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RUTHERFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLICATION NO.
SUMMER, 1974
THE COVER:
The cover illustration is from Joseph Jones' Explorations of
the Aboriginal
Remains of Tennessee published in 1876 by the Smithsonian

"stone pipe from the aboriginal works
As a matter of fact, it serves as an
Institute.
It is described as a
,
near Murfreesboro'
Tennessee."
introduction to Travis Smotherman's comprehensive article on Rutherford

County's prehistory.
Published by Rutherford County Historical Society Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1974
\i
PUBLICATION NO.
FOREWORD
As we approach the Bicentennial year of the founding of our nation,
we trust that this publication along with those published and unpublished
will
help to satisfy this mounting interest we Americans have in our own Perhaps as
a
history.
Society member we have
national awareness of
the grandeur and history of America but we want to preserve our past, our
roots, our identity, and our resources which are the bases on which our
Country was built.
We would like for Rutherford Countians to know their
own historical heritage so we in the Society will continue giving our

time, effort, intelligence, and money to collect, edit and publish!
Lurlene Rushing
President, Rutherford
County Historical Society
/b-111.1-1
PUBLICATION NO. 3
published by the Rutherford County Historical Society
OFFICERS
President Vice President Secretary & Treasurer
Elvis Rushing George Kinnard Mrs. Dorothy Matheny
Mrs.
PUBLICATION NO. 3 (Limited Edition - 300 copies) is to be sent The annual to members of the Rutherford County Historical Society. membership dues are $5.00 which includes "Frow Chips," a monthly Additional copies of PUBLICATION NO. 3 NEWSLETTER to all members. may be obtained at $3.00 per copy.
All correspondence concerning additional copies, contributions to future issues, and membership should be addressed to
M. Matheny 1434 Diana Street Murfreesboro, Tennessee D.
37130
CONTRIBUTORS
The Rutherford Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the efforts of those who provided material for Publication No.
are extended to the following:
3.
Thanks
Robert McBride - Staff member Tennessee Historical Commission and Editor, Tennessee Historical Quarterly Travis E. Smotherman - A member of the Historical Society and of the Tennessee Archaeological Society, and Secretary - Treasurer of the Rutherford County Archaeological Society
Henry G. Wray
Mrs.
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Rutherford County Archivist and master geneologist
Robert W. Gwynne, Sr. of Brittain Hills Farm, Smyrna, Tennessee Ernest K. Johns Society
-
Past President of the Rutherford County Historical
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The marriage records contained in our first three publications
were originally abstracted by the Hardy Murfree Chapter, Daughters of

the American Revolution.
The Rutherford County Historical Society greatly appreciates the

use of this material.
An index to each series of marriage records was This series of marriage
prepared by Henry G. Wray, County Archivist.

records will terminate with this issue.
the members of the
D.
It is our understanding that
A.
R.
intend to publish from 1851 through 1872.
PUBLICATION NO.
1974
Contents
Page
Rutherford County Marriage Records

Bride Index (Alphabetically by Page Numbers) Prepared by Henry G. Wray
12
The Prehistory of Rutherford County By Travis E. Smotherman
17
Griffith Rutherford By Robert M. McBride

An 1803 "Census" of Rutherford County By Robert M McBri de
.
40
52
Rutherford County Militia Records By Ernest K. Johns and Henry G.

Rock Springs Church of Christ By Mrs. Robert W. Gwynne, Sr
Viray
57
70 75
Booknote
Members of the Rutherford County Historical Society (As of July 1 , 1974)
79
MARRIAGE RECORDS
1857
Acre, Levi F. & Louisana Dunn Alexander, H. V. & Samantha A. Thompson Alexander, J. D. & Eineliza Moore Anderson, W. L. & N. M. McHenry Avent, James M. & Mary Childress Barnes, James B. & Luvicia Jane Bethel Batey, James & Mary Walker Batey, W. 0. & Mary C. Hollowell Bell, Benj. H. & Eliz. Richards Bell, Obediah & R. E. Stephens Bench, W. M. & A. M. Keys Bennett, E. G. & Jane E. Colman Bingham, Columbus & Jane A. Sugg Bivins, A. J. & Mary A. Lawrence Blair, Soloman & Nancy E. Gates Bone, Henry C. & Martha E. Rankins Bone, Wm. D. & C, V. Smith Bostick, T K. & Mo H. Peay Bottoms, John A. & Jane Crouse Bridges, Henry & Lucy ^Vhite Brinkley, Lewis & Sarah A. Early Brown, E. T. & Louiza J. Bowman Brown, James & Sarah W. Hamilton Brown, John G. & A. P. Jarratt Burgess, James N. & Eliza Lovel Burnett, W. W. & Mary Ann Graves Caffy, Thomas A. & Mary E. Dunn Carney, John L. & Amanda W. Turner Charlton, James H. & Virginia P. Burt Cobb, G. L. & Susan Clemens Cook, James H. & Martha A. McHenry Cook, Samuel W. & Mary C. Hunter Cosby, W. M. & Eliz. F. Ott Coulter, S. & A. H. Morton Creech, John W. & Amanda Swann Crichlow, W. B, & L. J. Stevens Crouse, H. A. & Isabella C. McCullough Daughtry, John & Nancy Pitts Davis, A. P. & Mary J. Oliphint Davis, W. L. & S. E. Searcy Delbridge, James T. & Eliz. J. Howell Dill, J. M. & J. P. Kelton Dillon, R. A. & Eliz. A. Martin Dobbins, B. P. & Sallie A. Rollins Dobrowsky, P. M. & C. H. Gilliam Donnell, S. C. & S, F. McAdoo Drennon, J. N. & M. J. Thorn Drenon, D. C. & Elvina M. C. Lannom Duglass, James J. & Francis E. Keel Edwards, Jarman B. & Jane Manning Elam, K.E^& Lucinda E. Pearcy Elliott, Archibald & Catharine Drake Elliott, Milton M. & Margarett C. Lynch Ellis, Zachariah W. A. & Susannah McKinney
.
Jan. 20 Aug. 29 Jan. 14 Jul. 16 Feb. 24 Apr. 11 Sept. 5 Nov. 25 Nov. 29 July 21 Dec. 2 Feb. 12 Sept. 26 Jan. 15
May
23
Sept. 7 Nov. 2 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Mar. 18 Jun. 2 Jan. 5 Oct. 4 Nov. 2 Jun. 28
May 20
Jan.
24
May 27 July 27
Apr. 15 Feb. 16 Sept. 7 Jan. 28 Mar. 30 July 2 July 16 Sept. 30 Feb. 21 Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Mar. 14 Aug. 10 Mar. 7
Dec. Jan. Feb,
3 8
16
6
June
Dec.
15 May 20 Dec. 31 Sept. 18 Dec. 16 Dec. 29 Dec. 29
1857 cont'd
Engleman, Geo. F. & Mary W. Clay Espy, Samuel E. & Nancy M. Powel Farmer, James A. & Lucinda Bell Farmer, James G. & Judith E. Hicks Finny, G. P. & Eliza H. Robb Fitzjarrald, Wesley & Margarett J. Donaho Fleming, P. E. & Mary Shipps Fletcher, Thomas H. & Isabella Hall Ford, Henry & Margarett Vaughan Foster, James E. & Susan Alexander Foster, Wm. & Eliz. Tombs Gambill, John & Ann Adcock Gibson, W. F. & Manerva Gibson Gilbert, James & Mary Ann Morton Gilbert, John F. & V. W. Kerr Gillespie, W. C. & Eliz. C. Puckett Glimp, John H. & M. Lee Goodlow, John W. & Margaret J. Thompson Goodman, Samuel H. & Amanda H. Speer Haley, James W. & Tabitha Haley Haley, John Will & Fanny Mitchell (free Col) Hamilton, James & Laura C. Jordan Hart, Wm. & Sarah J. Modrall Haynes, John W. & Sarah E. Snell Helton, James N. & Susan Ann E. Johnson Herrell, Ruben & Mary E. Brown Hesbroner, Jacob A. & Julia D. Hall Hicks, John M. & Sarah Ann Murfree Hill, Wm. & Eliz. Parker Hooper, W. J. & M. P. Hallyburton Hoover, Julius & Mary Hockett Hunt, John P. & Luanna Hall Hutcherson, John & Tabitha Lamb Ivey, Burrell & Sallie Bryant Jackson, John W. & Lemiza S. Glenn Jakes, Geo. & Mary E. Fox Jamison, Wm. R. & Martha Arnett Jarmon, Wm. R. & Lucinda C. Grouse Jetton, Robert B. & Esther L. Murfree Johns, Wm. & Mary A. Hubbard Johnson, James W. & Eliz. J. McNeal Johnson, John S. & Martha Carter Johnson, Robert & Martha McDaniel Johnson, Wm. & Anna Jackson Johnson, Wm. W. & Eliza. J. Bowman Jones, G. M. C. & Louisa Murphey Kelton, Robert E. & Mary Brothers Kelton, Robert J. & Nancy S. Clark Kimbro, W. L. & Susan Sanford Kirk, Samuel B. H. & Louisa M. Roberts Ledbetter, Wm. Jr. & M. C. Lytle Lyon, A. M. & Martha A. Caffey Major, John W. & Lucie W. Harris Malone, R. D. & Harriett H. Major
Jan. Feb.
Feb. Dec.
1
28
July 16
18
5
May 27
Nov. Apr. Dec. July Nov. Dec. June June July Dec. Nov.
23 11
21 30 17 30 27
1
22 22 23 May 28 Sept. 14 Jan. 13 Apr. 19 Jan. 12 Oct. 29 Feb. 11 Nov. 26
Aug.
June
Dec.
6 4
22 14
8
May 14
Dec. Feb. Dec. Jan. Dec. Nov. Dec. Feb. Jan. Aug. Jan. Dec. Feb.
29 12 24 11
7 9
July 29
27 19 20 24 11
1 2
July
Feb. Feb.
19 26
May 15
Oct.
June 15
Mar.
21
6
May
Mar. 19 Dec. 2 Mar. 4
1857 cont'd
Marlin, Isaac & Martha Elliott Marlin, John P. & Eliz. E. Knox Martin, Matt & Amelia E. Henkle Mitchell, James M. & Catherine T. Buchanan Mitchell, Samuel A. & Emily L. Warren Mitchell, W. B. & C. R. Blair Moore, James E. & Nancy Pickett Morton, Hiram, & Sarah F. Nash Mullins, James P. & Louisa A. Mullins Mullins, John & Sophia Pope McClanahan, E. W. & Amanda Leath McClanahan, John B. & Judy Ann Phelps McCrae, Wm. A. & Eliz. E. Edmonds Mcculloch, G. J. & Martha Meritt McDowell, David & Lucinda E. Heaton McGuire, John W. & Mary Jane Clanton McHenry, Henry & Sarah T. Dill McKee, Wm. A. & Margarett J. McKee McKnight, K. P. E. & Hannah K. Hogwood Nance, John W- & Julia A. Jackson Nash, Geo. N. & Virginia Nash Nealy, Wm. W. & Mary F. Sulivan Neely, M. H. & Nancy J. Ay lor Neill, James F. & Josephine A. Rucker Newman, Gabrial, & Mary E. Nichols Northcutt, Geo. N. & Margarett Miller Owen, E. M. & Susan A. Mason Owen, Nathaniel & Mary E. McNiel Overall, Isaac R. & Martha B. Jones Overstreet, John T. & Margarite C. Reed Parrent, Louis & Cornelia A. Brown Pate, Henry H. & Levina F. Dyer Peyton, G. W. L. & L. A. Clayton Peyton, John W. & Julia A. Malone Pope, John W. A. & Mary M Spence Posey, P. F. & Martha A. Speer Prater, David & Mary E. Moore Prater, John & Sarah F. More Price, Wilson B. & M. C. Barton Raines, John & Margarett Sikes Rainey, John W. & Margarett C. Howse Reed, David & Julia Ann Jones Reeves, Wm. T. & Mary F. Nolen Richmon, John B. & Mary A. E. Mathews Roane, J. H. & Sallie R. Holden Robb, W. W. & M. T. House Rose, Robert & Brina Batson Ryan, John W. & Sarepta E. Stack Saffill, Andrew J. & Martha J. Singleton Sanders, A. B. & M. A. E. Cradock Sanders, J. P. & America Price Sanders, W. B. & Nancy Ann Vaughan Shannon, Finas E. & Rosannah A. Hunt Sharber, J. M. & Isabella Trale
May 13 Sept 16
;
Oct.
15
.
Sept Aug.
Jan.
5
8
16
.
Sept 26 July 23
Feb. 26 Mar. 7 Jan. 20 Sept 19 Feb. 11
.
Sept
Dec. 28 Jan. 9 Jan. 20 Feb. 7 Jan. 27 Dec. 14 Mar. 17 Apr. 8 Aug. 20 Nov. 12
July 13
Dec. 2 Feb. 12 Dec. 23 Jan. 20 Feb. 23 Nov. 23 Oct. 26
May
Mar. Nov. June Nov. Jan. Dec. Nov. Apr. Nov. Mar. Dec. Nov. Nov. Mar. Dec. Jan. Jan.
Aug. Feb.
L9
4
11 13 24
5
23 30 21
2 9 1
30
4
14
7 7
June 15 July 17
19
4
1857 cont'd
Sharber, Wm. C. & Mary A. Morris Shingleton, John W. & Sarah Guest Sirls, James & Nancy M. Todd Smith, Charles P. & Ann Morton Smith, Robert P. & Lizza McGill Smith, S. W. & Arlamissa Wetherly Smotherman, Uriah & Eliza R. H. Simpson Sneed, D. H. & Martha E. James Spain, Thomas & Lucy A. Davis Spangler, James & Martha Jane Tucker Spence, James D. & Eliz. J. Williams Stafford, John A. & Barbary Teal Stanton, Pinckney & Marandy E. Sanders Stacey, David & Louisa Travis Stewart, Richard & Martha Stewart (free Col) Taylor, Creed & Sarah L. Yearwood Thompson, F. C. & M. J. Sanders Toliver, Henry & Mary Ann Young Tuttle, Solomon & Violett J. Burgett Upchurch, James A. & Eliza A. Jourden Wade, Julius C. & Margaret H. Cowan Waldran, James W. & S. D. Guthrie Wallace, W. H. & Caroline Smith Walls, Robert & Catherine Hunt Warren, Joseph N. & Sarah J. McFadden Watts, J. H. & Nancy A. Crowse Welch, Thomas & M. A. Mankin White, John D. & Mary Allen Wiggs, John M. & Mary E. Rosborough Williams, Henry R. & Julia S. Pillow Williams, Samuel M. & Sarah Burnett Woods, Robert H. & Cicila Pinkard Wright, James W. & Martha A. Sanders Yearger, Edmon & America Jarratt
Feb. Dec. Apr. Mar. Nov. Oct. Dec. Jan. Feb. Nov. Mar. Jan. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Sept, Apr.
26 15 14 17 17 27
7 1
10
9
10
8
11 30 11
17
2
19 July 26 Sept, 18
.
Mar. July July Nov. Nov.
5 7 5 5
!
May
Aug. Nov. Aug. Feb. Dec.
20
5
13
2
29
.
July 23 Sept 29
Dec.
22
1858
Adcock, Thomas J. & Levina J. Adcock Alford, John B. & Martha E. Ward Alford, Thomas J. & Mahulda Sanders Arbuckel, C. F. L. & Mary I. Mann Arnold, C. C. A. & L. C. Kirby Arnold, Wm. & Jane Carter Barber, John A. L. & Martha A. Ward Barger, Isaiah & Martha E. Hayes Barton, T. S. & Mendozia Bivins Benson, W. I. & Sarah E. Wisen Bivens, David M. & Susan E. Johnson Bivens, W. B. & Mary R. Barton Black, James F. & N. C. Alexander Bomar, A. J. & L. M. January Bowman, D. S. & Caroline Gill Brothers, George & Oelvia Holder Bryant, Wm. H. & Sarah Baker Burgett, James & Eliz. Parris Burrows, Thomas W. & M. C. Henry Bush, J. W. & Martha E. Coleman Gates, John A. & Mary Benson Coleman, Daniel & Mary Hunt Cook, David, Jr. & Margarett Wade Cook, Elbert & Sarah Ann Cotton Cook, James P. & Cenia Ann Bailey Cooke, Thomas M. & Dorothy A. White Corben, John & Ellen E. Adcock Covington, T. H. P. & Malisa A. Hendrix Covington, Wm. & R. F. C. Hendrick Cowan, Joseph B. & Lucy F. Brown Cox, Elisah & Eliza A. Jetton Crawley, M. D. & M. P. Wilson Cunningham, John & Margarett Moss Daniel, Wm. R. & Sarah A. Ethredge Davis, A. J. & N. A. Edwards Doak, J. M. & Mary A. Seay Doughlass, Asa & Nancy J. Anderson Downing, Andrew L. & Sarah Hoover Downing, Melton & Milly W. Brooks Fades, Samuel A. & Edy E. McCoy Fades, Wm. & Julia F. Barrett Fads, Solomon & Nancy Pullon Edward, Thomas & Martha A. E. Vaughan Elliot, Wm. G. & Louisa F. M. Elliot Fergus, James L. D. E. & Susan A. F. Neely Floyd, B. D. & Sara J. Dyer Garner, Wm. & Matilda Jane Herndon Gay, Dempsey & Mary McKinney George, Wm. R. & Rebeca Mullins Haley, W. W. & Eliza G. McFarlin Hall, Drury & Eliz. John Harris, Elgin G. & Nancy T. Spence Harris, Richard O. & Martha A. Mainor Haynes, Abram & Rebecca E. Pope Henderson, Wm. P. & Louisiana Pruett
July 8 June 1 Mar 25

Dec. 2 Sept. 2 3 Dec. 2 3 Dec. 28
July 20
Nov. 24 Apr. 6 Sept. 26
Nov
23 4
Nov.
June 22 June 10
Nov. Apr. Mar. Dec.
29
8
23
June 1 May 2
Aug. 2 4 Feb. 23 Aug. 12 Aug. 6 Nov. 11 Mar. 3 Oct. 5
June 22 Aug 3
.
Jan. Jan. Jan.

Oct.
13 26
9
May 31
14
July 31 July 11
Jan. Sept.
5
8
July 27
Feb. 16 Jan. 8 Oct. 13 Mar. 28 Jan. 11 Jan. 6
June 17
Nov. Nov. Sept. Dec. Jan. Dec. Nov. Apr.
3
11 23 23 17 16 17 28
1858 cont'd
Henry, Ben j F. & Sarah L. Pritchitt Herron, Frederick & L. A. (Liddie) Goodman Hoover, W. M. & Manerva Fox Huchens, John W. & Lucy M. Daniel Hughes, Francis W. & Adaline E. Alexander Hunt, E. B. & A. P. Hutcherson Hutcherson, Joseph & Mary E. Evans Insell, George & Jane Price Jenkins, E. M. & Nancy A. Victory Johnson, Albert A. & Eliz. Mayfield Johnson, Wm. A. & Eliza Suggs Jolly, John J. & Susan W. Richardson Jones, W. A. & V. G. Brown Jordan, J. R. & Susan C. Snell Justice, James G. & Martha Mankins Kellow, James M. & Martha Parker Kimbro, Isaac N. & Sarah A. Eskredge Kirby, Thomas D. & Eliz. Northcutt Lamb, Wm. M. & Nancy T. Lawrence Lanier, Geo. W. & Ameliza Jennings Lasiter, Wm. M. & Eliz. Witherspoon Lillard, James M. & Sarah Greer Linebaugh, B. F. & Martha V. Miller Lynch, M. S. & Drucilla A. Newman Manire, Amasa & Julia A. White Mason, Luke T. & Myrtilla M. Burnitt Manier, Lemuel & Mary N. Hendrix Moore, John A. & Amanda Adams McCrary, Arthur A. & Mary A. Gumm
.
Oct. Aug. Jan.
14 14 26
July 15
Oct. 12 Aug. 31 July 15
Sept 16 Apri:1 7 Feb. 16 Oct. 15 Apri:1 8 July 14 Oct. 11

.
Sept
Oct. Jan.
18 28
.
Sept
Jun. Nov. 28 Nov. 30 Dec. 22
July 28 May 19
;
Mar.
11
June 8 July 15 Sept 11

