Arno Community
Arno was named by a U.S. Postal official after a river in Italy. The name has long outlasted the post office, which closed in 1908. Arno had a public school from 1893 until 1947. At the crossroads there was a country store . . . — — Map (db m164903) HM
On March 31, 1860, Dr. Samuel Webb deeded
the land for College Grove Methodist Episcopal
Church South and a seminary for young ladies.
The present Victorian structure was erected in
1888 by T. G. Slate. Two pioneer circuit riders
who served . . . — — Map (db m163079) HM
Once called Harpeth, then Poplar Grove, this area was settled about 1800 by the Allison, Cannon, Ogilvie and Wilson families. Home to Congressman Meredith Gentry and William Demonbreun, son of pioneer Timothy Demonbreun, the town's name was changed . . . — — Map (db m149762) HM
Laban Hartley, Jr. built a stone house here ca. 1818 and operated a tavern for which this community was named. Mt. Pisgah, located 1/2 mile southwest, was used as a reference point when surveyors created the 1783 Military Reservation line, which . . . — — Map (db m149768) HM
Edwards Grove Church
On September 27, 1873, Mr. James
Edwards conveyed to the Methodist
Episcopal Church of the South two
acres of land.
"For the love I have for the cause of
Jesus Christ and an earnest desire to
promote his heritage on earth . . . — — Map (db m164910) HM
In memory of
Gideon Riggs 1790-1871
and his wives
Mary Reynolds 1798-1825
Sophia Campbell 1801-1836
Catherine F. Holden 1815-1865
All their graves are here except Catherine F. Holden's which is in Arkansas. His farm included . . . — — Map (db m151041) HM
This historic cemetery is the resting place for an impressive number of Revolutionary War soldiers. Thought to be buried here are the remains of these patriots who fought in our War of Independence: David Gillespie (1761-1835) of N.C., Thomas . . . — — Map (db m164781) HM
0.7 mile. The grave of this combat veteran and statesman is on the land to which his father, a Revolutionary veteran, brought his family from North Carolina in 1791. In addition to his distinguished military record, he was twice a member of Congress . . . — — Map (db m83167) HM
This property was settled by William and Mary Harris Ogilvie, who came to this area via ox wagons from Granville County, N.C. during the late 1790s. Their nine children - Harris, Sarah, Smith, Kimbrough, John, William, Patty, Richard, and Nancy - . . . — — Map (db m149764) HM
The Reed family operated the store from 1862 until
1939. Jerome Reed and brothers, William Caleb and
Winfield Scott, started it in the home of William
Tucker, their grandfather. It later moved to a
building closer to the home and as commerce . . . — — Map (db m164779) HM
Located 110 yards west at crossing of Fishing Ford or Riggs Rd., oldest traveled thoroughfare in Middle Tennessee, and old Columbia or Flat Creek Rd. Old village compound consisted of a brick house, post office, blacksmith shop, and store on about . . . — — Map (db m151006) HM
The cemetery, which had its beginning in 1826, is
located one-half mile south. William Rucker, Sr.
(1760-1826), a Revolutionary War veteran, was the
first person buried in the cemetery. Also buried
there are his son, William Rucker, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m164906) HM
Shadowed on the southwest by Pull-Tight Hill and bisected by Arno Road, the Cove was home to the Biggers, Bizzell, Clendenin, Connell, Crafton, Creswell, Farrar, Graham, Ladd, Rickman, Simmons, Skinner, Watson, White, and Wilson families. On May . . . — — Map (db m149766) HM
