DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - SCRUGGS 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. SCRUGGS OH-03: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, HILLSBORO PIKE 4 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS: SCRUGGS Born: Died: 1859 Front inscription: WILLIAM SCRUGGS, SR./DIED/FEB. 4, 1859/AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS SCRUGGS Born: 1798 Died: 1856 Front inscription: SARAH W./WIFE OF/WILLIAM SCRUGGS SR/BORN DEC. 16, 1798/ DIED MAY 20, 1856/AGED 58 YEARS/5 MONTHS & 4 DAYS WALDRON Born: 1824 Died: 1851 Front inscription: IN/MEMORY/OF/MRS. RACHELL WALDRON/BORN OCTOBER 26TH/1824/ DIED MAY 26TH/1851 SCRUGGS Born: 1824 Died: 1849 Front inscription: SARAH/WIFE OF/WM. SCRUGGS, JR./BORN/MARCH 10, 1824/DIED/MAY 21, 1849