National Register of Historic Places – Williamson, Thomas, House

October 3, 2018, National Register of Historic Places The ‘National Register’ is a phenomenal source of information regarding historic homes.  Search their database and you will find 49 properties as of October 1, 2018. The following ‘Register’ entry is dated May 20, 1996:   Williamson, Thomas, House, aka ‘Burns Farmhouse’,…

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Midland School, 1895-1949

MIDLAND SCHOOL 1895-1949 was first called MIDWAY ACADEMY because it was midway between the two schools which it consolidated, GRAVEL HILL and CAMPGROUND. It was located on the south side of the Midland-U.S. 231 Highway east of Midland, then called Middleton, and on the site of the present Baptist Church.…

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Birthplace for Sam Davis up for sale

Nancy Degennaro, The Daily News Journal, October 1, 2018 Although the Sam Davis Home at 1399 Sam Davis Road in Smyrna is a more identifiable site, Sherry Maraschiello lives on the property where the Civil War boy hero was born. And the property even has ties to ‘Wizard of Oz’…

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Salem School, 1898-1932

SALEM SCHOOL before 1898-1932 was on the south side of State Road 99, west of the intersection of the present Armstrong Valley Road. William Rufus Jarratt, b. 1848, gave the land for this school before his son was born in 1898. SALEM SCHOOL was a frame building of two rooms…

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Bethel Church marks 200 years

Jason Reynolds, The Murfreesboro Post, September 25, 2018 A congregation in the Bethel community is celebrating the church’s 200th anniversary and a connection to the foundations of the Methodist denomination in America. Bethel United Methodist Church was founded in 1818. The founder was evangelist Ebenezer MacGowan, a British native who…

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Mud Flat School (District 15), 1890-?

MUD FLAT 1890- was on the present Dunnaway Chapel Road just north of the Jefferson Pike. On February 9, 1890, Sion D. Hall and wife Serena deeded one acre of land to School Directors William Lester, HiramLester, and T. E. Alsup. The school property was bordered by Sion D. Hall…

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Dr. ‘Seatbelt’ Honored

WGNS Radio, September 24, 2018 The late Dr. Robert Sanders, local pediatrician, was honored at 1:30 Monday (9/24/2018) afternoon with a Tennessee Historical Marker unveiled at the Rutherford County Health Department, where he served as director for a quarter of a century. He became known as “Dr. Seat Belt”, as…

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Illustrators of Civil War preserved chapter in time

Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, September 24, 2018 My daughter Katherine is a terrific artist, and I have always been fascinated with the illustrative sketch artists of the Civil War.  These creative individuals supplied a visual account of a battle by depicting the soldiers fighting, suffering, celebrating and most…

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