.
Apri:L 15
McDonough, J. P. & Ann Clark McKay, Silas H. & Mary R. Ralston McLean, Joseph M. & Temperance C. McClean McNabb, C. A. & Serena Burks McNabb, James M. & Susan F. Mayfield Neal, John E. & Martha A. Coleman Neely, John J. & Louisa J. Naylor Newsom, James R. & Mary A. Vaughan Nice, John W. & Jane Welch O'Brien, John & M. J. Fuller Old, John H. & Mary Noe Overall, L. D. A. & Lucinda J. Bates Powell, Joseph & Margaret E. Brothers Prewett, David L. & Susan Hickmon Puckett, Robert D. & Mary E. Palmer Pugh, George W. & Eliza Castleman Rather, Daniel & Sallie Tucker Reeves, Daniel L. & Mary L. Garner Renshaw, James J. & Mary B. Youree Rice, James B. & Ann Welch Rice, John W. & Jane Welch Robinson, G. W. & Nelly Jane Williams Rucker, B. L. & M. J. Adkerson Russworm, Samuel C. & Virginia C. Green Smith, Hiram & Eliz. Slaughter Smith, Joseph B. & Mary E. Alexander
June 3 May 25
;
Mar. Aug.
13 12
;
May
27
Jan. 4 Apri;L 4
March 10
Feb. Jan.
9
26
;
May
31
Apri;L 22 Nov. 30 Mar. 9
July 22
Aug. 31 Mar. 3 Oct. 12 Aug. 4 Aug. 4 Feb. 5 Dec. 30 Dec. 14 Feb. 22 Mar. 2 Dec. 13
1858 cont'd
Snider, Wm. Riley & Nancy W. Murry Speer, W. S. & Julie S. Huff Thurman, N. F. & Lucy Wyatt Todd, Aaron & Milly Eads Toombs, James W. & Mary C. Robertson Vardell, John T. & Catherine Elliot Wadley, C. M. & Miss Gate Garner Walden, James A. & Rebecca P. Duncan Walker, Lewis & Mary Goober Weakley, J. P. H. & Lucy A. Muse Webb, Aden & Delitha Mauberry Welch, Nicholas & Malisa Tilford Welchance, Simon & Martha Barrett Williams, Edmond P. & Savannah Whitworth Williams, James A. & Ann Roberty Short Wilson, John ?W. & Tabitha Hoover Winsett, J. F. & Sarah F. Butts Whitson, Nathaniel & Rebecca Ann Hendrix Word, T. C. & Sarah E. Jones Wray, G. C. & Julie Ann Murphy
Oct. Nov. Aug. Oct.
10
10 22
22 29
May 24
Nov
Aug. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
21
17
June 10
13 June 30 April 14 July 18 Aug. 24
April
Dec. 14 Sept. 29
June 23
Aug.
28
1859
Andleton, W. W. & Rebecca Eaton Ashley, John & Julia Tarlton Bain, Peter H. F. & Sarah Rose Barton, J. H. & Docia Bethshears Batey, Win. B. & Tabitha J. Searcy Batey, W. F. M. & Sophia B. Rucker Beasley, G. W. & Martha K. Neely Beasley, T. J. & Frances E. Lewis Bedford, John N. & A. C. Smith Bethel, R. H. & Eliz. G. House Blackman, James A. & Mary C. Richardson Blair, Joseph M. & Martha Jane Philpott Braden, Thomas J. & Nancy A. Daniel Brady, William & Susan McGowan Brewer, Elisha & Susan Coleman Briles, Wm. T. & Thankful E. Tribble Brown, Thomas F. & Martha W. Wharton Bryant, Lorenzie & Stansheary Morris Bryant, Zebadiah & Sarah A. Jones Burton, Peyton S. & Lucy F. Lawrence Butler, Wm. R. & Isadora Smith Caldwell, John G. & Mary A. Holden & Eliz. E. Crick Carlton, Ben j Carter, James C. & Margarett Jane Smith Childress, J. K. P. & Ellen W. Avent Childress, James N. & Rebecca Greer Clark, H. W. & Miss E. R. Kelton Clark, James A. & Mary A. Clark Clinard, Andrew D. & Mary A. Wharton Cole, Geo. W. & Sarah A. Haynes Coleman, John H. & Sarah A. Shelton Coleman, Patrick H. & Elmina Jane Bone Cook, Geo. C. & Susan C. Reeves Cooke, James R. & Harriet C. Batey Cooper, John A. & Mary E. Mason Cotter, James L. & Mary J. Hays Craddock, G. G. & Eliza A. Jennings Crockett, Robert P. & Mary E. Watkins Cunningham, C. P. & Amanda C. Ross Cunningham, Moses & Martha Morse Daniel, R. B. & Rebecca R. M. Batey Davis, A. T. & A. E. Boring Davis, Constant H. & America Ann E. Mullins Deason, D. G. & Sarah J. Powell Dill, Thomas & Eliza Dill Dill, W. C. & Margaret J. Maberry Dill, Wm. & Nancy M. Greer Drake, Thomas & Eliz. Newman Dunn, John L. & Mary Davidson Eads, Mathew W. & Parthenia Avery Eaton, Newton J. & Sarah F. White Elder, Levi W. & Mary E. T. McGowan
.
Jan. Dec. Nov. Oct. Nov. Oct. Jan.
14 22 20 28
9
20
June 30 July 12
Dec. 22 Mar. 15 Mar. 29
May
Apr.
27
July 24
Dec. Oct. Oct. Apr. Oct. Nov.
Sept. Jan. Dec. Mar. Apr. Dec. Nov. Dec. Feb. Jan. Dec.
15
6
13 21 12
1
(free col)
July 21
30 27 20 27 14 14 10 20
7
20
21
July 19
Apr. 13
July
Sept. Oct. Mar. Oct. Mar. Dec. Dec. Dec. Sept. Dec. Jan. Aug. Oct. Jan.
7 4
12
3
10
7
4 6
10
1
11 25 20
3
June 16 Apr. 27
1859 cont'd
Eshredge, Vim. B. & Nancy C. Eshredge Farmer, Thomas & Mary Jane Corder Fletcher, B. D. & E. A. Alexander Fox, Wm. & Tinnie Rowden Gannaway, R. B. & Sarah Davis Garrett, G. C. & Nancy R. Arnold Garrett, J. F. & M, C. Arnold Garrett, Wm. & Nancy A. Lannom Gibson, Robert B. & Mary F. Miller Graham, M. V. & S. C. Puckett Graves, Richard R. & Eliz. Osment Hall, John W. & Mary Jane Shelton Hall, Wm. & America McDaniel Hancock, E. D. & Fannie D. Murfree Hallyburton, J. O. & L. M. Johnson Harel, P. Y. & Nancy Brown Harris, W. T. & E. E. Dill Henry, Fontain J. & Sarah E. Osborn Herron, B. F. & Mecca H. Dunnaway Hill, Samuel & Clementine Bailey Hobson, H. H. & M. N. Williams Hooper, Wm. J. & Eliz. A. White Hoover, Mathias & Margarit Rollins House, J. W. & S. J. Dunn Howell, Wm. & Frances Williams Howland, Ephraim & Malinda Todd Howland, R. L. & Martha M. Baugh Howse, G. A. & Mary E. White Hughes, Thomas F. & Sarah J. Mayfield Hunt, John & Luzanna Miers Jarratte, L. J. & Catherine Haynes Jarrell, James W. & Mary A. Nevel Jernigan, J. W. & Mary M. Todd Johns, Paul V. & Margarett E. Pearson Johnson, J. N. & Catherine C. Faucett Jordan, E. L. & Mildred Williams Kirby, John & Nancy J. White Koger, J. M. & Lucretia Barnes Lannom, A. T. & Mary E. Clark Leath, John W. & Mary E. Ward Lewis, J. M. & M. J. Fletcher Lewis, M. & Mary A. Hickman Long, James & Ann Robb Lowe, Hugh K. & Virginia Green Mainor, D. S. & Eliz. Brady Marable, Fountain & Martha L. Lester Marshall, Geo. & Martha Brown Mathews, John K. & Martha E. Johns Matthews, N. J. & P. A. E. Logon Mattox, Albert & Mary C. Sanders Maxwell, J. L. & Susan C. Wood Miles, & Sarah Russworm Miller, James R. & Rebecca R. Rowlett
Jan. 9 Feb. 22 May 10 Aug. 30 Aug. 9 Nov. 16
July 27
Aug. Mar. Mar. Aug. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Oct. Sept.
1
8
28 31
7
23 18 21 22 12 May 19
Oct. Sept. Dec. Dec. Aug. Mar. Dec. Nov. Mar. Dec.
29
7
22 17 10 29 23
1
27 May 12 Jan. 13
Nov.
3 3
May 19
Apr. Jan. Feb. Sept. Dec. Mar.
Nov.
26 17 28 14 17 May 31
1
July 19
Jan. Jan. Nov. Apr. Dec. Mar. Oct. Apr. Dec. Dec. Aug. Mar.
5
25
27 27 29 29 13
4
27
6
CM.
10
1
10
1859 cont'd
Modral, R. N. & Rody A. Tucker Molden, W. E. & Mary F. Fox Moore, John E. & Martha Ann Overall Moore, W. F, & Sarah Tuder Morton, J. B. & F. E. Cook Morton, Samuel T. & Rachel Jacobs Mullins, John & Lovy O. J. Robertson Mullins, W. L. & Mary M. Philpott McCanlis, John & Martha J. Millins McClain, J. H. & Lucy Wade McCaniel, Wm. & Lucretia Elliott McKee, James & Laura Pully McKinley, John T. & Lizzie A. Ivie Nance, B. F. & Nancy Hight Neal, J. W. & Mary A. Mobs Nesbit, Ephram & Susan H. Nelson Norman, E. A. & Mary E. Miller Northcott, B. P. & S. J. Thompson Page, John E. & Eliz. Rutledge Parker, John W. & Mary L. Oslin Parker, Joseph & Louisa M. Bailey Patterson, Beverly D. & Maxmilly Patterson Payne, Geo. W. & Ellen Watts Pearcy, James & Martha Howell Phillips, John & Lockey E, Crawford Pitts, James J. & A. H. Green Prater, Henry & Mary E. Farmer Prater, Phillip G. & Mary A. Fulks Ray, Wm. R. & Eliz. J. Covington Reed, T. J. & Louise J. Stitt Renshaw, John A. & I. C. Myers Rieves, Ira 0. & Mary L. Nelson Rutledge, Albert & Rachel Pogue Rutledge, Richard & Elenor Gilmore Ryan, C. F. & Martha A. E. Lee Ryan, John R. & Sarah L. Sanders Searcy, W. W. & Mattie Buchanan Sikes, W. H. & Martha T. Gooch Simpson, John T, & Mary J. Hood Sims, E. S. C. P. Randolph Smith, James D. P. & Lockey C. Suggs Smith, Joseph H. & Arabella McMurry Snell, James H. & Louisa Y. Howse Sudberry, John H. & C. T. Smotherman Swan, Moses & Tabitha Neely Swanger, David & Mary M. Bowman Swett, Henry & Eliz. Kellow Spence, Beverly D. & Maxmilly Patterson
Sc
Mar. Dec. Mar.
15
9 5
June
.
Dec. 8 Sept. 6 Mar. 15 Jan. 2 Mar. 22 Sept. 9 Apr. 10 Sept. 8

.
,
June
Dec. 1 Jan. 29 Oct. 11 Sept. 25 Dec. 29

.
July 26
Oct. Feb.
20 10
July 21 July 9
Sept, 13 Oct. 18
.
July 27
Mar.
Sept.
.
1
8
Jan. Jan. Oct. Oct. Dec. Dec. Jan. Mar. Nov. Dec. Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Aug. Apr.
28 26
5
17 22 27 12 30 26 22 22 20 13 24 20 31 23 25 13
July 21
11
1859 cont'd
Tarpley, Henry L. & Arsenath L. Barr Thomas, Ben j & Margaret Miller Thomas, James & Catharine Miller Tilford, Henry W. & Eliza J. Ivie Tribble, F. D. & Ann Kelton Turner, Thomas & Nanerva Haynes Vaughan, Richard R. & Sallie N. Cooke Waller, John B. & Mary E. Clements Watkins, James & Mary A. Nickens Wharton, Robert N. & Martha J.- Mullins White, Hugh L. & Matilda Elder White, Thomas D. & Lizzie White Williams, Thomas J. & Eliz. C. Nivins Williams, Wm. B. & Virginia Powell Wilson, W. L. & M. H. Carney Woolfendon, Henry & A. E. Todd Youree, John & Eliz. Lyon
.
Jan. Nov. Jan. Nov. Feb. Aug.

Sept,
.
13
18 27 30 23
July 25
Nov. Nov. Feb. Mar. 8 Dec. 13 Dec. 12 Jan. 18 Apr. 5 Jan. 27
14 15 10 17 23
12
BRIDE INDEX (by page number) Adams Amanda Adcock Ann Adcock, Ellen E. Adcock, Levina J. Adkerson, M. J. Alexander, Adaline Alexander, E. A. Alexander, Mary E. Alexander, N. C. Alexander, Susan Allen, Mary Anderson, Nancy J. Arnett, Martha Arnold, M. C. Arnold, Nancy R. Avent, Ellen W. Avery, Parthenia Ay lor, Nancy J.
, ,
6 2 5 5 6
E.
6 9
6 5 2 4 5 2 9 9 8 8 3
Brown, Martha Brown, Mary E. Brown, Nancy Brown, V. G. Bryant, Sally Buchanan, Catherine Buchanan, Mattie Burgett, Violett J. Burks, Serena Burnett, Sarah Burnitt, Myrtilla M, Burt, Virginia P. Butts, Sarah F.
9 2 9 6 2
3
10
4 6 4 6 1 7
Bailey, Cenia Ann Bailey, Clementine Bailey, Louisa M. Baker Sarah Barnes, Lucretia Barr, Arsenath L. Barrett, Julia F. Barrett, Martha Barton, M. C. Barton, Mary R. Bates, Lucinda J. Batey, Harriet C. Batey, Rebecca R. M. Batson, Brina Baugh, Martha M. Bell, Lucinda Benson, Mary Bethel, Luvicia Jane Bethshears, Docia Bivins, Mendozia Blair, C. R. Bone, Elmina Jane Boring, A. E. Bowman, Eliza J. Bowman, Louiza J. Bowman, Mary M. Brady, Eliz. Brooks, Milly W. Brothers, Margaret E. Brothers, Mary Brown, Cornelia A. Brown, Lucy F.
,
5
9
10
5 9
11
5 7 3 5 6 8 8 3 9 2 5 1
8
5 3 8 8 2 1
10
9
Caffey, Martha A. Carney, M. H. Carter, Jane Carter, Martha Castleman, Eliza Cates, Nancy E. Childress, Mary Clanton, Mary Jane Clark, Ann Clark, Mary A. Clark, Mary E. Clark, Nancy S. Clay, Mary W. Clayton, L. A. Clemens, Susan Clements, Mary E. Coleman, Martha A. Coleman, Martha E. Coleman, Susan Colman, Jane E. Cook, F. E. Cooke, Sallie N. Corder, Mary Jane Cotton, Sarah Ann Covington, Eliz. J. Cowan, Margaret H. Cradock, M. A. E. Crawford, Lockey E. Crick, Eliz. E. Crouse, Jane Crouse, Lucinda C. Crowse, Nancy A.
Daniel, Lucy M. Daniel, Nancy A. Davidson, Mary Davis, Lucy A.
11
5 2 6 1 1
3
6 8 9 2 2 3 1
11
6
5
8
10 11
9 5
10
4
10
8 1
2 4
5 6 2 3 5
6 8 8 4
13
Davis, Sarah Dill, E. E. Dill, Eliza Dill, Sarah T. Donaho Margarett J. Drake, Catharine Duncan, Rebecca P. Dunn, Louisana Dunn, Mary E. Dunn, S. J. Dunnaway Mecca H. Dyer, Levina F. Dyer, Sara J.
, ,
9 9 8
3
2 1 7
Greer, Nancy M. Greer, Rebecca Greer, Sarah Guest, Sarah Gumm, Mary A. Guthrie, S. D.
Haley, Tabitha Hall, Isabella Hall, Julia D. Hall, Luanna Hallyburton, M. P. Hamilton, Sarah W. Harris, Lucie W. Hayes, Martha E. Hays, Mary J. Haynes, Catherine Haynes, Manerva Haynes, Sarah A. Heaton, Lucinda E. Hendrick, R. F. C. Hendrix, Malisa A. Hendrix, Mary N. Hendrix, Rebecca Ann Henkle, Amelia E. Henry, M. C. Herndon, Matilda Jane Hickman, Mary A. Hickman, Susan Hicks, Judith E. Hight, Nancy Hockett, Mary Hogwood, Hannah K. Holden, Mary A. Holden, Mary F. Holder, Oelvia Hollowell, Mary C. Hood, Mary J. Hoover Sarah Hoover, Tabitha House, Eliz. G. House, M. T. Howell, Eliz. J. Howell, Martha Howse, Louisa Y. Howse, Margarett C. Hubbard, Mary A. Huff, Julie S. Hunt, Catherine Hunt, Mary Hunt, Rosannah A. Hunter, Mary C.
,
8 8 6 4 6 4
1 1 9 9 3 5 7 1 8
3
2 2
2
2 2 1 2 5 8 9
Eads, Milly Early, Sarah A. Eaton, Rebecca Edmonds, Eliz. E. Edwards, N. A. Elder, Matilda Elliot, Catharine Elliot, F. M. Elliott, Lucretia Elliott, Martha Eshredge, Nancy C. Eskredge, Sarah A. Ethredge, Sarah A. Evans, Mary E.
11
8 3
11
7 5
5 5 6 7
3
10
3
9 6 5 6
5 5 9
6
Farmer, Mary E. Faucett, Catharine C. Fletcher, M. J.

Fox, Manerva Fox, Mary E. Fox, Mary F. Fulks, Mary A. Fuller, M. J.
10
9 9 6 2
10
2 3 8 3 5 1
10 10
6 6 7 2 5 1
10
5 7 8 3 1
Garner, Mary L. Garner, Miss Gate Gibson, Manerva Gill, Caroline Gilliam, C. H. Gilmore, Elenor Glenn, Lemiza S. Goober, Mary Gooch, Martha T. Goodman, L. A. (Liddie) Graves, Mary Ann Green, A, H. Green, Virginia Green, Virginia C.
10
2 7
10 10
3
10
6 1
10
9 6
2 7 4 5 3 1
14
Hutcherson, A.
Ivie, Eliza J. Ivie, Lizzie A.
P.
11 10
2 3
Jackson, Anna Jackson, Julia A. Jacobs, Rachel James, Martha E. January, L. M. Jarratt, A. P. Jarratt, America Jennings, Ameliza Jennings, Eliza A. Jetton, Eliza A. John, Eliz. Johns, Martha E. Johnson, L. M. Johnson, Susan Ann Johnson, Susan E. Jones, Julia Ann Jones, Martha B. Jones, Sarah A. Jones, Sarah E. Jordan, Laura C. Jourden, Eliza A.
Keel, Francis E. Kellow, Eliz, Kelton, Ann Kelton, Miss E. R. Kelton, J. P. Kerr, V. W. Keys, A. M. Kirby, L. C. Knox, Eliz. E. Lamb, Tabitha Lannom, Elvina M. Lannom, Nancy A. Lawrence, Lucy F. Lawrence, Mary A.
10
4 5 1
4
6 8
5 5 9 9 2 5 3 3 8 7 2 4
10 11
8 1 2
1 5
3
2
C
1
9
Lawrence, Nancy T. Leath, Amanda

Lee, M. Lee, Martha A. E. Lester, Martha L. Lewis, Frances E. Logon, P. A. E. Lovel, Eliza Lynch, Margarett C. Lyon, Eliz. Lytle, M. C.
1 6 3
2
10
9 8 9 1 1
11
2
Maberry, Margaret J. Mainor, Martha A. Major, Harriett H. Malone, Julia A. Mankin, M. A. Mankins, Martha Mann, Mary I. Manning, Jane Martin, Elizabeth A. Mason, Mary E. Mason, Susan A. Mathews, Mary A. E. Mauberry, Delitha Mayfield, Eliz. Mayfield, Sarah J. Mayfield, Susan F. McAdoo, S. F. McClean, Temperance C McCoy, Edy E. McCullough, Isabella McDaniel, America McDaniel, Martha McFadden, Sarah J. McFarlin, Eliza G. McGill, Lizza McGowan, Mary E. T. McGowan, Susan 1 McHenry, Martha A. 1 McHenry, N. M. 3 McKee, Margarett J. 5 McKinney, Mary 1 McKinney, Susannah 10 McMurry, Arabella 2 McNeal, Eliz. J. 3 McNiel, Mary E. 3 Meritt, Martha 9 Miers, Luzanna 11 Miller, Catharine 11 Miller, Margaret 3 Miller, Margarett 6 Miller, Martha V. 10 Miller, Mary E. 9 Miller, Mary F. 10 Millins, Martha J. Mitchell, Fanny (free col) 2 10 Mobs, Mary A. 2 Modrall, Sarah J. 1 Moore, Emeliza 3 Moore, Mary E. 3 Moore, Sarah F. 4 Morris, Mary A. Morris, Stansheary Morse, Martha
15
Morton, A, H. Morton, Ann Morton, Mary Ann Moss, Margarett Mullins, America Ann Mullins, Louisa A. Mullins, Martha J. Mullins, Rebeca Murfree, Esther L. Murfree, Fannie D. Murfree, Sarah Ann Murphey, Louisa Murphy, Julia Ann Murry, Nancy W. Muse, Lucy A. Myers, I. C.
Nash, Sarah F. Nash, Virginia Naylor, Louisa J. Neely, Martha K. Neely, Susan A. F. Neely, Tabitha Nelson, Mary L. Nelson, Susan H. Newman, Drucilla A. Newman, Eliz. Navel, Mary A. Nichols, Mary E. Nickens, Mary A. Nivens, Eliz. C. Noe, Mary Nolen, Mary F. Northcutt, Eliz.
1
4 2 5
E.
8
3
11
5 2 9 2 2 7
7 7
10
3 3
6 8 5
Philpott, Martha Jane Philpott, Mary M. Pickett, Nancy Pillow, Julia S. Pinkard, Cicila Pitts, Nancy Pogue, Rachel Pope. Rebecca E. Pope, Sophia Powel, Nancy M. Powell, Sarah J. Powell, Virginia Price, America Price, Jane Pritchitt, Sarah L. Pruett, Louisiana Puckett, Eliz. C. Puckett, S. C. Pullon, Nancy Pully, Laura
10
3
4 1
10
5 3 2 8
11
3
6 6
5 2 9 5
10
6
10 10 10
6 8 9 3
11 11
6
3
Oliphint, Mary J. Osborn, Sarah E. Oslin, Mary L Osment, Eliz.

