Jesse Bean
The first permanent settler in what later became Franklin Co., he established a forge and gunsmith shop in a cave on Caney Hollow Branch, about three miles north, shortly after 1800. A gunsmith of great ability, his 45-inch long rifles became famous throughout the pioneer country.
Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 64 and Old Salem Lexie Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 64.
Courtesy hmdb.org
