They bought an acre (0.40 ha) of land from the nearby Wessyngton plantation to build a church.

[3] When the church was built, its location was a stagecoach stop on the route between Nashville and Clarksville.

[3] In 1864–5, the priest who served the church was Father Abram Ryan, who has been called "the poet-priest of the Confederacy".

[2] In 1934–5, the log structure was sheathed with clapboard siding obtained from the dismantlement of an Episcopal church at Glen Raven and the building received a major addition, giving it a T-shaped plan.

[3][4] St. Michael's was the only Roman Catholic parish in Robertson County until 1944, when Our Lady of Lourdes church was formed in Springfield.