Ott, Eliz. F.
1 9
10
9
Overall, Martha Ann

Palmer, Mary E. Parker, Eliz. Parker, Martha Parris, Eliz. Patterson, Maxmilly Patterson, Maxmilly Pearcy, Lucinda E. Pearson, Margarett E. Peay, M. H. Phelps, Judy Ann
10
6 2 6 5
Ralston, Mary R. Randolph, C. P. Rankins Martha E. Reed, Margarite C. Reeves, Susan C. Richards, Eliz. Richardson, Mary C. Richardson, Susan W. Robb, Ann Robb, Eliza H. Roberts, Louisa M. Robertson, Lovy 0. J. Robertson, Mary C. Rollins, Margarit Rollins, Sallie A. Rosborough, Mary E. Rose, Sarah Ross, Amanda C. Rowden, Tinnie Rowlett, Rebecca R. Rucker, Josephine A. Rucker, Sophia B. Russworm, Sarah Rutledge, Eliz.
,
10
1 3 8
1
8
6 9 2 2
10
7
1 4
8
8 9 9
3
8 9
10
4
10 10
1 9
1
3
Sanders, Sanders, Sanders, Sanders, Sanders, Sanders,
M. J.
Mahulda Marandy E. Martha A. Mary C. Sarah L.
5 4 4 9
10
16
Sanford, Susan Searcy, S. E. Searcy, Tabitha J. Seay, Mary A. Shelton, Mary Jane Shelton, Sarah A. Shipps, Mary Short, Ann Roberty Singleton, Martha S. Sikes, Margarett Simpson, Eliz. R. H. Slaughter, Eliz. Smith, A. C. Smith, C. V. Smith, Caroline Smith, Isadora Smith, Margarett Jane Smotherman, C.T. 10 Snell, Sarah E. 2 Snell, Susan C. 6 Speer, Amanda H. 2 Speer, Martha A. 3 Spence, Mary M. 3 Spence, Nancy T. 5 Stack, Sarepta E. 3 Stephens, R. E. 1 Stevens, L. J. 1 Stewart, Martha (free col.) Stitt, Louise, J. 10 Sugg, Jane A. 1 Suggs, Eliza 6 Suggs, Lockey 10 Sulivan, Mary 3 Swan, Amanda 1
Tucker, Sallie Tuder, Sarah Turner, Smanda W.
10
1
2 5
3
Vaughan, Margarett Vaughan, Martha A. Vaughan, Nancy Ann Vaughn, Mary A. Victory, Nancy A.
Wade, Lucy Wade, Margarett Walker, Mary Ward, Martha A. Ward, Martha E. Ward, Mary E. Warren, Emily L.
E.
6 6
10
5 1 5 5 9
3 8
Tarlton, Julia Teal, Barbary Thompson, Margaret J. Thompson, S. J. Thompson, Samantha A. Thorn, M. J. Tilford, Malisa Todd, A. E. Todd, Malinda Todd, Mary M. Todd, Nancy M. Tombs, Eliz. Trale, Isabella Travis, Louisa Tribble, Thankful. E. Tucker, Martha Jane Tucker, Rody A.
8 4
2
10
1 1 7
11
9
Watkins Mary E. Watts, Ellen Welch, Ann Welch, Jane Welch, Jane Wetherly, Arlamissa Wharton, Martha W. Wharton, Mary A. White, Dorothy A. White, Eliz. A. White, Julia A. White, Lizzie White, Lucy White, Mary E. White, Nancy J. White, Sarah F. Whitworth, Savannah Williams, Eliz. J. Williams, Frances Williams, M. N. Williams, Mildred Williams, Nelly Jane Wilson, M. P. Wisen, Sarah E. Witherspoon, Eliz. Wood, Susan C. Wyatt, Lucy
,
10
6
6 6
4 8
5 9 6
11
1 9
9
8
7 4 9 9 9 6 5
5
6
9 7
4
9 4 2 3 4
8 4
Yearwood, Sarah L. Young, Mary Ann Youree, Mary B.
4 6
10
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS

OF THE PREHISTORY OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY
by Travis E.
Smotherman
a
Rutherford County, Tennessee, when considered as
poli-
tical entity, was organized in 1803; thus its complete and
recorded history spans some 17 decades of time.
Yet,
it
possesses an earlier, unwritten history untrammeled by artificial boundaries, shrouded in the dim mists of time past and
obscured by the uncertain knowledge of man's earliest antiquity.

To quote A. W. Putnam, writing of the area in his History
of Middle Tennessee
:
In unknown ages the heathen were here; these wild woods were once inhabited, or the race of man was before The bones of thousands rest beneath the these forests. But again the living very roots of our gigantic oaks. are here; tumuli and earth - works are throughout the land. But when came the one, or wherefore the others, Our questions obtain answers obscure as none can tell. those given by the pyramids and their builders.
.
PHYSIOGRAPHY
A brief glimpse at Rutherford County's physiography is in order before undertaking a purview of its prehistory. Ruther-
ford County comprises 580 square miles, with elevations ranging
from 570 feet to

is 617 feet.
1,
352 feet
the
elevation at the courthouse
More than half the county lies in the Central
'A.
1859)
W. Putnam, History of Middle Tennessee (first published Knoxville, 1971, p. 5. Knox^ Henderson, The Story of Murfreesboro Murf reesboro, ^C. C. C. C,
,
1929, p.
3,
18
Basin of Tennessee, with a ring of hills almost surrounding

the county, especially to the east and southeast.
Murfreesboro
lies in the central plain.
Almost the entire county is drained
by Stones River and its tributaries, with the Harpeth rising

in the southeastern portion of the county, near Eagleville,
and, with its tributaries draining a small portion thereof.

R.
S.
Bassler describes the predominant geological feature of

"
. .
the county as
soil.
.a
level plain (with)
fertile brick red
PREHISTORIC CULTURES
Rutherford County shares a general identity with the prehistoric cultures which once flourished in this region.
For
the benefit of those persons unacquainted with the anthro-
pological classification of these cultures, a brief summarization of their most salient features will be undertaken.
Generally speaking, the span of time covered by these cultures

is roughly from 11,000 B.
C.
to 1,600 A. D.
Subsequent to the discovery by Dr. Louis Leaky and his associates in Tanganyika of substantial evidence to indicate
the existence of a very ancient "pebble tool" user, the anthro-
pologist's conception of this progenitor man as a distinctive.

^R. S. Bassler, The Stratigraphy of the Central Basin of Tennessee (Tennessee Division of Geology), Nashville, 1932, p. 54
'Êmma Lila Fundaburk and Mary Douglass Fundaburk Foreman, Sun Circles and Human Hands Luverne, Alabama, 2nd Printing, (Unless otherwise noted, all prehistoric culture 1965, p. 9. dates are taken from this source.)
,
19
thoughtful and designing creature was thrust back into the vast
ages of antiquity, of fossil bone and long extinct life forms.
And in support of Dr. Leaky and his theories, some scholars

have cited evidence to support the existence of a new world
pebble user.
Such a man, if he ever lived in North America,

B.
must have lived here well before 11,000

long ago as 50,000 B. C.
C.
and perhaps as
Paleo man
The oldest generally recognized North American
aboriginal culture is classified as "Paleo" by archaeologists.

The epoch of paleo man would roughly encompass the span of time
from 11,000 B. C. to 5,000 B. C.^
Paleo man coexisted with the
extinct wooly mammoth, with his distinctive spear points being

found in the western United States in association with the bones
of these creatures.
Paleo man was nomadic and followed large

He
herds of bison, elk and deer, as well as the mammoth.
fashioned a large, very well made, fluted point.
Archaic man
Archaic man is generally dated as occupying

He hunted
the period of time from 5,000 B. C. to 2,000 B. C.
smaller game than did Paleo man, and was less nomadic, with
his populations tending more toward concentration.
a gatherer of seeds,
He was also
nuts, fruits, berries, edible roots, fish

(or two-part)
and shell fish.
His major weapon was the atlatl
throwing spear, and his projectile points were generally smaller

and sometimes cruder than those of his predecessor.
Woodland man
The culture subsequent to that of archaic

C.
man is described as "woodland," and lasted from about 2,000 B.
Fundaburk does not assign a definitive date to the Paleo period's earliest beginnings; however, she considers it wellestablished by 8,000 B. C, and transitional with the archaic period by 5,000 B. C.
FLINT PROJECTILE POINTS (Coll., F. C. Youree)
Cripple Creek
FLINT PROJECTILE POINTS (Coll. F. C. Youree)

,
Cripple Creek
FLINT PROJECTILE POINTS - near Smyrna (Coll., Ernest Johns)
LATE WOODLAND AND MISSISSIPPI PROJECTILE POINTS (Coll., Steve Maloney)
PROJECTILE POINTS - Transitional Paleo, Archaic, and Woodland (Coll., Steve Maloney)
FLINT PROJECTILE POINTS Ernest Johns) (Coll.

,
Stewart's Creek
Â^^)OTH NECKLACE - Cripple Creek

;on Collection at sity)
"Nt^
SANDSTONE TURTLE EFFIGY, Smy (Coll., Richard Grabowski)
Vanderbilt
POTTERY VESSEL Circa 500 B.C. Bradley Creek (Coll., Randy Abernathy)
ADENA PROJECTILE POINT, Lavergne (Coll., Richard Grabowski)
PRE- HISTORY
ARTIFACTS
ARCHAIC AND WOODLAND PROJECTILE POINTS Eagleville, (Coll., Travis Smotherman)
CHUNKY STONE, GREENSTONE PIPE, THROWING WEIGHT, Cripple Creek (Coll., F. C. Youree)
THREE STONE CELLS FOR AXES, Cripple Creek (Coll., F. C. Youree)
ARCHAIC PROJECTILE POINTS (Coll., Steve Maloney)
5,000 B.C.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY PALEO IM'OJECTILE POINTS (Coll., Steve Maloney and James Powers)
20
to about 400 A.
D.
Lewis and Kneburg, in Tribes That Slumber
term this culture a neolithic import from Asia centered in

the woodlands and hardwood forests of eastern North America.^
These people were the first Americans to use the bow and arrow,
to weave, and to manufacture pottery.
Very likely, they also
began the first organized agriculture in the new world, while
continuing the gathering and collecting of food and the hunting

of game animals.
Some ornamentation and elaborate burial
customs also
characterized these people.
Projectile points
were smaller and frequently crudely fashioned.
Mississippian man
The Mississippian culture was the
last and most recent prehistoric North American Indian culture

and generally covers the years 400 A. C.
1,600
A.
D.
These
people continued the refinements of their woodland predecessors.
Agriculture became much more advanced, and artistic ornamentation

in clothing, pottery and ceremonial objects became commonplace.
The development of agriculture permitted sufficient leisure for

the perfection of quite sophisticated art forms and the con-
struction of large temple mounds.
Life was more settled and
large, palisaded villages sprang up.
Very small, triangular

(In the
points for their arrow tips typify their projectiles.
Cumberland River area, these people are frequently designated

as the "stone box burial" people.)
"Thomas M. N. Lewis and Madeline Kneburg, Tribes That Slumber Knoxville, 1958, p. 39.
,
21
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, 1600-1780

How did the area now comprising Rutherford County appear
just before the appearance of the first Europeans about 1780?
What sort of land did they survey as Rutherford County pre-
history suddenly merged into a historical perspective ranging

from the meager and uncertain first sources of retrospective
narrative and secondhand accounts right down to the present

day with its multifold and exact historical references?
What
tribes of historic Indians ranged the area prior to 1780, and
what relation to these historic tribes bear to their predecessors, Mississippian man?
Such questions, unfortunately, do
not obtain easy answers for the historian or the researcher.
From all accounts, however, it must appear that there were

no permanent Indian settlements in Rutherford County in the
middle 1700'
s,
and probably there had been no such settlements

It must also be obvious that
for two or three hundred years.
the Mississippian mound builder was culturally extinct in the
Middle Tennessee area when the first Europeans arrived.

To quote Carlton C,
Sims, in the History of Rutherford
(did not)
County
"...
the Indians
,
make settlement here (in
Rutherford County)
though the abundance of fish and game and
the large springs in the region make it a favorable hunting
ground as is evidenced by the large number of arrow heads found

on or near the surface."
7
^Carlton C. Sims, Editor, A History of Rutherford County

1947, p.
4.
22
Judge John Haywood, in his Civil and Political History of

the State of Tennessee
,
first published in 1823, says that the
first settlers in the Middle Tennessee region found no signs

of villages or of cleared lands.
o
However, there appears to have been no logical reason why

the area could not support a substantial population just prior
to 1780.
Henderson cites the abundance of game, including
bear, elk and deer, which made the Rutherford County area a
q frequently visited territory by wandering Indian hunters.^
Thus, if the Rutherford County area had no permanent
Indian population in the years just prior to 1780 and the
first European contacts, then under what tribal suzerainties
did the area fall?
James Adair's map, to accompany his 1775 London publi-
cation of The History of the American Indians
shows the area
of Tennessee to have been populated by Cherokees in the east,
Chickasaws in the southwest, and the Nahchees in the northwest, with a void indicated in the middle Tennessee region.
Carlton Sims says:

The Shawnees were probably the only Indians to make permanent homes during the Colonial period in what is It appears that part of this now middle Tennessee. tribe, which originally lived in the Savannah River area, settled on the Cumberland about 1670 Marquette, in his journal of 1673, refers to many Shawnee
^John Haywood, The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee reprinted Knoxville, 1969, p. 108-109.
,
Ôp.
Cit
p.
6,
lOjames Adair, The History of the American Indians (First Nashville, 1971 reprint. published London, 1775)
,
23
villages on the lower Cumberland, the largest having They are known at one time to have had 500 people. a town in the sight of Nashville, though there is no evidence that they ever settled in what is now Rutherford County. The Cherokees and Chickasaws however, expelled the Shawnee about 1714. The majority of the displaced Shawnees seemed to have settled north of the Ohio on the Wabash. '-1
To quote Burt and Ferguson,
saws.
. .
"
(The)
Cherokees and Chicka-
cooperated in 1715 and again in 1745 to forcibly
expel bands of Shawnees from the rich hunting lands on the site
that is now Nashville, Tennessee."^
Gentry McGee, in his A History of Tennessee agrees that

the Shawnees once lived near Nashville, but says they
"...
The
were driven out by the Cherokees, Creeks and Chickasaws.
Uchees once lived around Nashville, but were killed out by the
Cherokees."
He says further that the Cherokees and their
kinsmen, the Chicamaugas, and the Creeks, the Chickasaws, the
Shawnees of Indiana and even the Iroquois of New York claimed
hunting rights in the Middle Tennessee-central Kentucky area,
with none daring live there for fear of attacks from rival
claimants.
-^^
Goodspeed's 1886 History of Tennessee offers still another

group contending for dominion over the Middle Tennessee and Rutherford County areas.
-Ôp.
To quote:
Cit.
pp.
4-5.
-'-^Jesse
east;
Burt and Robert B. Ferguson, Indians of the South Then and Now, Nashville and New York, 1973, p. 41.
-'-^Gentry R.
1930,
McGee, A History of Tennessee from 1663 to (Facsimile reproduction), Nashville, 1971.
24
Previous to 1780, the Indians had undisputed sway in this (Rutherford) county. The old trace leading -from Nashville to Chattanooga is still to be seen. Along this route, the Choctaws, Chickasaws and particularly the Cherokees held undisputed sway from time immemorial.-*-^
Two historians mention hostilities between the Cherokees
of East Tennessee and the Chickasaws of West Tennessee.
Sims
writes
the land, as a result of hostilities which had broken out between the Cherokees and Chickasaws, was seldom visited by the Indian hunters during the middle of the 18th century. the Indians to the south would not allow the Shawnees to establish permanent settlements on their hunting grounds, and even fought among themselves for hunting rights.-*-^
. . . . .
And, in Robert H. White's Tennessee:
Its Growth and
Progress
we are told that the Cherokees from the eastern part
of Tennessee disputed Middle Tennessee with the Chickasaws of
West Tennessee, with the Creeks occupying the land to the

south. ^6
Thus, it may be observed that several Indian tribes are
credited with some control over the middle Tennessee area at

one time or another during the 17 00'
s
and just prior to the
first white visitations to the area of Rutherford County,
which Henderson dates as sometime just before 178 0, stating

that only a few adventurous whites had prospected the section
prior to this date, and of which visits no reliable records

are now available. 17
1'^
(Goodspeed'
s)
The History of Tennessee

5.
Nashville, 1886,
p.
811.
'^0. Cit
p.
l6Robert H. White, Tennessee; Nashville, 1936, p. 10.

17op. Cit .
,
Its Growth and Progress y
p.
10.
25
Then, obviously the area was largely unsettled and sub-
jected only to the forays of various Indian hunting groups,
frequently contending with each other.
It must, however, be
noted that most recorded incidents of Indian attacks on white
settlers and settlements in the middle Tennessee area may be
credited to warriors from the Creek nation to the south.
ARCHAEOLOGY
Having discussed the general cultural and tribal prehistoric background which Rutherford County shares with its
surrounding area, the writer will now attempt to support the
relationship with the archaeological evidence and theory

available.
Generally speaking, Rutherford County does not offer the

rich and varied archaeological sources of some of her sister
counties.
There are, for instance, no sites to compare with
the mound complexes on the Harpeth River in Williamson and
Cheatham Counties, nor the vast "stone box" village sites

generally distributed throughout Davidson County, nor the
significant Spring Creek site in Wilson County.
Nor, indeed,
is there a site comparable to Coffee County's Old Stone Fort
nor even Cannon County's multi-component site at Short Mountain.
Nonetheless, abundant archaeological evidence exists to
establish that representatives of each generally recognized
prehistoric culture once lived in and traveled over the area

now comprising Rutherford County, although there is some diversity of opinion as to the relative value of this archaeological
evidence.
26
Leroy Camp, of Lavergne, Tennessee, a former president of

the Tennessee Archaeological Society and prominent Rutherford
County archaeologish, considers the scarcity of important archaeological site to be the most significant feature of any consid-
eration of Rutherford County archaeology.
Camp said that a
two-week survey, in which he participated, under the sponsorship

of the University of Tennessee and the Corps of Engineers could
not find a single site worthy of excavation on Stones River,
prior to the flooding of the area with the construction of the Percy Priest Dam. 18
Camp, of course, is not the only local archaeologist to
have made note of this sparsity of archaeological source
material in Rutherford County.
In this connection, the writer
wishes to advance the theory that the large number of cedar

glades, with their thin, rocky soil and scarcity of plant and
animal food sources may have tended to hinder the development

of large aboriginal populations.
R.
S.
Bassler says that in
Rutherford County the red cedar glades occupy an area of about

160 square miles.
-'-^
In prehistoric times, these cedar glades
may well have covered a more extensive proportion of the county's

580 square mile total area.
James Powers of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, also a prominent

local archaeologish and former president of the Tennessee
Archaeological Society, offered a more generous opinion of the

value of the county's archaeological site, describing the county's
1 p '"Personal interview, April 7, 1974.
1^0. Cit.
p.
58.
27
sites as old, archaeologically speaking, and primarily of the
archaic period. 20
Published Archaeological References to Rutherford County

The first important writer on the subject of Tennessee
archaeology was Judge John Haywood.
In his 1823 publication.

,
The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee
two references
are made to Rutherford County and three to Murf reesboro.
Judge
Haywood describes the physical location of the county and
mentions the abundant relics of testacious animals therein.
Murfreesboro references relate to the presence of quartz geodes

between Murfreesboro and McMinnville;
the location of a
quantity of charcoal ten feet below the surface twelve miles

southeast from Murfreesboro, at a Mr. Ready's, on the bank of
the East Fork of Stones River;
and the discovery of two brass
coins, two and one-half miles from Murfreesboro in an easterly
direction, in a garden about eighteen inches under the surface.
2**
'
25
Ôpersonal interview, April 13, 1974.

2 '-John Haywood, The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee (first published Nashville, 1823), Mary V. Rothrock, Editor, Jackson, 1959, pp. 2-3.
,
22ibid. 23ibid.
24 Ibid.
p.
32. 53.
p.
pp.
169-170,
,
2 5 Ibid. quotes Madeline Kneburg p. 420, footnote "k" former professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, as saying that such coins as Haywood describes were also found at Fort Loudon, and were used for part of the payment to soldiers during the 1750' s. This properly places the coin discovery in the context of historic archaeology.
,
28
Explorations of the Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee was

first published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1876.
author, Joseph Jones, M. D.
,
Its
was health officer at Nashville
during the years 1868 and 1869, during which time he gathered
his relics and information. ^6
pipe,
Dr.
An illustration of a very fine
from the vicinity of Murfreesboro appears in this volume. 27
Jones describes the relic thusly:
"...
The large parrot-
shaped pipe, carved out of chocolate-colored steatite, is twelve

inches in length, and was discovered in the vicinity of aboriginal
remains, near Murfreesboro.
"
^^
Camp believes this artifact was most likely a trade item,
especially considering the great distance to the nearest natural

habitat of the parrot.
The writer, however, considers it also
likely that the aboriginal craftsman fashioned the piece as a

stylized representation of some local bird of prey, with its
hooked beak suggesting a hawk or eagle.
A third important writer on the subject of Tennessee
archaeology was Gates
P.
Thruston, whose The Antiquities of
Tennessee first appeared in 189 0.
A former Union general who
26 ''^Robert McGaw, "Tennessee Antiquities Re-Exhumed," Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Summer, 1965, p. 124.
2'This pipe drawing is reproduced as the cover illustration

for this publication.
28joseph Jones, M. D. Explorations of the Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee (first published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1876) Reprinted Knoxville, 1970, p. 76 and p. 138.
,
2^The present whereabouts of this outstanding relic is unknown to the writer who considers it regrettable that it does not grace the display case of some local museum.
29
married a Nashville girl and remained in Tennessee after the

Civil War, Thruston was an avid collector and student of Indian
artifacts and conducted many excavations in the vicinity of

Nashville.
County:
One reference appears which related to Rutherford
an illustration of various beads contains thirteen
drilled and strung canine-type teeth, which Thruston describes

as being "the teeth of the wolf, or of some wild animal."
a footnote,
In
Thruston says:
"We are indebted to Zach. Patrick,

'
of Rutherford County, for this rare string of ancient beads.

