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

Rippavilla: slave cemetery

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