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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIXC_dewitt-smith-jobe_Smyrna-TN.html
Compatriot of Sam Davis and cousin of Gen. Thomas Benton Smith, he was a member of Co. D, 20th Tenn. Regt., CSA, and later was transferred to Coleman's Scouts. On August 30, 1864, he was captured by a Federal patrol near Nolensville and tortured t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIXB_sam-davis_Smyrna-TN.html
In the house 1 mile northeast lived "The Boy Hero of the Confederacy." A trooper in Coleman's Scouts, CSA, he was captured by the Federals with secret papers of great value to the Confederacy. Threatened with death unless he gave the source of his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIXA_smyrna-railroad-depot_Smyrna-TN.html
A combined freight and passenger house, the Smyrna Railroad Depot was erected in 1851, and replaced in 1873. It was a direct result of the charter granted by the State of Tennessee on Dec. 11, 1845, to the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to conne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIX7_mary-kate-patterson-davis-hill-kyle_La-Vergne-TN.html
Heroine of the South, worked with Coleman's Scouts and Sam Davis to spy in the LaVergne-Nolensville-Nashville area. When a teenager, she smuggled vital information and supplies through Union lines. Mrs. Kyle was buried in the Confederate Circle in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIX5_wheelers-raid-around-rosecrans_La-Vergne-TN.html
Striking this area about 1:00 pm. Wheeler attached with three columns, and captured 200 stands of arms, numerous houses and mules and 500 prisoners, and destroyed the Reserve Wagon Train of the Federal XIV Corps. To forestall further attacks, Col.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHD2_oaklands_Murfreesboro-TN.html
This antebellum mansion, begun about 1824 by Dr. James Maney, is located 1 1/4 miles N. on land acquired by Col. Hardy Murfree in 1789. Subsequently enlarged, it is an excellent example of architectural transition from frontier dwelling to plantat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBM_rutherford-county-murphreesboro_Murfreesboro-TN.html
(Front):Rutherford CountyEstablished 1803; named in honor ofMaj. Gen. Griffith Rutherfordof the Revolutionary Army; appointed by President Washington as a Member of the Legislature for the Southwest Territory, which later became the State of Tenne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBL_old-jefferson_Smyrna-TN.html
William Nash opened the first store here in 1803; first country courthouse was here in 1804, following first meeting of court at Thomas Rucker's house. It was a stopping place on the Georgia Road, & an important river port & trading post. In 1811,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBK_wheelers-raid-around-rosecrans_Smyrna-TN.html
Attacking the wagon train of Starkweather's Brigade near here about 10:00 A.M., Wheeler's Brigade destroyed 20 wagons, took some 50 prisoners and a number of horses and mules. Action by the 1st and 21st Wisc., 4th Ill., 79th Pa., inf. and Btry. "A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBJ_murfreesboro_Murfreesboro-TN.html
First settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811 on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who stipulated that the town should be named for Hardee Murfree, a Revolutionary veteran of Williamson…