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SINGLETON'S NASHVILLE
THOS. J. MERRITT.
J. W. HILL.
T. J. MERRITT & CO.,
&
No. 47 CHURCH ST.,
Nashville, Tenn.,
Photographers,
AND DEALERS IN
Photographic and Ambrotype
APPARATUS and MATERIAL.
CAMERAS FOR SALE.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND, $20,000 WORTH OF PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS
WELL SELECTED, AND AT A
Small Advance on Eastern Prices.
All orders, accompanied by the cash, promptly attended to.
Thos. J. Merritt & Co., 47 Church Street.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
E. R. DRIVER.
A. R. BROWN. DRIVER & BROWN,
Successors to James Erwin & Son, No. 32 West Side Public Square, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND
IMPORTERS
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DEALERS
IN
HARDWARE.
We have and keep constantly on hand the LARGEST and BEST ASSORTED STOCK in this city, consisting, in part, of
Carpenters' Tools, Coopers' Tools, Wagon Makers' Tools,
Blacksmiths' Tools, Gunsmiths' Tools, Butchers' Tools.
Farming Implements of all kinds of the best make. Scales and Balances of every description.
In short, every thing usually kept by Hardware Dealers, all of which we will sell lower than the lowest.
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SINGLETON'S NASHVILLE
College Hill Iron Foundery AND
MACHINE SHOP, Lebanon Pike, near City Water Works. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
S. E. JONES,
MANUFACTURER OF EVERY VARIETY OF
Machinery, Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Mill Gearing, etc.
ORNAMENTAL AND PLAIN CASTINGS ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORKS, OPEN FRONTS, FENCES, VERANDAHS,
AND
WROU IRON WORK,
Made from the best material, and executed with neatness and dispatch. .
ALSO
Cooking and Heating Stoves POTS, OVENS, SKILLETS, ETC. Shops, Lebanon Pike, near Water Works, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Gallery of the Cumberland 25 Cedar Street, Nashville, Tenn.
TC
This is the leading Gallery of the South-west and it is the aim of the Proprietor to keep up its popularity in every branch of its business.
CARTES DE VISITE, Made as usual in a style and with a finish unsurpassed by any.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Of every SIZE and STYLE suitable for framing. Especial attention paid to Family and other Groups.
PEARL MINIATURES
This elegant picture is a specialty of this establishment. Imitations have been - made at other Galleries in this City, but as they are colored merely with dry Ambrotype Colors they are readily distinguished from the beautiful Water-colored Pearl Miniatures of this Gallery.
LIFE SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS Finely colored in Oil and Pastell.
COPYING.
Particular attention paid to copying old ambrotypes, etc., and pictures made from them of any size.
AMBROTYPES-Of every style and size made at short notice. Cards de Visite and Albums for sale in endless variety
A. S. MORSE, Proprietor.
CINCINNATI
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BRUNSMICH'S
PATENT.
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J. M. BRUNSWICK & BRO., Proprietors, Factory, North-east corner Elm and Canal Streets; Office and Warehouse, 8 W. Sixth St., CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Keep constantly on hand an assortment of PLAIN AND FANCY CUES, CUE TIPS, BILLIARD CLOTH, FRENCH CHALK, BILLIARD BALLS, TEN-PIN BALLS, and all Materials belonging to the Trade.
Remember J. M. BRUNSWICK'S latest improved PATENT COMBINATION CUSHIONS, patented December 8, 1857, June 7, 1859, July 12, 1859, and for which ONE GOLD and ONE SILVER MEDAL have been awarded at different fairs. These are the only true Combination Cushions, being used by the most scientific players in the United States, such as Phil. Tieman, and John Seereter, and others, too numerous to mention, who have pronounced them the only reliables, for speed and correctness of angles, aud which the inventor will warrant for FIVE YEARS, ordinary wear aud tear excepted.
MANUFACTORY, BILLIARD TABLE
MAMMOTH STEAM POWER
SINGLETON'S NASHVILLE
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Boots and Shoes.
G. LOUIS WERTH.
JAS. F. DAVENPORT.
G. L. WERTH & CO.,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
Boots, Shoes and Gaiters,
Suitable for both the City and Country Trade, No. 30 Cedar Street, near Cherry, NASHVILLE, TENN.
