Tennessee's Richest Woman Built The Biggest House In The State | Belmont

In 1846, Adelicia Hayes Franklin inherited a staggering fortune, plantations, thousands of acres, and hundreds of enslaved people, all before her thirtieth birthday. What she did next stunned Nashville society. She demanded a prenuptial agreement decades before they were common, tripled her wealth, and built Belmont: a 36-room, 20,000-square-foot Italian villa that became the largest