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John Harding began the Farm in 1807 when he purchased 250 acres of land near the Richland Creek. John was from Virginia, known for thoroughbred racing and breeding. It was customary for southern gentlemen to own and race Thoroughbreds at that time. John, being interested in climbing the social ladder, may have had plans to own Thoroughbreds from the start.
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Prior to the end of the American Civil War, Belle Meade Plantation was home to a large population of enslaved African Americans. The Harding family was one of the largest slave-holding families in Nashville.
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The deaths of William Hicks Jackson and his son William Harding Jackson ushered in the final days of Belle Meade Plantation. General Jackson died on 30 March 1903 at the age of 67; his son having contracted typhoid fever, died on 19 July 1903. After William Harding Jackson's death, the ownership of Belle Meade Plantation passed to
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Read more... [Later Residents]
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