Robert Kerr

Robert Kerr is a Tennessee historical marker in First Baptist Church yard, Greene County.

Green Co, TN 34 (US 11E), in Greeneville, First Baptist Church yard

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On this site originally stood the house of Robert Kerr, where were held sessions of the Upper House of the State of Franklin. The first sessions of Greene County's Court were also held here. The Baptist church, established in 1872, was moved to its present location in 1948.

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Historical maps covering this location

1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Greeneville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1896 · Greeneville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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