You will find this the best and cheap- est place in the city for Boots, Shoes & Hosiery.
G. L. WERTH & CO.
Are sole Agents for the State of Tennessee for Wm. Claflin's cele- brated custom-made fine CALF and HEAVY BOOTS.
Military men, as well as citizens, will find it to their advantage to exam- ine our stock before purchasing elsewhere, as we keep constantly on hand the largest assortment of Ladies', Gentlemen's, Misses', Boys', Youths' and Children's Fine Boots, Shoes, Balmorals and Gaiters of all descriptions.
G. L. WERTH & CO., No. 30 Cedar Street.
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SINGLETON'S BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
A. & M. Landsberg
CORNER PUBLIC SQUARE & MARKET ST.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Sutlers' Supplies,
Wines,
Liquors,
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
Boots,
Shoes,
Hats,
Furnishing Goods,
AND NOTIONS.
We offer inducements to Sutlers and Dealers, as we have a buyer con- stantly in the Eastern markets, buying at auction, and can, therefore, sell goods at low figures. We can not be undersold. All our goods warranted to give satisfaction.
TERMS REASONABLE.
A. & M. LANDSBERG, Corner Public Square & Market St., Nashville, Tenn.
SINGLETON'S 1/
NASHVILLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
FOR
1865.
FIRST ANNUAL ISSUE.
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COMPILED BY E. DOUG. KING.
NASHVILLE, TENN .: R. H. SINGLETON, PUBLISHER: 1865.
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SINGLETON'S NASHVILLE
FOR FREEDOM AND NATIONALITY. NASHVILLE TIMES AND TRUE UNION.
U. S. Official Paper for Publication of Federal Laws.
S. C. MERCER, - -
- Editor.
In April, 1862, S. C. MERCER, who had been exiled from Southern Kentucky by the rebels, where he had published the last unconditional Union newspa- per which existed in that region, by invitation of leading Unionists, started the first loyal newspaper in Nashville, since the outbreak of the rebellion, under the style of The Nashville Union, of which he continued sole Editor, with eminent success, till the winter of 1863-4, when, for the purpose of pro- moting the welfare of the National cause, he started The Nashville Times and True Union, which immediately obtained a wide circulation. Its position has been National and anti-slavery from the first, and the great truth of human equality its basis. It has lived to see the partial success of its prin- ciples, and will see their triumph consummated, or will perish willingly with the ideas which gave it birth.
THE TIMES having a very large circulation, is the best advertising channel in Nashville.
TERMS:
Daily, per year .$14 00
Weekly, per year 3 00
BOOK AND JOB OFFICE.
Attached to the office is a large and entirely new Book and Job Office, superior to any other in the city.
Plain and Fancy Job Printing executed at the lowest rates, viz .:
Posters.
Bill Heads,
Labels,
Blanks,
Hand Bills,
Circulars, Programmes.
Address TIMES AND TRUE UNION,
51 CHURCH STREET, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
S. B. AVERY, Carpet Dealer, 64 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. See Advertisement. Cards,
SINGLETON'S EMPORIUM -OF-
Art, Literature & Science
POST OFFICE BUILDING.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
R. H. SINGLETON.
Wholesale and Retail
Bookseller & Stationer,
In addition to PERIODICALS and NEWSPAPERS from all parts of the United States, keeps con- stantly on hand
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
School Books. Novels. Diaries.
Military Books. Novelettes, Dominoes,
Toy Books.
Song Books. Portfolio -.
Gold Pens, Silver Pencils. and Penholders.
Paper, Envelopes, Steel Pens, Chess, Checkers, and Backgammon Boards and Pieces. Cribbage Boards, Pictures, Almanacs. Ballads, and Maps, Inks, and all kinds of Ink- stands, Blank Books, and all kinds of Sta- tionery, War Maps of every description,
POCKET KNIVES, COMBS, & LOOKING-GLASSES, And an endless variety of Notion -.
Remember the Post Office Building.
SINGLETON'S BULLETIN,
POST OFFICE BUILDING.
If you want the latest news; or a good book to while away your leisure time; or a present for your wife or friend, call at
R. H. Singleton's News Emporium,
WHERE CAN BE FOUND
NOVELS,
1865.
1865.
