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Description
Title
Rippavilla
:
slave
cemetery
Creator(s)
Eatherly
,
Brad
,
photographer
Date
2015
Coverage
2010-2019
Property name
Rippavilla
Additional property name
Nathaniel
Chearis
House
Property type
House
Additional property type
Farm
National Register Reference
96000773
listed
on
July
19
,
1996
Community Name
Spring Hill, Maury County, TN
Description
Color
photograph
of a
slave
cemetery
on the
property
of a
historic
home
.
Historical Notes
Rippavilla
was
built
by
Nathaniel
Cheairs
IV
.
Construction
began
in
1852
and
commenced
in
1855
.
Rippavilla
and its
farmland
was the
location
where
General
John
Bell
Hood's
Confederate
troops
set
up
camp
in
late
November
of
1864
. The
Union
Army
marched
past
the
Confederates
while
they were
asleep
through
the
night
along
the
Columbia-Franklin
Turnpike
, what
is
now
known
as
U.S
.
Highway
31
. The
house
remained
in the
Cheairs
family
until
1920
.
Collection Name
Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH
Slave cemeteries
Cemeteries
Subject-TGM
Cemeteries
Fences
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Processing notes
Canon
T1i
digital
SLR
camera
;
converted
RAW
files
to
TIFF
in
Photoshop
.
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use
Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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