Hickory Grove School (black) 1925-1955 was off the west side of Hickory Grove Road which runs north off Jefferson Pike. The first building was torn down around 1925. The second schoolhouse was a one-room frame building with a door and steps at the front. A kitchen was added later to…
ROCKY FORK SCHOOL BLACK 1878-1945 was on the present Del Thomas Road. The school was on the first hill to the south after the bridge. On August 26, 1878, J.T. Neal and wife sold land to colored Trustees Claiborne Coleman, Gene Sneed, Percy Davis, Allen Ridley, and William Paschal for…
EAST END GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1921 – January, 1929 was housed in the old MOONEY School Building on the south side of East Main Street in Murfreesboro. On March 23, 1920, J. H. Reed and wife Sarah H. had sold to the county the MOONEY SCHOOL property which the Rutherford County…
DOUGLAS SCHOOL fl. 1878-c 1920 was on the north side of the Bradyville Pike just east of its intersection with McKnight Road. The site is on the Beers Map of 1878. James Douglas gave the land and the building for the school. The frame building was weatherboarded and painted white.…
W. H. Wallace, 1869. He-contributed to the first report made by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Report 1869Nearly all of the teachers have received a part of their salary from the people . . . . Schools of some kind have been established in every district ofthe county. George…
OREGON SCHOOL 1860’s-1900 was a Wilson-Rutherford County line school with both teachers and students from the two counties. It was about two and one half miles east of the old Cainesville tollgate and on the old Rhodes farm later owned by R. L. Howard. The schoolhouse was a log building.…
FATE LAMB CORNER SCHOOL 1878-1888 was located at the second bend of the road 1/2 mile north of the Haynes graveyard on a corner of the Lamb farm where a road known as the Jeff Holden Cave Road led to the right. The site of the school and the names…
Saturday, September 14, 9AM till noon at the historic Ransom School House – the Ransom School House Old School Remembrance Celebration! Come and join us at the Historic Ransom School House for a class reunion! View Miss Eliza Ransom’s classroom of days gone by. Bring your yearbooks and/or school pics…
BLACKMAN ACADEMY late 1880’s-March 13, 1913 was first called CENTRAL ACADEMY. It was located on the north side of Manson Pike and west of its intersection with Brinkley Road. A Mr. Alsup deeded the land for the school. In 1890, James D. Nelson said: “We have some of the best…
NOLEN SCHOOL before 1900-c 1923 was on the Will Nolen farm on the east side of Compton Road and about two miles south of its intersection with the Lascassas Road. Its site is marked on the Dixie Highway Map. The one-room school was a weatherboarded building. Teachers were Alice Craddock,…