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| (GOODLETTSVILLE AREA) DAVIDSON COUNTY- NASHVILLE, TN- 1999 |
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| HISTORY of GOODLETTSVILLE |
| Formerly called
Mansker's Station Incorporated 1857 1958 incorporated a second time |
Contributed
by Dr G Brunk 2'10 |
I was surprised when I
searched the Internet and coundn't find much about the early history of
Goodlettsville. Apparently it was named for Dr A. G. Goodlet. I have
been doing research on the early patent medicine, Houck's Panacea, and
discovered that Dr. Goodlet began making it after its Baltimore
inventor, Jacob Houck died. The 1855 Nasville, Tennessee Directory printed an ad by Dr. A. G. Goodlet, who now sold Houck's Panacea, "popular in both the South and the North."A different ad appeared in the 1854 Southern Business Directory and Commercial Advertiser, which began, "Dr. A. G. Goodlet's Medical Laboratory, No. 29 Cherry-Street, Where he manufactures extensively Houck's Panacea." An old bottle indicates the panacea was then being made in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, today a Nashville suburb. I assume your town was named for him. |
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Immediately to the east is one of the stone bridges over which passed the old stage road from Nashville to Louisville. The stage line operated until the railroad was completed in 1859. |
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OLD STONE BRIDGE |
| PEOPLE of GOODLETTSVILLE |
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Near here was the home of Robert Cartwright, early pioneer and Indian fighter. Born 1722 in Virginia, he served in the British Army in the French and Indian War, and in the American Army in the Revolutionary War. He came to the Cumberland settlement in 1780 with the Donelson expedition and was a signer of the Cumberland Compact, the first articles of government for the region. He later was a member of the Nickajack expedition against the Chickasaw Indians, and was overseer for the construction of the turnpike now followed by this highway. He died in 1809 and is buried nearby. |
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ROBERT CARTWRIGHT |
| Tribute to Grandpa Jones Monument Jones a member of Country Music Hall of Fame A member of Grand Ole Opry since 1946 Performed as a regular cast member on television’s Hee Haw Had lived in Luton Community since 1957 Died in 1998 |
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GRANDPA JONES |
| LANDMARKS in GOODLETTSVILLE AREA |
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Now
Goodlettsville Chamber of Commerce
117 N Main St |
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OLD BANK BUILDING |
 Features NHRA championship drag racing |
 2601 Greer Rd |
 105 S Main |
| Music City Raceway | Ambassador Conference Center | Goodlettsville City Hall |
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 114 Space Park North |
| Gateway West Professional Building | Railroad Bridge | Space Park North |
| HISTORIC HOMES in GOODLETTSVILLE |
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| CHURCHES of GOODLETTSVILLE |
 Organized 1851 Relocated and rebuilt 1958 206 New Brick Church Pike |
 Older building erected 1904 113 church St |
 211 Cafe Rd |
| Baker’s Chapel CME Church | Connell Memorial Methodist Church | First Baptist Church & Cemetery |
 1163 Campbell Rd |
 411 S Main |
 814 South Dickerson Rd |
| Good Shepherd Independent Missionary Baptist Church | Goodlettsville Church of Christ | Goodlettsville Church of God |
 121 East Ave |
 Organized 1853 New building erected 1976 226 S Main |
 731 S Dickerson Rd |
| Goodlettsville Church of the Nazarene | Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church | Goodlettsville Free Will Baptist Church |
 Draper Circle |
 1004 S Dickerson Rd |
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| Goodlettsville Southern Methodist Church | Goodlettsville United Pentecostal Church | House of Prayer Christian Center |
 2705 Greer Rd |
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| Ivy Point Church of Christ & Cemetery |
Living Word Church lwc@nowfaith.com |
Luton’s Methodist Church & Cemetery |
 414 Brick Church Pike |
 505 Cunniff Pkwy |
 Organized 1859 Building erected 1938 1301 Union Hill Rd |
| Ministry of Nashville Cowboy Church | Parkway Baptist Church | Union Hill Baptist Church & Cemetery |
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New Bethel Baptist Church (formerly White's Creek) was organized in 1794, six miles north of Nashville on Whites Creek Pike, through the labors of Daniel Brown, ??? White, Nathan Arnets and Patrick ???. It was moved to Dickerson road in 1837 and the name changed to New Bethel in 1854. It was one of five churches in the organization of More District Association, the first one in Middle Tennessee, organized in 1794. |
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NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH |
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1787 Building erected 1955 Cornerstone contains time capsule to be opened 2087 2947 Lower Walkers Creek Rd |
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WALKER'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH |
| CEMETERIES in GOODLETTSVILLE |
 1150 S Dickerson Rd |
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| Forest Lawn Cemetery | Ivy Point Church of Christ Cemetery | Luton’s Methodist Church Cemetery | Reasoner Family Cemetery | Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery |
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