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Mary Kate Patterson Davis Hill Kyle (1844-1931)

Mary Kate Patterson Davis Hill Kyle (1844-1931) is a Tennessee historical marker in Davis Hill Kyle by City Hall, Rutherford County.

LaVergne on Murfreesboro Rd.,Davis Hill Kyle by City Hall

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Heroine of the South, worked with Coleman's scouts and Sam Davis to spy in the Lavergne-Nolensville-Nashville area. When a teenager, she smuggled vital information and supplies through Union lines. Mrs. Kyle was buried in the Confederate Circle in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, the first woman so honored.

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