Rutherford County / Murphreesboro
(Front):
Rutherford County
Established 1803; named in honor of
Maj. Gen. Griffith Rutherford
of the Revolutionary Army; appointed by President Washington as a Member of the Legislature for the Southwest Territory, which later became the State of Tennessee.
(Back):
Murfreesboro
First settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actualy founded in 1811, on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who stipulated that the town should be named for Hardy Murfree, a Revolutionary veteran of Williamson County. From June, 1818 through April, 1826, it was the capital of the state.
Marker is at the intersection of Shelbyville Highway (U.S. 231) and Lynnford Drive, on the left when traveling south on Shelbyville Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
