Penitentiary Inmates Buried at City Cemetery

Penitentiary in 1831
Penitentiary - 1831 - Courtesy TSLA
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The records of various early years trace the relationship of the Nashville City Cemetery to the inmates of the Penitentiary, located on Church Street at Stonewall Avenue (present-day 15th Avenue), near where Baptist Hospital now stands. These records have been provided to us courtesy of the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

masthead from Repulican and Gazette from July 5, 1833

Article on inmates that died of Cholera
Penitentiary Records for 1831-33

Penitentiary Record for 1835-37

1835-37 Record from TN Penitentiary
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Deaths September 30, 1839 to September 30, 1841
Zechariah Herrill Claiborne - Died July 19, 1841
(volume too tightly bound to copy)

Penitentiary Records for 1843-45
Penitentiary Records for 1845-47
Penitentiary Records for 1849-51

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