Oaklands

Oaklands rose on the labor of enslaved people. The Maneys brought twenty-three from North Carolina, and an 1814 Williamson County probate list names Willie, Selvey, Mogga, Hardy, Harriett, Henry, Willis, Tim, Tinney, Nat, Warrick, Dinah, Eliza, George Porter, Luckey and Sam, with prices. Researchers have since identified 87 people held on the plantation, among them David Maney, a blacksmith. Oral tradition places many burials on land later sold for Evergreen Cemetery, in Section M, where radar found unmarked graves and a tin obelisk bears the name Carrie.

What the plaque says

Oaklands This antebellum mansion, begun about 1824 by Dr. James Maney, is located 1 1/4 miles N. on land acquired by Col. Hardy Murfree in 1798. Subsequently enlarged, it is an excellent example of architectural transition from frontier dwelling to plantation home to town house. Famed as host to many notable of the state and nation, it was here on July 13, 1862, that Nathan B. Forrest received the surrender of Federal forces occupying Murfreesboro.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Stones River National Battlefield — 3.5 mi
  The Murfreesboro battlefield of December 1862, with a national cemetery built by Black soldiers, a Trail of Tears route and the story of the freedmen's settlement called Cemetery.
• Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration — 24 mi
  The Shelbyville show grounds where the Tennessee Walking Horse has been crowned world grand champion each late summer since 1939, and where the practice of soring is part of the story.
• Henry Horton State Park — 25 mi
  A Duck River park on Governor Henry Horton's former farm in Marshall County, with a mill ruin from 1845, kayak floats and the grave of a governor the House declined to impeach.
• Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park — 29 mi
  A 2,000-year-old enclosure of piled stone and earth on the bluffs above the forks of the Duck River, built by Native people between about 80 and 550 A.D., with a museum and waterfall trails.

More markers nearby

• Bradley Academy — steps away
• Mary Ellen Vaughan — steps away
• Old Bradley Academy — steps away
• Holloway High School, 1929-1968 — steps away