First of all I want to thank you and all others for your responses to my earlier message. The William Clark in question was born in 1843 in Smith Co. TN. The Wm. Clark in Nashville National Cemetery either died or was buried in May of 1864. If the cemetery was formed in 1866 were others like Wm. buried there early on and might he be a confederate in a National Cemetery?? My Wm. was. Is there any way of finding out if the culvert that runs through the cemetery is a creek? Might this be Trace Creek? I couldn't locate a creek by that name in Sumner County. I did find Station Camp Creek though. I didn't find Madison listed as having a post office back in the 1860's. What is Madison's history. I am trying to visualize what the area looked like back in the 1860's. Thanks again for your response. Jim Dock1952@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/31/1998 2:29:37 AM Central Standard Time, > jamesclark@lanset.com writes: > > << The location of Nashville Cemetery is in Madison on the Old Gallatin Road. > Is Madison in Davidson Co or Sumner Co.? Does anyone have or know where I > could get a history of the cemetery? I have an ancestor who died during the > Civil War at Little Camp on Trace Creek outside of Gallatin on Gallatin Road. > >> > > The Nashville National Cemetery located at 1420 Gallatin Road, South (US 31E) > in Madison, TN (37115-4619) is in Davidson Co., about 6 miles from downtown > Nashville. Gallatin TN is located in Sumner Co., a little over 20 miles from > the National Cemetery. > > According to this web site: List of VA National Cemeteries > http://www.cem.va.gov/nmc.htm, the cemetery was established in 1866. > > If your ancestor is buried in this cemetery maybe you should start searching > records of the Union Army for his service. Are you sure that he was a > Confederate? I am not a Civil War buff but I would not think a Confederate > soldier would be buried in a Union Cemetery. > > Debie