The Trading Ground
The Trading Ground is a Tennessee historical marker in Johnson County.
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Historical maps covering this location
- 1776 · Map Of North And South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers. (Northern Section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1893 · Cranberry, North Carolina (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
- 1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1935 · Zionville, North Carolina (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
For example, one family's tree showed the Articles of Confederation marker in Pennsylvania standing under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s.
What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.
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Marker text and location from the Tennessee Historical Commission, as the Commission publishes them on its marker map.