by RobCo Explorers' Club | Apr 4, 2022 | History, Small Town
Jenny Blow Washington first arrived in Cedar Hill in 1802 with her sister, Sarah. One single document had changed the course of their lives. It read: “Whereas I Micah Blow of Sussex City hath bargained sold & delivered to Joseph and Andrew Washington two...
by RobCo Explorers' Club | Apr 4, 2022 | History
The stories of the men who first settled Tennessee are well known: James Robertson, Davy Crockett, and more. But what about the women who came with them? Lydia Kilgore’s husband, Thomas, was the first European to settle in Tennessee. In 1778, he had left Lydia and...
by RobCo Explorers' Club | Mar 31, 2022 | History, Small Town
When Lucy Williams married John Bell in 1782, she probably didn’t realize just how terrifying their lives together would be. Born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to a family of wealthy planters, Lucy married John when she was very young (some records point...
by RobCo Explorers' Club | Mar 30, 2022 | History, Small Town
Lena Mae Bransford was born in 1873 in Springfield, the daughter of former slaves. She grew up in a highly-segregated society where black and white citizens were separated in nearly every situation, from school to church to public swimming pools. Opportunities for...
by RobCo Explorers' Club | Mar 29, 2022 | History, Small Town
Lousia Christine Rolfing was born in Germany in 1838. Her family eventually immigrated to Cincinnati where she married Charles, another German immigrant, in 1863. They quickly made the move to Nashville where Charles worked as a grocer. Charles seemed to have a knack...
