Hardy Murfree

Historical marker location:

Franklin, Tennessee

( Marker is on Carters Creek Pike (Tennessee Route 246) south of West Harpeth Road, on the left when traveling south.)

Revolutionary War Hero.

The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.