Feb 6, 2023
This very large Chinkapin Oak, Quercus muehlenbergii, stands 14 feet and 10 inches in circumference and over 80 feet tall. It has stood on Walton Ferry Road in Hendersonville for over 250 years and is named for the famous local Revolutionary War soldier, Captain...
Feb 6, 2023
Standing as a witness to Hawkins County and East TN history, is the venerable White Oak, Quercus alba, of Browns Corner, Rogersville, TN. This oak is situated east of downtown Rogersville in a corner roadside park between Old Hwy 11 W and Hwy 70 E. A four-sided...
Feb 6, 2023
This elm stands in the western lawn of Elm Springs, a home built in 1837 by noted Maury County builder, Nathan Vaught. The property encompasses 80 acres and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The original nomination form for the National Register stated:...
Feb 6, 2023
This large oak stands on the grounds of the Historic Sam Davis Home and Plantation in Smyrna, Tennessee. It is named for the Confederate hero and son of the Davis family, Samuel Davis, a member of the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Sometime in...
Feb 6, 2022
The Gatlinburg “Big Tree”, as it is known locally, was estimated to be 225 years old. Gatlinburg’s first settlers, the Ogle family, moved from South Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee and eventually to the Gatlinburg location in 1803. This huge poplar predates their...
Dec 4, 2019
1434 14TH AVE S. NASHVILLE, TN 37212HISTORICAL TREE PRESERVATION Common Name: Shumard OakScientific Name: Quercus Shumardii William Edmondson, born about 1874 of former slave parents in the Hillsboro area of Davidson County, worked as a railroad and hospital laborer...
Dec 3, 2019
Common Name: Overcup OakScientific Name: Quercus lyrata
Nov 27, 2018
This large white oak sits on top of the famous “Indian Mound” on the UT Knoxville Agricultural Campus where thousands of agriculture majors have witnessed its location since around 1904. Following the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862 that established the Land Grant...
Nov 26, 2018
Alexander Donelson, nephew of President Andrew Jackson and grandson to the early TN pioneer, Colonel John Donelson, settled in West TN near the community now known as Arlington in 1830. Alexander was one of the first settlers in the area and he and his wife, Rachel...
