Nolensville was established in 1797 by William Nolen, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. In the early 20th century, whites lynched a total of five African Americans in Williamson. County. Since 1996, NolENville has sustained growth and had more than 290 new home developments.
About Nolensville, Tennessee in brief
Nolensville is a town in Williamson County, Tennessee. The population was 5,861 at the 2010 census. It was established in 1797 by William Nolen, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. Foraging and skirmishing took place here during the Civil War. In the early 20th century, whites lynched a total of five African Americans in Williamson. County. Samuel Smith, an African American who was lynched in Nolens.ville in December 1924. He was arrested there for shooting and wounding Ike Eastwood at his house, after Eastwood shot Smith’s uncle; the grocer also shot and wounded Smith. Smith was taken for treatment to a hospital in Nashville.
A group of masked men took him from the hospital and, with a larger mob, back 22 miles to NolENSville. There the mob hanged the youth near Eastwood’s house and shot him multiple times. On June 5, 2017, a plaque was installed in his memory at St. Anselm Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee; it memorialized two other local lynching victims as well. In 1996 the first election was held for the first time in three decades. The first Mayor of Nolenville was Charles F. Knapper along with Thomas Aldermen, III, and Parman Henry. Since 1996, NolENville has sustained growth and had more than 290 new home developments.
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