Grand Lodge of Tennessee

[1]: 20  Harmony Lodge 1 was dissolved due to inactivity on December 9, 1808.

[1]: 31, 25  Overton Lodge #5 in Rogersville, Tennessee, was granted dispensation in 1806 and Chartered on November 21, 1807.

[1]: 32, 35  Hiram Lodge #7 in Franklin, Tennessee, was granted dispensation in 1808 and Chartered on December 11, 1809.

Thomas Claiborne, an attorney and member of the Tennessee General Assembly from Davidson County, was unanimously elected Grand Master.

[1]: 51 During the mid-1800s, local lodges established or sponsored several schools and colleges.

[1]: 88  In 1850, the Grand Lodge completed the main building for the school.

The Masonic University in 1850 in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Thomas Claiborne , a lawyer politician in Nashville, was elected the first Grand Master at the formation of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee.
Archibald Yell served as Grand Master in 1831. He later served as the second Governor of the State of Arkansas from 1840-1844.
Andrew Jackson , 7th President of the United States (1829-1837), served two terms as Grand Master in 1822 and 1823.
James D. Richardson , Grand Master in 1873 (pictured with his insignia as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite 's Supreme Council ), was the U.S. House of Representatives' Minority Leader from 1899 to 1903.