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The following publications are for sale by:
THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P. O. Box 906
Murfreesboro, TN 37133-0906
WEB SITE: www.rutherfordhistory.org
MEMBERSHIP - $20 per year (September - August)
Contact: Susan G. Daniel (615) 849-3823 sgdaniel@comcast.net
Unless otherwise stated, each numbered [1 - 39] publication book [e.g., Pub. No. 17] may be purchased for $5.00 (+ $3.00 mailing). Frow Chips [FC] a semi-monthly publication, began in 1971. However, only the issues beginning with Volume 31, No. 6 - March/ April 2002 to the present are available for purchase at $4.00 (mailing included). Unnumbered publications may be purchased at stated price.
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Rutherford County Marriage Records (1851-1853), Bride Index, Rutherford County Militia Commissions, 1807-1811, Rutherford County Offices and Officers (1804-1973), and Unions: Murfreesboro's Other University. | $ |
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Rutherford County Marriage Records (1854-1856), Bride Index (continued), Rutherford County Militia Commissions 1812-1820, Mayors of Murfreesboro and a History of the Kittrell Community | $ |
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Rutherford County Marriage Records (1857-1860), Bride Index, Griffith Rutherford, 1803 Census of Rutherford County and Rutherford County Militia records.. | $ |
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History of Readyville, Artists Depict Battle of Stones River, Census of 1810 and List of Taxpayers not in the Census. | |
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The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad (1845-1872), Rutherford County Post Offices and Postmasters and the Rutherford Rifles. | |
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A History of the Link Community, History of LaVergne, Fellowship Church & Community and the Sanders Family. | |
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Hopewell Church, Petition by Cornelius Sanders for Revolutionary War Pension. | |
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History of Bethel-Leanna Community, the Crowders of Readyville, A
view of the Battlefield of Stones River from New York Times (Sept.
2, 1865), Jordan Williford - Rev. War Pension, Company Roll of Major Hardy Murfree (Sept. 9, 1778 from the National Archives). |
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| 9 | History of Dilton Community. | ||
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1864 Diary, Peter Jennings - Rev. War Pension, Henderson Yoakum, Early Methodist Church, and Overall. | |
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State Capitol, Ben McCullough, Michael Lorance - Rev. War Pension, County Store, and Soule College. | |
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History of Smyrna, Sewart Air Force Base, Goochland, Index of Some Actual Wills of Rutherford Co. 1802-1882. | |
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Tennessee College, Coleman Scouts, New Monuments in Old City Cemetery, James Bole - Rev. War Pension. | |
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Murfreesboro Presbyterian Church, Kirks & Montgomerys, Russel Home, John Lytle, John M. Leak - Rev. War Pension. | |
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John W. Childress Home (1847), Whigs in Rutherford Co. (1835-1845). | |
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Hart, Childress, Miles, Fosterville, Cherry Shade, William Cocke - Rev. War Pension. | |
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Jefferson 1803-1813, Will Abstracts (Record Books 1 & 2 - 1803-1814), Old City Cemetery. | |
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Railroad Stations in Rutherford Co, Rion Family, Stones River. | |
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Footprints...at Smyrna, V.A. Medical Center, Manson
Family, Jenkin’s Homes, Will Abstracts (Record Books 3 & 4 -
1814-1819), Rutherford Co. Historical Society, Early News, Sketch from Macon Co., Illinois, 1981 in Rutherford Co. |
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Roads and Turnpikes of Rutherford Co., includes many Rutherford Co. names. | |
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Jefferson Springs Resort, Lascassas Baptist Church,
John Price Buchanan, Will Abstracts (Record Books 5 & 6 -
1819-1826), 1836 Tax Records of the 25th [Millersburg] District. |
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Ft. Rosecrans, Big Springs, East Main Church of
Christ, Tax Records 23rd [Youree’s] and 24th [Big Spring] Districts
for 1836, 1837, & 1849, Matthias Hoover. |
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Harding House, Milton, County Stores in the
Jefferson area, Will Abstracts [Record Book 7 - 1827-1828], Tax
Records 15th [Valley] and 16th [Milton] Districts for 1836, 1837 & 1849. |
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| 24 | History of Medicine in Rutherford County | ||
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Legends and Stories of the Civil War in Rutherford County | |
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A Yankee in Rutherford Co., Literary Interest
Expressed by Women in Rutherford Co., Mt. Olivet and Hoovers Gap
Methodists, My Years at Linebaugh Library, 1947-1962. |
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History of Central Christian Church, Alfred Blackman. | |
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Coleman Scouts (Henry B. Shaw, Leader; Sam Davis, Dee Jobe, Williams Roberts, William Manford Street, and others). | |
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The Churches of Christ in Rutherford Co., History of the Salem Methodist Church, Municipal Officers of the Town of Murfreesboro (1818-1891). | |
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History of Rutherford Co Farm (including insane asylum and the pest control center), Architecture of Rutherford Co. Farm. | |
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The Rutherford Co. Rifles (a group of 150 young men
from Rutherford Co. who volunteered for service in the Confederacy).
