455 West Jefferson Pike Murfreesboro, TN
Circa 1850. 2-story I-structure Greek Revival
Photo by rossograph
Col. Anderson Searcy, Jr. (1834-1910) and Amanda Evallina Batey Searcy (1843-1881) built their Greek home in the Walter Hill area. [Anderson’s first wife was Nannie K. Speer Wade Searcy - 1829-1910. They were married in 1885.] He commanded the 45th Tennessee Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. [Searcy’s family history was interesting: Grandfather Reuben Searcy was a leader of the Regulator movement in North Carolina. He also was brother-in-law to Judge Richard Henderson who had purchased a tremendous tract of land in what became the middle Tennessee area. He had hired Daniel Boone and others to explore and trailblaze the territory.]
The next owner was Andrew (A.J.) Matthews, Searcy’s son-in-law, married Elizabeth L. “Lizzie” Searcy Matthews (1856-1916); they purchased the home in 1870. They had left by 1910. In the early 1900s, son, Epps Edwin Matthews (1889-1955) and Sara Ridley Matthews (1894-1989) owned the property.
Later by 1952, Jane Ridley Matthews Tarpley (1921-2010) and her husband Thomas Madison Tarpley, Jr. (1922-2006) inherited farm until 2003 (?2007) NRHP 2011
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