From the September 22, 2011, KnoxNews.com (Tn) by Hugh G. Willett.
Lylan Fitzgerald owns the Stony Point property on Northshore Drive, has removed the marker because of problems with vandals and trespassers. The monument/marker is 111-years-old and honors the site believed to be Union Admiral David G. Farragut's birthplace.
It was installed by the DAR in 1900.
Rumors say a history collector has it, perhaps living in Texas.
Farragut's father Jorge Farragut, a Spanish immigrant and Revolutionary War veteran was deeded the property in 1796.
David Farragut died in1870 and is buried in Bronx, New York.
I Have to Doubt That History Folks Would Be the Ones Trespassing or Vandalizing. --Old B-R'er
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