EDGEVILLE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY CEMETERY NO. 2
(REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL LOCATION)
NW-29 NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. BRICK CHURCH PIKE
Relocation of the graves, by professional archaeologists, took place in 1997. The remains were removed from the original burial site and re-interred in a different area of the property.
According to an article in the Tennessean, April 5, 1997, archaeologists stated that the burials had taken place between 1972 and the 1930s. In 1872, the cemetery was deeded to the Edgeville Benevolent Society Number 2.
According to Holman Milhous, only the names of seven people buried at the cemetery are known. The names listed were as follows:
ARMSTRONG, MARY (no dates)
HARRIS, MANDY Aug. 17, 1871 – Dec. 1904
LESTER, WILLIAM Sept. 23, 1896 – March 18, 1911
McCLAIN, RACHIEL Died July 8, 1898, aged 79 years
(Organizer of the Benevolent Society No. 2 and President for 23 years)
PHILLIPS, CARRIE (1887)
ROBERTSON, TOM Aug. 15, 1875 – Oct. 28, 1948
TILLEY, J. F. (no dates) Died at 66 years
To view these names and learn more about this cemetery, visit the web site at
www.interment.net/data/us/tn/davidson/edgeville.htm
UPDATE REPORT: 1-5-2008
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