AN-18: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, TUSCULUM HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH, NOLENSVILLE RD

 

HAYWOOD         Born: 1762          Died: 1826          

Front inscription: HERE LIES/ JOHN HAYWOOD/ JURIST - HISTORIAN/ BORN MARCH 16, 1762/ IN HALIFAX COUNTY/ NORTH CAROLINA/ DIED DECEMBER 12, 1826/ AT "TUSCULUM"/ ADJOINING THIS PLOT.

Side inscription: JOHN HAYWOOD/ FATHER OF COMMON LAW IN TENNESSEE/ HAVING SERVED HIS NATIVE STATE OF/ NORTH CAROLINA AS ATTORNEY GENERAL/ AND JUDGE, HE REMOVED TO/ TENNESSEE IN 1807, AND PRACTICED/ LAW UNTIL 1816, WHEN HE WAS/ ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE/ TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS/ AND APPEAL, SERVING UNTIL/ HIS DEATH IN 1826. AMONG HIS/ PUBLISHED LEGAL WORKS WERE THE REVISAL OF THE PUBLIC ACTS/ OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE,/ 1809. THE FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED/ IN NASHVILLE, AND FIVE VOLUMES OF/ HAYWOOD'S REPORTS OF CASES DECIDED BY THE COURTS OF NORTH CAROLINA/ AND TENNESSEE WHILE HE WAS/ ON THE BENCH.       

 

Side inscription: JOHN HAYWOOD/ FATHER OF TENNESSEE HISTORY/ IN 1819 HE ORGANIZED THE/ ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY,/ FORERUNNER OF THE TENNESSEE/ HISTORICAL SOCIETY/ HE WAS AUTHOR OF THE/ NATURAL AND ABORIGINAL/ HISTORY OF TENNESSEE/ AND THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL/ HISTORY OF TENNESSEE/ THE FIRST AND BASIC BOOKS /OF TENNESSEE HISTORY/ PUBLISHED IN 1823

 

              

Back inscription: JOHN HAYWOOD/ THIS MONUMENT ERECTED/ IN 1959 TO COMMEMORATE/ ONE OF TENNESSEE'S PIONEERS /WHO BEQUEATHED A HERITAGE/ OF EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW/ BY/ BAR ASSOCIATION OF TENNESSEE/ TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY/ TENNESSEE  HISTORICAL COMMISSION/ COUNTY COURT OF HAYWOOD COUNTY.

 

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