MILTON A. PATTERSON CEMETERY
(REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL LOCATION)
NE-27: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. (REMOVED)
Original Location. The present-day location of the Drury Inn on Donelson Pike near Interstate I-40.
Cemetery Removed. June 1999
On September 10, 2001, Doug Page, descendant of Milton A. Patterson, provided to the Davidson County Cemetery Survey historical information about the cemetery and its removal.
In June 1999, John Marchetti of Nashville, under the supervision of Nick Fielder, State Archaeologist, removed the Patterson Cemetery from the site for the construction of the Drury Inn. The graveyard was identified on the Nashville East Quadrangle topographical map. In the cemetery, one tombstone was found with the name and dates of Milton A. Patterson and
21 fieldstones were found for unknown burials. Re-interment took place at Maple View Cemetery, Smyrna, Tennessee.
At Maple View Cemetery, Smyrna, TN. there are two tombstones:
Milton A. Patterson
Born March 8, 1831
Died July 9, 1903
In Memory of 21 Unknown Graves moved from
the Patterson Cemetery, Donelson, TN.
According to family records, descendant Doug Page reported that his great great grandmother and two of her children were among those buried with fieldstones in the "old Patterson Graveyard on Donelson Pike."
Sarah Jane Exum Page
First Wife of George Hamilton Page
Married January 31, 1856
Died February 17, 1863
Ella Page George Green Page
Born February 14, 1857 Born August 14, 1860
Died November 5, 1859 Died June 6, 1863
Report: 10-10-2002