Antioch in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020

1. Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. In 1871, District 6 school commissioners John Briley, Benjiah Gray and Jason Austin bought one acre of land from James Thompson for an African American school. In 1873, African American members of the Benevolent Society of Olive Branch No. 38 established Olive Branch Cemetery. Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church (est. 1875) used the one-room school for services until the church was built. The church was re-built in 1971. Due to its condition, the school was demolished c. 1980.

Erected 2019 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 209.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.

Location. 36° 0.326′ N, 86° 38.386′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Antioch. It is on Cane Ridge Road 0.4 miles north of Old Hickory Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5983 Cane Ridge Rd, Antioch TN 37013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cane Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. half a mile away); Alfred Z. Kelley (approx. 1.6 miles away); Richards Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Racial Terror Lynchings in America / Lynching of Samuel Smith (approx. 2.6 miles away); Alice Thompson Collinsworth (approx. 2.8 miles away); Wheeler's Raid around Rosecrans (approx. 3.4 miles away); Mary Kate Patterson Davis Hill Kyle (approx. 3.4 miles away); Mary Kate Patterson (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020

2. Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 864 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.