In the early part of the present century, William E. Myer
conducted several archaeological investigations in the middle
Tennessee area and published reports on his work.
His "Indian
4
Trails of the Southeast" appearing posthumously in the
2nd
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1928, lists

three Indian trails as traversing Rutherford County. The first mentioned is the "Great South Trail,
"-^
which
entered Rutherford County just above Eagleville, proceeded in a

Gates P. Thruston, The Antiquities of Tennessee (first reprint of Second Edition (1897), published in Cincinnati, 1890) Knoxville, 1964, p. 319.
,
30
^-"
Ibid
p.
319.
^^Mrs. F. C. Youree, of Readyville, a current member of the Rutherford County Chapter of the Tennessee Archaeological Society, reports that Zach Patrick was her uncle, and according to family tradition, the string of beads was found on the Patrick homesite on Cripple Creek in Rutherford County where many other fine relics have been unearthed.
^-^Haywood, in his Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee p. 217, 2nd edition, says the trail was worn down by buffaloes to a depth of one or two feet and to a width of three or four feet.
,
30
southeast and easterly direction and exited the county just southwest of Fosterville. This trail is shown on a map circa 1795, drawn by General Daniel Smith. The trail began at the Great Salt Lick at Nashville, proceeded southward along the Harpeth River, then easterly to the head of Wartrace Creek (to which it gave name) and then southward to the Tennessee River ^'^ in northern Alabama.
,
A second trail described by Myer is the "Cisca" or "St. Augustine Trail" (or the "Nickajack Trail", as it was known by the whites near Nashville because it led to Nickajack Town on the Tennessee River). The trail entered Rutherford County from Davidson County, just west of Smyrna and Lavergne, passing close by Murfreesboro, and exited the county just north of Beech Grove, in Coffee County. -^^
The third trail is listed as the "Black Fox Trail."
it
began at the Cherokee settlements along the Hiwassee River in East Tennessee and entered Rutherford County at the approximate location of the Woodbury-Murfreesboro turnpike, then proceeded westward to the Black Fox Spring, near Murfreesboro. At the
spring, it split into two trails, one joining the Nickajack Trail and the other continuing on into Nashville at about the location of the Murfreesboro-Nashville turnpike. ^6
Rutherford County Archaeological Sites
Certain references are made in the archaeological writings

cited to intriguing mounds, aboriginal breastworks, corrals, etc..
1971, pp. p.
William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Sout heast. Nashville, " llfi 117 116-117
'
35'Ibid.,
pp. pp.
112-113. 103-105.
36ibid.
31
formerly located in Rutherford County and of which no traces

can now be found.
To cite an example, where was the location
of the "aboriginal remains" near which Dr. Jones obtained his
"parrot pipe"?
Unfortunately, the records of many of our
earliest archaeologists are inexact or even nonexistent, and

more specific locations are not likely ever to be identified.
A map entitled "Aboriginal Map of Tennessee," included in
Goodspeed's History shows only "Black Fox's Camp" within the

confines of Rutherford County.
-^^
W.
E.
Myer's 1923 "Archaeo-
logical Map of Tennessee," however, shows a number of otherwise
unidentified archaeological features in Rutherford County.
These
include a burial cave near the mouth of Overall Creek; a burial

cave at the junction of Bradley Creek and the East Fork of Stones
River; a mound on Overall Creek about five miles north of its
mouth; an aboriginal cemetery about three miles south of Florence
on Overall Creek; a mound about two or three miles west of Murfreesboro, adjacent to Overall Creek; and "undefined antiquities"
about three miles north of Murfreesboro, on the West Fork of

Stones River.
38
While some of these archaeological features may
still be located, others seem to have passed into oblivion.
Another site, possibly a natural geological formation, is
described by Henderson, in his History of Murfreesboro
as follows:
About two miles south of Murfreesboro was located one of the camping grounds of the Indians, a scope of land sparsely timbered, but having a luxuriant pasture of wild grasses. The "corral", as it has been called from that day, was watered by Lytle Creek. The grounds
37
Op
Cit
map, frontispiece.
map.
^^0. Cit .
32
were high and rolling and the open space of the corral was entirely surrounded by heavily timbered lands and an impenetrable tangle of undergrowth and wild vines. The Indians could turn out their ponies here to graze, knowing they could not escape the natural barrier. -^^
This is likely the same spot described in Goodspeed's
History of Tennessee
as follows:
About three miles from Murfreesboro is the old near this old racetrack is the Bradley racetrack. old Indian dance ground, which is a circular track dug out of the earth and rock. Neither history nor tradition tells of its origin. ^'^-'. .
Camp cited only one important site in Rutherford County,
which he identified as a pre-ceramic site on Stewarts Creek,

just west of the old Nashville Highway, near Smyrna.
He
described a midden composed of occupational buildup, encompassing

an area of about one acre
size. 42
Powers located Rutherford County sites on Cripple Creek,

Bradley Creek, Overall Creek, Fall Creek, Concord Branch, and
the Harpeth River as well as a number of sites, generally dis-
persed, on all three forks of Stones River.
He described an
important site at the confluence of the East and West Forks of

Stones River
(now under the waters of Percy Priest Lake)
,
and
located another site at the juncture of Town Creek and Stones
River at Murfreesboro, now destroyed, where some burials were
uncovered by construction activity.

^Ôp. Cit
p.
9.
,
^'^ The Goodspeed Histories of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford Wilson, Bedford and Marshall Counties of Tennessee (originally published 1886). reprinted from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Columbia, 1971, p. 813.
4lThe exact location of this feature, whether man-made or natural, has not been determined by the writer.
42 Leroy Camp, personal interview, April 7,
1974.
33
Powers characterizes most of the Rutherford County sites

as Archaic, with some exceptions.
Pottery sherds from the
Woodland period have been found in the southeastern portion of

the county, and a sherd of "Wheeler Plain" pottery (which is the earliest known regional clay pottery, dating circa 1500 B. C.)
was found near Murfreesboro on Stones River.
Mississippian
sites are also located near Murfreesboro on Stones River and

on Stewarts Creek near Smyrna.
43
Notable Rutherford County Artifacts

Once more citing the "parrot pipe" of Dr. Jones as perhaps
the finest Rutherford County artifact known to the writer of
this paper, it is possible to briefly mention other local
discoveries.
A very well-made Clovis or fluted point, about
3/4" in
length, is illustrated in Ten Years of the Tennessee Archaeo -
logist
and is described as having been found in the vicinity
of Murfreesboro and from the collection of H. H. Hassler.
This point represents perhaps the first of a number of
Paleo projectile point finds made in the county in recent

years, being in such quantity as to allow Powers to describe
Rutherford County as somewhat of a center of southeastern Paleo

man activity. 4S
^^James R. Powers, personal interview, April 13, 1974.
T. M. N. Lewis and Madeline Kneburg, "Early Projectile Point Forms, and Examples from Tennessee," Ten Years of the Tennessee Archaeologist Chattanooga (n. d.), pp. 128-129.
,
'^^James R.
Powers, personal interview, April 13, 1974.
34
James W. Cambron, in his Handbook of Alabama Archaeology

Point Types
,
assigns an approximate date of 13,000
B.
C.
for
these points, ^6
which suffices to establish that the earliest
known people ever to have lived in eastern North America were

not strangers to the grazing lands of what is now Rutherford
County and over which prehistoric mammals foraged.

Other local discoveries include a number of fine relics
located on his farm on Cripple Creek by F. Craig Youree and

now reposing in his collection. Richard
H.
Grabowski
of
Connecticut, made two remarkable finds while stationed at
Stewart Air Force Base at Smyrna during the late 1960
's;
the
first, a large, black flint Adena point, 5" in length, and,
the second, a small, light brown sandstone turtle effigy,
about
2J5"
in length, and of problematical usage.
Both finds
were from the west bank of Stones River, near the air base.
Two youthful Murfreesboroans
,
Randy and Mike Abernathy,
brothers, located a very well-made ceramic pot, while searching

for fossils, underneath a ledge, in northeastern Rutherford
County.
Their find was made in 1972.
Copper beads were recently discovered in a burial near

Smyrna, and the major portion of a large steatite vessel was
the noteworthy find of Steve Maloney, of Murfreesboro
whose
collection of artifacts also includes several Paleo points

from Rutherford County fields.
^^James W. Cambron and David G. Hulse, Handbook of Alabama Archaeology, Part 1 - Point Types Archaeological Research Association of Alabama, 3rd printing, 1969.
,
35
Other fine, discovered artifacts from Rutherford County,

but unknown to the writer, undoubtedly exist.
A number of
local archaeological enthusiasts do have fairly extensive
collections of points and other relics which certainly include

a significant percentage of Rutherford County material;
and,
almost surely, some items are possessed as mere chance finds

by farmers, sportsmen, and the general public.
Hopefully, more
and more of these Rutherford County relics may be located and
recorded, so as to make the record of the county's prehistory

as complete and accurate as possible.
Local Archaeological Activities

So far as the writer is aware, no major, organized archaeo-
logical excavations have ever been undertaken in Rutherford

County.
The county abounds, however, in interested amateurs,
ranging from the relic collector, with his uncomplicated

pursuits, to the serious and knowledgeable activities of other
more scientifically inclined and motivated individuals.

In the early 1960's a group of local archaeological
enthusiasts banded together to organize the Rutherford County
Chapter of the Tennessee Archaeological Society.
Leroy Camp,
of Lavergne, was the first chapter president; the late Jordan
Caldwell was named vice-president; and Mrs. Leroy Camp served

as secretary-treasurer.
Most of the early meetings were held
at Smyrna.
The chapter charter has been renewed every year since, and the chapter continues its activities in the current year,
36
with monthly meetings and informational programs.
All interested
persons are cordially welcomed to attend functions and to participate in chapter activities
(which have included excavations in
years past, although never in Rutherford County.)

now held in Murfreesboro.
Meetings are
In addition to Camp and Powers, both former presidents of
the Tennessee Archaeological Society, the Rutherford County Chapter
has included in its membership the following individuals, who have
made contributions to the local chapter and to archaeology by
reason of tenure, educational pursuit, publication, field work or

service:
F.
Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred White, Murfreesboro; Mr. and Mrs.

,
Craig Youree, Readyville; John Dowd
Nashville;
H.
C.
Brehm,
Nashville; Steve Maloney, Murfreesboro; Claude King, Murfreesboro;

and Donald Ball, Manchester. The writer of this paper makes modest
pretension to inclusion with this worthy group, on the basis of

longevity.
The present chapter membership numbers 33 persons, among
whom serious interest, dedication and a desire to promote careful

and scientific archaeological activity are common traits.
Thus is concluded this survey of Rutherford County's prehistory,

It is the hope of the writer that this paper may have contributed in some small measure to the knowledge and understanding of the
historically obscure people who once lived among the fields and
woodlands and near the streams of our county.
37
It is further hoped that this paper may encourage more
persons to be aware of the value of reporting and having recorded
archaeological relics and sites from throughout the county, which

are now rapidly disappearing under the bulldozer's tread and the
subdivider's and road builder's proliferating activities.

And lastly, if this paper has even slightly stirred
a
new
appreciation for our county's first inhabitants and their sometimes simple and basic life pursuits, and a corollary respect
for their culture and artifacts,
then even the common and some-
times scorned "arrowhead" can only become a marvelous relic of a
way of life now thousands of years extinct and scarcely to be
understood or even imagined.
38
THE PREHISTORY OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY
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40
GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD
by Robert Martin McBride
Family and Early Life

When we consider patriots of the American Revolution, we
should remember that
for
most of them
their
loyalty was origi-
nally to British institutions, and they were largely first or

second generation Americans
but,
even so, they were provincial
citizens of Britain, and their loyalty belonged to George III, rightful King of England, Scotland, Ireland, and America.
a man was Griffith Rutherford,
Such
for whom this county was named.
As the loyalties of Americans diverged from Great Britain to
their adopted colonies, the result was a climactic event, even-
tually resulting in the powerful force in the world that the United States holds today.
The Scottish family of Rutherford was one of the most ancient and powerful of Teviotdale, on the border of England.
They
belonged to the lesser nobility
and
Sir Walter Scott, whose

them.-'-
mother was a Rutherford, was related to

erf ords
One of the Ruth-
unfortunately,
we do not know his name although one
source states that it was John

to one Ann Griffith.
was
married, probably about 1718,
She belonged to a Welsh family who were
political refugees in Scotland.
Very shortly after their marriage,
they removed to Ireland, again apparently for political reasons,
although the records do not indicate what they may have been.^
--Rumple,
Rowan County
105.
,
^ Tennessee
Historical Quarterly
V,
381-82.
41
Their oldest son, named Griffith Rutherford for his mother's

family, was born in Ireland in 1720.
A few years after his birth,
when he was about nine years old, his parents took passage for
the American colonies.
Unfortunately, both parents died during
the tedious voyage, and young Griffith arrived in Philadelphia

as a homeless orphan.
It is said that Griffith Rutherford arrived in America with fine luggage and costly silver, and that a German couple befriended him during his minority: but that he never received any of his inheritance.
The generally accepted story is that he made his way to the
home of a cousin, Robert Rutherford, who made his home in the
Southside of Virginia.
Still another account is that he was
educated in New Jersey, and became a surveyor.
Another story is
that, at the age of nineteen, young Griffith took a horse and
bridle and rode from New York southward to Rowan County, North
Carolina, where his cousin, Robert Weakley, was then living.
There he settled and there the authenticated story of his life

begins.
In 1754, Griffith Rutherford took a wife, one Elizabeth
Graham, daughter of a prominent family which included James Graham, a Royal Governor of North Carolina.
The Rutherfords
had ten children.
The Rutherford family have may descendants

I
living today, even,

their children were:
^ 4
think, in Murf reesboro.
For the record,
Ibid
IV,
307
,
Ibid.,; Long, Rutherford and Allied Families

8
64,
^Long, Rutherford, 65,
0-81.
42
1.
2. 3. 4.
5
Jane; married James Cathey
James; killed at Eutaw Springs
Blanche; married Francis Locke
Henry
John
Elizabeth; married James Wright
6.
7. 8.
9.
Alfred
Newton; removed to Texas
Margaret; married Elijah Chambers
10.
Griffith Weakley; married Jane Johnson
While I cannot here go further into the genealogy of the Rutherford family, I would like to mention that Henry Rutherford was possibly the General's best-known son. He was in Middle Tennessee as early as 1783 as a surveyor and locator of land. He was the principal surveyor of West Tennessee, basing his surveys from a point known as Key Corner in Lauderdale County, where a Tennessee historical marker stands. The townôf Rutherford, in Gibson County, is named for him.
North Carolina
Griffith Rutherford represented Rowan County in the North
Carolina legislature as early as 1769 and about that same time

he was sheriff of the county.
He was in the Assembly of 1770

He
and 1771 and was at the same time captain of militia.
continued to represent his county in the Assembly in the legislature of 1773 and 1774, and was a senator from 1777 to 1788.
P. T. Glass, "Sketch of Henry Rutherford," in American 225-29. Historical Magazine V, (July, 1900)
, ,
Cisco, Historic Sumner County
293.
43
Originally of Royalist sentiments, Rutherford became,

possibly through the influence of his brother-in-law, James
Graham, a leader in the Regulator movement.
By 1771 Rutherford
"He did
was joined to the struggle for American independence.
not merely join the Revolution," said the late Edward Ward
Carmack, Jr.,
"he was one of those daring souls who made the

In all his activities, Rutherford showed "marked
(as)
Revolution. "8
abilities as a leader of men,

as a general in the field. "^
level-headed lawmaker, and
In 1775 he was elected a member of the Provincial Congress
and was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety for Rowan
County, and Colonel of Militia.

In February of 1776, Rutherford attempted to take part in
the Battle of Cross Creek, the first armed conflict of the
Revolution in the South.
He and his men arrived too late for
the engagement, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the
Tories. ^^
In August of 1776 the Congress, meeting at Halifax, North
Carolina, appointed him a brigadier general and authorized him

to proceed as far as Chattanooga in a punitive expedition against
the Indians.
He was also to take 300 men from the Surrey
"One wonders why. Some explanation is suggested in the author's Portrait of an American Loyalist passim
,
.
^ THQ
V,
382.
. .
OMcBride, Portrait of an American Loyalist. in East Tennessee Historical Society's Publication II (1930), 72.
;
,
'-'-Cisco, Historic Sumner County 294; Long, Rutherford Rutherford File, Tennessee State Library and Archives.
,
20-22;
44
County militia to rendezvous with Virginia troops on the Holston

River.
Rutherford complied.
General Rutherford had, however, anticipated the Council of

Safety.
On July 7, 1776, as general of the Salisbury District,
in command of the western districts of the state, he did not feel
warranted in taking his troops in pursuit of the Middle Towns of

the Cherokees
,
who were then around and threatening action against

He
the white people, his region, and asked for instructions.
suggested that he should watch Virginia and South Carolina
soliciting movements against all the Cherokees by men of frontiers

of all the western provinces.
Rutherford insisted that if such
confrontation should result, "I have no doubt of the final
destruction of the Cherokee Nation.
-^
The route he took to the
Cherokee towns has since been known as "Rutherford's Trace. "'^

After that campaign, Rutherford was "given command of all
American forces west of the Alleghanies
"
including a contingent
During
of 2,400 men to subdue an uprising of the Cherokees. "^^
this time Rutherford wrote to Colonel William Christain of
Virginia suggesting that "we center our strength.

the same means in marching at once."-*-^
and pursue
l^ North Carolina Colonial Records XI, 333, 337; Williams, Tennessee During the American Revolution 50-51.
, ,
-'--^
N.C.C.R
X,
651; Williams,
,
Revolutionary War
164-65.
48.
l^Ramsey, Annals of Tennessee

l^THQ, V, 383.
-'-^
N.C.C.R
XIII, 65; Williams, Revolutionary War
44-49.
45
With this group, Rutherford and Campbell destroyed thirtysix Indian towns and villages, laid waste their corn, and drove
off their cattle.
This is the affair known as the Battle of
Island Flats-
Rutherford's next military exploits were in 1779 when he

marched with his brigade to Savannah to aid General Lincoln.
June 1780, he and his 1200 men played a decisive role in disIn
persing the Tories who had assembled at Ramsour's Mill (near

Lincolnton, in Tryon County)
'-^
.
Following the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, the army moved on

to Camden, where the patriots suffered a bad defeat.
"Though
General Rutherford acted with distinguished gallantry, he was

captured.
. .
One of the dragoons gave him a sword blow cutting
through his beaver hat inflicting a severe wound across the top
of his head.
in
Those captured were first confined in Camden,
then removed to St. Augustine, Florida, where General Rutherford
languished in a "dungeon prison" for almost a year.
From lack
of sanitation, poor and insufficient food, Rutherford came near
dying.
In August of 1781, he was taken to Philadelphia and
exchanged.
Rutherford returned to Rowan County
reformed his brigade
and marched on to Wilmington, driving the Tories before him.
Before he reached Wilmington he heard of the surrender of Lord
Cornwallis at Yorktown.
-'-'Putnam,
1
History of Middle Tennessee, 554.

, ,
Cisco, Historic Sumner Tennessee Historical Magazine
294; Long, Rutherford IX (1925) 103, 106.

,
29-30;
19 Âccount of Henry Rutherford to Lyman Draper, quoted in Long, Rutherford, 41.
46
Back in Rowan County, General Rutherford led his third and

final campaign against the Indians, who were depredating the
western borders.
Joined by General Charles McDowell and his
troops, he was successful in subduing the Indians without wanton
destruction.
on "
For the next decade Rutherford continued his political
career in North Carolina.
At the same time he engaged in

As early
extensive land speculations in the western country.

as 1783, William Bount wrote,
"General Rutherford has agreed
to join adventures with us in the purchase of the Bend of the
Tennessee and
writing." ^^
have this day given him an instrument in
On three different occasions Rutherford sent
his son, Henry, to locate lands in the Cumberland region.
The time was coming near for a final adventure.
TENNESSEE
After the Revolutionary War, Rutherford was one of the
commissioners to survey the military land grant area in what

is now Tennessee,
in 1783-1784.
For these services he was
given a grant of 2,000 acres.
Although he owned property in
North Carolina, and held a position of trust there
at times
being sheriff of Rowan County, a member of the North Carolina

Senate, and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1788
he apparently was so intrigued by Tennessee that he liquidated
20 21
Long, Rutherford
.
53.
Williams, History of the Lost State of Franklin,
15.
47
his North Carolina holdings, and removed to Middle Tennessee.
22
The exact date of his removal to Tennessee has not been
firmly established, but it seems to have been about 1792.
He
settled in Sumner County on a tract of land located about five
miles below Bledsoe's Lick and about two miles from the Cumberland River.
23 Here he built a house and stockade.
He immediately became prominent in Sumner County affairs.

In 1794 he was appointed by President George Washington as
24 president of the Legislative Council of the Southwest Territory.
Whether or not President Washington knew Rutherford is not

certain, but he enjoyed the President's respect.
One source
states that Washington presented Rutherford with a silver snuff

box, which is still cherished by his descendants.
25
Rutherford owned land, not only in Sumner County, but in

Maury, Davidson, Wilson, Williamson, and in what later became
Dyer County.
In addition to his considerable land investments,
he maintained a prosperous plantation and flour
mill in Sumner
County.
1797,
When the county seat of Sumner County was laid out in
it was first called Rutherford in his honor, although the
name was later changed, in 1801, to Gallatin.
22
Durham, The Great Leap Westward, 70-72.

,
^Îbid.
63.
,
Cisco, Historic Sumner

25
y6
295;
Ramsey, Annals
623,
Long, Rutherford
67.
Durham, Great Leap Westward
77-78.
48
General Rutherford died in his sleep at his home on
August 10, 1805.
Both he and his wife are buried in the church-
yard of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, near Gallatin.

are unmarked, and cannot now be identified.
Their graves
Although Rutherford was originally a member of the Church of England, he was a vestryman of St. Luke's Parish in Rowan County; he and his wife became charter members of the Shiloh Presbyterian Church in 1793 (Durham, Great Leap Westward, 159However, most sources state that he was buried 60). in Wilson County, near Laguardo, on the Sumner-Wilson County line, a supposition which I am inclined to accept.
But the General has not lacked for monuments.
lifetime, two counties were named for him.
During his
In 1779, while he
was still living in North Carolina, the county of Tryon was
divided into two counties, Lincoln and Rutherford, the latter

being named for the General.
Then, in 1803, the Tennessee
legislature created from Davidson and Williamson the county of

Rutherford, also named for the General.
Although it is not
specified in the legislative records, it is likely that the

name of the new county was suggested by Robert Weakley, who
was in the Tennessee State Senate at the time and who was a
cousin of Rutherford.
Not until more than 140 years later was further public
recognition given to General Rutherford.
On July
3,
1945, Judge
Samuel Cole Williams, then chairman of the Tennessee Historical
Commission, delivered an address in the James

in Murfreesboro, on General Rutherford.
K.
Polk Hotel,
The meeting was

,
sponsored by local chapters of the D. A. R.
the U. D.
C,
27
the American Legion, and the Rutherford County Historical Society.
^''thq,
IV,
283.
49
Whether or not Judge Williams' paper has been preserved,

do not know.
In that same year,
1945, as a part of its plans to celebrate
the sesquicentennial of the admission of Tennessee to the Union,

in 1946, the Tennessee Historical Society voted $1,000 toward
the erection of a
monument to General Rutherford.
Siamner Since three counties claimed Rutherford for his residence, Wilson for his burial plot, and Rutherford as his namesake, the Commission specified that the county which contributed most to the cost of the monument should have the honor. Rutherford County was winner.
The monument was erected at a cost of $2,000 and officially
dedicated on October 29, 1946.

