PATTERSON CEMETERY

 

AN-07: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. KINHAWK DRIVE

WHEN CEMETERY SURVEYORS VISITED THIS CEMETERY ON FEBRUARY 17, 2000, ONE TOMBSTONE WAS LOCATED AND RECORDED. AFTER LEARNING FROM DESCENDANTS THAT, AT ONE TIME, THIS HAD BEEN A LARGE FAMILY GRAVEYARD, WITH AS MANY AS 25 TOMBSTONES, A REVISIT WAS PLANNED. ON DECEMBER 5, 2002, THREE ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND THREE CEMETERY SURVEYORS RETURNED TO THE SITE. CAREFUL EXPLORATION OF THE SURROUNDING AREA RESULTED IN THE LOCATION OF ONE ADDITIONAL TOMBSTONE WITH AN INSCRIPTION. THIS TOMBSTONES WAS RECORDED. OTHER LARGE PIECES OF BROKEN TOMBSTONES WERE FOUND, BUT THEIR INSCRIPTIONS WERE FACE DOWN AND COULD NOT BE READ.

TWO TOMBSTONES WITH INSCRIPTIONS:

ROBERT H. PATTERSON

BORN FEB. 1, 1828

DIED DEC. 6, 1858

AGED 30 YEARS 10 MONTHS

AND FIVE DAYS

 

ERECTED BY

R. H. PATTERSON

IN MEMORY OF

THE LOVE OF HIS

WIFE MARTHA ANN

WHO DEPARTED THIS

LIFE SEPT. 11, 1851

AGED 23 YEARS

& 1 MONTH

WHY SHOULD WE WEEP

AT … TRANSIENT PAIN

(LINE ILLEGIBLE)

MAY MEET AGAIN.

SITE SURVEYED: FEBRUARY 17, 2000, AND DECEMBER 5, 2002.