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    Carnton is a historic plantation home built in 1826 in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The property, comprising 1,420 acres (5...
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    for the wounded. Colonel John and Carrie McGavock's plantation house, Carnton, was situated less than one mile (1.6 km) from the center of the action...
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    American midwife, nurse, and domestic worker who was held as a slave at Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee. She worked for the family of Colonel...
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    well-preserved antebellum plantation houses such as Belle Meade Plantation, Carnton plantation in Franklin, and Belmont Mansion. Nashville has many arts centers...
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    holes. The Carnton Plantation, home to the McGavock family during the battle, also still stands and is likewise open to the public. The Carnton Plantation...
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    McGavock (1766–1843), Mayor of Nashville from 1824 to 1825 and owner of the Carnton Southern plantation in Franklin, Tennessee. His sister Elizabeth Irwin...
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    Widow of the South and has played a major role in preserving the historic Carnton mansion, a focal point in the Battle of Franklin which occurred on November...
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    of Franklin were buried in the McGavock Confederate Cemetery near the Carnton plantation house. Containing the bodies of 1,481 soldiers, it is the largest...
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  • (2015) To Wager Her Heart (2017) To Mend a Dream (2015) The Carnton Novels Christmas at Carnton (2017) With This Pledge (2019) Colors of Truth (2020) Library...
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    organization that also oversees Carnton Plantation. Winstead Hill, also NRHP-listed within the Franklin Battlefield area Carnton, also NRHP-listed in the battlefield...
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    slave owner and the caretaker of the McGavock Confederate Cemetery at Carnton, a historic plantation complex in Franklin, Tennessee. Her life was the...
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  • huddled in the Carter House basement while the battle raged above. The Carnton Plantation, home to the McGavock family during the battle, also still stands...
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    buildings were temporarily converted to use as field hospitals. The Carter, Carnton, and the Lotz houses from this era are still standing and are among the...
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  • the site of the Bell Witch haunting, as well as the Bell Witch Cave. The Carnton Mansion in Franklin was used as a hospital for Confederate Soldiers during...
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  • 75001780 Brabson's Ferry Plantation June 25, 1975 Sevierville Sevier 73001857 Carnton January 18, 1973 Franklin Williamson 73001767 Clifton Place April 11, 1973...
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    Hall near Charleston, South Carolina Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee Evergreen Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana...
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    Civil War, Colonel John McGavock and Carrie Elizabeth Winder McGavock of Carnton Plantation sent one of their pregnant house slaves, Mariah Reddick, to...
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    Nashville from 1824 to 1825. In 1815, McGavock built Carnton. During the American Civil War, Carnton served as a field hospital after the Battle of Franklin...
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    David H. McGavock (1826–1896), a cousin of the McGavocks who owned the Carnton plantation in Franklin, Tennessee, and his wife William "Willie" Elizabeth...
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    the age of 35. He was buried in the McGavock Confederate Cemetery on the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee. American Civil War portal Biography...
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    Tennessee. Retrieved 26 January 2024. "The Enslaved at Carter House & Carnton". The Battle of Franklin Trust. Retrieved 24 November 2024. Gilfillan,...
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    larger mansion. William Giles Harding would marry Elizabeth McGavock of Carnton; they had two daughters who survived to adulthood named Selene and Mary...
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    University of Pennsylvania Medical School, he married an heiress to the Carnton plantation and ministered to slaves and the poor. He was Professor of Medicine...
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  • Tennessee, it is noted that Winstead Hill, Fort Granger, the Carter House, and Carnton comprise the Franklin Battlefield National Historic Landmark area, but...
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  • Rock Castle (Hendersonville, Tennessee) Belle Meade Plantation, Tennessee Carnton, Tennessee Clover Bottom Mansion, Tennessee DeVault Tavern, Tennessee Edwards-Fowler...
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    Its close proximity to the Carter House, the Franklin Battlefield and Carnton Plantation makes it a popular destination for tourists. It was listed on...
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    Kinnard Sr. The family farm was located at the corner of Lewisburg Pike and Carnton Lane (now the Heath Place subdivision). The property has historical significance...
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  • Kellytown Site 40WM10 Mississippian Coats-Hines Site 40WM31 Paleo-Indian 1995 Carnton Site 40WM32 American plantation National historic landmark Harpeth Furnace...
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    Battlefield Winstead Hill, also NRHP-listed within the Franklin Battlefield area Carnton, also NRHP-listed in the battlefield Fountain Carter House, also NRHP-listed...
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    Her father served as Mayor of Nashville from 1824 to 1825 and owned the Carnton plantation in Franklin, Tennessee. They had two daughters, Selene and Mary...
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