An account of the ceremonies at the unveiling on the
southwest corner of the public square may be of interest.
Collier Crichlow acted as master of ceremonies and after the
invocation was said by Dr. J. Herndon McCain of the First
Presbyterian Church, Crichlow presented the monument to the

county.
It was accepted by Judge Hoyte Stewart.
Stanley F.
Horn, president of the Tennessee Historical Society and a member

of the Tennessee Historical Commission,
spoke briefly.
The
principal address was made by the late Ned Carmack.
Carmack's
eulogy of General Rutherford was in the fine literary and
oratorical tradition of both his father and himself.
There is
not space to repeat it here; but it has been reprinted in the
Tennessee Historical Quarterly
December 1946.
Others taking part in the ceremony were Miss Libby Morrow

Murfree, Mrs. Ben
Hall McFarland, Mrs. C. F. Partee, Mrs. James
50
B.
Patterson, Mrs. Annie Youree, and Mrs. J. J. Edwards.
Among
out-of-town guests were Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, Vernon Sharp,

Jr., and Mrs. John H. DeWitt, of Nashville, and Mrs. Samuel
Cole Williams, of Johnson City. Several descendants of General Rutherford had parts in the
exercises.
They inlcuded:
Mrs. Mary Purseley Baum
of Murfreesboro,
great-great granddaughter, who unveiled the monument; the Misses

Elaine and Elizabeth Rutherford Elliott of Nashville, who placed
wreaths; Haynes Cooney, Jr., of Nashville, who acted as flag
bearer; and William H. Owen of McMinnville, who pronounced the
benediction.
In closing,
I
should pershaps say something of the personal

One contemporary
appearance and character of General Rutherford. wrote of him:
General Rutherford was somewhat under-sized, about 5 feet 8 inches, but heavily and compactly formed would weigh about 180 pounds, thin-visaged. When he had formed an opinion he was not easily driven from it. Was of a pleasant and social turn.
and another;
He was an affable man and showed a friendly spirit. He has red hair, and is an active, pleasant man, and honest in his dealings... A man of strong character, resolute and determined, and of unusual capacity and sterling worth, he easily attained a position of ^ prominence.
.
28
Long, Rutherford,
66,

51
As a final summary of the career of General Griffith
Rutherford,
can not do better than to quote Ned Carmack again:
General Griffith Rutherford
immigrant, pioneer,
frontiersman, soldier, early settler, lawmaker,
was one of the founders of the civilization upon
which our nation has risen to pre-eminence.
bZ
AN 18 03 "CENSUS" OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY

By Robert M. McBride
Rutherford County, Tennessee, was established by an act of

the General Assembly on October 25, 1803, from portions of
Davidson and Williamson Counties, and organized on January

1804.
3,
The first census of the county is that of 1810, in which
year there were 1,141 heads of families living in the county

The only known listing of residents of the county at the
time of its creation is a petition dated August 10, 1803, from
residents of Davidson and Williamson Counties, praying for the
creation of a new county.
Some 256 persons
(plus a few others
whose signatures are illegible) signed the petition.

This document is not, of course, a complete list of residents.
A month later, a number of other residents of Davidson
and Williamson Counties petitioned that a new county not be
established, as they wished to remain in the parent counties.

However, the signers of the first petition represented probably
at least half of the residents in what became Rutherford County.
If those who opposed the new county, plus those who signed neither
petition, were approximately the same number as those favoring

the new county, then there were perhaps six hundred householders
in the area.
If the average size of a household was five persons,
then the area included perhaps 3,000 inhabitants in 1803.
^Rutherford County is the only county of Tennessee for which the 1810 census is in existence.
2 Legislative Papers, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Tennessee State Library and Archives.
53
Most of the petitioners lived in the Stewart's Creek-Stones

River area, centered around Jefferson, the oldest settlement in
the county.
Some lived at a greater distance toward the future
Murfreesborough and as far as the present Cannon and Bedford

Counties.
3
The restlessness which characterizes a pioneer and migratory
society is well illustrated by a comparison of this list with

the official census of 1810, seven years later.
Many of the
families listed in 1803 are still identified with Rutherford

County; many others had disappeared, indicating that they soon
became citizens of newer counties to the south of Rutherford, or
removed further west.
It also indicates the rapid settlement of In 1803, many families
the area during the decade of 1800-1810.
who are well-known in the history of Rutherford County had not

yet made the long trip across the mountains from Virginia and
the Carolinas, or from the older settled areas of Tennessee;
their connection with the county began after after
though
only shortly
the
petition of 1803.
The petition requesting the establishment of Rutherford
County reads:
To the Honorable, the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.
The petition of a number of the citizens of Davidson & Williamson Counties humbly sheweth that the vast extent of said counties renders it inconvenient for your petitioners to attend Courts, General Musters, Elections, etc. at the towns of Nashville & Franklin, & there
A few were along the southern border of the state, in Indian territory, for example the Bean family, of the present Franklin County.
54
being a sufficiency of territory agreeably to the Constitution, to form a new county within the bounds hereafter to be described & leaving constitutional quantities within the bounds of the old counties. We your petitioners therefore pray that you will consider our situation & grant us a new county with beginning on the the following boundaries, viz: top of a ridge dividing the waters of Stone's River & Mill Creek, in the Williamson County line, & run southwardly with said ridge so as to leave all the waters of Mill Creek & Harpeth in Williamson County, until the ridge intersects the now Eastern boundary of said Williamson County;- thence continue South with said line of Williamson County to the South boundary of this State;- thence with the line of Wilson County North & Northwestwardly continuing with said county line to an Elm and white ash, the corner of said county, which is North East from the mouth of Hurricane Creek, which is four miles & thirty six poles; thence from the mouth of Hurricane Creek Southwest to the top of the first mentioned ridge; thence with said ridge Southwardly to the And your petitioners, as in duty bound, beginning. will ever pray. August 10, 1803
The petition is in the handwriting of Constant Hardeman, the
first signer of the document.
The signers of the petition are listed below in alpha-
betical order.
The names of many of the petitioners are to be
found in the first records of the county.
Signatures include
those of six of the seven members of the first Court of Pleas

and Quarter Sessions (John Howell, Peter LeFrand, William Nash,
Charles Ready, Thomas Rucker, John Thompson)

Sheriff
(Samuel McBride)
;
the first High
Trustee (Alexander McCulloch)

;
Register (William Mitchell)

Herndon)
and County Court Clerk (Joseph
Andrews David Andrews, James Andrews, John Anthony, John, Junr. Aspey, Alex(ander) Avery, William Isom Baldwell, Ruben
,
Barfield, Fredk. Barfield, James Barfield, Wm. Bayer, Joseph Bean, Ahab Bean, Jessee Bean, Robert
Bean, William Bedford, J. R. Bedford, Thomas Benge, Obediah M. Brandon, Cornelius Brandon, Georg Buchanan, George
55
Bulla, James Campbell, Saml. Carlisle, James Carlisle, William Carroll, Joseph Carter, William Castelman, Joseph Cathey, Griphy Clarke, Jesse Clarke, Robt. Conger, Isaac Cooper, Ritchard Corson, Wm. Cosbey, John Cothern, James Cummin, Jam. Cummins, John Davis, Henry Davis, James Dement, Abner Dement, Cader Donaldson, James Doran, Willm. Dyer, John Edwards, Ben Edwards, Benjamin Edwards, Jno. Edwards, Owen Edwards, Presly Edwards, Presley Edwards, Tho. Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Wm. Faver, James Ferguson, Daniel Fleming, John Foster, Anthony Frazor, James Gambil, Bradley Gambil, John Gambil, Jordin Gambill, Benjamin Gambrell, Aron Gammil, Aaron Gammil J. H. Gammil, Milton Gammill, William
,
Gardner, James Gillespie, Francis Gillespie, George Gillespie, James Glover, Samuel, Sr. Gorden, John Gordon, David Gowan, William Gowen, Joseph Greenwood, William Griffin, John Hadley, Joseph Handcock, Benja Hankins, Lewis Hardeman, Constt. harper Edward harper, John harper, William, Sr. harper, William Junr. Harriss (?) James Hawkins, James Hayes, Cain (?) Hays, James Herndown, Jos. Hill, Isaac Hill, James Hope, Wm. Howell, David Howell, Jno.^ Howell, William Jackson, John Jackson, William James, Daniel Jenkins, Hyram Jetton, John L. Jetton, Robert Johns, Jesse Johns, John Jones, John H. Jones, John M. Jones, Jos.
, ,
Jud, C. V. Kelton, Robt. Kelton, Wm. Kelton, Vim. Jnr. Key, Sandy Key, Thomas
Kimbro, Azariah Kimbro, William Kimbro, William C. Koonce, William Kyle Ruben Lamb Adam Lambert, Reuben Lasley, Elisha Laughlin, William Lawrence John LeGrand, Peter Lemmons Abraham Linch, John Linsey, James Long, Samuel Lutfin, Jeames Lytle, Wm. McBride, Francis McBride, Samuel" McClure, James McCulloch, Alex.^ McKee, Capt. John McKinney, Sam McKnight, Jam. McKnight, Joseph McKnight, William McNeil, C. G. Magness, Jonath. Magness, Robt. Mankin, Thomas Mann, John Marble, Amos Marlin, William Martin, Alexander Martin, William Mathews, Dudly Mattews Dudly Matthews Robert Menifey, Nimrod Middleton, William Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Lee Miller, Simon Mitchell, Mark Mitchell, Tho.
, , ,
,
First County Court Clerk.

^Member of first Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
^First High Sheriff.

'First Trustee.
bb
Mitchell, Wm.^ More, Alex. Morrow, John Morton, Abner (?) Morton, James Morton, James, Sr. Morton, James, Jnr. Morton, Joseph Nance, Isac Nance, Bird Nance, William Nash, Francis Nash, Francis C. Nash, Wm. Nash, William^ Nelson, George Nelson, Thomas Nevins, Isaac Nevins, Jno. Nevons, Joseph Newman, Joseph Newsom, Balum Nichols, Joseph Nichols, Joshua Norman, Jas. Norman, Jno. Norman, Presley Norris, Wilm. Nugent, John O'Dean (?) Meger Oldham, Hugh Rier Olliphant, James O'Neil (?) Sim Ormon, Wm. Osburn, Luke Palin (?) William Pepper (?) Samuel Radford, Edward Ready, Chas. Reed, Harden Reen, Bolen Renick, Wm. Robins, Samuel Robinson, Moses Robison, Wm. Rodgers, David Rucker Thomas^ Sanders, Reuben Sawyer s Thoma s
, ,
, ,
,
Scott, Charles Searcy, Wm. W. Sherwood, Daneil Sherwood, Hugh Ship, Joseph Smith, Cunningham Smith, John Smith, Robt. Smith, Robert F. N. Smith, William Smith, William R. Smothers, John Sr. Smothers, John Junr. Star, Barnes Steel, Arbl. Stockird, John, Jr. Sullins, John Sullivan, Patrick Tennison, Joseph Thacker, Jeremiah Thacker, Larkin Thompson, John Thompson, Col. John^ Thompson, Joseph L. Thompson, Thomas Tiler, Thomas Titus, James Titus, Robert Tucker, Silas Tucker, William Walls, Simon Watts (?) Thomas White, C(am) G. Whitsitt, James Williams, David Williams, Jos. Wills, James Wilson, Samuel Winsett, John Wright, Isaac Wright, Isaac, Jr. Wright, Jacob Wright, Lemuel Young, John H. Young, Peter
,
''First Register of Deeds.
^Member of first Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
57
RUTHERFORD COUNTY MILITIA COMMISSIONS

1821-1830
Historical This is to continue the Commissions listed in Rutherford County
Society Publications
N.
&
2.
The commissions following were abstracted
and from Commissions Books in State Library and Archives by Henry G. Wray
Ernest
K.
Johns.
For convenience the following are listed alphabetically
rather than by years.
The spelling as it appears in the original record has
erroneous. been followed throughout, although in many cases it is obviously Aaron, Wm. Abbot, John C. Abbott, John
C.
Adcocke, Wm. Adcocke, Wm. (Agmett)?, William
Alexander, James Allen, Job Allen, John

Allen, Matthias Alley, Ezekiel Ally, Isaac Anderson, Charles
53rd Regiment " Ensign 45th Murfreesboro Sentinels 1st Lieut. Murfreesboro Sentinels 1st Regiment Tenn. Volunteers Attached to 9th Brigade Lieut. 45th Regiment " Ensign " Cornet 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Capt. 45th Regiment " Ensign " Capt. 22nd Light Infantry Co. Vol 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment Lieut.
.
II II
II
Mar. Jan.
Aug.
27, 1824 12, 1827

5,
1829
Jan. May Jun.

Oct. Sep. Oct.
6, 1823 22, 1829

3,
1823
6, 1821 4, 1827 8, 1821
II
Anderson, John Andrews, David

Anglin, Anderson Arbuckle, Joseph Armstrong, Knox Armstrong, Knox Arnet, William Arnett, William
Arnett, William Arnett, William Arnold, Farny Ballow, Joseph Barber, John Barnett, Jacob
Ensign 104th Regiment Caot. 45th Vol. Light Infantry Co. Capt. 104th Regiment Lieut. 2nd Rifle Company 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment Capt. 104th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. 104th Regiment 2nd Major 104th Ensign 2nd Regiment Vol .Light Infantry Co. Lieut. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Capt. 104th Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment 1st Major 52nd Regiment Capt. 22nd Regiment
apt.
Nov. 13, 1826 Sep. 20, 1829 Nov. 16, 1829 Jan, 29, 1821
Sept
Oct.
1,
1829
25, 1822
Mar. Mar. Oct. Mar. Jul. Feb.

Mar.
26, 1830 23, 1828

7,
1826
28. 1828 23, 1830 25, 1825

11, 1825
Mar. 23, 1828 Oct. 19, 1824 Aug. 6, 1821 Aor. 7, 1826 Jul. 21, 1823
, , ,
Barton, David Barton, Hail
Bateman, Evan Bateman, Jonathan

Batie, Isaac Baxter, George Baxter, George Baxter, Samuel Baxter, William Becton, John Becton, John M. Bees ley, Nathan Bell , William Bevins, Lewis Bevins, Lewis Hugh Birdwell Bishop, Joseph Bivens, James Blair, James Blair, James W. Blakely, James H. Blanton, William Blanton, William Booker, Genings Bottoms, Pascal Bottoms, Paskell H. Bottoms, Sterling Bowman, Alexander Boyd, William Boyles, Willie Boynton, James Bradford, David
,
Brandon, Thomas
Brashear, Isaac W. Brashear, Jonas W.

Brawl ey, Levi Brawl ey, Levi Brawly, Hugh V. Brawl y, Pryor
Bright, Jesse Brothers, Benjamin Brothers, Benjamin Brothers Burton D. Brothers, Paskil Brown, Daniel Brown, Richard
,
Burgess, John
Ensign 53rd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 2nd Regiment Rifle Company 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 2nd Regiment Rifle Company Ensign 53rd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment " 104th Capt. 45th Regiment " Ensign " Lieut. 22nd Capt. 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment " " 1st 53rd Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. Adjutant 45th Ensign 53rd Capt. Lieut. 22nd " Capt. Capt. 45th Ensign 22nd Capt. Ensign " " 1st Lieut. Capt. 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment Lieut. 22nd Regiment " Ensign 53rd " Ensign 53rd " Ensign 53rd " Capt. Vol Rifle Company 1st Lieut. 2nd Regiment Vol Rifle Company 1st Major 104th Regiment Capt. Ensign 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Lieut. " 2nd Lieut. Ensign 104th Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment " Lieut. " Lieut. 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment Ensign 53rd Regiment Capt. 45th Vol Light Infantry 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment
. .
c
,
Oct.
Aug. Oct. Jun. Nov. Mar. Oct.
21 31
21
1829
1830 1829
1824 1827 1828 1824
25 19 23
6
May
22
M829
1824 k728 1830 1829
1821
Apr. 5 Oct. 16rn Apr. 29 Oct. 21 Aug. 25 Oct. 19 Feb. 10 Oct. 7 6 Oct. Feb. 27 Sep; 10 Jan. 2 Jul. 19 Feb. 25
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1823
1821
1826 1824 1826 1830

1821
May
Nov. Sep. Mar. Apr. Mar. Nov. Apr. Oct. Nov.
17 16 4 23
1
1825 1826 1828 1829 1830 1828

1821
23 19
5
1828
1821
1823 1826
1827
19 23 23 12
Jul. Mar. Aug. Oct. Mar. Oct. Sep. Oct. Jan. Aug. Nov. Nov. Jul.
1830 1828 1822 7 1826 27 1824 7 1826 1 1829 25 1822 28 1823 30, 1824 19 1827 19, 1827 11, 1823
17,
May
1823
59
Burgh, John Burks, Arnold Burnett, James Burnet, John Burnet, William Burrus Phi 11 ip J.
,
Ensign 45th Regiment Capt. 22nd 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment

Ensign 53rd Regiment Adjutant 45th Vol Light Infantry Ensign 45th Regiment Ensign 53rd Regiment Light Infantry Vol Capt. 45th Regiment " Ensign 22nd " Ensign 53rd
. .
Oct. 6, 1824 Mar. 11, 1825 Sep. 10, 1830 Oct. 16, 1828 Jun. 25 1824 Mar. 10 1826
Butcher, Solomon Butler, Thomas

Butler, William S. Buther, Martin Byford, Hardy Cament, John G. Cannon, Cyrus Cannon, John S. Canon, Thomas B. Cantrell Stephen Carrick, Martin Caster, William (Chtt)?, Mattias Childress, Anderson Childress, John W.
,
May
Oct.
20
9
1823 1826
1827 1829 1824 1823 1828 1828 1821 1828 1829 1829 1827
1821
,
Childress, Lawson Clanton, Dudley Clark, Adam Clark, Adam Clark, Henry Clark, Samuel
Clark, Thomas B. Clay, Samuel Clements, John G. Clements Lewis T. Coats, Payton A.
,
Cochran, Edward A.
Cocke, John J. Cole, Obediah Coleman, Blackman
Connelly, Alford W. Cook, Hezekiah G. Cook, Hezekiah G.

Jr. Cook, Oohn D. Cook, William Cooper, Archil bald Cooper, Ar*chilbald
,
22nd " Ensign " " Lieut. " Ensign 45th 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Ensign 53rd Regiment " Ensign " " 45th Capt. " Ensign Vol Light Infantry 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment Ensign 45th Lieut. Colonel 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment 2nd Major 22nd Regiment Capt. 22nd Regiment " Ensign " Cavalry Regiment Cat)t. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Capt. 45th Regiment 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment Brigadier General 9th Brigade 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. 22nd Regiment Lieut. 53rd Vol. Light Ififantry 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Lieut. 22nd Regiment Capt. 45th Regiment
Capt.
.
4 Sep. Apr. 10 Mar. 27 Jan. 11 Nov. 19 May 18 Mar. 31 Nov. 19 Oct. 21 Oct. 21
May
Feb. Mar.
14 26 10
7
1826 1826 1825 1826 1826 1823 1830 1826

1821
Oct. Oct.
Jul-.
19
31
Nov. Apr. Oct.
8
5
Mar. Mar. Aug.
May May
20 , 29 , 23 , 14 , 30
,
1828 1830 1825
May 30, 1825

Mar. 26 Nov. 16 Jan. 23
,
,
1830 1829
1821
Aug. 31 , 1830 Sep. 15 , 1821 6 1824 Oct.

,
Nov. Jan. Apr.
,
,
1826
1821
27
May
1 , 1823 20 , 1823
60
Cooper, Arthur Cooper, John Copeland, George G. Corsey, Burnet Cothern, Edward H.
Cottor, Nicholas Covington, David Covington, James
Lieut. 45th Regiment Lieut. 53rd Capt. 1st Lieut. 45th " Lieut. 9th Brigade
April Mar. Aug. May June

Aug. Aug.
20, 27, 25, 22,

3,
1821
1824
1821
1829 1823
Covington, Larkin Cox, James Cox, James L. Cox, Matthias Crane, Squire Crockett, Granville Crockett, Granville Crockett, Granville
Cavalry Regiment Ensign 53rd Regiment Lieut. 22nd Lieut. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Lieut. 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment " " Ensign
1st Lieut. Ensign 45th Regiment Lieut. Capt. Capt.
May
April Oct.
Nov. Nov. Oct.
23, 1823 26, 1822 25, 1822

5,
21
,
April April 5, Mar. 10,

Oct.
16,
14, 12,
19, 19, 19, 16,
1824 1829 1827 1827 1825 1822 1824 1826

1828
1830 1827
Crosthwaite, William H
Lacy Dance, Russell
Dal ton.
Daniel William M. Daniels, Isaac Davis, Benjamin Davis, Lucket Day, James Day, James Dickey, James Dickson, Ezekiel Dill, Noah
,
Doak, Joseph Dobson, Joseph 0. Dodd, Gannon Dohan, Joseph Doran, Alexander Dunn, Benjamin Dunn, James S. Dunnaway, William Edwards, William
Elam, Daniel Eliott, Alford Elliot, Alfred Elliott, Simon
Elliott, Simon Emberson, Harrison Emmit, Wm. C.

