April 20, 2020, The Daily News Journal, Susan Harber Riverside, also known as the Pierce-Randolph House, was built in 1830 and is a treasure on West Jefferson Pike in Walter Hill. The Riverside Farm has been listed on the National Historic Places since 2006. Beverly Randolph Drive is a current…
The billboard reads ‘Bill Will Build Better Roads’; W.H. ‘Bill’ Wilson. Bill Wilson was Sheriff Wilson in 1968, then decided to run for Road Superintendent. Mr. Wilson edged out incumbent Edwin Todd 5,715 to 5,366 in the May 12, 1968 Democratic primary. 11,144 Rutherford Countians voted in the Democratic primary…
The Daily News Journal, May 7, 1934 The Rotary Anns are mentioned 108 times in the Daily News Journal, dating from 1927 till 1972, meeting at locations such as the Women’s Club, the James K. Polk Hotel, Middle Tennessee State Teachers College (present day MTSU), even the old Seward Air…
Ivey P. ‘Pap’ Burns (b August 27, 1823) & Son (George Washington Burns) General Store, built 1865. This old fashioned country store was a center of activity in the Everglade Community on Jackson Ridge Road near Rockvale. ‘Pap’ Burns sold items such as hardware, coffee, livestock feed, sugar, etc. G.W.…
BORING SCHOOL 1885-c 1919 was located in District 4 on the west side of the Almaville-Smyrna Road at the intersection of Burnt Knob Road. Sterling Brown Boring and wife Elizabeth on October 10, 1885, sold one-half acre of land to William T. Edwards, Richard K. Spann, and James L. Anderson…
SMYRNA HIGH “ROCK” SCHOOL, the new SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL and later the SMYRNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1920-1976, was built on the site of the old SMYRNA FITTING SCHOOL and the frame SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL on Dudley Street. The modern building was acquired through the efforts of Dr. J.S. Lowry and the…
LA VERGNE SCHOOL 1877-1884 was bound on the southwest by the Nashville-Murfreesboro Turnpike, on the east by W.M. Walden, and on the northwest by W. G. Akin. The names W.M. Walden and W. G. Akin are on the 1878 Beers Map. On January 4, 1877, James M. Cowley and wife…
SINKING CREEK SCHOOL 1843-1924 was in District 2, north of La Vergne and east of the present Stones River Road. The school was near Dr. Ewing’s and Judge William Mason’s homes in the present Hollandale area. The SINKING CREEK SCHOOL was also the Sinking Creek Church until theHollandale Church was…
GREENWOOD SCHOOL, sometimes called SEED TICK 1878-c 1922, in the old fifth and new first District was first on a farm owned by Caleb Swain on Lamar Road about one mile north of the present Jefferson Pike. It was near the Fall Creek. GREENWOOD SCHOOL was next located about one-half…
BRYANTS GROVE SCHOOL BLACK 1880-c1940 was on the south side of Couchville Pike near the Davidson County line. It was on land given for a school and church by Henry Bryant and wife on August 28, 1880 and by Will Bryant and wife Hattie on January 13, 1913. The two…