Should i persue this lead ?

[mical66]

a little History , after researching a few civil war maps for my area trying to find some battle spots to take my son and MD , i noticed a place called Greeneville College on the map where there is no college now. after talking to a few people and no one knew anything about it i actually bumped into some one that knew exactly what i was talking about and had actually owned the property the college was on but had sold it . the college was tore down a very long time ago she said and is now pasture for cattle .
i have the land owners name and can use the other person as a reference , to see if i can search the field .
problem is this , i have no idea how long this was a college , will i find anything other then a bunch of old nails and debri from the demolition ? is it worth getting permission and checking ? it is from the mid 1800,s

 

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[spartacus53]

Well that lead may turn up lead if it were a battlefield, or adjacent to one

I'd do a little more up on it

 

[Tom_in_CA]

If the site is no secret to the history books, then odds are, it's been hit. Even if the current owners don't know it, etc.... Not that that would stop me from hitting it, since "no one gets it all".

 

[mical66]

as far as a i know there were no battles around the area of the school . it caught my eye because it was in the middle of no where in the county , and its farm land now .
the civil war era map of tennesse 1864 shows it and that is the only one i have seen so far.
so i am going to do more research , but i have no idea when it was built , how long it was open and what type of college was it ? Because as i said , it was 5 miles atleast from town out in the county.

 

[spartacus53]

This may not be much help, but you might try and look up more on Charles Coffin

History of Greenville, (Davidson County) Tennessee United States of America

 

[joe_dirt]

If it's no problem for you to get to and you can get permission, I'd definitely give it a shot if I were you.

 

[releventchair]

Unless better leads were being worked that sounds like a great spot to sample a couple hours at least!.

 

[mical66]

Greene County , Greeneville Tenn. has that 3rd e in there ..

 

[surf]

Hello mical,

I'd definitely pursue this. It seems to date from the late 18th Century: Tusculum College

You'll notice the Civil War use, I'm sure.

 

[Davers]

YES GO FOR IT & BE PAITENT .GOOD LUCK

 

[mical66]

1808 Hugh Brown receives first academic degree from Tusculum's predecessor, Greeneville College

1868 Greeneville College and Tusculum College merge to become Greeneville & Tusculum College.

so that dates it a little better, Hugh brown recived a degree in 1808 from there , so it was up and running before 1808 and merged in 1868.. so thats atleast 68 years , and if tusculum served as barracks durign the civil war then i would think Greeneville college did also .. i think it is time to contact the land owner and start smoozing .....

 

[mical66]

thank you for the info and input,, i totally ignored tusculum college and never thought they merged .