Carters Creek Pk. (TN246) north of W. Harpeth Rd. Hardy Murfree was a lieutenant colonel in the Revolutionary War and played a significant role in many major engagements. He was awarded a military land grant of 5,760 acres in what was to become Williamson County, Tennessee. This spot would be the center of that grant. In 1807, he moved here from North Carolina with his children. He died suddenly in 1809 at his unfinished home, Grantland, near the banks of Murfree Fork Creek. Murfree's probate records indicate he owned 23,332 acres in 12 middle Tennessee counties, plus tracts near Zaneville, Ohio. His seven heirs inherited $10,170 worth of land each, plus ownership of nearly 100 enslaved persons. In 1811, the state of Tennessee renamed the town of Cannonsburgh Murfreesboro in his honor. His seven children were prominent in the area for decades.