Upping Stone - Alfred Moore Carter House - Elizabethton, TN
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vhasler
N 36° 20.937 W 082° 12.564
17S E 391479 N 4023332
In front of Alfred Moore Carter House are a set of upping stones, which were used by visitors through the Civil War times.
Waymark Code: WM9VYG
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2010
Views: 11
The Alfred Moore Carter House was built in 1819, east of Elizabethton downtown. Horse transportation was used through the rugged hills of East Tennessee to reach Virginia and towards Washington, DC.
Samuel P. Carter, who was born in this house, was a Major General in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He lead a calvary raid of Unionists out of Kentucky to disrupt the vital East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, thus became known as a "bridge burner".
The stones have remained in place in front of the house along East Elk Avenue.
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