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Webster Farm: copy of Jonathan Webster's will
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Object Description
Title
Webster
Farm
:
copy
of
Jonathan
Webster's
will
Creator(s)
Webster
,
Jonathan
Property name
Webster Farm
Property type
Farm
National Register Reference
96000770
listed
July
19
,
1996
Community Name
Cross Bridges, Maury County, TN
Description
Photocopy
of the will of
Jonathan
Webster
,
filed
in
Maury
County
in
1843
Historical Notes
The
evolution
of the
Webster
Farm
can
be
traced
to
1807
,
when
Jonathan
Webster
III
, a
Revolutionary
War
veteran
and
retired
merchant
moved
from
Georgia
to
Tennessee
and
bought
a
500
acre
tract
along
Big
Bigby
Creek
. There, he
constructed
a
three
pen
cottage
, ca.
1810
and ca.
1826
a
large
two-story
Federal
I-house
was
added
onto the
existing
structure
.
Webster's
farm
prospered
, as he
raised
cotton
and
experimented
in
raising
livestock
. In his
lifetime
,
Webster
was an
active
politician
and an
enterprising
agriculturalist
. In
1847
, the
farm
was
sold
to a
Mr
.
Harlan
,
whose
later
family
added
a
Classical
Revival
front
porch
to the
house
in the
early
1900s
. In the
1950s
, the
farm
passed
into the
hands
of the
Osborn
family
, and in
1994
, the
Webster
family
regained
possession
of the
farm
. The
farm
is
significant
because
of its
association
with
Jonathan
Webster
, an
early
settler
,
politician
, and
agriculturist
of
Middle
Tennessee
.
Furthermore
, the
farm
is
significant
because
it
possesses
excellent
examples
of
early-nineteenth
century
architecture
and
early-twentieth
century
outbuildings
that
relate
to the
influence
of
progressive
farming
techniques
on the
built
environment
of
Middle
Tennessee
.
Collection Name
Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH
Historic farms -- Tennessee
Family farms -- Tennessee
Subject-AAT
Wills
Subject-TGM
Wills
Language
eng
Type
Text
Genre
Government publication
Medium
Paper
Extent
4
pg
,
8.5
x
11
in.
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use
Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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