Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2023 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Nashville, State of Tennessee and General Commercial Directory - Vol 1 Printed: Daily American Book and Job Printing Office Nashville, Tennessee - 1853 SUBURBS OF NASHVILLE (Transcriber's Note: possibly missing 2 pages) The following is a notice of South Nashville, Edgfield, and the neighborhoods in the vicinity of Nashville. South Nashville is now a City - incorporated - population about 3,000. It's handsome location, Machine Shops, business and enterprising citizens, indicate for it a high standard of im- provement and prosperity: Mayor and Aldermen of the town of South Nashville for the year 1853: Mayor - W. L. Nance Aldermen - 1st Ward - Thomas G. Tucker and W. Jones 2d Ward - Dr. C. K. Winston and Jacob Millison 3d Ward - James M. Murrel and William Corbit 4th Ward - John S. Petway and Thos. Elliott Corporation Recorder - A. P. Skipwith Corporation Constable - J. H. L. Weaver South Nashville Furniture Manufactory - R. H. Grooms, President of the company and Wm L. Vance, Secretary Bucket and Lumber Manufactory, near the River, above the Water Works - A. W. Putname, President CHERRY STREET Green Sweeny, cellar maker W. P. Newland, grocer Mrs. Woodhead, coffee house John Tanksley, grocer Thomas Graham, grocer Wm B. Howlett, grocer C. Bosworth , grocer Thomas Newborn, grocer and coffee house Charles Wright, plasterer G. W. Petway, clerk in Planters' Bank W. H. Wilkinson, constable Elisha Hall, carpenter John Walker, saddler Martin C. Cotton, sexton Wm R. Paul, brick mason Wm. H. Long, carpenter John H. Burk, carpenter MARKET STREET Arthur Rutledge Andy Crawford Thomas Winfrey, grocer Fred Jontee, confectioner Mr. Deshazer William Stewart, blacksmith William Bosworth, rope maker William M. White, tinner P. F. Hardcastle, grocer T. J. Tate, carpenter Albert Anderson, carpenter W. B. Davis, carpenter Robert Hawkins, bricklayer Nicholas Corbitt South Nashville Institute MURFREESBORO ROAD Wm. Bowers, grover W. Page, livery stable W. W. Parks, grocer James M. Murrell, brick mason MAPLE STREET George Corbitt, Esq. William L. Nance, bricklayer A. Lanier, grocer (Transcriber's Note: There may be two pages missing here) Minerva Female College, 5 miles, Rev. ___ Jones, President Washington Institute, 5 miles, ____ Cole, President Mrs. King, 5 1/2 miles Dr. J. B. Wilson, 6 miles C. N. Nance, 2 1/2 miles, Surveyor and Farmer THE FOLLOWING LIVE ON THE HILLSBORO' PIKE Rev. O. B. Hayes, 1 mile Benj. Litton, 1 miles E. Curry, gatekeeper, 2 miles Rev. J. R. Bain, 3 miles W. P. Loyd, 4 miles Felix Compton, 5 miles John B. Murry, 5 miles H. W. Compton, 5 1/2 miles J. W. Boyed, 8 miles Maj. M. B. Barnes, 8 miles Wm. Scruggs, 9 miles Wm. Edmiston, 9 miles ===============================================================================