Fagan, Henry W.
Light Infantry Ensign 22nd Regiment Light Infantry 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Cant. 45th Regiment Murfreesboro Sentinels 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 45th Capt. 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment " Lieut. Capt. 22nd Capt. 53rd 2nd Major Regiment 104th being 4th Rutherford Capt. 53rd Regiment Lieut. 45th Ensign 22nd Ensign 45th Lieut. 53rd Ensign 45th Ensign " 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment Caot. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment Capt. 22nd 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment Caot. 45th Vol. Riflemen Company 2nd Major 45th Regiment Ensign 104th Regiment Capt. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Capt. 2nd Regiment Company of Riflemen
Vol
.
May
Jan.
July
Dec. April Oct. Oct. Oct. Mar. Sept. Jan.
31, 1826 15, 1828

8, 16, 15, 6, 25, 12, 31,
1823 1828 1823 1824 1826

1821
1828
Aug. 23, April 1, Sept. 19, Aug. 29,

Nov. Oct.
3,
1823 1823 1823
June
Mar.
July
1821 1821 6, 1821 14, 1828 23, 1828 19, 1827
Oct. 6, 1824 April 10, 1829 May 17, 1828 Mar. 26, 1821
July
Mar. Mar.
Oct.
19, 1823 23, 1824 11, 1825
21, 1829
61
Fagg (Fogg), Charles Farmer, William P. Faulkenberry James Faulkenberry, James Ferguson, D. G. Ferguson, Roland Ferrel , James Finney, Andrew Fleming, Jacob
,
Fleming, Jacob
L.
Fletcher, John D. Ford, Edward Ford, Edward Foreman, Joel Foreman, William Foster, Allen Foster, James Foster, James Fowler, Absolom Fowler, Absolom Fowler, Meredith Fowler, Meredith Fowler, Milton * Fox, John T. Fox, Matthias Fox, Matthew Fremsly, Charles A.
Fuller, William Furgason, Joseph Gale, William H.
Gater, Silas Gil lam, Henry Gil lam, James Gill am, James Gilliam, James
Gilliam, Semeon Givens, Merritt Glascock, Moses Gooch, John C. Goodloe, Robert Gowan, John C. Gowen, Alfred P.
Gowen, Alfred T. Gray, William Green, Nelson Gum, Robert E.
Gunn, Hamilton
H,
Ensign 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd 2nd Major Ensign 22nd Regiment Lieut. 53rd Vol. Light Infantry Company Colonel Commandant 104th Regiment the 4th Rutherford 2nd Major 45th Regiment Lieut. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 22nd 2nd Lieut. 45th Ensign 45th Regiment " " Ensign Capt. " 53rd Capt. Lieut. Col. 53rd Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment Capt. " Capt. 53rd 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Coronet 22nd Regiment Cavalry Company 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment Light Infantry Company Ensign 53rd Regiment " " Ensign " " Lieut. 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Lieut. Colonel 104th Regiment the 4th Rutherford 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd 53rd Regiment Capt. Capt. 22nd 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. 22nd Regiment Lieut. Colonel Commandant 53rd Regiment 1st Major 53rd Regiment Capt. 53rd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment
Aug. Sept. Aug. Mar. Oct. Aug. Jan. Feb. Oct. Jan.
1822 1830 12, 1822 27 1824 16 1828 31 1830 31 1828 22 1822 9 1826
1,
4,
31
31
1828
1828 1825 1826 1830 1828 1828 1823 1826 1822 1826 1824 1825 1826 1827 1830 1829 1830
1827 1826 1828
1827
Jan. Feb. Oct.
25
7
May 14 April 16
Dec. Jan. Mar. Aug.
15 28 20 12 15 30
9
May
Aug. Sept. Jan. Nov. Aug. Oct. Dec.
Feb. Nov. Oct.
24 19
31 21
,
28
17
6
16
19 25 25
7 31
Nov.
June June
Oct. Jan.
1824 1824 1826 1828

1828 1827 1829 1826 1826 1826 1824
1822 1824 1830 1823
Mar. Nov. Oct. Feb. Oct. Sept. April

Sept. Mar. Aug. Feb. Sept.
23 19
21
27
7
2
3
25 27
31
22
20, 1829
62
Hague, Simon Haines, Burrell Ha ins, William E. Hale, Randolph B. Hale, Richard Hale, Stephen Hale, Zachariah Haley, Elijah Hall , Julius M. Hall , William Halloway, John Hardaman, Lent Harmon, S. Harris, Alsea Harris, George E. Heath, James Henderson, William Y. Henry, Fanton Terry Henry, James B. Henry, John M. Henry, John M. Henry,
(Nucl terry)?
-
1st Lieut. 104th Regiment 45th 1st Lieut. Ensign 53rd Regiment Lieut. Lieut. 45th 53rd Capt. 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment 2nd Major 22nd Regiment " 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment 45th Lieut. Ensign 104th 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment " 2nd Lieut. Capt. 45th Regiment Surgeon Mate 45th Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment 2nd Major 104th Lieut. Colonel 104th
Mar. Apri 1 Mar. Sopt. Jan. Nov. Mar. Mar. Sept. Oct. Sept. Sept. Nov. Jan. Feb. April Nov.
23, 29, 27, 12, 28,

3,
1826 1830 1824

18;'l
1823
1821
23, 13, 4, 25,

4, 2, 6,
1828
1821
6, 10, 1821
1,
1830 1822 1830 1826 1826 1823 1826
May
Nov.
16, 1829 18, 1827 6, 1826

2,
,
July July
May
Nov. Oct.
23,
1829 1830
Regiment
(See Fanton Terry
Capt. Above)
22nd Regiment
17, 1828
16, 1829 16, 1828
21
Herington, Robert Hewit, Rensselart

Hill, Hohn M. Hobbs, James Hoge? (Hodge), Samuel Holt, John Holt, John Holt, William Hoover, John, Jr. Hoover, John, Jr. Hoover, William Howland, Francis M. Howl and, William H. Muggins, Robert Hunt, Hiram Hunt, Jeremiah (Iseminger??) Wm. R, Jackson, William James, Benjamin C.
,
James, Nicholas Jarrett, David Jetton, Lackey S. Johns, Thomas Johnson, Joseph M. Johnson, Simon Jones, Ezekial Jones, L. B. Jones, Nathan
Ensign 104th Regiment Capt. 22nd Light Infantry Company 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 104th Capt. 45th Regiment " Ensign " 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment Lieut. 53rd Regiment " Lieut. 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment " 1st Lieut. " Lieut. 2nd " 2nd Lieut. 2nd Lieut. 22nd Ensign 22nd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Lieut. 45th Regiment Ensign 104th 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Cavalry Company Ensign 22nd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment 1st Lieut. 104th Capt. 104th Regiment Capt. 53rd " " Lieut. 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment Capt. 104th
Oct. Sept. April Sept. Mar. Aug. Feb. Oct. Aug. Oct. Oct. Sept. Nov. April Oct. Sept. Dec.
1829 1829 16, 1828 20, 1829 26, 1830 25, 1821 25, 1825 7, 1826 31, 1830 7, 1826 21, 1829 2, 1826 8, 1825 10, 1829 6, 1824 4, 1830 28, 1830
,
1,
July April
Mar. Sept. Oct. Aug. Oct. Sept. Mar.
21, 16, 23, 4, 21, 12, 7, 9, 23,
1823 1828 1828 1830 1829 1822 1829 1825 1828
63
Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Samuel Jones, Samuel Jones, Thomas Keatly, William D. Keeble, John G. Keeble, Robert
Kelling, Henry Kelough, Isaac Kelton, John Kimbrow, Joseph
Koonse, Wendel Laceter, Brinkley Lamb, Thomas Lanom, G. B. Laseter, Luke Ledbetter, David Liddon, William A. Liddon, William A.
Limmons, Samuel
Little, Zachariah Lively, James Locke, Goodwin Locke, Hugh L. Locke, Silas
Ensign 53rd Regiment " Ensign " 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 104th 1st Lieut. 53rd 2nd Lieut. 22nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Vol. Light Infantry Company Ensign 22nd Regiment 45th Capt. " Ensign " Quarter Master 22nd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment Capt. 53rd Regiment Ensign 45th Lieut. 22nd " Ensign 53rd 22nd Capt. 45th Capt. 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment Murfreesboro Sentinels Coronet 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment " Ensign "
Capt.
"
Mar. Oct. Oct. Mar. Oct.
27, 1824 6, 1824 7, 1826 23, 1828

7, 1826
July
Aug.
Nov. Oct.
23, 1830 26, 1822

6, 1826 19, 1825
1, 4,
April July
Nov. Aug. Oct. Feb. Aug. Nov. Oct. Jan.
1823
1821
16, 31, 23, 24, 31, 19, 6, 12,

4,
1829 1830 1828 1826 1830

1821
1824 1827 1824

1830 1827 1828 1829 1822
Sept.
Mar. Nov.
June May
Feb.
26, 19, 14, 22, 14,
Locke, William
Long, Solomon Long, William S. Lowe, William Lowe, William Lowry, William Lynch, John Lytle, William F.
Murfreesboro Independent Volunteers Lieut. Colonel Commandant 45th Regiment Capt. 53rd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment
1st Lieut. 53rd " 1st Major 1st Lieut. 45th Lieut. 45th Regiment
Oct.
19, 1824
5, 1823 4, 1826 7, 1826
Majors, William Mai one, William M. Manchester, William Maner, James

Maner, Levi Maney, William
31, 1828 Nov. 13, 1826 Sept. 5, 1825 5, 1829 Ensign Murfreesboro Sentinels Aug. 1st Regiment Tenn. Volunteers attached to 9th Brigade July 31, 1826 22nd Regiment Capt. " Sept. 12, 1825 " Lieut. Nov. 13, 1825 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment June 4, 1825 Ensign 45th Regiment
April July Oct. Jan.
Rifle Company Vol 1st Lieut. 2nd Regiment

.
Lieut. 45th Regiment Murfreesboro Independent
Jan. Feb.
12, 1827 14, 1822
Mankin, James Manor, James Manor, Levi Manor, Levi
Volunteers Ensign 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment

1st Lieut. Capt.
"
Mar. Sept. Nov.
27, 1824
4,
June
13, 14,
1827 1826 1828
64
Manor, Robert Mason, Alek Matthews, James G.

Maxey, Joel
Maxey, Philip
James Maxwell Mayfield, Tolbert Meredith, James Miller, Isaac J. Miller, James R. Miller, William Miller, William Miller, William
,
2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Ensign 22nd Regiment Vol. Light Infantry Company 1st Lieut. Company of Riflemen 2nd Regiment Ensign of the Guard Company of Riflemen 2nd Regiment Capt. 2nd Regiment Rifle Co. Lieut. 53rd Regiment
Mar. 20, 1826 Sept. 4, 1827 Jan. 4, 1830

Oct. Oct. Oct. Mar. Mar. Oct. Mav Oct. Mar. Jan.
21, 1829
21, 1829
Mitchell , James William Mitchell William Mitchell Molloy, William Moloy, John 0. Moore, James
, ,
Moore, William N. Morgan, William S. Morris, Overton Morris, William B. Morton, Francis M, Morton, James
Murphey, John Murry, Samuel Myrich, Cornelius McClanahan, Samuel McClure, Wm. McCorkle, John McCoy, William
McCulloch, Alexander McCul lough, Alexander McCully, Henry McCutchen, David McCutchins, David C. McCutchen, John T. McDowell , Franklin McDowell , Matthias McGowen, Harpeth McHenry, John McKay, Robert
McKee, Andrew McKee, Andrew M.
Ensign 104th Ensign 45th Capt. Capt. 2nd Major 45th Regiment Lieut. Colonel 53rd Regiment Capt. 104th Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment Lieut. 45th Regiment 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment Ensign 2nd Regiment Rifle Company 53rd Regiment Capt. " Ensign 45th " Ensign 53rd Capt. Ensign 22nd 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment Light Infantry Co. Vol Capt. 45th Regiment Capt. 104th " Ensign 45th Capt. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment " Ensign 53rd Ensign 45th Light Infantry Vol 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 1st Lieut. 22nd 1st Lieut. 45th Capt. 45th Regiment " Capt. " Ensign 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Capt. 104th Regiment Coronet 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Capt. 53rd Regiment 2nd Major 53rd Regiment
. .
25, 27, 23, 28, 14, 28, 6, 31,
1822 1824 1828 1823 1827 1823 1826 1828
Nov. 16, 1829 Sept. 15, 1821 23, 1828 Mar. Mar. 30, 1825 Sept. 4, 1827 Oct. 25, 1822
Oct. 21, 1829 20, 1827 Aug. April 16, 1828 Oct. 21, 1829 June 14, 1828 Jan. 4, 1830
June
Sept. Mar. Sept.
14, 1828
1,
1829
30, 1825 27, 1830

4, 1821 3, 1821 11, 1823
1,
April Nov. July

Sept. Mar. Sept. Oct. Oct. Mar. Mar. Sept.
May Mar.
Feb.
23, 30, 23, 9, 20, 30, 20, 17, 23, 22,
1829 1828 1829 1828 1830 1826 1825 1829 1828 1828 1823
Aoril April
5, 1823 4, 1826
65
McKinney, William McKnight, William McLain, Charles G. McLain, John McLean, Baxter McLean, Grandison McLeroy, John I. McMurray, Hugh McNight, (Car_i?) H. Nance, Drury Nance, Drury Nance, Drury Nations, Thomas Neely, Benjamin G.
Nelson, Beverly Nelson, John Nelson, Pleasant Newgent, John D. Newgent, John D. Newgent, John D. Newman, George Newman, George Newman, John Nichols, Daniel Nichols, Levi Norman, Henry Norman, Henry
Ensign 104th Regiment Adjutant 53rd

Capt. 45th 2nd Lieut. 53rd 45th Capt.
"
H.
B.
Norman, James D,
North, Anthony Northcutt, Hosea Oakes, Isaac Osborn, Philip Overall , James Owens, Jonathan Pace, James Pace, William Palmer, William H. Parish, Jesse Parker, John Parker, John Parker, John M. D. Bird Parnell
,
Parrish, William G. Patterson, Joseph Patton, Matthew Peak, Washington M.

Peake, Walker Pearson, John
" Ensign 45th " 1st Lieut. 53rd Ensign 45th Capt. 104th " 2nd Lieut. 22nd " 2nd Lieut. 45th " 1st Lieut. 45th 53rd Capt. Coronet 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Lieut. 22nd Regiment " Adjutant 22nd Ensign 22nd 45th Capt. " 1st Major 4Sth Lieut. Colonel 45th Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment Capt. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment " 53rd Lieut. 45th Capt. Lieut. Colonel 45th Regiment Lieut. 45th Regiment Riflemen Co. Vol 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment Ensign 104th Regiment " 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment 104th Capt. Lieut. 53rd 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment 53rd Regiment Capt. " Ensign Capt. 104th 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment Caot. 104th Regiment Ensign 45th Light Infantry Vol Capt. 45th Regiment " Lieut. 22nd 53rd Capt. " Lieut. 22nd Light Infantry Vol 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment 53rd Regiment Capt.
.
.
Mar. Nov. Mar. Oct. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Sept.
23, 1828 3, 1821 26, 1830

7,
July June May

Mar. Mar.
11, 11, 21, 23, 4, 4, 14, 22, 27,

2,
1826 1827 1827 1829 1828 1830 1826 1828 1829 1824
1821
Sept.
July
Oct. April Oct. Mar.
25, 1822 4, 1821 16, 1828

1,
1823
19, 1824 6, 1826
Oct. Dec. Oct. Aug. Aug. Jan. June Mar.

Dec. Mar. Oct. Sept. Mar. Dec. Oct. Aug. Mar. Nov. Jan. Nov. Sept. Mar.
23, 1828 15, 1828 21, 1829

31
,
1830
23, 1823 28, 1823

1,
1827
31, 1821 15, 1828 23, 1828 7, 1826

4,
27, 15, 21, 31, 23, 13,
1830 1824 1828 1829 1830 1828 1826
2, 1821 16, 1829
4,
1830
10, 1826
24, 1828 19, 1824
6, 8,
,
Oct.
June
Oct. Oct.
Nov. Jan.
1824
1821
16, 1829 24, 1826
66
Percy, Thomas Perkins, Jesse Perkins, John Perry, Jesse Perry, Thomas Philips, Isaac Philips, Richard
Phillips, Davis
1st Lieut. 104th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Lieut. 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 53rd Regiment Ensign 104th Regiment 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment " Capt. 45th Vol Rifle Company Ensign 2nd Regiment Vol. Riflemen Company
.
Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Nov. 8 Oct. 21 Mar. 23 April 29
June
Nov.
1830 1830 1825 1829 1828 1830 1825
19
1827
1821
Phillips, Robert Phillips, William Phillips, William Phillips, William Pollard, Joseph Porterfield, Charles Potts, Henry Thomas Powell Pucket, Woodson Puckett, Luke Puckett, William S. Pugh, Joseph Rains, Moses G.
,
S.
Ensign 22nd Regiment " " Lieut. " " Capt. 1st Major 22nd Regiment Lieut. 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment " 1st Lieut. 45th " 2nd Major 52nd " 2nd Lieut. 104th Lieut. 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment
Jan.
27
21
5
July April
Aug.
July
Sept.
23 19
4 14 6 16 15 4
7
June
Aug. Nov. Sept.
1823 1824 1828 1825 1830 1828

1821
1829
1821
July April
Feb.
1826 1826
1821
Ralston, George Rankin, Thomas 0, Ransom, Alfred Ransom, Athelston Ransom, Athelston Ransom, Henry Rati iff, William Read, Harmon Read, Matthew Read, Mordecai Read, Solomon Ready, William F.
Reeves, Rhodes, Ridley, Ridley,
Quarter Master 45th Regiment 2nd Major 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 45th
1st Lieut.
" "
10
Willie Silas John C. Moses
Right, Reuben Robbins, Thomas Robertson, B. Robinson, David J. Robinson, Samuel 0. Rodgers, John D. Rogers, Henry Rogers, Obediah V. Ross, James Ross, M. L.
22nd 53rd " 2nd Lieut. 104th Capt. 2nd Regiment Company of Riflemen Ensign 45th Regiment Lieut. 53rd Regiment Capt. 22nd Lieut. Colonel 22nd Regiment 1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment Ensign 22nd Regiment " Ensign " 1st Major 22nd Regiment Capt. " 1st Lieut. Capt. " " Ensign 2nd Lieut. 53rd " 2nd Lieut.
Ensign Lieut. Ensign Capt. Ensign Ensign Ensign
"
53rd
"
Sept. April Oct. Oct. April Aug. Nov. Mar. Sept. Nov. Sept. Oct.
12 16 23 28
5
1821
20 19 27 10
19 4
21
1828 1828 1823 1824 1827 1827 1824 1830 1827 1830 1829
1822 1824 1828
1821
April June May Mar.

Nov.
16 25 18 14
6
June
Sept. Mar.
19
2
1826 1824 1826

1821
May
Dec. April Feb. Nov. Nov.
13 17
2
1828 1830
1821
14 24 19
19
1826 1827 1827
67
Rowland, Joseph
Rowse, Richard
Rowton, Phelemt
Rozell , John D. Rucker, Thomas S. Sanders, Cornelius Hale Sanders Sanders Hiram Isaac Saunders John Saunders Searcy, Isham G.
, ,
Seay, Lu ke Serrat, Higdon
R.
Ensign 45th Regiment Murfreesboro Independent Volunteers 2nd Lieut. 45th Regiment Vol Light Infantry Ensign 22nd Regiment Vol. Light Infantry Co. 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment 104th Regiment Capt. " Ensign 22nd 53rd Lieut. Ensign 104th " 2nd Lieut. 22nd Ensign 22nd Regiment 1st Major 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment 104th Regiment 2nd Lieut. Colonel Commandant 104th Regiment
.
Mar. la
1
Ot J
Mar. Oct.
10,
8,
1826
1821
May 14, 1830 Mar. 23, 1828 Sept. 15, 1821 Oct. 19, 1823 Mar. 23, 1828 Nov. 6, 1826 Nov. 1826 Sept. 24, 1821
Mar.
July
Nov. April
Dec. Nov. Aug.
23, 1828 2, 1829

8,
7,
Sharp, Edwin Sharp, James M. Sharp, John M. Shepard, Robert Shepard, Jilliam Short, Theophilus W.
Capt. Capt. Capt.
22nd
Shumate, William
P.
Simpson, Peter Sims, Leonard Sims , Leonard H. Sims , Leonard H. Smith, Alexander W. Smith, Charles G. 0. Smith, Charles G. 0, Smith, David Smi th , Guy Smith, James
Smi th
,
ames M
Ensign 104th Ensign 53rd Lieut. 45th Light Infantry Vol Lieut. 9th Brigade Cavalry Regiment Ensign 53rd Regiment Ensign 45th " Capt. 1st Major 45th 2nd Lieut. 22nd 2nd Lieut. A5th Capt. ^5th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment 1st Lieut. 22nd 1st Lieut. Lieut. Colonel 22nd Regiment
.
July
Jan.
26, 16, 23, 11,

19,
1825 1826 1822 1829 1823 1823

1822
Oct. 21, 1829 April 5, 1824 Oct. 19, 1824 Mar, 6, 1826 May 14, 1830 May 22, 1828 Mar. 26, 1830 Nov. 16, 1829 Mar. 23, 1828 May 18, 1827 April 7, 1826 Jan.
4,
Smith, James S.
Smith, John Smith, John, Jr. Smith, Robert

Smith, Robert Willi am Smi th Wi 1 1 i am Smi th Smith, William H. Smith, Williamson Smith, Williamson
Capt. Vol. Light Infantry Co. Capt. 22nd Regiment 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Lieut. Colonel Commandant Cavalry Regiment 9th Brigade 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment Capt. 22nd Regiment " Ensign 45th " Lieut. 53rd " Ensign 22nd 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment
1830
June
Nov. Feb.
1828 1826 18, 1822

14,
6, 4, 1830 24, 1826 13, 1826
Sept. Feb. Nov. April Sept.
June
1823 1826 14, 1826

5,
2,
Smotherman, James Sneed, John Hardy Snell Snell, Hardy J. Spears , Jacob
,
Ensign 45th Regiment 45th Regiment Capt. 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment 45th Regiment Capt. 53rd Capt.
Jan. Dec. Apri 1 April Oct. Oct. Oct. Apri Jan.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Mar. Aug. Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct.
6,
1823
15, 1828
1, 1826 16, 1828
6.
1824 1829 1829 1829 1828
Stanfield, Peter Stathum, John Staton, Elijah W. Stewart, Daniel M.

