Enon Meeting House
December 14, 2017, the corner of Florence Road and Enon Springs Road
Category: People Places and Stories
Caravan tour of cemeteries and home sites of the ancestors of Tab and Hattie Henderson
Frank Caperton, November 24, 2017 Billy Pittard and Bob Henderson arranged a tour of home sites and cemeteries of the ancestors of Tab and Hattie Henderson of northern Rutherford County. We met at the Walter Hill Church of Christ then travelled to the Hoover Family Cemetery off Arnold Drive. The Hoover…
Espey family and Espeyland are part of local history
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, November 20, 2017 James Espey of Smyrna was born to Robert and Rachel Espey in 1758 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Robert lived in Jefferson in the 1780s. He received a land grant in 1784 for Espeyland when this land was a section of Davidson…
“Stone’s (Stones) River Battle” by Hugh Walker, 1974, The Tennessean
You know, we come across some fun and interesting items at the Rutherford County Historical Society. Everyday reminds me of Christmas. We opened a time capsule from September 27, 1973 at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) Police Department this past September (September 22, 2017). We since have digitized a two-foot thick stack…
Ben “Buddy” Brown Passes Away
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, November 10, 2017 Lascassas icon Ben “Buddy” Brown, Jr. has passed away. Brown and his wife Linda operated Brown’s Store on Lascassas Highway, a community meeting place, complete with regulars, gossipers and bologna sandwiches. Buddy and Linda operated the store from 1981 until the store closed…
Brown’s Chapel and Asbury Church were early Methodist congregations in Blackman
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, November 6, 2017 Brown’s Chapel Church is a diamond that sparkled in our county for more than 80 years. The original church for Blackman Methodists was built in 1876 and named Brown’s Chapel to honor its first minister, Allison Brown. Brown’s Chapel Road also…
Storyteller Marty Luffman shares haunted history
Dan Epright, the Murfreesboro Post, October 24, 2017 Marty Luffman is a character, no two ways about it, and a Smyrna fixture with lots of irons in the fire. At least two of the State Farm Insurance agent’s irons are “shootin’ irons” as he competes in mounted shooting competitions, or at…
Newton Cannon and a Cannonsburgh Fish Tale
Greg Tucker, ‘Rutherford For Real’ Ed Note: ‘Rutherford for Real‘ is available through the Rutherford County Historical Society for only $20. It has been often said and written that Murfreesboro was first named ‘Cannonsburgh’. Technically, this is NOT correct. Indeed, the only location or entity in Rutherford County to ever…
What happened to the woman who brought Greenway to Murfreesboro?
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, September 7, 2017 Beloved environmental advocate Bertha Chrietzberg of Murfreesboro has died. She was 97. Chrietzberg was instrumental in preserving some of what are now considered Rutherford County’s most popular natural resources, including the Stones River Greenway System. The analogy of planting seeds is a…
Famed Gen. Ben McCulloch had his roots in Jefferson
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 28, 2017 Ben McCulloch, a military maverick, was born in Jefferson on November 11, 1811. He gained fame in the Texas Revolution, Mexican War (as a Texas Ranger) and as a Confederate general in the Civil War. Ben’s parents were Maj. Alexander McCulloch…
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Caravan tour of cemeteries and home sites of the ancestors of Tab and Hattie Henderson
Frank Caperton, November 24, 2017 Billy Pittard and Bob Henderson arranged a tour of home sites and cemeteries of the ancestors of Tab and Hattie Henderson of northern Rutherford County. We met at the Walter Hill Church of Christ then travelled to the Hoover Family Cemetery off Arnold Drive. The Hoover…
Espey family and Espeyland are part of local history
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, November 20, 2017 James Espey of Smyrna was born to Robert and Rachel Espey in 1758 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Robert lived in Jefferson in the 1780s. He received a land grant in 1784 for Espeyland when this land was a section of Davidson…
“Stone’s (Stones) River Battle” by Hugh Walker, 1974, The Tennessean
You know, we come across some fun and interesting items at the Rutherford County Historical Society. Everyday reminds me of Christmas. We opened a time capsule from September 27, 1973 at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) Police Department this past September (September 22, 2017). We since have digitized a two-foot thick stack…
Ben “Buddy” Brown Passes Away
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, November 10, 2017 Lascassas icon Ben “Buddy” Brown, Jr. has passed away. Brown and his wife Linda operated Brown’s Store on Lascassas Highway, a community meeting place, complete with regulars, gossipers and bologna sandwiches. Buddy and Linda operated the store from 1981 until the store closed…
Brown’s Chapel and Asbury Church were early Methodist congregations in Blackman
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, November 6, 2017 Brown’s Chapel Church is a diamond that sparkled in our county for more than 80 years. The original church for Blackman Methodists was built in 1876 and named Brown’s Chapel to honor its first minister, Allison Brown. Brown’s Chapel Road also…
Storyteller Marty Luffman shares haunted history
Dan Epright, the Murfreesboro Post, October 24, 2017 Marty Luffman is a character, no two ways about it, and a Smyrna fixture with lots of irons in the fire. At least two of the State Farm Insurance agent’s irons are “shootin’ irons” as he competes in mounted shooting competitions, or at…
Newton Cannon and a Cannonsburgh Fish Tale
Greg Tucker, ‘Rutherford For Real’ Ed Note: ‘Rutherford for Real‘ is available through the Rutherford County Historical Society for only $20. It has been often said and written that Murfreesboro was first named ‘Cannonsburgh’. Technically, this is NOT correct. Indeed, the only location or entity in Rutherford County to ever…
What happened to the woman who brought Greenway to Murfreesboro?
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, September 7, 2017 Beloved environmental advocate Bertha Chrietzberg of Murfreesboro has died. She was 97. Chrietzberg was instrumental in preserving some of what are now considered Rutherford County’s most popular natural resources, including the Stones River Greenway System. The analogy of planting seeds is a…
Famed Gen. Ben McCulloch had his roots in Jefferson
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 28, 2017 Ben McCulloch, a military maverick, was born in Jefferson on November 11, 1811. He gained fame in the Texas Revolution, Mexican War (as a Texas Ranger) and as a Confederate general in the Civil War. Ben’s parents were Maj. Alexander McCulloch…