Tennessee Four Capitals
Knoxville - Of all of Tennessee's four
major cities, Knoxville is the oldest. It also was the state's
first capital when Tennessee was admitted into the Union in
1796, in which capacity it served until 1819, when the capital
was moved to Murfreesboro. It was named in honor of the first
Secretary of War, Henry Knox.
One of Knoxville's nicknames is The Marble
City. In the early 20th century, a number of quarries were
active in the city, supplying Tennessee Pink marble (actually
Ordovician limestone of the Holston Formation) to much of the
country. Notable buildings such as the National Gallery in
Washington are constructed of Knoxville marble. The National
Gallery's fountains were turned by Candoro Marble Company,
which once ran the largest marble lathes in the United States.
Kingston - On September 21, 1807, Kingston
became the capital of Tennessee for one day to fulfill an
agreement with the Cherokee nation, where the tribe was led to
believe that if they ceded the land in and around Roane County,
Kingston would become the capital of Tennessee. True to the
agreement, the first session of the seventh General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee convened in Kingston. At the end of the
day, the Senate and the House of
Representatives resolved to
"...adjourn forthwith from Kingston, to meet on Wednesday
the 23d inst. at eleven o'clock, A.M. at the courthouse in
Knoxville."
Murfreesboro - In 1811, the Tennessee State
Legislature established a county seat for Rutherford County.
The town was first named "Cannonsburgh" in honor of
Tennessee politician Newton Cannon, but was soon renamed
"Murfreesboro" for Revolutionary War hero Colonel
Hardy Murfree, later the great-grandfather of author Mary
Noailles Murfree.
As Tennessee grew westward, it became clear
that having the state capital in Knoxville would be a burden to
those who had to travel from the western end of the state. In
1819, Murfreesboro became the capital of Tennessee until 1826,
when Nashville became the state capital.
Nashville - Nashville was founded by James
Robertson and a party of Wataugans in 1779, and was originally
called Fort Nashborough, after the American Revolutionary War
hero Francis Nash. Nashville quickly grew due to its prime
location, accessibility as a river port, and its later status
as a major railroad center. In 1806 Nashville was incorporated
as a city and became the county seat of Davidson County,
Tennessee. In 1843, the city was named the permanent capital of
the state of Tennessee.
Downloads
This Section came about in a effort to make it
easier to find the many Documents and Forms which are use at
Marble Springs. All you need to do to get these forms is
to click on the name of the form you want and it will
automaticly start the process. For now we don’t
have all the forms in just one type of file such as word
document. Most of them are in either MS Word or in Adobe
(pdf) files.
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(MS Word .doc)
These are the list of dues and
doth for visitors, campers and venders. The
Document is in Word.
(Adobe .pdf)
(Adobe .pdf)
For those people who are planning
to hold medium to large events at the park need to
download these two forms to fill out and return.
(Adobe .pdf)
For those folks who would like to
participate in any of the many activizes around the
park. Are ask to fill out the form and return it
to the site manager.
(Adobe .pdf)
The GJSMA membership is open to
the general public. This Association is a great
way for community minded people to have a voice in the
future of this park.
(Adobe .pdf)
For those people who would like to
help in the form of charible giving. Download the
form and follow the instructions.
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