Nashville, Tennessee - 1833 Cholera Epidemic

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The purposes of this page are to:

1. Pay tribute to victims of the cholera epidemic
2. Pay special tribute to the 19 prisoners incarcerated in the Tennessee State Penitentiary, who died during epidemic of 1833; they were buried in the Nashville City Cemetery in unmarked graves. In 2011, the Wooden Markers project began, and was completed in 2016. Now, each of those 19 graves has a wooden marker.

Nineteen victims of the epidemic were inmates in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. "Their names and counties of residence prior to incarceration were listed in Nashville Republican and State Gazette, Friday, July 5, 1833. This announcement was placed in the newspaper to alert their family and friends of their deaths. The Sexton also reported in this newspaper that nineteen Penitentiary victims of Cholera had been buried in the City Cemetery during June 1833."

Penitentiary 1833 Cholera Victims Buried in the City Cemetery

Other victims

Resources:

1. Nashville City Cemetery Main Site; view gravestones, get inscriptions, see obituaries.

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