The Cove
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Bat-Bubba
N 35° 45.914 W 086° 44.167
16S E 523853 N 3957941
The Cove Historical Marker
Waymark Code: WM4230
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2008
Views: 34
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.
Marker Name: The Cove
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: None
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Williamson County Historical Society, 1999
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