Key Corner
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SirFrog
N 35° 55.048 W 089° 25.105
16S E 281786 N 3977496
Key Corner roadside marker
Waymark Code: WMMQ4
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2006
Views: 39
About 4 miles west of Forked Deer River, Henry Rutherford, North Carolina surveyor, chose a spot as the point of origin for his surveys of the Western District in 1785. To identify the "key corner" he carved his initials and surveyor's mark on a leaning sycamore tree there. He returned in 1819 and established a settlement also called Key Corner. He died in 1847 and is buried in the family burial plot east of that point.
Marker Name: Key Corner
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 4E 14
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Not listed
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