Abrams Family Farm in Lutts Named Newest Tennessee Century Farm

On April 7, 2026, the Abrams Farm in Wayne County, Tennessee was named the newest addition to the Tennessee Century Farms Program.

Administered by the Center for Historic Preservation (CHP) at Middle Tennessee State University, the Tennessee Century Farms Program identifies, documents, and recognizes farms owned by the same family for at least 100 years. To date, nearly 2100 farms have been certified. The CHP maintains the Century Farm database of information and photographs, most of which is based on applications supplied by the farm families.

The Abrams Farm in Wayne County has been raising crops and livestock in the Lutts community since 1922. In September of that year, George Washington Eaton purchased about 160 acres of the community’s oldest farm, planted row crops, and raised cattle and swine. George and his wife, Sarah A. Harbour Eaton, had five children. Daughter Fannie Mae Eaton Abrams and her husband, Edward McFagan Abrams, became the farm’s second owners in 1928.

In 1941, Fannie Mae and Edward’s son Theodore Roosevelt “T.R.” Abrams began purchasing small parcels of the farm from his parents. He later added adjoining land to the farm, growing it to the 300-acre farm it is today. He grew cotton, corn, soybeans, and hay. T.R. and Frankie Stricklin Abrams had one son, James Harding Abrams, who became the farm’s next owner. His sons, Sandy Lynn Abrams and Randy Glenn Abrams, work the land today, producing hay and cattle.

The Lutts community is still recovering from the 2015 EF-3 tornado that damaged multiple buildings, including the Abrams family's historic farmhouse and the house lived in by James and Rachel Abrams. Although the houses were destroyed by the tornado, the vicious storm couldn’t destroy the soil the farm was built on, and the Abrams Century Farm remains a historic and working farm today.

For more information on the Tennessee Century Farms program, including an application that you may download, and a list by county of Century Farms and their history, visit the Web site at www.tncenturyfarms.org.