April, 8, 2022 – Bill Wilson, The Murfreesboro Pulse For more cool information concerning the Benevolent Cemetery, please click on: Black History Month, The Benevolent Cemetery Video Day at the Benevolent Cemetery (South Church Street) Benevolent Cemetery Re-dedication
March 21, 2022, The Carriage Lane Reception House, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Another uber successful Show & Tell in the books. More than fifty local history enthusiasts enjoyed a meal provided by Carriage Lane Reception in the warm and friendly confines of the historic Carriage Lane Reception House. The evening saw an…
March 8, 2022, Local Historian Carol Robertson White The Rutherford County Historical Society gets many requests from various people researching genealogy, photos, and places in Rutherford County and Tennessee. Some people that contact the society will ask specific questions on the services we offer, request copies of specific images, pages…
March 8, Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker Oakhurst, the 140-year-old mansion on Cherry Lane, has qualified for the Rutherford County Property Tax Abatement for Historic Restoration and Preservation. This program, the first of its kind in Tennessee, encourages preservation of historic structures by granting a ten year tax abatement for…
March 11, 2022, by Local Historian Susan Harber Roland Gresham, born in Nashville, was a highly and talented Murfreesboro icon of jazz music. Many residents remember his fabulous and longstanding music on Sundays at the Boro Bar and Grill in Murfreesboro. Yet, he reached the highest level in his vocation…
March 11, 2022, Researched and Written by Barry Lamb “The majesty and beauty of this once stately abodeThe story of which has seldom been told.Its image beyond the barrenness of the treesBespeaks of the gay nineties at College and Academy.“ Pleasant Priestly Mason, Murfreesboro’s foremost idealistic enterprising entrepreneur of the…
March 7, 2022, by Local Historian Susan Harber Esquire Alfred Clinton Blackman, namesake for Blackman community, was born in 1790 in Clinton, North Carolina (Sampson County) to James and Elizabeth Cates Blackman. Alfred’s grandparents Stephen and Ann Snell were also from North Carolina. His uncles John and Bennett Blackman migrated…
March 6, 2022, Courtesy of Judy Reis Hailey Click the pic above and enjoy reading about the players, the photos, even box scores between teams such as the Christiana Redbirds, the YMCA team and pitcher ‘Cheeter’ Stockard.
