WILLIAMS CEMETERY
OH-07: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, SADDLEWOOD LANE
25 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
1 FIELDSTONE
WALLER Born: 1891 Died: 1901
Front inscription: ROBERT/ WALLER/ BORN/ AUG. 5, 1891/ DIED/ JULY 21, 1901/ OUR DARLING ONE/ HAS GONE BEFORE/ TO GREET US ON THE/ BLISSFUL SHORE
WILLIAMS Born: 1868
Front inscription: EUDORA H. WILLIAMS/ DAUGHTER TO/ J.C. & SALLIE SNEED/ WILLIAMS/ 1868-
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: E.H.W.
WILLIAMS Born: 1822 Died: 1890
Front inscription: JOHN CURRIN WILLIAMS/ BORN/ JULY 12, 1822/ DIED/ JAN. 12, 1890/ MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: J.C.W.
WILLIAMS Born: 1826 Died: 1910
Front inscription: MOTHER/ SARAH MARR SNEED WIFE OF/ J.C. WILLIAMS/ DEC.1, 1826/ MAR. 4, 1910
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: SMSW
WILLIAMS
Front inscription: C.P. WILLIAMS/ 1856-?/HIS WIFE/ ROSA HOLT/ 1858-1917
BLACKMAN Born: 1883 Died: 1884
Front inscription: LITTLE SARAH/ DAUGHTER OF/ W.H. & ANNA W./ BLACKMAN/ BORN/ APR. 28, 1883/ DIED/ JULY 24, 1884
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
BLACKMAN Born: 1889 Died: 1891
Front inscription: WILLIE HAYS/ SON OF/ W.H. & ANNA W./ BLACKMAN/ BORN/ JAN. 22, 1889/ DIED/ JUNE 3, 1891
BLACKMAN Born: 1851 Died: 1890
Front inscription: ANN CURRIN WILLIAMS/ BORN/ JAN. 2, 1851/ MARRIED WM. H. BLACKMAN/ JULY 11, 1878/ DIED/ SEPT. 3, 1890/ IN GOD HAVE I PUT MY TRUST
BLACKMAN Born: 1850 Died: 1931
Front inscription: WILLIAM H. BLACKMAN/ BORN/ JUNE 30, 1850/ DIED/ NOV. 1931
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
WILLIAMS Born: 1837 Died: 1870
Front inscription: GEO. W. WILLIAMS/ SON OF/ TURNER & ANN WILLIAMS/ BORN/ JUNE 11, 1837/ DIED/ JULY 29, 1870/ BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL/ FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY/ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: GWW
WILLIAMS Born: 1869 Died: 1895
Front inscription: JAMES TURNER/ SON OF/ G.W. & M.M. WILLIAMS/ BORN/ JAN. 26, 1869/ MAR. 15, 1895/ THOU NO MORE OUR SORROWS KNOW/ YET AGAIN WE HOPE TO MEET THEE
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: JTW
UNKNOWN
FOOTSTONE ONLY
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: R.H.W.
WILLIAMS Born: 1886 Died: 1887
Front inscription: ROSANA LEA/ DAUGHTER OF/ C.P. ROSA WILLIAMS/ BORN/ DEC. 16, 1886/ DIED/ SEPT. 6, 1887/ GONE TO REST
WILLIAMS
Front inscription: WILLIAMS/ INFANT SON/ OF/ T&A WILLIAMS
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
WILLIAMS Born: 1797 Died: 1847
Front inscription: ANN WILLIAMS/ WIFE OF TURNER/ WILLIAMS/ BORN AUGUST/ 27, 1797 DIED/ MARCH 3, 1847/ BLESSED ARE/ THE PURE IN/ HART FOR THEY/ SHALL SEE GOD
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
WILLIAMS Born: 1796
Front inscription: TURNER/ WILLIAMS/ BORN SEPT/ 25TH 1796/ DIED/ MARRIED TO/ ANN CURRIN/ MAY 22ND / 1817/ T. WILLIAMS/ MARRIED TO/ SEMAMHA/ HOPKINS/ SEPT. 22, 1852
WILLIAMS Born: 1826 Died: 1848
Front inscription: ROBERT T./SON OF T& A/ WILLIAMS/ BORN JULY/ 26, 1826 DIED/ NOVE. 21, 1848
WILLIAMS Born: 1830 Died: 1850
Front inscription: DANIEL H./ SON OF T&A/ WILLIAMS/ BORN MAY/ 30, 1830 DIED/ SEPT. 8, 1850
WILLIAMS Born: 1832 Died: 1852
Front inscription: MEMORY/ OF/ MARY E. LEVIE/ DAUGHTER TO/ T&A WILLIAMS/BORN OCT. 11, 1832/ DIED DEC. 21, 1852
WILLIAMS Born: 1796 Died: 1882
Front inscription: TURNER/ WILLIAMS/ BORN SEPT. 25TH / 1796/ DIED AUG. 16TH / 1882/ BLESSED ARE THE DEAD/ WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
WILLIAMS Died: 1811
Front inscription: IN/ MEMORY OF/ CHRISTIANA/ WIFE OF/ N. WILLIAMS/ & MOTHER OF ??/T. WILLIAMS/ DIED 1811
