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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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBI_battle-of-murfreesboro_Murfreesboro-TN.html
1/2 mile north is the hillock commanding a ford over Stone's River. Here Capt. John Mendenhall, 4th US Artillery, artillery officer on Gen. Crittenden's Staff, set a groupment of 58 guns which broke up the assault across the river of Mag. Gen John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBG_army-of-the-cumberland_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Moving to Bradyville, 14 mi. S.E., the XXI Corps (T.L. Crittenden) advanced against minor Confederate resistance on Manchester, to rendezvous with the rest of the Army under cover of Granger's feint at Shelbyville. This flanked the Army of TN out …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBF_geographic-center-of-tennessee_Murfreesboro-TN.html
In 1834, the State of TN hired Professor James Hamilton to find its geographic center in order to locate the state capital as near as possible to the center of the state. However, certain circumstances and politics left the capital in Nashville, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBE_wheelers-raid-around-rosecrans_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade bivouacked hereabouts in the evening. At midnight, it moved north on Walterhill, then west on Jefferson, on a raid around Rosecrans' advancing army. The brigade consisted of the 1st, 3rd and 51st Alabama…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBD_charles-egbert-craddock_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Mary Noailles Murfree, who later became a prominent authoress under this pen-name, was born at "Grantlands," whose site is now marked by a large pine tree, Jan. 24, 1850. Educated at the Nashville Female Academy, later in Philadelphia, her first w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBC_bradley-academy_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Stood 100 yards E. Organized 1806, with Jos. Dixon, Jno. R. Bedford, Jn. Thompson, St., Wm. P. Anderson, and Robert Smith trustees, it was supported partly by tuition fees, partly by lotteries. An early headmaster was Samuel P. Black. James K. Pol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBB_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…