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THE LATEST NEWSPAPERS,
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE EXITED STATES. ALSO THE LATEST
Pictorial, Scientific, Standard & Periodical Publications
OF THE
Beautiful Photograph AAlbums, PICTURES, MAPS, &C., &C.
Superior Note and Letter Paper and Envelopes, the Finest ever brought to this Market, in endless variety.
R. H. SINGLETON,
POST OFFICE BUILDING, NASHVILLE, TENN
Pens,
NOVELETTS,
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BOOKS.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PREFACE.
We present our patrons with the first issue of the NASHVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY. The canvass for a work of this kind, under the most auspicious circumstances, is a vexatious and laborious task, and it requires an agent to have a good stoek of patience, to say nothing of power of endurance, to gather his information correctly. To make our work more useful to the business community, we have, as for as practicable, inserted the name and location of every house- holder in the city. Many refused their information ; some fearing that our canvassers were " assessing officers," striving to obtain their names for the purpose of fixing an onerous tax upon their property ; others believed they were enrolling preparatory to a "draft." Not- withstanding these obstacles and difficulties, we are enabled to issue a reliable BUSINESS DIRECTORY, which we believe to be as complete as that of any city in the United States.
It is our intention to issue the NASHVILLE DIRECTORY annually, either in a General or Business form, as the status of our population may warrant.
The names of patrons are inserted in a distinct type, a style never before adopted in a Nashville Directory, we believe, but which is uni- versal in all established Directory publications.
Our thanks are due to Messrs. Williams & Co., of the Cincinnati Directory, for favors bestowed ; to the press of our city for many flat- tering notices given during the canvass; and to the business men and citizens for their liberal patronage.
CONE & TUNNELL, Booksellers, Stationers and News Dealers, 40 North Cherry Street.
MANUFACTURERS OF S. B. AVERY, Carpet Dealer, 64 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. See Advertisement. NO. 18 OVER MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE
COLLEGE BUILDING,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
WALNUT ST., BET. ATH AND 5TH,
CIRCULARS SENT FREE ON APPLICATION.
STEREOSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS, FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS, PARLOR
AND
OTHER PURPOSES.
MUSEUM
SCENES REALD
TO THE EYER
Proper Focus
Process of Presenting Views at the Sole Manufacturers of the Instantaneous
PATENTEES AND
GOODALE SONS
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Alphabetical Arrangement of Names
147
Alphabetical Arrangement of Names for Edgefield.
2-19
American Bible Society
136
Board of Aldermen
133
Churches 134
City Council
133
City Government.
133
City Guide
127
City Officers.
133
County Officers 138
247
Eureka Club. 137
Fenian Brotherhood. 136
134
Historical Sketch of the City of Nashville.
25
History of the Nashville Press
59
I. O. B. B.
137
I. O. O. F.
136
List of United States Hospitals
141
Magistrates for Davidson County
138
Manufacturers.
54
Masonic
135
Military Conrts
143
Military Directory
141
Nashville during the War
98
Police
134
Post Office Department.
187
Preface
11
Quartermasters' Department.
142
Railroads
93
Railroad Companies.
137
Retail Trade of City ...
54
Societies
135
Street Directory
127
Table of Stamp Duties on Demand Notes, etc.
259
CONE & TUNNELL, Booksellers, Stationers and News Dealers, 40 North Cherry Street.
Abbreviations
147
Edgefield Street Directory
Fire Department.
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W. T. GATES.
W. H. POIILMAN.
GATES & POHLMAN,
SUCCESSORS TO G. W. DONIGAN,
JEWELERS
& SILVERSMITHS
Nashville,
Tennessee.
CORNER OF COLLEGE & UNION STS.,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
WATCHES,
DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY M
SILVER AND PLATED WARE.
Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired by experienced workmen.
S. B. AVERY, Carpet Dealer, 64 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. See Advertisement.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PAGE.
Griffith, Parsons & Co. 174
Masson James H.
168
DENTISTS.
Morgan W. II
164
Ross J. C.
158
DRUGS, MEDICINES, ETC.
Demoville & Co. 212
Gray W. F. & Co 200
Hasslock H. W. 224
Lewis E. H.
192
Stephens, Janney & Co
198
DRY GOODS, ETC.
