May 4, 2020, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal When I research church history, my intent is to study the very earliest material on hand. Thus, we will delve into the originations of two prominent Church of Christ congregations abiding in Rock Hill and La Vergne. Rock Hill Church of…
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JEFFERSON SCHOOL 1850-1878 was on the south side of Jefferson Pike and east of the village. It was near the old Ridley or Davis flour mill and on a lotwhich had been owned by Robert Weakley. The site is indicated on the Beers Map of 1878. The one-room building was…
CHARLES DAVIS SCHOOL BLACK closed 1895 was “built in a green pasture before the creek to Guild Hill corner and on the property of Charles Davis.” It was in the area of Old Jefferson. The school was a one-room, one-teacher school. The last teacher was Kitty Howse. Turner Peebles, 87…
October 21, 1969, The Daily News Journal Were YOU an Agee’s ‘Agrivator’? Who remembers L.D. Agee? Mr. Agee was an icon of giving throughout Rutherford County. Mr. Agee opened Agee’s Sporting Goods at 312 North Maple Street, present day Judicial Center (2020), moving to the Mercury Blvd. location in 1989.
EAGLEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1890-1915 was located next to the Baptist Church and in the same building which Dr. Savage had erected. It was on Church Street in the community of Eagleville. According to Miss Pearl Tucker, who entered school about 1898 or 1899, the SAVAGE SCHOOL burned before she was…
November 18, 1971, The Daily News Journal James Bragg and J.C. Youree, shown with Andy Womack, President of the optimist Club, have been selected chairmen of ad sales for the District Basketball Tournament Program. Proceeds from the sales go to finance Little League, Junior-Pro Basketball, Girl’s Softball and other activities…
PAW PAW SPRINGS SCHOOL before 1885-c 1920 was on the east side of the present Paw Paw Spring Road, also called Freeman Lee Road, and about three-fourths mile south of its intersection with the Del Thomas Road. According to Eugenia Price Lee Webb, the building was first a church andwas…
MT. VIEW SCHOOL 1874-???. On December 12, 1874, Richard Benson deeded one-fourth acre of land to School Trustees Peter Ross, Richard Ross, Booker Ross, and Abram Ross for a school. The school was in the Fourth District and was to be called the MT. VIEW SCHOOLHOUSE. On the same date…
LOCKE’S SCHOOL was built on land given by Charles Locke for a school and a church. It was on the south side of Spanntown Road just west of its intersection with the Almaville Road. There have been several school buildings. At first the school was taught in the church. In…