November 1, 2019, By Greg Tucker, Rutherford County Historian Reports on Murfreesboro’s recent “surprise” demolition of the log structure on Ewing Boulevard failed to identify the original purpose and use of the Boy Scout structure which had for several years been home to the Murfreesboro Little Theater. In the mid-1930’s,…
October 31, 2019, Linda Ong, WKRN TV, Nashville, Tennessee SMYRNA, Tenn. (WKRN) — For News 2’s Haunted Tennessee special, we took a tour of the home of Confederate soldier Sam Davis. Spread across 168 acres in Smyrna, sits the house and farm of the Davis family. Jenny Lamb works as the Executive…
The Rutherford County Historical Society acquired thousands of photos from the Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in December, 2018. Can you ID the people in these pics? Please send your answers to [email protected].
WINDROW SCHOOL originally WINROW SCHOOL 1856 was on Red Hill Road which ran north of Windrow Road about half-way up Windrow Hill. The school was about 300 yards north of Windrow Road and about 50 yards west of Red Hill Road. The road has been slightly changed since the early…
Daughters of the American Revolution, Col. Hardy Murfree Chapter Sally Brickell married Col. Hardy Murfree in 1780, birthed 10, raised 7 children. Six of the Hardy Murfree children inherited property in or around what became ”Murfreesborough’ Fanny Noailles Murfree, born 1783, married David Dickinson 1799, inherited 1,000 acres north of Murfreesborough which became her home “Grantlands”. Mary Moore Murfree, born 1786, married Isaac Hilliard…
SANDERS SCHOOL District 1, 1917-1919 was located in the Burnett Community near the Rutherford-Wilson County line. The school was near the old 1867 Corinth Church which was built on land given by Yank Tilford on Corinth Road. SANDERS SCHOOL was a one-room building. Rena Elrod and Callie Mai Coleman Lee…
RANSOM SCHOOL 1907-1930 was a private elementary school held at 717 North Academy Street in Murfreesboro. Some remember the school as having one long frame room added to the building. Others remember a room in the brick building with a smaller room on the west side for mathematics classes. Miss…
October 1, 1939, The Daily News Journal According to a survey conducted last week, an average of approximately 8,000 bales of cotton are grown annually in Rutherford County. Four large gins in Murfreesboro produce an average of 1,500 bales each, while two concerns at Smyrna and Walter Hill report annual…
The WILLIAMSON SCHOOL HOUSE, 1909 was on the Rocky Fork Road about three or four miles south of the ROCKY FORK SCHOOL but on the other side of the road. It was a one-room frame building. George Williamson and Willis Bennett were teachers. SOURCE: Interview, Oct. 24, 1985, with Nettie…
