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Carnton's Greek Revival style back porch. Carnton is a red brick Federal-style 11-room residence, that was completed in 1826 by Randal McGavock using slave labor.Built on a raised limestone foundation, the southern facing entrance façade is a two-story, five-bay block with a side-facing gabled roof, covered in tin, with two dormer windows, and slightly projecting end chimneys.
When Franklin residents awoke on the morning of December 1, their concern was how to bury thousands of soldiers and care for the wounded. Colonel John and Carrie McGavock's plantation house, Carnton, was situated less than one mile (1.6 km) from the center of the action on the Union eastern flank at Franklin. Due to its geographical proximity ...
The State of Tennessee has owned the house since it was purchased to save it from demolition in 1953. As one of the Tennessee Historical Commission's 18 State Historic Sites, the property is administered by the Battle of Franklin Trust, a non-profit organization that also oversees Carnton Plantation.
Adjacent to Carnton is the McGavock Confederate Cemetery, where 1,481 Southern soldiers killed in the battle are buried. Adjacent to the 48 acres (19 ha) surrounding Carnton is another 110 acres (45 ha) of battlefield, formerly the Franklin Country Club golf course, which is currently being converted to a city park. [66]
John McGavock was born on April 2, 1815. [3] His father was Randal McGavock (1766–1843), Mayor of Nashville from 1824 to 1825 and owner of the Carnton Southern plantation in Franklin, Tennessee. [2]
HALS No. TN-7-A, "The Landscapes of the Battlefield of Franklin, Tennessee, Carnton Plantation, 1345 Carnton Lane", 2 measured drawings; HALS No. TN-7-B, "The Landscapes of the Battlefield of Franklin, Tennessee, The Carter House, 1140 Columbia Avenue", 1 measured drawing
Reddick worked for four generations of the McGavock family at Carnton as a nurse, maid, midwife, and head of the household staff. [9] In 1853, Van Winder gave Carrie four additional slaves. [2] McGavock Confederate Cemetery with Carnton in the background. It was around Carnton that the Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864. The ...
Their son John McGavock (1815–1893), who married Carrie Elizabeth Winder (1829–1905) in December 1848, inherited the Carnton plantation. [3] His great-nephew, Randal William McGavock (1826–1863), the grandson of his brother Hugh, also became a politician.