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Wikipedia Description: Carnton
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Carnton is a historic plantation house and museum in Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee. Carnton is the setting for the blockbuster novel The Widow of the South, by author Robert Hicks. The sprawling farm and its buildings played an important role during and immediately after the Battle of Franklin during the American Civil War.

Antebellum years:

Initial construction:

The first construction at Carnton took place in 1815 by Randal McGavock (1768–1843), who had emigrated from Virginia, settling in Nashville, Tennessee. Significant work on the home started in the mid 1820s using slave labor. McGavock named the property after his father’s birthplace in County Antrim, Ireland. The term “Carnton“ was derived from a Gaelic word cairn that means “a pile of stones”. A cairn can connotate a pile of memorial stones.

Early on, the main house was adjoined to the smokehouse or kitchen by a two-story wing. The smokehouse was the first structure in the property (c. 1815). The kitchen was destroyed by a tornado in 1909. The remains can clearly be seen today and were being excavated by archaeologists.

Patriarch: Randal McGavock:

Randal McGavock was a prominent local politician, serving as Mayor of Nashville for a one-year term in 1824. He knew President James K. Polk and was good friends with President Andrew Jackson, who stayed in the McGavock home on more than one occasion. Jackson gave a rocking chair to the McGavocks, and it is one of the several original artifacts or pieces of furniture one can see when touring the home today.

The home was ready for the McGavock family to permanently occupy in the late 1820s. At the time it was 1,400 acres (6 km�) of which 500 acres (2 km�) was used for farming. In the 1830s, McGavock had 250 hogs, cattle, and sheep.

Son: Col. John McGavock:

Randal McGavock died in 1843, leaving his property to two sons, James and John (1815–1893). John took possession of the Carn ...More...
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