Lauderdale County, Tennnessee
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Lauderdale County is named for James Lauderdale, a militia officer in the War of 1812. The waymark is centered on the Lauderdale County Courthouse located at 100 Court Square in Ripley, Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WMY7R1
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2018
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The Person:
From Wikipedia entry on James Lauderdale:
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"James Lauderdale (1768–1814) was an American militia officer who died during the War of 1812. A native of Botetourt County, Virginia, Lauderdale moved to Sumner County, Tennessee, as a young man. In 1813, he joined a unit of cavalry militia under General John Coffee. He later served under General Andrew Jackson and was wounded during the Battle of Talladega, during what was called the Creek War. He was then commissioned as a Lieutenant-Colonel of Volunteers, but died during the first Battle of New Orleans in December 1814."
The Place:
From the Wikipedia page for Lauderdale County, Tennessee:
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"Lauderdale County is a county located on the western edge of the U.S. state of Tennessee, with its border the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,815. Its county seat is Ripley.
Lauderdale County was created in 1835 from parts of Tipton, Dyer and Haywood counties. It was named for Lieutenant Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.
In 1861, the Confederate States Army built extensive defensive fortifications in Lauderdale County along the Mississippi River and named the site for General Gideon J. Pillow. Because of its strategic location, the fort was taken over by the Union Army in 1864, which had occupied the state since 1862.
In 1864, Confederates attacked and overran the fort's defenders, who were about evenly split between white and black soldiers. As they were reported to have refused to surrender, the Confederates gave them no quarter, but killed black soldiers in twice the proportion of white ones. People in the North considered it a massacre, and blacks used the cry, "Remember Fort Pillow!" to rally during the remainder of the war.
Fort Pillow State Park is home to a museum and also has reconstructed fortifications on the original site of the fort."
From the National Register Application:
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"The Lauderdale County Courthouse, located on the public square in Ripley (pop. 6,188), Tennessee, is an excellent example of PWA Modern architecture. The structure was designed by the Nashville architecture firm Marr and Holman and built by R. M. Condra Contractors in 1936. Although it and several other courthouses were begun at the same time, the Lauderdale County Courthouse was the first Public Works Administration funded courthouse to be completed in Tennessee. The two story plus a basement courthouse was designed to be fireproof, being constructed of a reinforced concrete frame with concrete exterior walls. The basement level water table is faced with plain course limestone ashlar with a beveled top course. The upper two stories are faced with buff-colored glazed brick. These exterior walls are twelve inches thick. All fenestration is metal and has always been painted medium brown. The courthouse features a flat composition roof with a decorative limestone band around the top edge of the parapet."