OH-40: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, EXPEDITION COURT

5 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

HURT Born: 1820 Died: 1842

Front inscription: ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ EMILY FRANCES/ CONSORT OF/ FREDERICK O. HURT/ BORN JULY 19TH 1820/ DIED MARCH 9TH 1842/ AGED/ 21 YEARS 7 MOS. & 18 DAYS

 

HURT Born: 1786 Died: 1842

Front inscription: SACRED/ TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF/ FLOYD HURT/ BORN OCT. 2, 1786/ DIED MARCH 26, 1842/ AGED 55 YEARS 5 MOS. & 24 DS./ HE WAS ONE OF THE NOBLEST WORKS/ OF GOD. AN HONEST MAN./ DIED IN FULL TRIUMPH OF A LIVING/ FAITH. NOW RESTS FROM/ ALL HIS LABOURS.

Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: F..H

 

UNKNOWN

ONLY BASE OF HEADSTONE REMAINS

 

UNKNOWN

MODERN GRAVE, RECENT CONCRETE MARKER

 

CARTER Born: 1831 Died: 1892

Front inscription: CARRIE L. CARTER/ BORN/ MARCH 9, 1831,/ DIED/ NOV. 13, 1892./ BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART/ FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.

 

CARTER Born: 1869 Died: 1889

Front inscription: LEILA B./ DAUGHTER OF/ W. F. & CARRIE L./ CARTER./ BORN/ JAN. 14, 1869/ DIED/ JULY 17, 1889/ ASLEEP IN JESUS BLESSED SLEEP/ FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKES TO WEEP.

 

HURT Born: 1839 Died: 1841

Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ LAURA FRANCES/ DAUGHTER OF/ F. O. & EMILY F. HURT/ BORN DEC 9TH 1839/ DIED APRIL 11TH 1841/ IN GOD ALMIGHTY OUR COMFORT HIGH (REST OF TEXT ILLEGIBLE)

 

SITE SURVEYED APRIL 6, 2002