317 Natchez St, Franklin TN 37064 Following the Civil War, the Freemen's Bureau opened schools across Williamson County for the education of recently emancipated slaves, who had numbered over 12,000 in 1860. With the establishment of a public school system in 1873 Williamson County children attended segregated, mostly one-room schools The African American county schools included Allison, Beechvile, Boxley Valley, Boyd, Brentwood. Cedar Hill, Fitzgerald, Florenceville, Green Cove, Goose Creek, Hills Valley, Hillsboro, Holt-Edmondson, Huntsville, Kirkland, Lee Buckner Linwood, Locust Ridge, Mt. LaVergne, Murfree's Fork, Nolensville, Patton, Pearly Hill, Perkins, Rucker's Chapel, Rural Hill, Shady Grove, Thompson's Station, Watson Hill, and Westwood.