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Home » The County » R. K. Hollifield » Rutherford County in 1884
Memories & Events of a Half Century by R. K. Hollifield

Rutherford County in 1884

Fragment of booklet: "1884: Rutherford County. Area 470 square miles. Population 15,198. White 11,925. Colored 3,273."

The Rutherford county of Robert K. Hollifield’s boyhood days in the 1880s would be unrecognizable to the eyes of those living in this modern day. We happened upon a little booklet of facts about the county in 1884, which lists the businesses, churches and many people in the area: officials, tradesmen, farmers, preachers, some of whom are mentioned in the Hollifield stories. There were four gold mines and four distilleries in the county at that time, three of each around the village of Cuba. Corn was far and way the largest agricultural crop grown (32,000 acres), providing food for the 15,000 inhabitants and 36,000 head of livestock, and there were 10 mills in the county to grind it. It’s an interesting assortment of statistics.

Read and let your imagination wander (PDF format).

Booklet found in the effects of Byron R. Bailey .

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  • Introduction
  • About the Author
  • Keep a Diary
  • The County in 1884
  • Chapters 1 – 10
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
  • Chapters 11 – 20
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Chapter 17
    • Chapter 18
    • Chapter 19
    • Chapter 20
  • Chapters 21 – 30
    • Chapter 21
    • Chapter 22
    • Chapter 23
    • Chapter 24
    • Chapter 25
    • Chapter 26
    • Chapter 27
    • Chapter 28
    • Chapter 29
  • Chapters 31 – 40
    • Chapter 31
    • Chapter 32
    • Chapter 33
    • Chapter 34
    • Chapter 35
    • Chapter 36
    • Chapter 37
    • Chapter 38
    • Chapter 39
    • Chapter 40
  • Chapters 41 – 47
    • Chapter 41
    • Chapter 42
    • Chapter 43
    • Chapter 44
    • Chapter 45
    • Chapter 46
    • Chapter 47

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