Beringer A., Agt. 178
Cannon & Burgess 228
Fishel & Bro. 160
Friedman & Loveman
174
Goldberg & Mayer
202
Lask B
154
Levy Adolph.
186
Sickles & Co.
FRUIT DEALERS.
Claspill G. B. & Co .. 200
FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS.
Karsch & Co. 148
214
Weakley & Warren
226
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, ETC.
Goldberg & Mayer 202
Huntington II. A 180
Hyman Samuel. 222
Kircher & Atiener 158
Lande & Bro. 174
Landsberg A. & M. Facing title.
200
Mann Jacob.
202
Morganstern M. 224
Sobel J. M.
214
Thompson R. H .Front cover.
GROCERIES.
Arthur C. H
220
Banniza L. 220
200
Wygum & Seipel ..
Levy Adolph.
CONE & TUNNELL, Booksellers, Stationers and News Dealers, 40 North Cherry Street.
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SINGLETON'S NASHVILLE
LITTLE MIAMI
AND
COLUMBUS AND XENIA RAIL ROAD.
Exclusively an Eastern Route.
Shortest and quickest route from Cincinnati to all Eastern places.
THREE DAILY EXPRESS TRAINS.
Morning Express, Day Express, and Night Ex- press, for
COLUMBUS, STEUBENVILLE, CRESTLINE,
WHEELING, BALTIMORE, PITTSBURG,
WASHINGT'N CITY, PHILADELPHIA, CLEVELAND,
DUNKIRK, BUFFALO, ALBANY,
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, BOSTON,
AND ALL PLACES IN NEW ENGLAND.
Passengers leaving Cincinnati by the renowned 6 A. M. train, dine the following day in the most distant of the Eastern cities. They can select Sleeping Cars for the one night Out, thus passing from the West to the East wiehout loss of rest. No other route from Cincinnati can offer this facility and comfort.
SLEEPING CARS BY THIS ROUTE ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS.
BAGGAGE CHECKED from Cincinnati to New York, Boston, Phil- adelphia, Baltimore, Washington City, Buffalo, Dunkirk, Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cleveland, etc.
FOR THROUGH TICKETS,
And all information at Cincinnati, please apply at the old office, south-east corner of Front and Broadway, diagonally opposite the Spencer House ; and Burnet House office, south-west corner of Vine and Baker streets, opposite the Custom-house ; and at the Little Miami Depot, East Front street.
P. W STRADER,
General Ticket Agent.
S. B. AVERY, Carpet Dealer, 64 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. See Advertisement.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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PAGE. Buddeke J. H. & Co.
208
Cannon & Burgess.
228
Dougherty J.
208
Frith & Hagar.
194
Masson James H. 168
Reilly Thomas & Co
162
Roberts Clay
206
Treanor & Co.
164
GUNSMITHING, ETC.
Higham & Mckenzie. 186
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, ETC.
Breast Arthur A
216
HOOP SKIRT MANUFACTORY.
Loveman D. & Co.
178
HOTELS.
City Hotel.
200
Commercial
182
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTERS.
Reguin Charles F 160
INSURANCE COMPANIES AND AGENTS.
Etna, of Hartford 140
Commercial, of Tennessee. .Facing front poster.
150
JOB PRINTING.
Barry, Winham & Co .. Facing 248
Cameron William & Co.
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Fall J. T. S.
156
Mereer S. C.
10
LIQUORS, ETC.
Cheatham William S. & Co 178
Reilly Thomas & Co.
162
Roberts Clay
206
Treanor & Co ..
164
LUMBER.
Karsch & Co ..
148
McFarland W. R.
188
Rust J. E. 220
MATTRESS MANUFACTURER. 218
Huellebrand H.
CONE & TUNNELL, Booksellers, Stationers and News Dealers, 40 North Cherry Street.
Smith S. Elbridge.
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MERCHANT TAILOR.
PAGE.
Browne John.
178
MILITARY GOODS.
Scott, Davison & Co.
180
NEWSPAPERS.
Daily Dispatch. 126
Daily Press Facing 248
Daily Times 10
Daily Union
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PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Giers C. C.
194
Morse A. S
5
Schleir T. M. 224
Van Stavoren J. H
148
PHYSICIANS.
