Geary's Division

Historical marker location:

540 South Crest Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker is on South Crest Road south of West Shadowlawn Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1890

Slocum's Corps.. Brigadier General John W. Geary.

The famous frontiersman Davy Crockett served as a U.S. congressman from Tennessee from 1827 to 1835. He became a national celebrity during this time, known for his colorful personality and frontier wisdom.