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Team Jack Malone Team Leader: Mr. Scott
CONGRATS: to Lane for earning her 4 free passes & to Taylor P. for earning his 10% discount card!
....Susanna Carter's father died from cholera
...The Nashville Race Track was on the Cumberland River. When the river flooded in 1886 the race track was moved to where present day Centennial park is located.
...Enquirer was the eleventh ranked stud horse in 1885
"To ride a horse is to ride the sky."
This Month in Belle Meade History
September 1, 1835 Elizabeth Harding Clay dies.
September 1, 1879 Louise Jackson is born to Howell E. and Mary Elizabeth Harding Jackson.
September 7, 1882 Eunice, Selene, and William begin studies with Ms. Lizzie Elliot at Belle Meade.
September 9, 1814 General John Coffee’s troops stop at Belle Meade on their return trip from the battle of New Orleans.
September 9, 1832 Nathaniel Adams McNairy dies.
September 12, 1845 Susannah Shute Harding dies and is interred in the burial vault at Belle Meade
September 12, 1862 Robert Green is shot and wounded by Union soldiers while preventing the theft of the horses.
September 13, 1895 Enquirer dies at Belle Meade; he is buried in his paddock.
September 16, 1854 William R Harding id born to William Giles and Elizabeth McGavock Harding.
September 16, 1865 John Harding dies at the age of 87
September 17, 1899 Iroquois dies at Belle Meade.
September 18, 1899 The Nashville Banner reports that General William Hicks Jackson plans to have Iroquois’ hooves made into cups and finely mounted.
September 25, 1862 Williams Giles Harding pays $20,000 bond and gives oath of honor in exchange for parole. Is directed to report directly to General Andrew Johnson Military Governor of Tennessee.
September 25, 1884 The Harding Light Artillery, a Civil War unit named after William Giles Harding, holds a reunion at Belle Meade. |