Stokes , Thomas M. Stovall , John A. Summars, Absolom (Sursa?), John Sutfin, Jacob Sutfin, Lewis Sutton, Golston Swink, Iîchael Tanner, Colin Taylor, David Taylor, John Tee! , James Teneson, Hiram Tennison, Hiram Tennis on, Hiram Terrile, James Thomas John W.
,
Riflemen Company 53rd Regiment Capt. 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. ?2nd 1st Major 104th being the 4th Rutherford Ensign 53rd Regiment " 2nd Lieut. 53rd " Ensign 53rd " 2nd Lieut. 53rd 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment Lieut. 53rd Regiment 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment 53rd 1st Lieut. ^5th 2nd Lieut. 2nd Lieut. 104th ^5th Lieut. 53rd 2nd Lieut.
Vol
,
21, 21, 10, 31,
Capt. " 1st Major Lieut. Colonel 53rd 53rd Lieut. Capt. 9th Brigade
W.
June
Apri
1
July
Oct.
July May
Oct. Nov. Apri 1 Sept. Aug. Mar. Oct. Oct. Nov. Feb.
21, 1829 21, 1829 7, 1826 7, 1826 23, 1828 23, 1823 16, 1829 7, 1826 13, 1826 16, 1829 6, 1824 7, 1826 25, 1824 4, 1826 2, 1829 23, 1824 19, 1827
22, 1829 19, 1823
19, 1821
5,
Thomas, Theodorick Thompson, George
Thompson, James Thompson, James Thorn, Andrew Todd, Aaron Todd, Aaron Todd, James Todd , Wi 1 1 i am Todd, William J. Toiler, Richard
Cavalry Regiment Ensign 45th Regiment Capt. 2nd Regiment Light Infantry Co. Vol Ensign 22nd Regiment " " Ensign " " Lieut. " Lieut. 53rd
.
1824
1821
" Capt. " Capt. 2nd Lieut. 53rd Regiment Ensign 53rd Regiment Ensign 45th
15, 12, 27, 23,
1822 1824 1824 7, 1826 19, 1827 14, 1822
Tolly, William Tray lor, William D. Trott, Henry Trott, Henry Vaden, Lemuel Vaughan, John Vaughan, William B. Vaughn, James W. Vaughn, William B. Vaught, George Vernon, John C. C.
Murfreesboro Independent Volunteers 2nd Lieut. 104th Reaiment

1st Lieut. Ensign 1st Major
22nd 53rd
22nd Ensign 104th Ensign 22nd 2nd Lieut. Ensign Ensign 104th Ensign 22nd Ensign
Mar. 23, 1828 May 28, 1830 1823 April 5 Mar. 31, 1824 1825 Mar. 11 & 1830 Sept. 1826 6 Nov. 1826 25 Feb. 1826 July 31 1830 4 Sept April 5 1824
69
Wade, John, Jr. Wade, Oziah Wade, William Wadley, Moses Walker, George Walker, Samuel Walker, William Walker, William Walker, William Walker, William Walpole, John Ward, Burwell Warren, Peter Warren, Peter Warren, Peter Warren, Peter
22nd Regiment Capt. Capt. Ensign 2nd Lieut 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut 53rd
Feb. Apri
May
Apri Oct.
1
B.
22nd Surgeon Lieut. 45th Regiment Lieut. 22nd Capt. 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment Capt. 22nd Regiment " Adjutant 22nd " " Lieut.
Capt. " 1st Major Colonel Commandant 22nd Regiment " 2nd Lieut. 22nd " 2nd Lieut. " 1st Lieut. 53rd Ensign 22nd Regiment " Capt. 2nd Lieut. 22nd Regiment " 1st Lieut. Ensign 45th Regiment Ensign 104th 1st Lieut. 104th Regiment Ensign 53rd Regiment Ensign 22nd " Ensign 53rd 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment 1st Lieut. 104th Ensign 45th Regiment
July
Oct. April Sept.
19, 10, 17, 29, 21, 4,

6,
1821
1829 1828 1830 1829

1821 1821
July
Feb. Mar. Sept.
10, 1822 4, 1827 23, 1830 19, 1821

5,
1823
July
Apri Aug.
Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct. Jan.
1
15, 1821 19, 1825

7, 1826 23, 1828
Warren, Robert Washington, George Watkins, Hezekiah Watkins Joseph Watkins Thomas G. Watkins Wilson L. Watkins Wilson L. Webb, George West, John White, Bird Whitfield, William Whitsett, Joseph Whorl ey, John H. Whorten, Joseph Wilkerson, James Wilkerson, John Williams, Robert Williamson, George W. Williford, Samuel Williford, Samuel Wilson, James Wilson, Samuel S. Windrow, Byas Witherspoon, William Witherspoon, William Witherspoon, K'infrey Wood, John Wood, James Wood, Owen Wood, Owen Woods, John Woods John Worley, John R. Wright, James M. Wright, Joseph
,
May May
Nov. Mar. Mar. Aug.
16, 6, 7, 16, 27, 17, 14, 3,
1829 1826 1826 1828

1821
1828 1830
1821
June
Aug. Mar. Sept. Nov.
23, 23, 25, 19, 12, 20,
1828 1828
1821
^
13, 28,
1,
Ensigh 22nd Capt. 104th Lieut. 53rd

Capt. 2nd Lieut. 104th Regiment 1st Lieut. Ensign 45th Regiment 53rd Capt.
" " Ensign " Ensign 1st Lieut. 45th Regiment 2nd Lieut. 45th Ensign Lieut. 1st Lieut. 1st Major 53rd Capt.
May Sept.
Apri 1 Mar. Sept. Sept. Sept. Jan. Oct. Mar. Mar. Apri 1 Apri' April Dec. Feb. Oct. Nov.
5,
27,
4, 4, 20, 24,
7,
27, 26,
1
1824 1822 1826 1830 1826 1830 1829 1823 1824 1830 1830 1829 1826 1826 1824 1830 1826
1821
20
1
15
21
21
3
,
1823 1828 1830 1829

1821
Capt.
22nd Ensign Vol. Light Infantry Co.

1st Lieut. 22nd Regiment Lieut. Colonel Commandant
1st Lieut.
Sept
19
1823
Yandell William M. Youree, Joseph

,
Sept Aug.
Oct.
1826
1821
Youree, Joseph
52nd Regiment 53rd Regiment
21, 1829
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Rock Spring Church of Christ By Mrs. Robert W, Gwynne, Sr.
The history of the Rock Spring Church of Christ is the history of the oldest
Church of Christ in Rutherford County.
The Rock Spring Church, five miles north

a
of Smyrna in Rutherford County, Tennessee was organized July 21, 1804 as
Bapvote_^
tist Church, and on May 5, 1832 the charter was dissolved by a membership
39 to 3^ to become a Christian
(Church of Christ) Church, with the two faiths
alternating use of the building.

The first meeting place back in 1804 was under
a
neighboring grove of trees
where
spring of water came up from under some sandstone, hence, the name Rock
Spring.
In the year 1805,
Bird Nance represented the Church at the Baptist Cona
vention and his brother Isaac Nance in 1816 deeded

church building,
a
plot of land for the first
log structure.
William Nance, Joseph Morton, and John Fulton

This log structure served for
A brick building
a
were in charge of constructing the building.
number of years until the membership outgrew the quarters.
was raised to replace the log structure, the bricks were made on the site, and
the Church again made another advancement in a growth to two rooms.
This building
also served as
schoolhouse.
The
Rock Spring was on the direct route from Nolensville to Jefferson.
stage coach would travel by her doors once each week.

In 1832,
the Brethren appointed at the August meeting of the Church the

R.
following:
D.
Gooch
(bishop) W. W. Nance,
(deacon) George Batey,
(deacon)
James Green, and Richard Cook to go to the Tennessee Cooperation Meeting,
which was held in Murfreesboro, for the purpose of reporting to said convention
on the condition of the Rock Spring Church.
is situated in the
Their report follows:

5
"Rock Spring
west side of Rutherford County about

a
miles from Smyrna.
In the
year of 1832
majority of the Baptist Church resolved to discard all
creeds as bonds of Christian union and take the Bible alone as their rule of
71
faith and practice.
This was done under the labors of Peyton Smith.
The distri-
bution of the Word of God, to the destitute of our own land as well as to other
lands, is our object greatly to be desired by all Christians and we believe it
to be the duty of all Christians to aid in this work."
The manner of worship at Rock Spring was, expressed in its exact form, as
follows:
"The building being shared equally by the Baptist, the first and third
Lord's days in each month, the Christians meet to worship our Lord and Master,
read the New Testament, qive thanks to God through our Lord Jesus Christ for the
many blessings he has conferred on us and ask the continuation of the same.
then break the Loaf, partake of the cup, in rememberance of his charge to his
We
followers, then contribute to the Lord, by each member, male and female giving
what he or she may please to the support of the Gospel.
This service is performed
by each person advancing to the table in front of the stand, depositing what they
may wish in the drawer of
the table.
We have adopted the plan, not to sing while

a
contribution is going on, supposing most in order to one thing at

last of all we sing a song and go out.
of Worship.
time, then
This is our best order of the Gospel plan
We sincerely ask the Brethren to note the errorous of the mode, if

-
not according to the Gospel
for this is what we want to learn."
The minutes of the Church from its beginning in 1804 were kept in the
most detailed manner.
A description of the entire service, who preached, the
number of additions, if any, amount of offering, salary of the preachers,
description of the weather, along with other interesting facts such as the "cost
of demijohn for carrying wine, one basket for convenience of carrying loaf
$2.50, 10 yards of bunbiscin for immersion robes $1.25."

The roll of the Church in 1820 showed 42 white males, 48 white females, 10
negro males, and 20 negro females members.
The negroes were the slaves of the
whfte members.
All of these worshipped together at the same hour, being seated
in rear of the building and served the Lord's Supper after the
white members.
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The Church continued to grow and was the main strength of the community.
In
1887 the church building was destroyed by a cyclone.
The members met in
homes until a new building could be built.
Columbus La Fayette Brittain deeded
to the Church in 1887 the plot of land where the present frame building now
stands.
Alice Battle surveyed this plot of ground.
The building was
a 2
large
one-room structure, 30 feet by 50 feet; 4 big windows on each side and

doors.
front
The
The men would enter from one door and the ladies form the other.
men would sit on one side and ladies on the other.
There were benches near the

The "Amens" could be heard to
pulpit on each side known as the "Amen" corners.
ring out loud and clear when a discourse was presented that sounded true to the
Gospel.
The building was heated by a pot-bellied stove and a dedicated member
would arrive early to build the fire.

including
a
Records show the cost of this building,

2
fence surrounding the yard with

It took only 7 weeks
-
stiles and
horses blocks at
cost of $747.00.
to construct this building.

-
Other items
-
listed from records show

6 perf.
43 yards of matting
$18.00; walnut tab'>e
$2.50;
chairs
$4.50;
-
lamps
$4.50.
$15.40;
silver waiters, 4 cut glass goblets,
one cut glass decantor
This was purchased October 11, 1887 from Hicks,
Houston & Co.
The first store bought benches, (earlier the members brought their
in Nashville for
own chairs) were purchased from William Sutherland & Co.
$117.00.
They were made of solid yellow poplar.
Records show that Frances Matilda
Brittain ("Miss Duck" as she was so affectionately called by those who knew and
loved her) rode horseback (side saddle, of course) and asked for donations to help
pay for the new pews. The donations ranged from 5 cents up, mostly under one
Sewell gave to the Church a beautiful large leather bound
dollar.
Brother
a Mr.
E.
G.
Bible and
Wharton gave an easel to hold the Bible.
The pulpit stand was
made by Edgefield and Nashville Manufacturing Col. and given to Columbus Brittain
as a gift to the Church.
It was a beautiful
2
piece of furniture.
5
The stoves cost
$8.50 each,
shovels at 10 cents each,
pokers at
cents each, and 2 scuttles
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at 25 cents each.
These articles have long since passed into yesteryears except
for the pulpit stand which still graces the church and two of the original chairs,
having an honored place on the pulpit stand after 85 years.

This Church has seen many events take place during her 140 years.
Many
have knelt to pray in humility to their God, many have confessed Christ as their Lord and many, far too many, have forsaken their vows.
This Church has seen
tears of happiness at weddings and tears of grief at the burial of her dead and
loved ones and great joy at the first glimpse of a new bundle of life.
This
Church has lived to see some six generations enter her doors to worship their
Master.
a
Her hospitality is unequaled in fellowship; caring for the sick, helping
neighbor, whether member or nonmember, encouragement to the weary and most of

to all who cared to come her way.
all, to spread the Gospel

as her honored guests.
Visitors are treated
After the bountiful basket dinners were spread on the

People came
ground, it seemed that there was always more left than wasâtenT
from near and far, on foot, horse back, spring wagon or walked just to meet and
be met at Rock Spring on her homecoming special days.
Some amusing stories have been handed down through the years.
One such
story goes;
certain wellknown evangelist,
E.
G.
Sewell, was preaching at Rock
Spring and, at the appointed time, he called on Columbus Brittain to lead the
congregation in prayer.
Brittain,
a tall
stately man, white hair and long white
beard, with a most distinct voice, stood and said, "Pray yourself, you are being
paid to conduct this service."
and Frankie were horrified.
Needless to say Brittain's children, Maggie
John,
Another story:
There was
big tree stump close to
the meeting house and, at a given time, there could always be found upwards of
ten nice size "tobacco chews" deposited until after the meeting (one wondered
who knew which belonged to whom).
Then, there was
promising young lady of the
community who lost her slip while walking so stately down the aisle one Sunday
morning.
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This church can be most proud to have had some greats to stand in her pulpit such as:
Randall Hall, Joshua Spears, W. G. Roulack,

F.
S.
E.
Jones, Tolbert Fanning,
David Lipscomb,
B.
Srygley, T.
B.
Lairmore,
C.
E.
A.
Elam, F. W. Smith, E. G.
B.
Sewell,
S.
P.
Pittman, J. A. Harding,
M.
Pullias, N.
Hardeman, James
E.
Scobey,
and Rock Spring's own native sons, Leonard Jackson and Sam Harris, and many, many
more.
This church has always been blessed with capable song leaders who lead the
congregation in the old time gospel songs.
Among the recorded names were:
D.
R.
Gooch, Martin Cutchin, George Haynes, Nobel Naron, Andrew Jackson, Grady Haynes
(son of the above George), Robert Gossett, and David Naron, grandson of Nobel Naron.
Rock Spring has experienced many changes since its humble beginning.
In
recent years electric lights have replaced the oil lamps, hardwood floors the wide
pine boards, heating system the stoves, air conditioning the trusted palm-leaf
fans, individual communion set the decantor and goblets, silver contribution plates
(given in memory of Frankie Brittain Carter) the hats and wicker baskets, carpets
the straw matting, running water the everrunning "Rock Spring Branch," along with
the bucket and dipper.
The year 1945 brought another improvement with the addition
of a much needed porch to the original building and in 1959, another addition, 4
Sunday School rooms.
During the year 1966 there was another great step forward
with the purchase of new pews for the original benches which had served for 79
long years and, it might be added, they served extra long and extra hard.
The
cost of the new pews was $2,600.00 which was quite
difference from the price of

a
$117.00
paid some 79 years before.
History repeats itself for this time
grand-
daughter of Mrs. Brittain helped with the donations.

another addition:
The year 1968 brought
the vestibule, concrete porch, walk, steps, and the most
useful wrought iron rails made by Elder Warmuth W. Blair.
Missionary work, financial aid, and the care of orphans always are at the
top of the budget.
The amount the Church sends to mission fields (at home and
75
abroad) would make any city congregation take notice.

The roll of the Church today has dropped and dropped but the church will go
forward.
The leaders, the pastors, and the members have always been faced with
the problem to regain the disinterested, maintain the attendance, and of competing
with outside interest that pull members away.
There may be less jubilation and
fewer "Amens" in the Congregation today but the lamp of faith has been kept polished
and alight in the lives of those gone on before and those who live their Christianity
in good days and bad days.
Those who worship at Rock Spring must remember it took hardships, heartbreaks,
and heartaches of the early settlers to lay the foundation.
BOOKNOTE
The 1840 Census is
It was
a
premier index to Rutherford County's past.

K,
laboriously copied from faded microfilm by Ernest
Johns,
assisted by Henry G. Wray, and has now been published.
The modest
price tag of $5.00 for the Census is in line with the Society's policy
as a non-profit organization to make available historical
material at
cost.
Copies of the Census may be obtained from
M. Matheny 1434 Diana Street Murfreesboro, Tennessee

D.
37130
In ordering, please enclose
.25 for each copy to assist in
defraying mailing costs.
largely from the Bibliographical note: Material for this brief hsitory was taken from the Diary and 1940-1968); (1804-1860; Church Spring ock Record Books of the R of Frances Matilda Batey Brittain.
Membership of the Rock Srping Church (From an early entry)

Male, Colored
Boss
Andy Jarete Harny Babe Unazean Sam Wash Joseph Jessy George Guy Marshall Aaron Andy
Female, Colored Lide Jane Mariar Margarett Phi lies Esther Carl in Mary Ginny Polly Celia Cilia Linda Myra Nancy Mary
Mati 1 do
Dolly Nancy Charlote Emily Judeth Cilia
OFFICERS OF ROCK SPRING CHURCH OF CHRIST 1832-1972

(B) Bishop Peyton Smith (B) (C) Clerk Nathan Williams (C) (D) Deacon James S. Smith (D) (E) Elder Henry Williams (D) (S-T) Secretary David R. Gooch, Sr. (B) Treasurer William W. Nance (D) Beverly Nelson (C and D) John Hill (B and C) Nathan Garner (D) John Garner (C) George Batey (D) Columbus L. Brittain (C and S-T) George W. S. Haynes (S-T) David R. Gooch, Jr. (S-T)
H. A. Alexander (S-T) John M. Gooch (S-T) Joe Potts (S-T) J. W. Mullins (S-T) John W. Brittain (S-T) Nobel Naron (C) Warmuth Blair (C) Grady Haynes (C) Warmuth Blair (E) Grady Haynes (E) Tom Irvin (E) DeWitt Williams (D) Andrew Naron (D) W. E. Wood (S-T)
Ministry Record Rock Spring Church of Christ

Year 1843
1844 1845 1848 1849
1850
1851
Amount Paid
James S. Smith Randall Hall William G. Roulack Tolbert Fanning J, C. McQuiddy L. E. Jones Tolbert Fanning L. E. Jones L. E. Jones F. H. Davis W. F. Todd F. H. Davis John Morton Elisha Waldron James Harding J. W. McGuffey J. M. Tanksley
$
,5.00
5.00 2.56 7.00
~ ~
1875
10.00
1876 1877 1878 1879 1880

1881
9.95 6.75 4.85 8.35 7.00 2.90
77
1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890

1891
B.
B.
C. C.
Young Young
J.
Elisha G. Sewell C. McQuiddy Jackson Bryant Jackson

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1892 1893
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1916

1917
1918 1919
1920
1921
1922
1923 1924 1925 1926
1927
1928 1929 1930

1931 1932
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
David Lipscomb John Cayce David Lipscomb F. W. Smith James E. Scobey David Lipscomb J. C. McQuiddy S. P. Pittman J. A. Harding David Lipscomb Hiram Hooten S. R. Logue Ridley Andy Ritchie F. B. Srygley Leonard Jackson Charlie Taylor F. B. Srygley Dr. J. S. Ward L. B. Jones T. Q. Martin Price Billings ley H. W. Wrye Clyde Cleaves L. B. Jones L. B. Jones L. B. Jones J. S. Batey F. B. Smith Ed Cullom J. S. Batey Clyde Gleaves J. S. Batey J. W. Grant Leonard Jackson Leonard Jackson H. M. Phillip H. M. Phillips Warmuth Peebles H. M. Phillip Gilbert Gibbs Gilbert Gibbs Gilbert Gibbs John Rainey J. P. Sanders Ellis Walker Gilbert Gibbs T. W. Brents
6.00 8.75 4.35 5.75 4.00 7.00 9.00 11.60 8.00 5.00 50.00 60.00
7.00 5.00 4.00 7.00 3.45 3.95 9.00 40.00 40.00
61.00 63.00
80.00 80.00
78.04
65.00 90.00 100,00

70.00
60.00
70.00 90.00 90.00 125.00 115.00 82.81
55.00 65.00 61.00 68.00 60.00 90.00 85.00 65.04 100.00
78
1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950

1951 1952
J.
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

1961
1962 1963 1964 1965

1966
1967 1968 1969 1970

1971
S. Batey Charlie Taylor Gilbert Shaffer Buford Holt Buford holt Gilbert Shaffer Buford Holt Charlie Taylor Gilbert Shaffer Clyde Gleaves Gilbert Shaffer Leo Snow Leo Snow Gerald King Neal Clevanger Milton Irvin Charlie Taylor Gilbert Shaffer Larimore Austin Lloyd Gaw Milton Peebles Leo Snow Gilbert Shaffer J. Garvin Smith Leo Snow Albert Banning Gilbert Shaffer Vincent Doan Milton Peebles Milton Irvin Bart Laws Larimore Austin Mi Xtonv Peebles Freeman Crowder Leo Snow Freeman Crowder
$100.00 117.00 110.00 150.00 165.00 150.00 160.00 150.00 150.00
155.00 225.00 175.00

150.00 200.00 175.00 150.00 150.00
150.00 150.00 175.00 150.00 150.00 150.00

175.00
ine Church Roll
1804
1832
1860
Polly
Nolin.
mem bers
(lie
Male
1804
charter
of
in
Cisiley
(d
Smith,
Elizabeth
1858
1.
Balhell
Aug.
Lucy
Green.
church
Darindd
C.
Sanford,
included
James
Isaac
John
Gambill,
Fly.
Hill,
Elizabeth
Austin,
William Nance,
Bird Nance. Nance,

Ncwn n a (
Balsam
som,
will follow here, these abbreviations: rbl-reccived by letter; ilbl-
ChrisLl The for 1836-18K0
membership reus
using
Philips.
James
Rob-
dismissed
by
letter;
Gambel,
ert Burton, Jo h u a Philips,
i-inimersed, and d-deccased The list includes. Jessey Motoii, Wm. W. Nance, deacon
Cook (dbl Oct. 25, 18.',] I. Sarjh Ann Phelpes (rbl Oct. 27, 1857', Francis Newsum. Nancy Walden, Elizabeth Rolach, ConneIcy Walden, Marth.n Crocetter (rbl Nov. 3, 18551, Nancy Phillpot, Cyrcna i'hcphcard, Judy Pursele (rbl 1845),
Unity
Nancy
(i
Conley.
Rebecca Ncusum, CoDec. 1844).
William
Kjmbro.
Jessey
Mor-
(dbl
)8.")0>.
Nov.
Jessey
S
(dbl 1850
1
line Hall (d
Wiihams, Joseph Williams Frederick Oliver. Enoch Davis and John Morton. Charter female members.
1804, were Sallv Flv, Nancy Nance, Polly Nance, Janie Nance, Sussanna Hill. Sussanna Ganibrill, Ann Davis. Eliza Harden, Eliza Newsom. Polly Harper, FranWey Anthony
ton, Guy McFadden. Wiley Harmon, Ezna Jones, David Gooch, Nathan Williams. John
LUCENDA
1843),
BOZ, Jane
Hill
James
.Smith
Williams.
Nov.
John
Sr.
Brittnn
(d P.
18541.
Dclcla Mahîn 'rbl J846, Oliphant irbl Dec. 3. 1850), Nancy Mitchell 'd?). Polley Garner. Margarete Davidson. Mrs. Joshway Phclph.
Sarah
Mary
Booker,
Ginâvy.
Harritc
B.
Wm.
er,
Book-
Jackson Coving ton.

