FLOYD SCHOOL BLACK 1911- was located on a now abandoned county road between Floyd Road and Greenwood. It was in the corner of the woods. On April 7, 1911, Martha Clardy deeded the land for a church and school house to Trustees Edward Sutton, Jr., Salem Hughes, Sam Garrett, Fate…
ROCKY FORK SCHOOL 1891-1949 was built in the central part of Rocky Fork community in District 4. It was on the north side of Rocky Fork Road, west of the intersection with Almaville Road, and near the intersection of the Del Thomas Road. On August 26, 1905, W.A. Hall and…
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL 1908-1919 was housed in the former SMYRNA FITTING SCHOOL which the County School Board had acquired. On May 30, 1908, W.K. Patterson, Sr., B.B. Gracy, S.E. Hager, John F. Tucker, J.S. Gooch, H.D. Jarratt, and T.W. Dickinson deeded the five acres of property to Board Members B.M.…
DILLARD ROSENWALD SCHOOL BLACK 1910’s-1962 was located the west side of the Barfield-Crescent Road near the Webb’s Chapel Methodist Church. It was on the same site as the previous WEBB’S CHAPEL SCHOOL. The school was at first a one-room building which parents of the children helped to build. Later a…
TIPPERARY SCHOOL 1915-1925 was a subscription school in District 3 and was located on the south side of the Waldron Road to Rock Spring. It was about one mile from the railroad in La Vergne. The school was first named the GAMBILL SCHOOL in honor of School Director Charles H.…
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 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…
SMYRNA PRIMARY SCHOOL 1870’s-1909 was located at the present 111 Division Street in Smyrna. It was the first schoolhouse in the town. The school was established through the efforts of Will Jarratt, John Tucker, and L.N. White. On January 1, 1881, John F. Tucker sold one acre to the school…
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,…
The BLACKMORE SCHOOL fall of 1863-1864 was a private school at Jefferson. The true name of the school, if there was a name, is unknown. The school was held in a rented house. Bettie Ridley Blackmore was the teacher. In February 1864, Mr. McLean was hired to assist her for…