In 1908, the federal government loaned Franklin’s Confederate Memorial Association four U.S. Army cannons, which were situated at the four corners of an expanded Public Square surrounding the monument.19 By the mid-1920s, agricultural fields once part of the core battlefield area were subdivided for residential and commercial development. Despite several failed efforts to create a federal military park, preservation-minded residents were able to save individual components of the battlefield. In 1926, the UDC was granted a deed to the McGavock Confederate Cemetery (NRHP 1973) within the eastern battlefield flank at Carnton plantation.20 In 1948, the family of Walter A. Roberts donated 9.75 acres of land at Winstead Hill Ridge to the Franklin chapter of the UDC for preservation as a memorial to Confederate soldiers who fought at the Battle of Franklin. Located along Columbia Turnpike two miles south of Franklin, Winstead Hill served as a hilltop observation point and command post during the battle. The UDC preserved the hilltop as open space. The THC erected a roadside historical marker along Columbia Pike (U.S. 31) at the base of the hill in the 1950s.21 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Founded in 1897 by Susie Rebecca Gentry (1860– 1944), the Franklin chapter of the DAR, known as the Old Glory Chapter, advocated for the preservation of the City Cemetery and funded the erection of historic markers and monuments associated with the American Revolution. A leading clubwoman in Franklin, Gentry lived at the Maplehurst estate at the corner of Main Street and 11th Street, which was later demolished in the 1960s. Gentry was also involved in the UDC and founded a local chapter of the National Society of the U.S. Daughters of 1812. 19 Crutchfield and Holladay 2017:217–222; Jones 2019. 20 NPS SRS 2006:11. 21 NPS SRS 2006:16, 76. Led by Tennessee “Tennie” Dozier, then the regent, in 1916 the DAR initiated a campaign to restore the Franklin City Cemetery, the final resting place for four veterans of the American Revolutionary War. The women of the Old Glory Chapter raised funds for the construction of dry-stack limestone walls surrounding the cemetery and two memorial entrance gates (Figure 2).22 TENNESSEE “TENNIE” PINKERTON DOZIER Tennessee “Tennie” Pinkerton Dozier (1861–1918) was arguably the most prominent clubwoman in Franklin. Dozier was highly educated, holding degrees from the Tennessee Female College in Franklin and Cumberland University in Lebanon, TN, with additional studies at Monteagle, TN, and Chautauqua, NY. She taught classes at colleges in Lebanon, Gallatin, and Franklin. 22 Morrow 1917:38; Martens 2011: Section 8:8 Nashville Banner 25 October 1916:11; Old Glory 2023; The Tennessean, 21 May 1911:9; Williamson Herald 2016. Memorial gate erected by the DAR at the City Cemetery, 1916. (Source: Nashville Banner, 2 December 1916:22) 63
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