CHICKERING CEMETERY (REMOVED)
OH-49: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN.
Original location probable in the area between Hillsboro Pike and Chickering Road.
Census of 1850. Davidson County, Tennessee
John Chickering was listed as Head of household. Age 55. Born Massachusetts
Sally Chickering, wife of John. Age 50. Born North Carolina
Children: John 16; Sarah 21; Charles 13; William 10; Eliza Hartwell 19
(Note: Only person with name “Chickering” listed 1850 Census in Tennessee)
Will Book 17. Davidson County. Will Pages 492-493. Inventory Page 352
Will of John Chickering. Written October 6, 1856. Recorded Feb. 23, 1858
To his wife Sarah, his household and kitchen furniture and 300 acres “on
which I now reside”
To my daughter Mary F, Lovejoy “$1,000 and no more from my estate”
To my four children, “sale of real estate to be divided between my four
children: John D. Chickering, Charles B. Chickering, William H. Chickering
and Sarah F. Fleming”
Inventory of John Chickering
Inventory recorded April 19, 1858
Executors “John D. Chickering and son-in-law R. T. Fleming”
Map of Davidson County, Tennessee, by Wilbur F. Foster, 1871, shows the location of the C.B. Chickering home place, in District 11, to the west of Hillsboro Pike, about two miles north of the Williamson County line. C. B. Chickering, son of John Chickering, was a neighbor to the Hardings of Belle Meade Plantation.
Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Lot purchased by R. T. Fleming
Section III Lot S ½ - 94.
“Transferred to this lot on May 16, 1870”
John Chickering 62 years
And on Adjoining half of Lot
Section III Lot N ½ - 94 Lot owned by M. N. Brown
“Transferred to this lot on May 16, 1870”
Thomas Fleming Chickering 1 year
William Hardin Chickering 5 years
Mrs. Annie Fleming Chickering 26 years
Section III Lot S ½ - 94 “Sarah Chickering. Removed from Public Vault to this lot.
July 10, 1879.” Sarah Chickering, wife of John Chickering, died December 12, 1878, and was first buried in the Vault at Mt. Olivet.
On March 7, 2005, Fletch Coke visited Mt. Olivet Cemetery Section III Lot S ½ - 94.
A handsome obelisk bears the following inscriptions:
John Chickering
Born June 25, 1794
Died Nov. 29, 1857
Sarah Waites
Wife of John Chickering
Born Aug. 3, 1796
Died Dec. 12, 1878
Sarah Chickering
Wife of R. T. Fleming
Born Aug. 1, 1828
Died Jan. 13, 1887
Robert T. Fleming
Born Nov. 24, 1826
Died Dec. 8, 1906
End of Inscriptions. Chickering-Fleming obelisk at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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