FIRST - Settler in White County, Tennessee
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YoSam.
N 35° 55.543 W 085° 27.851
16S E 638554 N 3976799
Revolutionary War Hero...moving west....
Waymark Code: WMXAWY
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2017
Views: 3
County of marker: White County
Location of marker: W. Bockman Way, courthuse lawn, Sparta
Marker erected by: Sparta Lions Club
Marker text:
WHITE COUNTY
Established in 1806; named in honor of John White, Veteran of the Revolutionary war.
First settler in what later became White County.
"Revolutionary War fifer who was a very early settler of White Co. and from whom White County received it's name. He established this cemetery on his property and all that were buried here were of his family. Through all of the years this cemetery evolved to being in a barn lot and under the barn. Because of these conditions, in 1967 his and his wife's graves were moved to the nearby Old Union Cemetery and they have memorials there. Memorials for them are now being created because this is the original burial site for them" ~ Daughters of the American Revolution
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