June 10, 2021 Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker The Rutherford County Historical Society was first organized in 1971 with thirty-three charter members. Among these first members was William C. (“Billy”) Ledbetter, Jr. Believed to be the last surviving Charter Member, Billy died on December 28, 2020. Billy was born on…
May 31, 2021 Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal I am excited to scribe a story on the earliest history of First United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro based on a fantastic book by author Evelyn Hicks, whose father was a longstanding minister. She assembled this beautiful masterpiece with chapters written…
Diane Summar Davenport, Froechips, May/June 2021 Bloomfield Acres was a sprawling farmland located less than a half mile from the courthouse. Deed books show the property listed as bound to the north by Lytle Creek and Stones River, to the south by the Franklin Road, and to the east by…
May 19, 2021 The Bank of Milton opened in 1920 in ‘downtown’ Milton, in the upper right hand corner of Rutherford County. The bank was absorbed by the Murfreesboro Bank and Trust in 1940. The following are checks written on the Bank of Murfreesboro (courtesy of John L. Batey)
May 15, 2021, Volunteer Frank Caperton Wow – what a morning at the Ransom School House. One of our volunteers opened the grand old lady (Ransom School House) to find these wonderful gifts leaned against our front door!!!
It seems the old metal water tanks or our youth are disappearing. Warm summer days spent climbing atop the old tanks, perhaps with a can of paint, are disappearing. The 2,000,000 gallon water tank on Mill Street, behind McFadden School of Excellence near Cannonsburgh, was built in 1970.
January 23, 1949, The Basement of the Rutherford County Courthouse Whittling Club, January 23, 1949—Seated L-R: Walter W. Early, J. Moore King, Dr. T.W. Garrett, Dr. W.T. Henderson, Alvin Huddleston, Dr. C.C. Harris, Dr. Paul Lynn, Wiley Holloway, Dr. Ben Patton, J.P. Burnette.
CEMETERY SCHOOL BLACK 1874-1962 was on the southwest side of the old Nashville Highway and just northwest of Asbury Road. It was behind the Stones River Methodist Church. The site of the church is shown on the 1878 Beers Map. On February 9, 1874, Mrs. Eliza Burrus deeded one acre…
