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

Peter Bashaw

1763 - 1864

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2024

1. Peter Bashaw Marker

Inscription. Private Peter Bashaw of Fauquier County, Va., son of James Bashaw, served three tours of service in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War under Colonels Triplett and Edmonds. He fought at the battles of Cowpens and Yorktown in 1781 and served with armies under the command of Generals Lafayette and Washington in Richmond and Little York. In 1809, the French Huguenot Brashaw family moved to this area and established a working farm with a dogtrot-style cedar log cabin. (Continued on other side)

(Continued from other side) Bashaw owned nearly 200 acres of land and held at least eleven enslaved persons. Censuses record six men and two women in 1850 and three men and two women in 1860. Upon his death, sources noted Peter as the last surviving Revolutionary War soldier in Tennessee. Peter, his wife, Frances (1769-1851); daughter, Baheathelon (1786-1876); his brother, Benjamin (1771-1835); and relatives Elizabeth Dews (1831-1899) and Margaret P. Ulrich (1867-1890) are buried in the Bashaw Cemetery.

Erected 2023 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 258.)

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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1781.

Location. 36° 14.889′ N, 86° 44.842′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Madison. It is on Old Due West Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 808 Old Due W Ave, Madison TN 37115, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: U.S. Colored Troops Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Hank Snow’s Rainbow Ranch (approx. 1.4 miles away); Smith-Carter House (approx. 1.4 miles

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2024

2. Peter Bashaw Marker

away); Address by President Lincoln at the Dedication of The Gettysburg National Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); A National Cemetery System (approx. 1.4 miles away); Spring Hill Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); Jimmy Martin (approx. 1.4 miles away); Earl Eugene Scruggs (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2024

3. Peter Bashaw Marker

Bashaw Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2024

4. Bashaw Cemetery

Bashsaw Cemetery headstones image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2024

5. Bashsaw Cemetery headstones

Peter Bashaw headstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2024

6. Peter Bashaw headstone

Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 985 times since then and 100 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 1, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.