"History of Blackman Community" by Robert William Baskin Sr., 1986
This information contains excerpts from the book. Many thanks to Mr. Thomas Blackman
Since the very beginning of the settlement of this county, Blackman Community has played a major role in its social, economic an historical development, The land is unsurpassed in its fertility, it is level and free of rock and hills, the people have been most enterprising and this community was the bread basket during the Civil War,
There is a store at the crossroads and it once had a post office and blacksmith shop. There were doctors to look
after the sick and a school and two churches. Basically, Blackman has always been noted for its broad, rich fields
and is too close to Murfreesboro to develop into a business ommunity.
Blackman was named for one of its earliest settlers, Esq. Alfred Blackman who came to Rutherford County from Sampson County, North Carolina in 1808 with his father, James Blackman and others of the family, The Blackmans, Kings and Snells came to the county near the same time and
they were related.
Esquire Alfred Blackman was born at Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina in 1790 and was 18 years of age upon arrival. As the years passed, he acquired much land. He put up a blacksmith Shop on the southeast corner of the crossroads before the Civil War and prior to that conflict, the area was called Blackman's Shop. In 1898, the Blackmans (five in number) petitioned for and established a post office, and since that time the name has been called Blackman. |