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
WILLIAMS Born: 1751 Died: 1820
Front inscription: IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ NIMROD/ WILLIAMS/ BORN FEB. 10TH / 1751/ DIED FEB. 1820/ FATHER OF T./ WILLIAMS
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
WILLIAMS Born: 1810 Died: 1853
Front inscription: BENJAMIN/ S. WILLIAMS/ BORN JUNE 2, 1810/ DIED JULY 19, 1853
Footstone: YES
WILLIAMS Born: 1821 Died: 1848
Front inscription: MEMORY/ OF/ NIMROD G./ WILLIAMS BORN/ SEPT. 16, 18?1/ DIED SEPT. 21, 1848/ BLESSED ARE THE/ DEAD THAT DIE IN/ THE LORD
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
HARDEMAN Born: 1820 Died: 1859
Front inscription: IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ ANN WIFE OF WM./ HARDEMAN/ DAUGHTER OF T&/ ANN WILLIAMS/ BORN JULY 21, 1820/ DIED DEC. ?, 1859
Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE
WILLIAMS Born: 1843 Died: 1862
Front inscription: MEMORY/ OF/ HARRISON A./ SON OF/ T&A WILLIAMS/ BORN 6 JUNE/ 1843/ DIED 4 SEPT. 1862
SITE SURVEYED NOVEMBER 13, 1999
On May 13, 2005, Cemetery Survey Volunteers revisited the Williams Cemetery to take photographs of the fallen obelisk in the graveyard for a descendant who had emailed the Davidson County Cemetery Survey web site. To the surprise and pleasure of the Volunteers, the property owner was at home and pointed out that the obelisk had been restored. Thanks were due to Eugene Williams, descendant of the original Williams of this part of the Davidson County, whose ancestors were buried in this cemetery. The inscriptions on the obelisk could not be read in the past because the words were facing down to the ground.
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE OBELISK. (5-13-2005)
SARAH E./ SNEED/ BORN SEPT. 2ND/ 1828/ DIED FEB. 6TH/ 1852 IN/ TEXAS
D. H. WILLIAMS/ BORN MAY 30/ 1830
MARY E. LEVEY/ BORN OCT. 4, 1832
N. M. WILLIAMS/ BORN FEB. 11TH/ 1835
G. W. WILLIAMS/ BORN JUNE 11TH/ 1837
INFANT SON/ JULY 15/ 1839
B. S. WILLIAMS/ JUNE 2ND 1840
H. A. WILLIAMS/ JUNE 6TH 1843
Additions to Williams Cemetery web site listing. May 2005
Eugene Williams, descendant of Nimrod Williams who was buried in the Williams Cemetery, sent information to the Davidson County Cemetery Survey on May 31, 2005.
From an article by Vance Little, City Historian, Brentwood Journal, August 1, 1996:
“… The first of the Williams family to come to what is now Brentwood was Daniel Williams. He got here a few months before the main body of settlers arrived in 1780… At the first meeting of the Davidson County Court in 1783, Williams was elected sheriff. It was Davidson County, North Carolina, then, since Tennessee did not become a state until 1796. As sheriff, he was the chief law enforcement office of the frontier settlement. He was succeeded to that office by his son Sampson, who became the second sheriff of Davidson County. Daniel Williams died in 1793. He was presumably buried on the Williams plantation. Court records reveal that he was living “near Mayfield Station” in 1789. In his will he named the following children: James, Amos, Turner, Nimrod, Daniel, Sampson, Wright and Eunice… Nimrod, along with two brothers, fought in the Revolutionary War. Nimrod continued to live on the Williams land after the death of his father…”
Nimrod and his wife Christiana and many of their family members were buried in the Williams Cemetery. Most of the land around the cemetery has been developed. Yet some of the original land is still in the hands of Eugene Williams, descendant of the original settlers.
RESEARCH REPORT: 5-15-2006
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