Edward Swanson

Historical marker location:

Franklin, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Kittrell Rd and Columbia Pike (Highway 31), on the right when traveling west on Kittrell Rd.)

Marker installed: 1997

(1759-1840).

Tennessee was the site of the first recorded manned flight in history. In 1878, a man named George Washington Pearcy flew a steam-powered aircraft over a field in Shelbyville, Tennessee.