1937 Historic Nolensville School
National Registry of Historic Places
2012
Preservation and Restoration by Members and Friends of Nolensville Historical Society — — Map (db m221156) HM
A member of Coleman's Scouts, CSA, he was captured in a cornfield about 1½ mi. W., Aug. 29, 1864, by a patrol from the 115th Ohio Cav. Swallowing his dispatches, he was mutilated and tortured to make him reveal their contents. Refusing, he was . . . — — Map (db m143463) HM
The first Nolensville African American church began worship services
here in an old farmhouse soon after the Civil War. On April 21, 1869
the land was purchased by Ohio missionary G.H. Hartupee, who helped
fund several African American churches . . . — — Map (db m198901) HM
Green Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Est. 1870
After the Civil War, African Americans who had been enslaved in the Triune area of eastern Williamson County organized to create a church and school. The D.K. Bostic family donated this site for . . . — — Map (db m143457) HM
William Nolen purchased a portion of a land grant to Jason Thompson on which Nolensville was later built. In the early 1800s a large migration from Rockingham N.C. brought the Adams, Allen, Barnes, Cyrus, Fields, Glenn, Irion, Johnson, Peay, Scales, . . . — — Map (db m32815) HM
This cemetery was begun in 1899 by J.W. Williams on land bought from Isaac Neely. The Mid-section began in 1917 as the S.G. Jenkins cemetery. J. W. Williams bought adjoining land in 1925 and expanded the Jenkins cemetery. More land was added by C. . . . — — Map (db m151190) HM
Nolensville School was first proposed in the early 1930's by members
of the community and the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) out of
concern for their aging school's deterioration and consolidation of small,
one-room school houses nearby. . . . — — Map (db m149865) HM
This church was founded in 1837 as Mt. Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Original trustees were Joseph Critchlow, John Hay, Benjamin Johnson, Benjamin King, John Matthews, Phillip Owen, and Nathaniel Owen. Originally, the church was located . . . — — Map (db m149868) HM
Dedicated to the men and women who have served our country in time of war and peace
Homecoming July 26, 1986
Roll of Honor
Nolensville, Tennessee
World War I 1917-1919
Ed M. Byrd•
Richard Fly•
Jimmie King•
Owen B. Layne•
Tom W. . . . — — Map (db m221155) WM
Sherwood Green (1766-1840) came to Tennessee in the late 1700s from Warren County, North
Carolina as a member of a team charged with surveying Revolutionary War grants. The group
was headed by his father-in-law, Col. William Christmas, who became . . . — — Map (db m151189) HM
Ben Chrismon (1877-1963), a shoe cobbler, and his
wife, Mary Polk Chrismon, founded Sunset Park
between 1909-1929. Before integration, this park
was a popular recreation center for the African
American community throughout Middle . . . — — Map (db m198902) HM
After destroying a sizeable wagon train at Rock Springs, about six miles northeast, Wheeler's Confederate raiders late in the afternoon here captured about 200 prisoners, destroyed a wagon train and took with them a number of ambulances. They then . . . — — Map (db m220490) HM
