Towns, Villages and Settlements of the County
Peytonsville was called
Snatchett
It is a matter of record that in 1836
Peytonsville was called Snatchett, or as the public now have it,
Snatch. Its name originated in the fact, it is said, that one
individual owed another $10, and the creditor being unable to
collect the debt seized the opportune moment and snatched the
money from the unsuspecting debtor. One of the first settlers at
this place was Andrew Campbell.
Thompson Station
Thompson Station is located about seven
miles south of Franklin, in District No. 1. It is the principal
shipping point for that section of the county over the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The place contains from 100 to
200 inhabitants. The station contains several stores, a
cotton-gin and other business houses; also a Methodist and a
Christian Church. Historically this place is known by several
very severe engagements fought near it in the late war.
Brentwood
Brentwood is a station on the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad near the line between Williamson and
Davidson Counties. It is beautifully situated and contains
several business houses, a post office, shops and a Methodist
Church. A severe skirmish was fought here in Hood's retreat from
Nashville.
Nolensville
Nolensville is situated on the head
waters of Mill Creek in District No. 17. It was named in honor
of one of the oldest families in the county. It is surrounded by
an excellent farming country. Nolensville dates back in the
thirties. The pike leading to Nashville from Nolensville was
built in the latter part of the thirties and the beginning of
the forties. Nolensville has a large number of business houses
for a place of its size. It also has a graded school of three
departments and a post office. There is an I. O. O. F. Lodge
also a Masonic Lodge, a Blue Lodge and Chapter.
Triune
Triune is the name of a neighboring post
office in District No. 18. It is on the pike leading from
Nolensville to College Grove. This is the seat, of a church and
has a consolidated school and a cotton gin nearby. This place is
situated near the head waters of Wilson's Creek, a tributary of
the Big Harpeth.
Arrington
Near the corners of Districts Nos. 14,
18 and 20, is a post office called Arrington.
College Grove
On Big Harpeth, near the county line is
situated College Grove. This has long been a pleasant
neighborhood and the seat of an excellent school. It now
contains a school of three departments, a Presbyterian and a
Methodist Church.
Jordan Store
On Grove Creek in the same district is
Jordan Store post office.
Reed's Store
In the southeast corner of the county,
in District No. 22, is Reed's Store post office.
Bethesda
Bethesda post office is situated near
the center of District No. 12 in a thickly settled neighborhood.
There has been a church at the place since 1839. There is also
an academy and one or two business houses.
Peytonsville
Peytonsville now contains one store, a
post office and a blacksmith shop. It also contains a Methodist
Church built in 1857, and a Christian Church of recent
construction. There is also a Masonic hall, Lodge No. 337, F. &
A. M.
Other neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods, points and post
offices are Williamsburg in the Fourth District; Boston post
office, White Oak post office in the Second, and Leiper's Fork
or Hillsboro post office in the Third. Hillsboro, or
Hillsborough as formerly spelled, is an old settlement; James
Adams was an early resident at that place. In the First are
Christiana post office, Basin Springs post office and Smith's
Springs; in the Fourth is West Harpeth and in the Seventh is
Beechville.
Williamson County
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Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed
Publishing Company, 1886
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