Includes a list of these men and what happened to them. Article on Violence in Rutherford Co. |
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A Researcher’s Guide to Rutherford Co. Records by David Rowe; Jerry Sneak by Homer Pittard. | |
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Census and Tax Records for 1st [Sanders] District. | |
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Mattie Ready-John Hunt Morgan Wedding, Dement Family, Two Gallant Leaders at the Battle of Murfreesboro. | |
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Uncle Dave Macon (biography with photographs) by Dr. Charles Wolfe. | |
| 36 | Rutherford Co., TN, Abstracts of Record Books 1-7, 1803-1829. | ||
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The Civil War in Middle Tennessee. | |
| 38 | Deed Abstracts of Stones River, 1783-1806, by Ernest K. Johns | ||
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The House on the Hill, On the Home Front -
Murfreesboro in the Civil War, Rutherford Co. Courthouse, Civil War
letters of Henry Clay Reynolds, Stones River National Battlefield Cemetery Listings, Bibliography of Rutherford Co. historical sources found at TN State Library & Archives, Advertisements (1830-32), TN State Fair (1869), Funeral Card notices from Rutherford Co. (1898-1924). |
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My Findings, Volume I by Lillian B. Johnson (families of Brown, Gunn, Harris, Rowland, Windows and others). Hard cover. $50 price includes shipping and handling. | $50 | |
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My Findings, Volume II by Lillian B. Johnson (families of Brown, Dixon, Galbreath, McLean, McAdams, McKamie, Wallace and others). Hard cover. $50 price includes shipping and handling. | $50 | |
INDIVIDUAL PUBLICATIONS - PRICES AS STATED FOR EACH
History of Rutherford County by C.C. Sims (pub. 1947 - reprint 1981) - hard cover - $15.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
Rutherford County [Tennessee Co. History Series] by Mabel Pittard (pub. 1983) - hard cover - $15.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
A History of Rutherford Co. Schools, Vol 1 (Northern Section of the Co.) - soft cover - $12.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
A History of Rutherford Co. Schools, Vol II (Southern Section of the Co.) [comprehensive index] Reprint - Available December 2005 - soft cover - $25.00 + $5.00 postage/shipping
1840 Rutherford Co. Census with Index $5.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
Annals of Rutherford County, Vol 1, 1799-1828 by John C. Spence - hard cover - $25.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
Annals of Rutherford County,
Vol II, 1829-1870
by John C. Spence $25.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
A Civil War Diary
by John C. Spence - hard cover - $25.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
Historic Cane Ridge and its
Families by Lillian
B. Johnson - hard cover - $50.00 (includes shipping charges)
From Mink Slide to Main Street by Charles B. Arnette - hard cover - $20.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping
History of Medicine in Rutherford Co. by Robert G. Ransom, M.D. [2003 hard-bound] (biographies of 19th & 20th centuries physicians) $50.00 + $10.00 Postage/shipping)
Rutherford Co., TN History & Families compiled by Nell Blankenship [hard-bound 374 page book of biographies and history] (2002) $75.00 + $12.00 Postage/shipping
Rutherford Co., TN Pioneers born before 1800 (information on more than 6,500 individuals) by Susan G. Daniel (2003) - soft cover - $40 + $10 Postage/shipping
Westbrooks, Williams, and Related Smothermans of Rutherford Co. - hard cover - $15.00 + $7.00 Postage/shipping
Cemeteries & Graveyards of
Rutherford Co., Tennessee
[2005] compiled by Susan G. Daniel - hard cover - more than 760 cemeteries &
graveyards, fully indexed - includes family graveyards, Evergreen Cemetery, Old
City Cemetery, and Mapleview Cemetery, along with newspaper obituaries and death
information from the Session records of 1st Presbyterian Church of
Murfreesboro from 1812. - $75.00 + $10.00 Postage/shipping
1810 Census, 1809-1813 tax
lists - alphabetized
[2006] compiled by Susan G. Daniel & Ernie Johns - soft cover, spiral binding.
- $25.00 + $2.50 postage/shipping
OUT OF PRINT BOOKS
Brothers and Others and Fosterville - OUT OF PRINT
History of Versailles - OUT OF PRINT
Griffith - illustrated bicentennial publication (1976) OUT OF PRINT
The Pictorial History of Rutherford County by Mabel Pittard - OUT OF PRINT
**Cemetery Records of Rutherford County - Vol 1 [Northwestern third of Co. and part of Wilson & Davidson Cos., 256 cemeteries with index and maps]; Vol II [Eastern third of Co., cemeteries with index and maps]; Vol III [Southwestern third of Co. & western part of Cannon Co., 241 cemeteries with index and maps] - ALL OUT OF PRINT [** see new book published 2005 - “Cemeteries & Graveyards of Rutherford County, Tennessee”]
Deed Abstracts of Rutherford Co., 1803-1810 - soft cover - $5.00 + $5.00 Postage/shipping