Robert King Byrd

Robert King Byrd is a Tennessee historical marker in Roane County.

TN 29 (US 27), in Harriman on Roane St., near east end of new Harriman bridge

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Served as 1st Lt., Co. C., 4th Tenn. Infantry in Mexican War. During Civil War he organized and was Col. of 1st Tenn. Infantry, USA. Later commanded brigade. Saw action in East Tenn., Battle of Stones River, and in Atlanta campaign. Member of Union Party Convention of 1865, State Senator, 1879. Owned land on which Harriman was later built.

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1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Kingston, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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