Burial (Interment) Information

Interment Records 1846 – 1979

The original Interment Records are the property of Metropolitan Governmental Archives, Nashville. The earliest records of burials, between 1822–1846, were lost during the Civil War years. A project to transcribe all the data in the Interment Records (1846-1979) of the 20,000 people buried in the cemetery has been completed.  CLICK HERE to view the Interment records hosted by the Nashville Public Library web site. 

Cemetery Lot Cards

The original lot cards are now available in the digital data developed by the Nashville Public Library. These were developed long after the actual burials in many case, and the accuracy is not guaranteed. However, this is another excellent resource in the attempts to locate all possible interments. CLICK HERE to access an alphabetic listing of these cards – the database can be reindexed, if you wish, to be in other configurations.

Alphabetical and Chronological Listings From Interment Books

If you only have an approximation of the name or of the date of interment, you can access the complete listing of these books indexed by date and by name.  CLICK HERE for chronological date index, and CLICK HERE for index by last name. 

Please visit our explanation page on on definitions, diseases, and other historical connections,, including a glossary of terms and mortuary history on the Glossary and Information page to help you understand your findings on the following links.

Mayors of Nashville Interred in the City Cemetery

Occupations for Individuals Buried at City Cemetery - A Sampling

African-Americans Interred in Nashville City Cemetery

Cumberland Lodge No. 8 - Masons interred at City Cemetery

Veterans from Revolution to World War II Buried at City Cemetery

Penitentiary Inmates Buried at the Cemetery

Civil War Interment Source

The Tennessee State Library and Archives has transcribed the records from W. R. Cornelius, undertaker, recording burials (primarily of Federal Soldiers) during the Civil War from 1864-65.
CLICK HERE to access these records.

Just Passing Through
Some have been buried in the Nashville City Cemetery for a short time, most notably President James K. Polk.

For Removal Information
See the lists of those removed to other cemeteries.

Relocated graves and tombstones to Nashville City Cemetery. The history of these re-locations has been given after the Inscription and the viewer is invited to visit the web site for the 550 cemeteries surveyed in the Davidson County Cemetery Survey Project (1999-to the present). www.davidsoncocemeterysurvey.com.