An original will of W. F. Baker, State of Tennessee, Davidson County, dated January 3rd, 1871. Illustrates the first page of the document. The notation reads: “Recorded in Book of Wills and Inventories No. 21, Page 689.” Another notation...
A photograph of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church located at 2416 Clifton Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was founded in 1871 by Rev. Pharoah Benson, a former slave. The first church was built right across the street from the present day...
Back cover of Official Report of the Board of Health for the City of Nashville, February 1905, giving meteorological observations in Nashville for the month. Data includes maximum, minimum, and mean of temperature, the amount of precipitation, and...
A portrait photograph of Major John J. McCann, a Confederate Army veteran of the American Civil War, who became a prominent merchant miller based in Nashville, Tennessee during the post-war era. McCann, a Democrat, was born in Davidson County,...
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...
An original will of Alexander Allison, dated April 17th, 1871. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allison’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on January 22nd, 1874. Notation: “Recorded in Book of Wills, No....
Pictured: The sturdy “Edgefield” ferry with an unidentified group of people along the Cumberland River. Ferries were an important part of Davidson County Tennessee river history. The ferry was started in 1871 by Joseph and Theodore Clees....
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...
A photograph of the Eastwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) located at 1601 Eastland Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee in the East Nashville neighborhood. The church's congregation originated as the Woodland Street Christian Church in 1871. ...