C. & St. L. crossing. Dr. Felix Robertson, the first male white 

 child born in Nashville, is also buried there. Nearby are the 

 graves of Col. John Tipton, William Carroll, George Washington 

 Campbell, and many other noted men. 



Nashborough, the original germ of Nashville, stood on the 

 west bank of the Cumberland River, along Church street, then 

 known as Spring, half-way across the Square. The stockade 

 which surrounded the group of buildings, forts, cabins, and out- 



POLK FLATS-NASHVILLE 



Where the Old Polk Residence Once Stood 



Courtesy Davie Printing Co., Stationers 



houses covered all of First avenue within the limits named above,, 

 and included the fine spring at the foot of Church street. 



The residence of Hon. John Bell, United States Senator from 

 Tennessee, and the nominee of a great political party for Presi- 

 dent in I860, was on the south side of Broad street and west 

 ol Fourth avenue, and occupied nearly the entire block. It is- 

 at present known as the Broadway House. 



