About Nashville City Cemetery
Nashville City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. It lies about 1.5 mi northwest of Nashville. Wikidata records 30 notable people buried here, including Richard S. Ewell, Boots Randolph and George W. Campbell. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Ararat Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Premier Funeral & Cremation Services in Nashville, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 121 cemeteries we list in Davidson County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 121 listings in Davidson County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nashville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Nashville City Cemetery
Among them: 5 Civil War veterans, 4 US representatives, 3 Mexican-American War veterans, 3 US senators, 2 musicians, 2 writers, 1 artist.
- Richard S. Ewell1817-1872Confederate Army general
- Boots Randolph1927-2007American musician
- George W. Campbell1769-1848American politician
- Matthias Ward1805-1861American politician
- Bushrod Johnson1817-1880Confederate Army general
- Ephraim H. Foster1794-1854American politician
- Felix Zollicoffer1812-1862Confederate Army general and American politician
- Andrew Ewing1813-1864American politician
- Samuel Read Anderson1804-1883Confederate Army general
- Ella Sheppard1851-1914American soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of Negro Spirituals
- James Robertson1742-1814Explorer and pioneer, born 1742
- Samuel E. Hogg1783-1842American politician
Show all 30 notable burials
- William Edward West1788-1857American painter
- Ben West1911-1974American politician
- Charles Dickinson1780-1806American attorney and duelist
- Octavia Zollicoffer Bond1846-1941American writer
- Powhatan Wooldridge Maxey1810-1876American politician
- Samuel Van Dyke Stout1786-1850American politician
- Terry H. Cahal1802-1851American politician
- Thomas B. Coleman1795-1848American politician
- Williamson Hartley Horn1799-1870American politician
- Charles Clay Trabue1798-1851American banker and Whig politician
- Elias Polk1806-1886African American enslaved man
- Emelie C. S. Chilton1838-1864American poet, magazine editor
- John Cockrill1757-1837American settler
- Van Perkins Winder1809-1854American sugar planter
- William Henry Wilson1831-1865(1831-1865) United States military officer
- Charlotte Reeves Robertson1751-1843American settler
- James Hazzard Wilson III1828-1890Confederate officer
- Nelson Merry1824-1884American pastor and former slave
People whose Wikidata entry gives Nashville City Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Nashville City Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Ararat CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Greenwood Cemetary WestNashville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Calvary CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Woodlawn Roesch - Patton Memorial ParkOak Hill, TNMemorial park2.4 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryOak Hill, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Whitsett CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery3.0 mi
- Mill Creek Baptist Church GraveyardNashville, TNBaptist cemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Nashville City Cemetery
- Premier Funeral & Cremation Services1.4 miCremation provider · Nashville · (615) 815-0008
- The Cremation Company1.4 miCremation provider · Nashville · (615) 730-7956
- Nashville Funeral and Cremation1.6 miCremation provider · Nashville · (615) 256-1605
- Hunt Memorials1.8 miMonument dealer · Nashville · (615) 254-1206
- Adkins J W Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Nashville · (615) 292-8367
- Premier Funeral & Cremation Services1.9 miCremation provider · Nashville · (615) 815-0008
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- How Much Does a Cemetery Plot Cost?What drives plot prices in the US, typical ranges by cemetery type and region, and the fees that come on top of the plot itself.
- How Much Does a Burial Cost?A line-by-line look at the cost of a traditional burial: plot, opening and closing, vault, casket, marker and funeral home fees.