St. Clair Street Senior Center: Researching African American History
Murfreesboro City Television, August 29, 2017 John Lodl with the Rutherford County Archives talks about researching African American history.
Category: Black History
Crawford School (Black), ____ – 1900
CRAWFORD SCHOOL BLACK -1900 was built on the Richard Crawford lot on Rocky Hill Road which runs north off Holly Grove Road. The school was a one-room frame building with Novella Crawford and Mrs. Johnnie Scales as teachers. Susie Rucker Rucker, who did some private teaching in the community, may…
Smyrna Rosenwald School (Black), 1960-1967
SMYRNA ROSENWALD SCHOOL BLACK 1960-1967 was on the southwest side of the Old Nashville Highway, and north west of Sam Davis Road. It replaced the 1927-1960 school but was not on the same site.On March 21, 1959, Emit E. Bishop and wife Elizabeth deeded 8.15 acres of land to theRutherford…
Smyrna Rosenwald School (Black), 1927-1960
SMYRNA ROSENWALD SCHOOL BLACK 1927-1960 was on the old Nashville-Murfreesboro Road at Hill Top in District 3. On April 28, 1927, John and James Sneed signed a deed for three and one-half acres for a school. This school took the place of the RUCKER HILL SCHOOL. The frame building had…
Mt. View School (Black), 1870-1918
MT. VIEW SCHOOL BLACK 1870-c1918 met in the old Mt. View Baptist Church on the northwest side of Rocky Fork Road and about two miles southwest of the old Nashville Turnpike. According to a history kept in the church, Clem Ross gave the land in 1870. Teachers were Marie Bright,…
Battlefield tour spotlights Cemetery Community
Nancy De Genarro, The Daily News Journal, February 19, 2017 It’s hard to imagine that homes, barns, vineyards and churches once stood on the stark landscape of native grasses and woods at Stones River National Battlefield. The Cemetery Community settled shortly after the end of the Civil War and was…
Celebration of the community of Cemetery at the Stones River National Battlefield
Saturday, February 18, 2017, Frank Caperton, President of the Rutherford County Historical Society Saturday, February 18, 2017 was an incredible celebration of the community once known as ‘Cemetery’. The African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County, the Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield, MTSU and the Stones River National…
A Celebration of the Community of Cemetery
How many of realize there was a thriving community located on present day Stones River National Battlefield? How many of us realize this community, known as ‘Cemetery’ was created by freed slaves after the Civil War? Yes, a Freedmen’s community known as Cemetery emerged on the landscape where the Battle…
Bradley students taking part in demonstration following classes in home hygiene and care of sick
The Cemetery Community
February 3, 2017 The African America Heritage Society, the Stones River National Battlefield and the Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield created this three-panel brochure helping keep the memories of of the community once known as Cemetery alive.
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Crawford School (Black), ____ – 1900
CRAWFORD SCHOOL BLACK -1900 was built on the Richard Crawford lot on Rocky Hill Road which runs north off Holly Grove Road. The school was a one-room frame building with Novella Crawford and Mrs. Johnnie Scales as teachers. Susie Rucker Rucker, who did some private teaching in the community, may…
Smyrna Rosenwald School (Black), 1960-1967
SMYRNA ROSENWALD SCHOOL BLACK 1960-1967 was on the southwest side of the Old Nashville Highway, and north west of Sam Davis Road. It replaced the 1927-1960 school but was not on the same site.On March 21, 1959, Emit E. Bishop and wife Elizabeth deeded 8.15 acres of land to theRutherford…
Smyrna Rosenwald School (Black), 1927-1960
SMYRNA ROSENWALD SCHOOL BLACK 1927-1960 was on the old Nashville-Murfreesboro Road at Hill Top in District 3. On April 28, 1927, John and James Sneed signed a deed for three and one-half acres for a school. This school took the place of the RUCKER HILL SCHOOL. The frame building had…
Mt. View School (Black), 1870-1918
MT. VIEW SCHOOL BLACK 1870-c1918 met in the old Mt. View Baptist Church on the northwest side of Rocky Fork Road and about two miles southwest of the old Nashville Turnpike. According to a history kept in the church, Clem Ross gave the land in 1870. Teachers were Marie Bright,…
Battlefield tour spotlights Cemetery Community
Nancy De Genarro, The Daily News Journal, February 19, 2017 It’s hard to imagine that homes, barns, vineyards and churches once stood on the stark landscape of native grasses and woods at Stones River National Battlefield. The Cemetery Community settled shortly after the end of the Civil War and was…
Celebration of the community of Cemetery at the Stones River National Battlefield
Saturday, February 18, 2017, Frank Caperton, President of the Rutherford County Historical Society Saturday, February 18, 2017 was an incredible celebration of the community once known as ‘Cemetery’. The African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County, the Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield, MTSU and the Stones River National…
A Celebration of the Community of Cemetery
How many of realize there was a thriving community located on present day Stones River National Battlefield? How many of us realize this community, known as ‘Cemetery’ was created by freed slaves after the Civil War? Yes, a Freedmen’s community known as Cemetery emerged on the landscape where the Battle…
Bradley students taking part in demonstration following classes in home hygiene and care of sick
The Cemetery Community
February 3, 2017 The African America Heritage Society, the Stones River National Battlefield and the Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield created this three-panel brochure helping keep the memories of of the community once known as Cemetery alive.