Lindsley J. B. & V. S. 148
McGill Dr. 230
Sheffield II 174
PLUMBERS AND STEAM AND GAS FITTERS.
Grewar & Albertson 182
Henderson Bros 166
PORTRAIT PAINTER.
Dury Geo
202
PRIVATE DISPENSARY.
Coleman Dr
196
PROVISIONS, PRODUCE, ETC.
Mckinley D. D
218
RAILROADS. 20
Little Miami, Columbus and Xenia.
R. R. TICKET AGENCY AND OMNIBUS OFFICE.
Craig W. W.
Back cover.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
Arrington & Farrar. 204
Brown W. Matt & Co 214
Nelson & Murfree
184
S. B. AVERY, Carpet Dealer, 64 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. See Advertisement.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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RESTAURANTS.
PAGE.
Donegana Front poster.
St. Nicholas 132
U. S. Club Rooms 226
Webb John C 168
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
Howerton C. L. 206
Howerton J T
194
SALOONS.
Hatcher Thos. V 208
Webb John C 168
SCENE PAINTER.
Fletcher Wm
204
SEMINARY.
204
Higham & Mackenzie ..
186
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, ETC.
Jones S. E
4
STOVES, ETC.
Jones S. E.
4
Strader J. D
188
Wilson J. W. & Co.
139
TIN AND COPPER WARE.
Strader J. D
188
Treppard & Co.
16
Wilson J. W. & Co. 139
TRANSPORTATION.
Star Union Line
210
UNDERTAKERS.
Cornelius W. R.
Front cover.
Grooms R. H. & B. J 192
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
Flowers J 154
Gates & Pohlman 14
Stief B. H 226
Stief O. E 164
CONE & TUNNELL, Booksellers, Stationers and News Dealers, 40 North Cherry Street.
South-side Institute SEWING MACHINES.
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EDGEFIELD ADVERTISEMENTS.
BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY.
PAGE.
Altmeyer C.
250
Spitler John K
PROVISIONS, ETC. 250
Coleman J. Q
CINCINNATI ADVERTISEMENTS.
BILLIARD TABLES.
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BOOK AND NEWS PAPER.
Snider Louis
CARPETS.
146
Avery S. B.
FEMALE SEMINARY. Facing history.
Mt. Auburn Institute
HOTELS.
186
Burnet House
Metropolitan 216
SEAL PRESSES.
222
Evens jr Platt
STEREOSCOPES. 12
Goodale Sons
TYPE FOUNDERIES.
152
Franklin
Cincinnati 176
WHOLESALE NOTIONS.
Back poster.
Loth M
S. B. AVERY, Carpet Dealer, 64 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. See Advertisement.
131
Brunswick & Bro
GROCER. 250
NASHVILLE DAILY PRESS Book and Job Printing
ESTABLISHMENT, Corner Church and Cherry Streets, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
BEING PREPARED WITH THE LATEST STYLES OF
JOB TYPE,
NEW AND IMPROVED MACHINE JOB PRESSES, &c. &c.
We can execute on the SHORTEST NOTICE AND MODERATE TERMS, in the VERY NEATEST STYLE OF THE ART, all kinds and descriptions of
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
JOB PRINTING!
In any Style or Color! In fact EVERY THING in the Printing Line, needed by Citizens or Soldiers !
Having a Large and Elegant BINDERY connected with our Establish- ment, we are prepared to execute to order, in the BEST and MOST SUBSTANTIAL MANNER,
RULING & BINDING
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
.
All Orders sent by Mail will Receive Prompt Attention.
ADDRESS, BARRY, WINHAM & CO.,
Publishers of the "Press,"
NASHVILLE, TENN.
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Tennessee, a work which should be in the hands of every Tennesseean ; and to its interesting pages we are almost entirely indebted for the facts here narrated.
The meetings of the settlers were called "the meetings of the Notables," and the government of the "Judges, General Arbitriers or Triers," was established, with power to punish crime, aid the needy, assess fines, regulate military defenses, land entries, etc. There were seven stations in the surrounding country, which were represented at Nashborough, making eight in all. The nearest one of these stations was located at the present horticultural garden, north of the city.