Phil-
Marthey Ann Britton, Mary Ann Nance, Mary Jane Britton. Theodica B. Nance
(dbl
1850),
Samuel
Eliza
18.50),
Smiili
(dbl
pot
Wm. e Ross, Geo. Ba.
Dec. 1850). Margaret

(dbl Jan. 19,
185L),
Freeman
Burton' Polly Smith. Peggy Jones. Eliza Kimbro, Mary Williams
Hanna Nancy
Philips, Philips,
Mary
Philips
BeUy
and Rebecca Sect

the 111!^ '^TsJ?. mn-^ include the vote on the proposal to dissolve its association with the Baptist Association. Those casting "yea" votes were E. G. Courts, S. W.
Antj.
utes
tey. John Cooke Sr. (d 1854), John W. Richardson. John M. Nolan (d?i, W. A. Harvey. Joseph Boz, Rufus Bethell Payton S a n f o r d. James M. Green. Richard Cook' (dbl. Oct. 25. 1851), John Briiton .Jr., Asa Phelpes, John Dickev, Samuel Newsum, Wm. Waldcn, C. T. Love (dbl 1848), William Coleman (d?i, Svel Walden
'rbl
Lourany Cooke
Susan
P.
(dbl
M. P. lliil, Dec. 20. Smith (dbl
Nov. 3, 1850), Elizabeth P. Garner, Ann C. Ross, .Marv A. Booker. Ester Williams. M'. D. Cooke (dbl Dec. 20. 1851). Lucinda Austin, Elizabeth Lovcl. Paralee Walden (rbl Sept 1856). Louisa 11, Batey idbl
Oct.
1853;,
Adelia
Lillard.
Mary H. Hardin. Louisa

Jv
Conly.
Goodman. M. A. McFarren, M. D. Goodman. A. E. Courts,

Jane Gooch. Frances Williams. Sentha Sanders. Mary HamilMary Smith, E. Sandford, Sarah Rice, Martha Gooch. Tabitha Harmon, E. Morton, Sallie Sandford. Ann Nevens, B. Hamilton, E. J. Todd, Henley Guthers, Elizaton.
Sept.
11,
1856),
Wm.
Ro-
Frances M. Hazelwood. EmiCaldwell,

Alinira
Williams, David R. Gooch, bishop (d March 3,

18541.
lach,
Henry
Roberli
JOHN HALL,
bishop
beth
McFadden,
Aclnith
Eliza
Blair.
Mc-
Fadden.
Williams,
liam
B.
James Goodman.
Sisley Smith, Wil-
Nathan
Beverly Nelson, deacon June. 1855). C. Richard Davidson (rbl 1843), John Garner mote from Pete Nance: this is grandfather of John Nance Garner, former vice president of the U.S.), Jackson Oliphant (dbl Dec. 3, 1850), Wm. Rogers, Robt. Cadwell. David Garner,
(d?). (rbl
.dbl Nov. 3, 18.50', .Mari^recia Savage, Lucinda Nance irbl Nov. 3. 1850). Elizabeth Harris.
Elizabeth Bennett. Harris, Elizabeth
Eliza
J.
Coleman,
Nov.
3,
Elizabeth
1850),
S.
Smith
idbl
Cooke. E. Cooke irbl L. Ann Havnes, Fran B. Beaty, Hill, Pricilla
Nov.
1.
1852).
li
Mitchell
Elder
(i
Oct. 8. 1851), Mry Oct. 1851', .Margare!

(i
li
William Hamilton. John Hall. Jeps Morton. J. H, Courts. J. M. Williams, W. L. Williams. Wyley Harmon. William Trenary, William W, Nance Jr., R. A. Yancy, C. D. Thompson and Crafford Ellis.
Williams,
Cary
Hill
(i
1843),
Hazelwood Miss Perry

l\Iiss
Jashway Phelpes, Nathan Garner, Wm. W. Britton. Wm. Whiteman (dbl June 7, 184fii.
Richard Savage. Davis, John Hill, Wm. J. Williams. John H. Cooke irb! Nov. 1, 1852), Thos. Cooke (rbl Nov. 1, 1852), John H. Read. Wm. Caldwell. Madison Ross, Jesse (Dleman, L. (". Waldcn. Henry Britton, Tabitha Gooch, Lucy Smith idbl 1850). Hannah M. Nelson (rhl 1855). Malinda .N'cvins, Patsy Brilloii, Polly
-Smith
I
Eskridge
3.
(i
Aug. 2. 1852), Aug. 2, 185-.;), Aug. 2. 1852),

Ca\itt
!
Leak Mullins.
Oct.
(rbl
Kliza
1852),
Elizabeth
Leak
Those casting "no" votes were John Gamble. William Nance
Nov. 18.521, Marv E. Gooch, Elizabeth Leak Jr. (rbl May 8. 18,53.'. Marsaret Mullins rbl May 8 1853). Sarah
I
Dove
irbl
18,53),
(rbl 1853), Louisa Mullins
and R. Blair. The last meeting recorded in this book was in June, 18.36, with Nathan Williams as the
church clerk.
1853),
Virginia
Burl
(rbl
18531.
18.53).
Walden Nancy Ann McQucddy
uhl ubl
MARV BRKWKR
bl
18.3',
'd?i,
Klizabctli
3,
rbl
Nov.
(d
n,
18551,
Ridlev Syrtha
?^,Tnriprs
\
e r n
.l;ine
Dec. 31 V Ann Klizabclh Morton, Raldride 'dlil Dec. 3.
M.nriha g. Phillpul irbl Oct ;3, Isadora Wnlrion, 18.531, H. Domariiis H, W.ilde MV'aldcn i. Ann L. Womiiulf, uhl March. 111541. E Konne.v irbl 1K,>;)|.
'
III.'iflM.
I.iu-inil.i
llrmlruh ui/i,
'.'i.
Elizabrlli N.ince Ul
M.iry
Cuokf
id
Dec
26,
Emily Cook ii Aug Margaret .Spear Mbl 18.54'. S>!irab K. Narin

IH.
;h.i4i,
!)(c
rl>'
24.
July
IHtiOi, N.incy (ircpnin>. Mary mI'i, Cncik Oliphant l,u<cy (', M.iry M.ilhurs, Lucuid.'i ( lilcinan, Agu.sta Hichanlsun,
1H.55I,
Marth.i
18,
18.5,5
.
A.
26,
III)!
July
(rbl
Culeman and ^. A.
l.55i.
Spoer
March
79
RUTHERFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP LIST ' AS OF JUNE 30. 1974
1.
Mr. John P. Adams
14.
Route 4 Murfreesboro, TN
2.
37130
15.
Miss Louise Cawthon 534 E. College Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mr. Almond Chaney
Mrs. John P. Adams
*3.
37130
*16,
Sanford Road LaVergne, TN
37086
Mrs. W. D. Adkerson Compton Road Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mrs. W. R. Baker Box 245 Ashland City, TN
Mrs, George Chaney P.O. Box 114 LaVergne, TN 37086

Mr. James L. Chrisman 2728 Sharondale Court Nashville, TN 37215
4.
17.
37015
18.
5,
Mr. Haynes Baltimore 302 Haynes Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mr. Robert Baskin 801 E. Lytle Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mr. Robert T, Batey Route 1, Box 44 Nolensville, TN 37135 Mr. Fred W. Brigance 1202 Scottland Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mrs, James K. Clayton 525 E. College Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Dr. Robert Corlew Manson Pike Murfreesboro, TN 37130
*6.
19.
7.
20.
Mrs. A. W. Cranker 305 Tyne Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Mrs. Florence Davis Old Nashville Hwy., Rt. 2 Smyrna, TN 37167
*8.
21.
*9.
Mrs. Fred W. Brigance 1202 Scottland Murfreesboro, TN 37130
22.
Mrs. R. V. Dixon 321 Haywood Lane Nashville, TN 37211
10.
Mrs. Lida N. Brugge 714 Chickasaw Road Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mr. J. D. Carmack 1707 Herald Lane Murfreesboro, TN 37130
23.
Mrs. Moulton Farrar, Jr. 502 Park Center Drive Nashville, TN 37205 Mrs. James D. Ford 2143 Emily's Lane Falls Church, VA 22043
11.
24.
12.
Mrs. J. D. Carmack 1707 Herald Lane Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mr. Steve Cates 1417 Poplar Avenue
25.
Miss Myrtle Ruth Foutch 103 G Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024
Mr. John H. Fox 1018 Northfield Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN 37130
13.
26.
Murfreesboro, TN
37130
80
27.
Mr. Ken L. Goad 717 N. Church St. Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Mr. Robert T. Goodman 202 N. Academy Street Murfreesboro, TN 37130
40.
Dr. James K. Huhta
507 E. Northfield Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN 37130

41.
28.
Mr. Norman F. Hutchinson 410 Apollo Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Dr. Ralph Hyde Box 234, MTSU
29.
Mrs. Robin Gould 2900 Connecticut Avenue Washington, D.C. 20008

Mrs, Robert Gwynne Brittaln Hills Farm Rock Springs Road Smyrna, TN 37167
42.
Murfreesboro, TN
*43.
37130
30.
Mr, Ernest King Johns
Jefferson Pike Smyrna, TN 37167

44,
*31.
Miss Mary Hall 821 E. Burton Murfreesboro, TN
Mr, Thomas N. Johns 501 Mary Street Smyrna, TN 37167
37130
*45.
32.
Mr. John L. Heath Box 146 LaVergne, TN 37086

46,
Mrs. Buford Johnson 109 Chestnut Street Smjnma, TN 37167

Mr, Homer Jones 1825 Ragland Avenue Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Mr, Robert B, Jones, III 819 W, Northfield Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Dr, Belt Keathley
33.
Miss Adelaide Hewgley Route 3 Murfreesboro, TN 37130

*47.
34.
Mrs. Eulalia J. Hewgley
35.
37130
*48,
Mrs. B. K. Hibbett, Jr. 2160 Old Hickory Blvd. Nashville, TN 37215

*49,
1207 Whitehall Road Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mrs. Belt Keathley 1207 Whitehall Road Murfreesboro, TN 37130
*36.
Mr. Walter King Hoover 101 Division Smyrna, TN 37167

50.
*37.
Mr. Robert S. Hoskins 310 Tyne Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Miss Adeline King Cambridge Apartments 1506 18th Avenue, South Nashville, TN 37212
Mr. W, H, King 2107 Greenland Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37130
*38.
Mrs. Robert S. Hoskins 310 Tyne Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mr. C. B. Huggins, Jr. 915 E. Main Murfreesboro, TN 37130
*51.
*39.
*52.
Mrs. W, H. King 2107 Greenland Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37130
81
*53.
Mr. George Kinnard
67.
Route 1 LaVergne, TN
*54.
37086
68.
Mr, Eugene R, Mull Ins 2400 Sterling Road Nashville, TN 37215
Mrs, George Kinnard
55,
Mrs. David Naron Rock Springs Road
37086
69.
37086
Mrs, Louise G. Landy 1427 South Madison San Angelo, Texas 76901
Mr. Albert D, Lawrence 225 McNlckle Drive Smyrna, TN 37167
Mr. John Nelson
*70.
37130
56,
Mr. Lawson B. Nelson 13812 Whispering Lake Dr, Sun City, Arizona 85351
Dr. Joe Edwin Nunley
*57.
Mr. William C. Ledbetter, Jr. 115 N. University Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Mr. T. Vance Little
71.
305 2nd Avenue Murfreesboro, TN

72,
37130
58.
Beech Grove Farm Brentwood, TN 37027

59.
Mrs. James L. Parsley
Route
73.
Muiffreesboro, TN
37130
Mrs. Louise G. Lynch
Route 5 Franklin, TN
*60.
Mr. Charles C. Pearcy
37064
#74.
LaVergne TN 37086
Mr. Dean Pearson 414 Ross Drive Smyrna, TN 37167
Mrs. Dorothy Matheny 1434 Diana Street Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mr. T. Edward Matheny 102 Park Circle Columbia, TN 38401
61.
75.
Mr. Walt Pfeifer 633 Glenhaven
Abilene, Texas
62.
79603
Mrs. James H. McBroom, Jr. Route 2, Box 131 Christiana, TN 37037

Mr. Ben Hall McFarlln 514 E. Lytle Murfreesboro, TN 37130
*76.
Dr, Homer Pittard
309 Tyne Murfreesboro, TN

77.
37130
*63.
Mr. Bobby Pope Old U.S. 41 LaVergne, TN 37086 Mr. A. C. Puckett, Jr.
*64.
Mrs, Ben Hall McFarlln 514 E. Lytle Murfreesboro, TN 37130
78.
Mason Circle LaVergne, TN

*79.
37086
65.
Mrs. Luby H. Miles Monroe House, Apt. 601 522 - 21st St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006
Mr. Donald E. Moser 1618 Rlvervlew Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mr. Robert Ragland Box 544 Murfreesboro, TN 37130
66.
80.
Mrs. Robert Ragland Box 544 Murfreesboro, TN 37130
82
81.
Mr. Sam Ridley Box 128 Smyrna, TN 37167 Mr. Knox Ridley Box 128 Smyrna, TN 37167
Mr. Granville S. Ridley 730 E. Main
94.
Colonel Sam W. Smith 318 Tyne Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Miss Dorothy Smotherman 1220 N. Spring Street Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mr, Travis Smotherman 6565 Premier Drive, Apt A-1 Nashville, TN 37209
82.
*95.
83.
*96.
Murfreesboro, TN
84.
37130
97.
Mrs, James A. Ridley, Jr. Lebanon Pike Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Mr. Billy E. Rogers 506 Jean Drive, Route 2 LaVergne, TN 37086
Mrs. E. C. Stewart 4200 Old Mill Road Alexandria, VA 22309

Mr. Allen J. Stockard 1330 Franklin Road Murfreesboro, TN 37130
85.
98.
*86.
Mrs. Elvis Rushing 604 N. Spring Murfreesboro, TN 37130
99.
Mrs. Robert Mac Stone 921 Westview Avenue Nashville, TN 37205
*87.
Miss Racheal Sanders 1311 Greenland Drive Apartment D-1 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Miss Sara Lou Sanders 1311 Greenland Drive Apartment D-1 Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mr. John F. Scarbrough, Jr. 701 Fairview Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Dr. R. Neil Schultz 1811 Jones Blvd.
100.
Stones River DAR Smyrna TN 37167

Mrs. Doug Stroop Hidden Acres, Apt 1 Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mr. Roy E. Tarwater 815 W. Clark Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN 37130
*88.
101.
102.
89.
103.
90.
TN State Library & Archives Nashville Tennessee 37219

Mr. Mason Tucker Route 6, Elam Road Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mrs. Einmett Waldron Box 4 LaVergne, TN 37086
Murfreesboro, TN
91.
37130
104.
Mrs. J. A. Sibley, Sr. 2007 Cloverdale Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Mr. William A. Shull, Jr.
105.
92.
4211 Ferrara Drive Silver Springs, MD

*93.
20906
106.
Mr. Roy L. Waldron
Mr. Gene H. Sloan 728 Greenland Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37130
107.
37130
Mr. Vester Waldron
Tenn.
LaVergne 37086
83
108.
Mrs. Vester Waldron LaVergne 37086 Tenn.

Mr. Bill Walkup, Jr. 202 Ridley Street Smyrna, TN 37167 Mr. William T. Walkup 202 Ridley Street Smyrna, TN 37167
#109.
110.
111.
Mrs. P. H. Wade 1700 Murfreesboro.Road Nashville, TN 37217 Mrs. George F. Watson Executive House, B-17 Franklin, TN 37064
112.
*113.
Mayor W. H. Westbrooks 305 Tyne Murf reesboro TN 37130

,
114.
Mrs. W. H. Westbrooks 305 Tyne Murf reesboro, TN 37130
115.
Miss Kate Wharton 101 Murfreesboro Road Woodbury, TN 37190 Miss Virginia Wilkinson 1118 E. Clark Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Mr. W. H. Wilson 1011 Sawyer Drive
116.
117.
Murf reesoboro
*118.
TN
37130
Mr. Henry G. Wray 104 McNickle Drive Smyrna, TN 37167
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Rutherford County Historical
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LIBRARY
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE

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NOT TO LEAVE LIBRARY

The cover illustration is from Joseph Jones' Explorations of

Remains of Tennessee published in 1876 by the Smithsonian

introduction to Travis Smotherman's comprehensive article on Rutherford

Published by Rutherford County Historical Society Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1974

RUTHERFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Society member we have

Country was built.

We would like for Rutherford Countians to know their

own historical heritage so we in the Society will continue giving our

RUTHERFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Rutherford County Archivist and master geneologist

Past President of the Rutherford County Historical

were originally abstracted by the Hardy Murfree Chapter, Daughters of

The Rutherford County Historical Society greatly appreciates the

An index to each series of marriage records was This series of marriage

prepared by Henry G. Wray, County Archivist.

It is our understanding that

intend to publish from 1851 through 1872.

RUTHERFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Rutherford County Marriage Records

The Prehistory of Rutherford County By Travis E. Smotherman

Griffith Rutherford By Robert M. McBride

Rutherford County Militia Records By Ernest K. Johns and Henry G.

15 May 20 Dec. 31 Sept. 18 Dec. 16 Dec. 29 Dec. 29

22 22 23 May 28 Sept. 14 Jan. 13 Apr. 19 Jan. 12 Oct. 29 Feb. 11 Nov. 26

Mar. 19 Dec. 2 Mar. 4

Mar. July July Nov. Nov.

July 8 June 1 Mar 25

Jan. Jan. Jan.

Oct. Aug. Jan.

Sept 16 Apri:1 7 Feb. 16 Oct. 15 Apri:1 8 July 14 Oct. 11

Jun. Nov. 28 Nov. 30 Dec. 22

June 8 July 15 Sept 11

Apri;L 22 Nov. 30 Mar. 9

Oct. Nov. Aug. Oct.

Jan. Dec. Nov. Oct. Nov. Oct. Jan.

Jan. 9 Feb. 22 May 10 Aug. 30 Aug. 9 Nov. 16

Mar. Dec. Mar.

Dec. 8 Sept. 6 Mar. 15 Jan. 2 Mar. 22 Sept. 9 Apr. 10 Sept. 8

Dec. 1 Jan. 29 Oct. 11 Sept. 25 Dec. 29

Jan. Nov. Jan. Nov. Feb. Aug.

Nov. Nov. Feb. Mar. 8 Dec. 13 Dec. 12 Jan. 18 Apr. 5 Jan. 27

Farmer, Mary E. Faucett, Catharine C. Fletcher, M. J.

Lawrence, Nancy T. Leath, Amanda

Oliphint, Mary J. Osborn, Sarah E. Oslin, Mary L Osment, Eliz.

Overall, Martha Ann

Sanders, Sanders, Sanders, Sanders, Sanders, Sanders,

Mahulda Marandy E. Martha A. Mary C. Sarah L.

Tucker, Sallie Tuder, Sarah Turner, Smanda W.

Yearwood, Sarah L. Young, Mary Ann Youree, Mary B.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Rutherford County, Tennessee, when considered as

tical entity, was organized in 1803; thus its complete and

recorded history spans some 17 decades of time.

obscured by the uncertain knowledge of man's earliest antiquity.

ford County comprises 580 square miles, with elevations ranging

from 570 feet to

elevation at the courthouse

More than half the county lies in the Central

Basin of Tennessee, with a ring of hills almost surrounding