Robertson Family Farm

2715 Newsom Rd., Whiteville, Tennessee. County/parish: Hardeman.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 08, 2007. NRIS 07001164.

4 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Robertson Family Farm

The Robertson Family Farm, in or near Whiteville, Tennessee, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It then included four contributing buildings and a contributing site.

It was deemed significant as a rare surviving example of a farm operated by the same African-American family for over 100 years. It was started by Crawford Robertson who was born a slave in Arkansas; it was operated in 2007 by grandson Evelyn Robertson with help of a cousin and a lessee.

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