Tidence Lane - Whitesburg, TN - Tennessee Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

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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.

Marker Name: Tidence Lane Marker Location: Roadside Type of Marker: Person Marker Number: n/a Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Hamblen County Historical Society

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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/12/2010 indnajns visited it