Franklin City Cemetery

The Franklin City Cemetery in Franklin, Tennessee was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Franklin City Cemetery
LocationN. Margin St. between 3rd & 4th Aves. N., Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates35°55′41″N 86°52′18″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
NRHP reference No.12000946
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 2012

Four American Revolutionary War veterans are buried there. The cemetery is significant for its history of early settlers and for its funerary markers, the most unusual of which is perhaps a "treestone" one.[1]

It is across North Margin Street from Rest Haven Cemetery, also NRHP-listed in 2012.[2]

References

  1. Andra Kowalczyk Martens (April 16, 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Franklin City Cemetery" (PDF). National Park Service.
  2. "Seven Tennessee Sites Added to the National Register of Historic Places". State of Tennessee. December 28, 2012. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.


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