Tidence Lane - Whitesburg, TN
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 16.688 W 083° 08.919
17S E 307015 N 4016939
Tidence Lane was pastor of the first church in Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WM6C4N
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2009
Views: 8
Sign text:
Tidence Lane
1724-1806
Tidence Lane was pastor of the first church in Tennessee, Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church in Washington County, in 1778. He also organized Bent Creek, now Whitesburg Baptist Church in 1785 and was first moderator of the first Baptist Association, Holston, in 1786. He and six of his sons fought in the Revolutionary War.
There is really no parking right at the marker.
See also Knox County genealogy website (link) for more information.
Note: This waymark would not qualify for this category under current requirements, but would be suitable for Signs of History.