Marriages of Rutherford County, Tennessee, 1804-1872 - Paperbackby Edythe Rucker Whitley (Author) Rutherford County, Tennessee was erected in 1803 from Davidson County and at one time occupied territory extending all the way south to the Alabama state line. With the exception of a few deed books, destroyed during the Civil War, most of the old records of Rutherford County are extant, and most like the marriage records can be found at the courthouse in Murfreesboro. What is singular about the Rutherford County