DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - WILLIS WHITE 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. WILLIS WHITE OH-19: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, GRANNY WHITE PIKE 4 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS: WHITE Born: 1817 Died: 1854 Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ ROBERT J WHITE/ BORN/ JAN. 18, 1817/ DIED/ JUNE 3, 1854 WHITE Born: 1826 Died: 1846 Front inscription: IN MEMORY/ OF/ SOPHIA WHITE/ BORN JAN'Y 24, 1826/ DIED MARCH 19, 1846/ SHE WAS A MEMBER/ OF THE METH. CHURCH Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: Covered-over WHITE Born: 1793 Died: 1832 Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIS WHITE/ BORN JANUARY 28TH 1793/ DIED JULY 7TH, 1832/ AGED 39 YEARS, 5 MONTHS/ & 9 DAYS Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: WW WHITE Born: 1819 Died: 1824 Front inscription: LUCINDY JANE/ INFANT BABE OF/ WILLIS & WINNEY/ WHITE/ BORN DECEMBER 1, 1819/ DIED 25TH MARCH 1824 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: LJW