BE-57: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. (REMOVED)

Original Location. Crafton Cemetery was located off Highway 100, south of Collins Road, in the area now developed and called the Stonemeade Subdivision.

Cemetery Removed. The graves of those buried in the Crafton Cemetery were re-interred at Harpeth Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 9090 Highway 100. On June 9, 2003, Jack Zuccarello provided the Davidson County Cemetery Survey project with the names of those re-interred from the Crafton Cemetery to Harpeth Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery. From the tombstones in the Crafton lot are the following inscriptions:

Anna M. Crafton.     Sept. 9, 1897 - Aug. 23, 1918

Arizona Crafton.     Dec. 31, 1878 - Jan. 23, 1903

M. A. Burlington.     Aug. 18, 1808 - Jan. 17, 1897

Wilkens Smith.     Dec. 8, 1882 - June 30, 1969

Ida B. Crafton.     Feb. 15, 1859 - Oct. 9, 1880

Mamie Crafton.     March 15, 1880 - March 17, 1880

Augusta Slayden.     Dec. 30, 1852 - March 2, 1862

Jesse Collins.     Dec. 1832 - May 1902

Anna E. Dillahunty.     Jan. 24, 1841 - Feb. 10, 1919

Walter C. Crafton.     March 14, 1877 - March 25, 1957

Annie M. Crafton.     Aug. 7, 1885 – July 15, 1947

Jack Zuccarello also provided the following genealogical data:

Mary Ann (nee Hollingsworth) Burlington was the twin sister of Henry Hollingsworth, a two-term mayor of Nashville (1837-1839). Anna Eliza Dillahunty was the daughter of Mary Ann and John Burlington. She married Jesse Collins on January 20, 1858. After Jesse died, she married Peter Lewis Dillahunty. She was a well-loved teacher in the community Nashville Banner, obituary on Monday, Feb. 10, 1919. Ida B. Collins Crafton was the daughter of Anna and Jesse Collins. Crafton Cemetery has also been known as the Collins Cemetery. Mr. Zuccarello wished to acknowledge the assistance of Becky Duncan in locating the original Crafton Cemetery.

Report: 10-19-2003