born and raised in the Flint Hill community near Shelby, Tennessee, and grew up in a musical fa... findagrave.com
Kitty Wells Grave Site
Singer, Songwriter. Born Ellen Muriel Deason, her 1952 hit recording, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts. She recorded the song just as she ... findagrave.com
A Home For Jackson’s Slaves
Andrew Jackson arrived at the Hermitage in 1804 with nine slaves. By 1821, that number had risen to fifty. In 1823, Jackson brought another thirty enslaved African American here from his recently sold Alabama plantation. Faced ... hmdb.org
Abandonment And Preservation
In the years after Andrew Jackson?s death, the Jackson?s financial situation changed for the worse. The log farmhouse/slave cabin slowly fell into ruin. In 1889, the state of Tennessee entrusted the property to the Ladies? Herm... hmdb.org
Free Hill Road
In 1860, Sumner County's population of African descent consisted of 7,700 slaves. After America's Civil War, emancipated slaves settled on this high hill and road in the Rockland Community. According to oral tradition, Free Hil... hmdb.org
Old Hickory Lake
Besides its many parks and recreation areas, Old Hickory is home to several group camp facilities such as the Boy Scouts? Camp Boxwell, Lincoya Girl Scout Camp, Fraternal Order of Police Camp for underprivileged children,... recreation.gov
Casper Mansker
Two blocks west is the grave of this renowned frontiersman and Goodlettsville?s first citizen. Coming first to the Cumberland Settlements in 1770, he returned in 1780 and built his fort one-half mile north on Mansker?s creek. H... hmdb.org
Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
In 1843, Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized near Mansker Creek and was originally known as Mansker Creek Congregation. In January 1848, the church moved to the present location and burned in 1901. The p... hmdb.org
William Bowen House
Near Mansker?s Creek stands a rare example of Federal architecture built by Capt. William Bowen and Mary Henley Russell. Bowen, an early pioneer and Indian fighter had served in the French & Indian and Revolutionary wars before... hmdb.org