DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - NEWSOM 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. NEWSOM BE-35: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, NEWSOM STATION ROAD. 14 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS NEWSOM Born: 1821 Died: 1840 Front inscription: CORNELIA ANN/WIFE OF/JAS. E. NEWSOM/AND DAUGHTER OF//FRANCIS & SARAH L./CARTER/BORN/MARCH 27, 1821/MARRIED/OCT. 30, 1840/SHE WAS FOR SOMETIME/AN ACCEPTABLE MEMBER/OF THE M.E. CHURCH AND/DEPARTED THIS LIFE/APRIL 9, 1854 NEWSOM Born: 1814 Died: 1863 Front inscription: JAMES ELDRIDGE/NEWSOM/BORN/AUG. 31, 1814/DIED/AUG. 2, 1863/HE WAS HONEST, NOBLE AND JUST. NEWSOM Born: 1858 Died: 1859 Front inscription: WILLIAM B. H./SON OF/JAS. & S.E. NEWSOM/BORN OCT.27, 1858/DIED JULY 12, 1859 NEWSOM Born: 1862 Died: 1867 Front inscription: DAVID T./SON OF/J.E. & S.E./NEWSOM/BORN/OCT. 1862/DIED/JULY 9, 1867 NEWSOM Born: 1847 Died: 1868 Front inscription: BELLFIELD C./SON OF/J.E. & C.A./NEWSOM/BORN/AUG. 13, 1847/DIED/MAY 16, 1868/THE LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR NEWSOM Born: 1974 Died: 1976 Front inscription: ANNETT/NEWSOM/NOV. 13, 1974/JAN. 20, 1976 EXUM Born: 1816 Died: 1848 Front inscription: ERECTED/IN/MEMORY/OF/SALLY BETSY/EXUM/DAUGHTER OF/FRANCIS & SARAH L./CARTER/BORN/JAN. 6TH 1816/MARRIED TO E.S. EXUM/AUG. 9, 1835/A MEMBER OF THE M.E./CHURCH DEPARTED THIS LIFE/JUNE 9TH, 1848/BLESS ARE THEY/WHO DIE IN THE LORD Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE CARTER Born: 1777 Died: 1851 Front inscription: ERECTED/IN/MEMORY/FRANCIS CARTER/BORN/MAY 12, 1777/DIED/AUGUST 29, 1851/74 YR/3 MO. AND 19DS. HODGE Born: 1927 Died: 1972 Front inscription: W.D. HODGE/APRIL 3, 1927/NOV. 25, 1972/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN KNIGHT Born: 1909 Died: 1954 Front inscription: STEVE KNIGHT/JAN 21, 1909/JUNE 8, 1954 CHERRY Born: 1868 Died: 1893 Front inscription: ASLEEP/DR. JOHN S./CHERRY/OCT. 6, 1868/MAR. 13, 1893/SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS CHERRY Born: Died: 1872 Front inscription: JESSIE/CHERRY/DIED 1872/AGE/4 YEAR & 6 MO. CHERRY Died: 1880 Front inscription: CALLIE/CHERRY/DIED 1880/AGE/3 YEARS NEWSOM Born: 1849 Died: 1849 Front inscription: JAMES/SON OF/J.E. & C.A. NEWSOM/BORN AUG. 18, 1849/AUG. 26, 1849