HALLIBURTON SCHOOL 1860’s was in the Rucker Community. The 1878 Beers Map shows it to have been on the south side of the Rucker Road just east of the railroad. The school was held in a residence owned by the Halliburtons who had a spare room. The teacher was “a…
VERSAILLES SCHOOL 1850’s-l885 or 1886 was the first school known in the area. It was in the southeast corner of the Nance property where the Nance farm joins the Bill Williams-Willie Floyd Williams land. It was on the 10th District 1/2 mile east of Versailles on the north side of…
Susan, Harber, Daily news Journal, December 15, 2015 One of the earliest physicians in Rutherford County was Dr. Nimrod Whitfield Thompson. He was born in 1811 in Hartsville, Tenn., to William and Anna Mullins Thompson originally of Albemarle County, Va. He had 14 siblings and learned at an early age…
Brian Wilson, Daily News Journal MURFREESBORO — Students in a McFadden School of Excellence schoolroom were preparing for a class on Thursday expected to throw them back more than a century. The class taught by fifth-grade history teacher Christy Moore will move to a “one-room classroom”-like space she and another teacher rediscovered at Rutherford…
Connie Esh, The Murfreesboro Post, October 27, 2015 Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, founded in 1885, is a small church with a long, rich history. One part of that history is that one of its former song leaders, Robert Fisher Boyce, wrote the first song in the church hymnal, “Beautiful Star…
CONCORD SCHOOL f 1. 1871-1910 was located on land given by Charles Blackman “Kit” Farris, a Methodist Circuit Rider, and by Dr. J. O. Sharber for building a church and a school. It was across from the present Concord Methodist Church. The 1878 Beers Map shows Concord Church on the…
Rutherford County Assessor of Property took the initiative to measure the girth of the huge Sycamore tree on the east side of Rutherford county’s historic Courthouse. The tree was planted near the time the Courthouse opened – 1859. Rob Mitchell measured the girth at 16’9”. The height is 90.13′ and…
by Bethany Hall, GISP Rutherford County Historic Cemetery Online Map and Search Rutherford Co. Historic Cemetery Survey Form: www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/archives/cemetery-form.htm “Forgotten Place, Living Traditions” story map tour www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/archives/cemetery.html In 2014, the Rutherford Co. Archives teamed with Rutherford Co.’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Departments, MTSU Center for Historic…
December 8, 2015, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
State Representative Mike Sparks is hosting the 3rd annual Civil War talk topics including Coleman Scout DeWitt Smith Jobe and Confederate Veteran and State Representative Sampson Keeble. WHEN: Saturday, December 5, 10AM till noon WHERE: Motlow College, 5002 Motlow College Blvd., Smyrna, Tennessee The Civil War Talk will…