An original will of Prudence Allcorn, dated January 1st, 1849. Illustrates the first page of the document. Notation on verso: “Recorded in Book 16, pages 414, 415.” Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of Sarah Emily Austin, of Nashville, Tennessee, dated February 3rd, 1849. Illustrates the first page of the document. The verso cites this will was “Recorded in Book No. 14, Pages 608, 609.” Forms part of Record Group 16,...
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, was organized in the 1840's when African American members of the First Baptist Church decided to start their own separate church under the leadership of Pastor Nelson Merry. The first meeting house, erected in...
A young Randal McGavock is standing in front of a column and red drape, right hand (complete with pinky ring) on hip and left hand holding a book. He is wearing a dark suit with a white vest. The frame is massive and elaborate. Randal William...
John Shelby in his middle age, with dark hair and wearing a dark jacket and white shirt. Born in 1786, John Shelby was a physician, a Postmaster, and a civic and church leader. He is said to have been the first child of European descent born in...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
20; West; 21; 20.0x34.0; 68; III; 07/23/1857; Bond, John B. 1845-1920; Bond, O.Z. 1846-1941; Gaither, Mary D.Z. 1850-1871; Sansom, Louisa Z. 1856-1949 (Plat book says she was born in 1849); Sansom, Rich H. 1854-1923; Wilson, James Hazzard...
28; Northeast; 65; 10.0x20.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Plat book this lot is owned by a Laird.; Laird, Mrs. S. J. 1830-1851; Laird, S. A. 1849 (infant of); Laird, J. A. 1851 (infant of)
A photograph of the Downtown Presbyterian Church located on the corner of present day Fifth Avenue and Church Street. When the building was first erected in 1849 the streets were called Summer Street and Spring Street, and the structure briefly...