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Hewitt-Childress Home - early settlement in Nations/ McCabe Park area
Corner of 51st Ave. North & Nebraska Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1795-1900. 2-story home Between 1795-1800, Judge Robert Hewitt and Lydia Ann Shute Hewitt (1783-1845) built their homestead. They wed about 1800. Judge Hewitt was a commissioned justice of the peace in 1799 and when the Davidson County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions was created in 1828, he was appointed chairman. His daughter, Emily D. Hewitt Childress (1800-1844) and husband Edwin Hickman Childress (1791-1865
Jay Brothers
Aug 6, 20222 min read
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