> Added the listing of those known to be buried in the James Buchanan >Cemetery, located in Davidson Co. to the Friends website. Surnames include >Buchanan, Fleming, Hurt, McMurray, Ridley and Whitworth Thanks for placing this listing on the web site... I have been in the Buchanan Burial Ground before, and noted the presence of relatives of my wife, most specifically Sarah Caroline "Sally" SHUMATE DABBS ( 9 MAR 1846 ~ 31 DEC 1902), daughter of Julius Josephus De la Rucker SHUMATE (J.J.D.R. in most records) and his wife Mary A. WARMATH. Her husband, William Coffee DABBS, is also buried at Buchanan. Sally Shumate Dabbs was a namesake of her maternal grandmother, Sarah Caroline FELTS, but I digress... Here is my question: Sally Shumate Dabbs' older brother, Thomas W. Shumate, a 3d Lt. in Co. C, 20th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A., died in May of 1915. His death certificate states he was buried in the "Dabbs Burial Ground" located "4 miles out Elm Hill Pike". Could it be possible that this is actually the Buchanan Cemetery? The location is about right, and his sister is there, but if Thomas Shumate is there too then his grave is unmarked. This might be a safe assumption, but for the following.... In the late 1950's, the congregation of the First Baptist Church in downtown Nashville relocated the grave of their very first pastor, Rev. Richard DABBS from its original location in this very area to the Old Nashville City Cemetery to accomodate expansion at the Nashville Airport. Also moved were the graves of his son, John R. Dabbs, and those of John R. Dabbs' son James Polk Dabbs and his first wife, Mary E. SHUMATE. Mary E. Shumate was a sister to the Sally Shumate Dabbs who lies in Buchanan Cemetery. James Polk Dabbs was a brother to William Coffee Dabbs, who is also buried at Buchanan. Both predeceased their siblings by decades. Is this relocated cemetery the "Dabbs Burial Ground" referred to in the death certificate for Thomas Shumate? If so, why was he not also moved? Does he now lie buried under some airport runway? Unfortunately, most of the members of First Baptist Church who handled the grave relocation are now dead, and those living have no recollection of the details of every grave moved. Interment records at the Old City Cemetery are not helpful. Are there interment records for the Buchanan Cemetery? I appreciate y'all allowing me to ramble on so. I would be most grateful for any leads, clues, or answers to this interesting ( and frustrating...) mystery. Allen Sullivant Brentwood, Tenn.