Cemeteries in Nashville, Tennessee

Private Cemeteries in Nashville, Tennessee often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Nashville, Tennessee are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Nashville, Tennessee are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in Nashville, Tennessee , including the names of deceased individuals, their birth and death dates, data about relatives, and cemetery locations. Additionally, you can obtain historical records and conduct searches for ancestors interred in Nashville, Tennessee .

Our database contains records of burials from 211 cemeteries.

There are no state laws in Tennessee prohibiting home burial, but local governments may have rules governing private burials. Before burying a body on private property or establishing a family cemetery, you should check with the county or town clerk for any zoning laws you must follow.

If a cemetery is determined to be present on the property, there are obligations a landowner/developer must meet. For example, construction crews are required to leave a ten-foot buffer around the perimeter of a grave(s) and in the case of a crypt, a five-foot buffer (TCA 46-8-103).

Dolly still lives in the same house in Brentwood, Nashville, that she purchased in 1999 for $400,000. She shares it with her husband, Carl Dean, and while she may have bought it for a reasonable fee, it's not lacking when it comes to luxe amenities.

At $65 million, this Nashville mansion is most expensive in state history.

While some claim that that the purpose of the tent-shape covering was to keep animals from getting into the graves, it actually was a popular aesthetic choice. The tent structures themselves were made of sandstone from the area, though sometimes limestone was used.

Human remains found near Civil War fort in Nashville could be two centuries old. A developer has unearthed human remains that could be two centuries old while digging to lay the foundation of a new Nashville project not far from a Civil War fort and a cemetery dating back to 1822.

Samuel Morgan, member and later chairman of the Capitol Commission during the building's construction, is buried in the south wall. And, in the east garden of the Capitol, President James K. Polk and his wife, Sarah Childress Polk, are buried in a tomb designed by William Strickland.

While no one knows for sure why people began to cover the graves of their loved ones, one theory is that the stones were to protect the graves from weather or from animals. Comb graves in Roaring River Cemetery, Overton Co., Tenn.