About

It was about 1790 when the first settlers moved into Eagleville with their families. The first fifteen families were: William Jordan, Thomas Jordan, James Shepard, Robert Donaldson, James Neal, John Guy, Robert Wilson, James Gillespie, Joe Carson, Burgess, George White, Robert White, Daniel Scales, Absalom Scales, and Henry Ridley.
Thomas Jordan is a descendant of one of the founders of Jamestown, Virginia. Henry Ridley was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1834. Robert Wilson served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War. His wife was Jane McDowell. She molded bullets for her men to use at the battle of King's Mountain in North Carolina. Robert Wilson was the first man to cross the Cumberland Mountain in a Wagon. James Shepard and William Jordan also served in the Revolutionary War.
What is now Eagleville, was first named Manchester on May 7, 1832. But since there was already a Manchester post office, when we got a post office, the name had to be changed. A legend says that at about that time an unusually large eagle was killed in the hills behind the village. The name Eagleville was officially adopted on August 16, 1836.
Eagleville was a part of Williamson County until March 24, 1877 when it became a part of Rutherford County. Williamson County would not build a road from Franklin to Eagleville but Rutherford County agreed to build a road from Murfreesboro to Eagleville if Eagleville and surrounding area would become apart to Rutherford County.
Eagleville was a farming community. Other families that came to Eagleville before 1850 are the Marshall, McClaran, McCord, Bennett, Manier, Clark, Williams, Russell, Hughes, Ogilvie, King, Nunn, Morgan, Williamson, Owen, Floyd, Phillips, Gentry, Crick, Kelly, Johnson, Bellenfant, Bowman, Hemphill, Downing, McDowell, Puckett, Ralston, Mason, Chambers, Logan, Henderson. Relatives of many of these families still live in the Eagleville area.