The Brown-Chenault House, also known as Campbell Farm, is a historic house in

Castalian Springs, Tennessee Castalian Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. History In the early 19th century, it was known locally as Bledsoe's Lick, and was the location of Bledsoe's Station, ...

, United States.

History

The farmhouse was built as a log house circa 1835 for George T. Brown, his wife and their children. Brown was a farmer who owned 4 slaves in 1838. The farm was purchased by David Chenault, the owner of Greenfield, in 1850. Chenault, whose father was a French immigrant, lived on the two properties with his wife, nine sons and four daughters. During the

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of 1861–1865, his son Colby Chenault joined the

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and served under General

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. In 1867, Colby moved into the house, where he lived with his wife, Araminta Harper, and their nine children. The farmhouse has been listed on the

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since July 25, 1985.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Houses completed in 1835 Buildings and structures in Sumner County, Tennessee {{SumnerCountyTN-NRHP-stub