DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - HILL CEMETERY ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Davidson County Cemetery Survey ==================================================================== DAVIDSON COUNTY CEMETERY SURVEY PROJECT is a cooperative effort of many groups including the Metro Archives, Colonial Dames (NSCDA-TN), Nashville Room of the Public Library, Metro Planning and Historical Commissions, Historic Nashville, Inc., the State Archaeologist, local historians and citizens. Initiated by the Nashville Town Committee of the Colonial Dames during the fall of 1999, with the training of volunteers to survey and record tombstones and with a grant to the Metro Archives for a staff person to enter the inscriptions on a computer database. The project has involved over 90 volunteers. HILL OH-14: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, COCHRAN DRIVE 6 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS: HILL Born: 1854 Died: 1893 Front inscription: JOHN E. HILL/ BORN/ JAN. 1 1854/ DIED/ APRIL 18, 1893/ TRUTH WILL PREVAIL Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: J.E.H. HILL Born: 1825 Died: 1879 Front inscription: NANCY M. THORNTON/ WIFE OF/ W.G. HILL/ BORN/ FEB 7, 1825/ DIED/ MAR. 28 1879/ SHE WAS A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE/ A FOND MOTHER AND FRIEND TO ALL Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: N.M.T. HILL Born: 1823 Died: 1890 Front inscription: W.G. HILL/ BORN/ AUG 25, 1823/ DIED/ NOV. 17, 1890/ THE SWEET REMEMBRANCES OF THE JUST SHALL FLOURISH WHEN THEY SLEEP IN DUST Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: W.G.H. HILL Born: 1826 Died: 1895 Front inscription: MARY A. THONTON/ SECOND WIFE OF/ W.G. HILL/ BORN DEC. 14, 1826/ DIED JUNE 28, 1895/ FRIENDS NOR PHYSICIANS COULD NOT SAVE/ HER MORTAL BODY FROM THE GRAVE./ NOR CAN THE GRAVE CONFINE HER HERE/ WHEN JESUS CALLS ME TO APPEAR HILL Born: 1881 Died: 1881 Front inscription: LITTLE/ FRANK HILL/ BORN/ AUG 8, 1881/ DIED/ OCT. 10, 1881/ GONE TO BE AN ANGEL Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: F.H. HILL Born: 1853 Died: 1881 Front inscription: SUSAN A. HILL/ BORN/ MAR. 19, 1853/ DIED/ AUG. 3, 1881/ AGED 28 Y'S 4 M'S/ 15 D'S/ GONE BUT NOT FOR NOTHING Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: S.A.H.