Noldesville Rd. @ Mill Creek
Circa before 1858-60. 2-story white frame home with 2 story porch across front
Jeremiah Walker Primm (1783-1860) built but did not reside in the home. He was married to Rebekah Primm. The outbreak of the Civil War delayed establishing the homestead.
About 1870, Jeremiah's son Lorenzo Dow Primm (1806-1882)and Mary E. Currin Primm (1806-1883) purchased the home and 81 acres of farm. But within a few years, financial difficulties emerged and the property was sold at auction.
In 1878, the property was owned by John Currin Williams (1827-?) and Sarah Marr Sneed Wililams. They wed in 1848. She was part of the Perkins and Hardin clan of Williamson County. Their oldest son Constantine Perkins "Tine" Williams (1886-1947) inherited the home. He was married twice: Rosanna Herbert Holt Williams (1858-1917)(m.1878) and Emma Still Williams (1892-1950)(m.1920).Rosa's father was William Thomas Holt who had purchased the Ogilvie Place nearby.The Williams, Currin, and Primm families were all close neighbors in what was at the time a remote community.
Constantine was a successful businessman - operating a farm, a mill, a blacksmith and a general store. During the Williams family residence, the farm and home were called Wrencoe - " rain crow" was the name of a local frog. It was enlarged over the years. In the 1880, it hosted a post office, a dry goods store, a blacksmith shop. By the 1880s, the area community was also called Wrencoe with a post office.
By 1974, Williams' grandson William Perkins Williams inherited and owned the property.
Sources:
Nashville: A Short History and Selected Buildings, p. 245
Past Remembered, Paul Clements, p. 128
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