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Williamson County History
Previous Research at Old Town
Explore
Landmarks
Mississippian Temple Mounds
Stone-Box Graves
River & Creek
Old Natchez Trace
1801 Bridge
Antebellum Home: The Thomas Brown House
Locust Grove
Other Structures
Mississippian Collection
Wildlife
Birds of Old Town
American Crow
–
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Goldfinch
–
Spinus tristis
American Robin
–
Turdus migratorius
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Brown Thrasher
Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper’s Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Field Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
House Finch
Indigo Bunting
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Northern Waterthrush
Orchard Oriole
Palm Warbler
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Song Sparrow
European Starling
Summer Tanager
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-eyed Vireo
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Wood Thrush
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Bethenia Brown Letter Collection
Carnton Artifacts
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General Old Town Bibliography
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Conservation & Preservation
Old Town Heritage Project
Overview
Project Update 2019
Geophysical Survey 2019
Kevin Smith
Old Town Historic Daffodil Project
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Overview
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John Donelson, Jr. Inherits Old Town Tract
1789
John Donelson, Jr. inherits the Old Town tract after his father’s death.
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John Donelson, Sr. Receives “Old Town” Land Grant
Thomas Harden Perkins Purchases Old Town
