Colonel Richard Henderson

Historical marker location:

Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from 1st Avenue North, 0.1 miles south of Church Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Founder and Promoter of the noted "Transylvania Land Company".

The first self-made female millionaire in the United States was Sarah Breedlove, also known as Madam C.J. Walker. She was born on a plantation near Delta, Tennessee, in 1867.