Carter County / Washington County
[Front]
Established 1796 named in honor of
Landon Carter
Treasurer of Washington and Hamilton Districts. Speaker of the first State of Franklin Senate, later its Secretary of State, also Lieutenant Colonel of the Washington District Militia.
[Reverse]
Established 1777 named in honor
George Washington
Colonel in the Colonial Army; Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Army and first President of the United States of America.
Marker is at the intersection of Elizabethton Highway (Tennessee Route 91) and Fleming Road, on the right when traveling west on Elizabethton Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
