The current community was founded by and named for Colonel Charles Ready, an early settler who arrived in the area in 1802.Larry L. Miller (2001), Tennessee place-names, Indiana University Press. Page 174. In 1811, Ready established the first community post office, currently located in Rutherford County. The following year, while mayor of Murfreesboro, he constructed the Readyville Mill on the east fork of Stones River in Cannon County. The mill was destroyed in a fire of unknown origin during the American Civil War, rebuilt in the 1870s, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 12, 1973. After a 2006 restoration, one of the auxillary buildings was operated as a restaurant on most weekends from 2009 until February 2023 under three different owners.https://digital.mtsu.edu/digital/collection/p15838coll4/id/3306/https://boropulse.com/2014/12/goodness-gracious-grits-corncakes-stuffed-strawberries-readyville-mill/https://www.dnj.com/story/entertainment/dining/2022/03/03/murfreesboro-smyrna-tn-new-businesses-restaurants-grocery/9341247002/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy63reeAL0chttps://www.wgnsradio.com/article/80370/readyville-mill-destroyed-by-tornado
