Tennessee Bible Records and Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, 1930-1933
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State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee Bible Records and Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, 1930-1933 COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator: Acklen, Jeannette Tillotson, 1871- Inclusive Dates: 1930-1933 Scope & Content: Consists of two volumes containing tombstone inscriptions and genealogical data copied from cemetery records, family bible records, and histories of cemeteries with notarized affidavits certifying records. The two volumes are the typescript, unpublished versions of the two volumes that were later published. They highlight Revolutionary War soldiers and the record keeping of several Tennessee chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Volume 1 mainly lists the tombstone inscriptions and cemeteries. Volume 2 lists numerous family bible records that include births, deaths, and marriages. Some records include extended family biographies, copies of wills, and obituaries. Made from compiled carbon copies, these volumes have several markings demonstrating the editing process. Handwritten notes in pen and colored pencil show disputes or deletions in the editing process. Some examples include who turned in the records for publication, corrected dates on tombstone inscriptions, or misspelling the last name Copper instead of Cooper. A note in the front inside cover of Volume 1 reads: “Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions compiled by Jeannette Tillotson Acklen, State Regent, Daughters of the American Revolution, Presented to the Continental Hall Library in Washington, in honor of Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart President General N. S. D. A. R. Mrs. Russell William Magna [Edith A. Scott Magna] Librarian General N. S. D. A. R. 1931, October 12, 1933 a gift from Mrs. Jeannette Acklen.” 1 Of note, some cemeteries mentioned in the volumes no longer existed in the 1930s. For example, the Lindsay Family Graveyard in Hendersonville, Sumner County, bears the notation “Defunct.” The Volume 1 records also provide Tennessee history of some founding cities and figures including the Henderson family and the founding of Hendersonville. A handwritten note on the inside front cover of Volume 2 reads: “My dear Mrs. Moore, It is with great pleasure that I present to the State Library the carbon copies of the records compiled by me while state regent, credit to Cumberland chapter, DAR Nashville. The originals were bound and placed by me in the library of the DAR in Washington - very sincerely yours, Jeannette.” Additionally, the volume lists marriages solemnized by Reverend Robert Boyte Crawford Howell in Norfolk, Virginia from 1827-1834, Nashville, Tennessee from 1834-1849 and 1857-1868, and Richmond, Virginia from 1850-1857. A section in Volume 2 highlights the biography of specific Revolutionary War soldiers including Thomas Kilgore, Dudley Brooke, and Henry Johnson. The volume features an autobiographical sketch of early Tennessee explorer John Cockrill. It also lists Revolutionary War service pension applications of men living in Robertson County in 1804. Physical Description/Extent: 1.5 cubic feet Accession/Record Group Number: 1970-004 Language: English Permanent Location: I-C-1 Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37243-0312 Administrative/Biographical History Jeannette Catherine Tillotson Acklen was born on November 11, 1871 in Leavenworth County, Kansas to Richard Montgomery Tillotson and Mary Agnes Parke. She moved to Nashville in 1888 and attended Ward Seminary School. In 1890, she married Colonel Joseph Acklen (1850-1938), who was the son of prominent Tennesseans Joseph and Adelicia Acklen. Jeannette and Joseph Acklen 2 had eight children: Robert Livingston Acklen, Richard Montgomery Acklen, Pauline Landis, William Hayes Acklen, Joseph Hayes Acklen, Claudia Maria Livingston Acklen, Jeannette Tillotson Noel, and Catherine Parke Brown. She was actively involved in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and helped to restore Fort Nashborough. Additionally, she served as Vice President General of the National DAR and State Regent for the Tennessee branch. As a founding member, she helped organize the Cumberland Chapter and served as Regent. In 1952, she received the chapter’s award of merit for “outstanding achievement in Nashville and Tennessee.” In addition to her involvement in civic organizations, she taught French and history for 20 years at Watkins Institute. Acklen died on April 2, 1955 and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. (Adapted from Nashville Tennessean, Volume 48, Issue 340, on April 5, 1955, an obituary featured on page 84) Daughters of the American Revolution in Tennessee Mary Desha, Mary S. Lockwood, Ellen Walworth, and Eugenia Washington founded