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A Famous Black Cowboy and Nashville's March of Progress


A Famous Black Cowboy and Nashville s March of Progress
Two Madison cemeteries hold connections to Nat Love — one of the most famous Black cowboys to roam the West
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Famed Black cowboy Nat Love, aka Deadwood DickPhoto via Wikimedia Commons
In my quest to find heretofore undiscovered headstones carved by William Edmondson, I also spent a great deal of time in Briarville. Like Lake Providence, Briarville was a Black village in rural Davidson County that is now mostly forgotten. With the exception of Briarville Road and the two cemeteries, I haven’t found anything in the area that distinguishes the area from larger Madison anymore. ....

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