Rutherford County, Tennessee

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W elcome to Rutherford County, in the heart of Tennessee. We're glad you stopped by and we hope you find something of interest. Rutherford County is just a smile down I-24 from Nashville , the capital of Tennessee and the home of ourTennessee Titans and Nashville Predators !
Rutherford County is located in Middle Tennessee, one of the three "grand divisions" of Tennessee.  The county seat  is the beautiful old city of Murfreesboro and is the home of Middle Tennessee State University .   MTSU has a student base of over 21,000 and is nowone of the largest universities in the state of Tennessee. The Albert Gore, Sr. Research Center is located near MTSU and is a goldmine for the genealogy researcher and anyone studying Rutherford County and its people.  The friendly people who work there are always happy to help.  

Rutherford County Court House 

©Mari Byers 2003

Freedmen's Bureau Indenture Bonds for Rutherford County, Tennessee

Deed of Trust-William Search to Beverly Randolph-1833

NEW A reenactment of Gen. Forrest's raid on 

Murfreesboro will be held on April 1, 2006NEW

Martha Ready

Murfreesboro

Rutherford County TNGenWeb Projects

• Early Rutherford County Marriages 1804-1881 - Project headed by Martha Smotherman Mendez and Ed Waller

• 1878 Rutherford County Beers Map , includes everything on the origional map-Project headed by Joyce Woodruff Terrana

• Rutherford County Records Index - Project headed by Martha Smotherman Mendez - all indexes on site and aphabetically indexed.

• Rutherford County Cemeteries - Project headed by Teresa Ghee Elliott

• The Benevolent Cemetery - This is an African-American Cemetery in Murfreesboro. There is a very interesting story about it at this url.

• Rutherford County Cemetery Project - By Kim Denny-Includes a wonderful section on Revolutionary War graves

• Rutherford County Death Certificates-1914-1925 Project headed by Martha Smotherman Mendez

• Rutherford County Death Ccertificates 1925-1939-By Kevin Cason-Rutherford Archives
  

• Rutherford County Death Records Index 1881-1882, 1909 - By John Lodl, Rutherford County Archives

Rutherford County Related Civil War Information

• Confederate Circle Heroes-Evergreen Cemetery

• Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery

• Old Soldiers Tell of Forrest's Raid-Home Journal 1929

  • 1929 Home Journal-Civil War Soldiers Reunion

  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

  • Civil War Reunion-circa 1927

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•  African-American 1800's information 

  To add a link that would be of interest to Rutherford County please email me

  Rutherford County Links

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  This page is full of links!

  If you had an ancestor in Rutherford County that you'd like to add to our family page please email me with a short story about the ancestor and pictures, if you have them. Rutherford County Families

  The Heirs of Rebecca Alexander Buried at Wards Grove Cemetery Contains many old Rutherford County names Many thanks to Don Detwiler-Rutherford County Archives! The Coleman and Related Families Many thanks to Bonnie White! Marriage Contract between Queen, Wm. J. & Miller, Mary S. 1878 Initial stock holders of &ldquoThe Murfreesboro and Liberty Turnpike Company&rdquo 1851 Many thanks to Don Detwiler-Rutherford County Archives  Tennessee State Claims Index-Many thanks to Carol White  The Jamison Cemetery-Many thanks to Jamison & Helton family member Jean (Helton) Young and Darlene (Campbell) Scott

  Online Census Records for Tennessee Counties

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Please visit our surrounding neighbors:

Davidson / Wilson / Cannon / Bedford / Williamson

This site was updated on August 7, 2007

This page was created and is maintained by Mari Byers, Rutherford County TnGenWeb Coordinator. The information on this page has been generously donated and is not to be used for profit. Please feel free to email me with ideas, suggestions or if you just want to help us.

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