The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution on October 11, 1890, during a revival in patriotism and interest in the beginnings of the United States of America. The national headquarters is in Washington, D.C. On December 18, 1892, Mrs. Harvey Mathes of Memphis organized the first chapter of the Tennessee Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. The Dolly Madison Chapter of Memphis was the first chapter in Tennessee, and it later became the Hermitage Chapter. There are 103 chapters within the State of Tennessee. The state consists of five districts: Chickasaw, Cumberland, Sequoyah, Cherokee, and Appalachian. (Adapted from https://www.dar.org/national-society/about-dar/dar-history and Kimberly Mills Wires’s finding aid for Daughters of the American Revolution, Tennessee Society Records and Collection Materials, 1894-2017, Tennessee State Library and Archives) Organization/Arrangement of Materials List of Cemeteries, organized by County Bedford County Martin Cemetery, Bell Buckle Bradley County Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland Cannon County Riverside Cemetery, Woodbury 3 Carter County N.G. Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery, between Johnson City and Erwin Davidson County Allison Cemetery, Nashville Andrew Jackson Family Cemetery, Hermitage Binkley-Steele-Hagar Cemetery, Hermitage Bryan-Dillahunty Cemetery, Belle Meade Carmack Cemetery, Nashville Cartwright-Cunningham Cemetery, Goodlettsville Ewing Family Graveyard, Nashville Gleaves Cemetery, Hermitage Gower Cemetery, Nashville Granny White Gravesite, Nashville Hamblen Graveyard, Nashville Hoggatt Graveyard, Nashville Hooper Graveyard, Nashville Hyde Cemetery, Nashville James Buchanan Cemetery, Nashville Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard, Nashville Mount Calvary cemetery, Nashville Mount Olivet cemetery, Nashville Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville New Hope Church Cemetery, Hermitage Pasquo Cemetery, Pasquo Philips Sylvan Hall Cemetery, Nashville Smith Family Cemetery, Highway 100 South Harpeth Cemetery, Linton Springhill cemetery, Nashville Tennessee State Capitol Building and Grounds, Nashville Tucker-Hayes Cemetery, Forest Hills Vanderbilt Divinity School Cemetery, Nashville White-Ogden Cemetery, Nashville Wray Graveyard, Nashville Giles County Mount Mariah Cemetery, Pulaski Greene County Oak Grove Cemetery, Greeneville Old Harmony Graveyard, Greeneville Grundy County Philadelphia Cemetery, Mount Olive 4 Henderson County Center Hill Cemetery, seven miles south of Lexington Jackson County Graves & Teele Graveyard, North Springs Knox County Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville Flenniken-Cunningham Cemetery, Knoxville Lebanon in the Fork Cemetery, Knoxville Old Knox County Courthouse Grounds, Knoxville Lewis County Pioneer cemetery, Hohenwald Lincoln County Kennedy-Thomison Cemetery, Fayetteville Loudon County Harrison Cemetery, 1-1/2 miles from the town of Loudon New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Loudon Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, 8.6 miles from Loudon County Court House, north of Loudon 1/2 mile from Loudon Macon County Bradley Cemetery, Lafayette McMinn County Browder-County Line Cemetery, County Line Hwy 11, border of McMinn and Monroe County Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens Mount Harmony Baptist Cemetery, Athens Netherland-Rice Cemetery, Athens McNairy County Barnhill Cemetery, Guys Monroe County Cleveland Cemetery, Sweetwater Madisonville Cemetery, Madisonville Old Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater Robertson County Brooke Cemetery, Robertson County, between Cross Plains and Orlinda 5 Carr Cemetery, Cross Plains, Hart Cemetery, Youngville Johnson Cemetery, along White House Road and Clarity Road near Springfield Mason Cemetery, Springfield Mount Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenbrier Nuckolls Cemetery, Springfield Starks Cemetery, Orlinda Villines Cemetery, Cross Plains Woodard Cemetery, near Owens Chapel Road near Springfield Rutherford County Batey Cemetery, Blackman Blackman Cemetery, Blackman Cannon Cemetery, Sandhill Eagleton Cemetery, Joyceland Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro Lytle Cemetery, Murfreesboro Marrs Hill Cemetery, Eagleville Old City Cemetery, Murfreesboro Thomas Blanton Gravesite, Murfreesboro Sevier County Forks of the Little Pigeon Cemetery, Sevierville Fox Cemetery, Sevierville McMahan Richardson Cove Cemetery, Richardson Cove Shiloh Memorial Cemetery, Pigeon Forge Sumner County Barr Cemetery, Bethpage Beech Cemetery, Hendersonville Bethpage Cemetery, Bethpage Cage Family Cemetery, Cages Bend Cullen Douglass Family Cemetery, Gallatin Douglas-Pardue Cemetery, Gallatin Ferrell Family Cemetery, Gallatin Gallatin City Cemetery, Gallatin Grimm Cemetery, on the Long Hollow Highway, a mile west of Douglas Chapel Keeling Graveyard, Gallatin Lindsay Family Graveyard (Defunct),