Absalom Page and his family ran a Cumberland River ferry in Nashville. Among his estate possessions are two ferry boats, and his daughter is willed the ferry boat business for the purpose of educating his younger children.
History of Davidson County, Tennessee (1880) by W. Woodford Clayton, pp. 75-76:
p. 75: IMPORTANT ROADS LEADING FROM NASHVILLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER
There were at that day two ferries on the Cumberland, one at the mouth of Wilson Spring Branch, above the present wharf; the other was near the Sulphur Spring Branch, and was the main crossing going to Gallatin and to Springfield. There was a third, called Page's Ferry, near the race-track, where the river was fordable in low water.
p. 76: The road to Springfield and Clarksville passed Page's and Hyde's Ferry. Mr. Page lived on the first bluff below Nashville, which was afterwards owned by Judge William L. Brown, a distinguished lawyer of Tennessee and one of the judges of the Supreme Court. He died at this place, and his remains were buried in an excavation in the bluff overlooking the Cumberland River.
Apparently Memorial 50555746 is a CENOTAPH and includes the wrong dates as well.
Hon. William L Brown: BROWN, WILLIAM LITTLE, elected by legislature 1822; resigned July 1824; born near Cheraw, South Carolina, August 9, 1789; died February 28, 1830; appointed solicitor general by Governor Willie Blount 1814; member of state senate, 1819.
Tennessee State Library and Archives, #27477:
Place: Nashville (Tenn.) Description: View looking southwest of the Absolom Page house, on north side of Seminary St. and east side of Lock #1 Road, opposite lockmaster's house. Date: 1961 July 30 Negative: Collection: Library Collection Historical Note: Built mid-1780s; torn down April-May 1962.
Sketches of Prominent Tennesseeans (1999) by William S. Speer, pages 28-30:
His wife Louisa Anne Gibbs Brown Campbell was the mother of Confederate General Alexander W. Campbell.
History of Davidson County, Tennessee (1880) by W. Woodford Clayton, pp. 75-76:
p. 75: IMPORTANT ROADS LEADING FROM NASHVILLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER
There were at that day two ferries on the Cumberland, one at the mouth of Wilson Spring Branch, above the present wharf; the other was near the Sulphur Spring Branch, and was the main crossing going to Gallatin and to Springfield. There was a third, called Page's Ferry, near the race-track, where the river was fordable in low water.
p. 76: The road to Springfield and Clarksville passed Page's and Hyde's Ferry. Mr. Page lived on the first bluff below Nashville, which was afterwards owned by Judge William L. Brown, a distinguished lawyer of Tennessee and one of the judges of the Supreme Court. He died at this place, and his remains were buried in an excavation in the bluff overlooking the Cumberland River.
Apparently Memorial 50555746 is a CENOTAPH and includes the wrong dates as well.
Hon. William L Brown: BROWN, WILLIAM LITTLE, elected by legislature 1822; resigned July 1824; born near Cheraw, South Carolina, August 9, 1789; died February 28, 1830; appointed solicitor general by Governor Willie Blount 1814; member of state senate, 1819.
Tennessee State Library and Archives, #27477:
Place: Nashville (Tenn.) Description: View looking southwest of the Absolom Page house, on north side of Seminary St. and east side of Lock #1 Road, opposite lockmaster's house. Date: 1961 July 30 Negative: Collection: Library Collection Historical Note: Built mid-1780s; torn down April-May 1962.
Sketches of Prominent Tennesseeans (1999) by William S. Speer, pages 28-30:
His wife Louisa Anne Gibbs Brown Campbell was the mother of Confederate General Alexander W. Campbell.
Absalom Page and his family ran a Cumberland River ferry in Nashville. Among his estate possessions are two ferry boats, and his daughter is willed the ferry boat business for the purpose of educating his younger children.
History of Davidson County, Tennessee (1880) by W. Woodford Clayton, pp. 75-76:
p. 75: IMPORTANT ROADS LEADING FROM NASHVILLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER
There were at that day two ferries on the Cumberland, one at the mouth of Wilson Spring Branch, above the present wharf; the other was near the Sulphur Spring Branch, and was the main crossing going to Gallatin and to Springfield. There was a third, called Page's Ferry, near the race-track, where the river was fordable in low water.
p. 76: The road to Springfield and Clarksville passed Page's and Hyde's Ferry. Mr. Page lived on the first bluff below Nashville, which was afterwards owned by Judge William L. Brown, a distinguished lawyer of Tennessee and one of the judges of the Supreme Court. He died at this place, and his remains were buried in an excavation in the bluff overlooking the Cumberland River.
Apparently Memorial 50555746 is a CENOTAPH and includes the wrong dates as well.
Hon. William L Brown: BROWN, WILLIAM LITTLE, elected by legislature 1822; resigned July 1824; born near Cheraw, South Carolina, August 9, 1789; died February 28, 1830; appointed solicitor general by Governor Willie Blount 1814; member of state senate, 1819.
Tennessee State Library and Archives, #27477:
Place: Nashville (Tenn.) Description: View looking southwest of the Absolom Page house, on north side of Seminary St. and east side of Lock #1 Road, opposite lockmaster's house. Date: 1961 July 30 Negative: Collection: Library Collection Historical Note: Built mid-1780s; torn down April-May 1962.
Sketches of Prominent Tennesseeans (1999) by William S. Speer, pages 28-30:
His wife Louisa Anne Gibbs Brown Campbell was the mother of Confederate General Alexander W. Campbell.
History of Davidson County, Tennessee (1880) by W. Woodford Clayton, pp. 75-76:
p. 75: IMPORTANT ROADS LEADING FROM NASHVILLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER
There were at that day two ferries on the Cumberland, one at the mouth of Wilson Spring Branch, above the present wharf; the other was near the Sulphur Spring Branch, and was the main crossing going to Gallatin and to Springfield. There was a third, called Page's Ferry, near the race-track, where the river was fordable in low water.
p. 76: The road to Springfield and Clarksville passed Page's and Hyde's Ferry. Mr. Page lived on the first bluff below Nashville, which was afterwards owned by Judge William L. Brown, a distinguished lawyer of Tennessee and one of the judges of the Supreme Court. He died at this place, and his remains were buried in an excavation in the bluff overlooking the Cumberland River.
Apparently Memorial 50555746 is a CENOTAPH and includes the wrong dates as well.
Hon. William L Brown: BROWN, WILLIAM LITTLE, elected by legislature 1822; resigned July 1824; born near Cheraw, South Carolina, August 9, 1789; died February 28, 1830; appointed solicitor general by Governor Willie Blount 1814; member of state senate, 1819.
Tennessee State Library and Archives, #27477:
Place: Nashville (Tenn.) Description: View looking southwest of the Absolom Page house, on north side of Seminary St. and east side of Lock #1 Road, opposite lockmaster's house. Date: 1961 July 30 Negative: Collection: Library Collection Historical Note: Built mid-1780s; torn down April-May 1962.
Sketches of Prominent Tennesseeans (1999) by William S. Speer, pages 28-30:
His wife Louisa Anne Gibbs Brown Campbell was the mother of Confederate General Alexander W. Campbell.
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