“Red Fox” Flynn October 29, 1825-October 17, 1905

“Red Fox” Flynn October 29, 1825-October 17, 1905 is a Tennessee historical marker in Cumberland County.

Cumberland Co., near junction of October 28, 1825- Lantana Rd., Hwy 101 at Flynn’s October 17, 1905 Cove Rd.

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During the Civil War, Richard Lafayette Flynn and his wife, Ezyiphia, ran an Underground Railroad stop in Cumberland County on Big Laurel Creek assisting Unionist refugees, slaves who had escaped, and soldiers, including Andrews' Raiders, from Chattanooga on their way to Kentucky. A Federal scout, Flynn earned the name “Red Fox” for his ability to slip through the area as furtively as a red fox. He died in 1905 and is buried in the Flynn Cemetery.

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1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Pikeville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Pikeville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1912 · Crossville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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“Red Fox” Flynn October 29, 1825-October 17, 1905

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