Joseph Hay was the first white man killed by the Indians, and he was buried in the open ground east of the Sulphur Spring. Soon after, Dr. Larimer was killed near Freeland's Station (at the horti- cultural garden); Solomon Phillips was shot near the present Hume school building, and died at the fort a few days after. S. Murray and Robert Aspey were killed at the same spot where Phillips was wounded. Isaac Lefevre was shot and killed while fishing near where the present work-house stands. These were the first scenes of blood- shed at this place among the whites.
At the place now occupied as a hotel, at the corner of Cedar and Cherry streets, which was then a low wet spot, covered with a thick-set undergrowth, Philip Catron was badly wounded in the chest, but finally recovered. John Coffey and Daniel Williams were wounded near the fort, but Captain Rains and two or three others were near, and rushed to the rescue. The Indians who committed these depre- dations, were Creeks and Cherokees, with a few Delawares or Shaw- nees. We make no mention of scenes of a similar character transpiring near the other stations, confining ourselves to a running account of what occurred on the soil now occupied by the city of Nashville. Colonel Putnam, in his History of Middle Tennessee, gives a true and faithful account of every thing of interest at all the stations, together with many incidents in the lives of the early settlers.
In the summer of 1780, Robert Gilkie sickened and died, and was the first man of the settlers that died a natural death. Philip Conrad was killed by a tree falling on him, near the present junction of Cherry and Demonbreun streets.
Captain Leiper was the first man married in the settlement, and his was the first wedding west of the Cumberland Mountains, and the ceremony was performed by Colonel Robertson, who was at the head of the government of Notables, in the summer of 1780. There was a
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feast and dancing at this wedding. Roasting-ears were the great delicacy for the ladies on the interesting occasion, while the men had dried meat, buffalo tongue and venison. No liquor or spirits was used.
John Rains is entitled to the credit of introducing neat cattle and horses upon the west side of Cumberland river, and into this section of the State, and his example has not been lost upon his posterity. Rains was a "mighty hunter," and in one winter killed thirty-two bears within seven miles of the fort, mostly in Harpeth Knobs, south of Nashville.
On the 2d of April, 1781, occurred the "Battle of the Bluff," which took place in the canebrake, along the branch, just south of Broad street. It was a "hard fight," although the whites lost but few men.
The first male child born in Nashville, was Dr. Felix Robertson, the sixth child of Colonel James Robertson, whose birth occurred on the 11th of January, 1781. Dr. Robertson is still with us, living on Cherry street, "ripe in years and full of honors," esteemed and beloved by more than thirty thousand of his immediate fellow-citizens.
A treaty was held here in June, 1783, between Commissioners from Virginia-General Robertson and the settlers on one side, and the Indians on the other-which resulted in a better understanding between the whites and Indians, and after which, comparative peace was obtained for a short time. The American Revolution had closed, and general good feeling prevailed, as life and property seemed to be more secure. North Carolina sent out Commissioners to look into the preemption rights of the settlers, and also to lay off twenty-five thousand acres of land, which the General Assembly of that State proposed to give to General Greene, for his extraordinary services in the war of the Revolution. These Commissioners were accompanied by a guard of one hundred soldiers, and several families of emigrants, and valuable additions were made to the infant settlement. It is proper to remark, however, that at different times, from 1780 to 1790, a portion of those who came here, removed to Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and other points. So that the number of permanent settlers was not very large, at any time, and some of these were scattered over the surrounding country.
John Montgomery was the first sheriff under the Notables, but being suspected of belonging to "Colbert's Gang," in piratical or fili- bustering operations, he left the settlement, and Thomas Fletcher was
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elected and sworn in by the Committee as sheriff. All the proceed- ings were dated " North Carolina, Cumberland District."
But the government of Notables passed away in 1783, and North Carolina spread her motherly wings over the settlers, by issuing Com- missions to Isaac Bledsoe, Samuel Barton, Francis Prince and Isaac Linsay, to organize an Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at Nashboro'. "This Inferior Court," says Putnam, "was invested with extraordinary powers-not unlike or much inferior to those which the Committee Government or Notables had exercised for years previous. This newly created State Tribunal was, indeed, clothed with legislative, military and judicial powers, as may be seen by an examination of the Acts of Assembly; and, to men so well skilled and accustomed to the exereise of such high prerogatives, the continuance of powers and functions under a new name caused no inconvenience."
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