Davidson County Asylum 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Census Place: District 18, Davidson, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255251 National Archives Film T9-1251 Page 276D (etc.) ============================================================================= Note: The first Davidson County institution for the aged, infirm and mentally ill operated from 1864 to 1879 on another site, the farm of Thomas Harris who served as its "keeper." In April 1874, the county bought two tracts east of Gallatin Pike for $13,000 to serve as a farm residence for those in need, both the indigent and the mentally ill. The farms had previously belonged to the estate of Thomas L. Bransford (1804-1865), a merchant and railroad official, and to Charlotte P. Ramsey. The area was then about 3½ miles outside the city of Nashville. The facility cost roughly $14,000 annually to operate, but those of its residents able to do farm work on the property helped offset "a large portion" of that through the county's sale of farm products, Clayton wrote. Three two-story buildings were built adjacent to each other, and a fourth was later added for a superintendent's residence, enclosing a sort of yard. A three-member commission saw to its operation. By 1880, Isaac W. Lanier was the appointed superintendent, with his wife overseeing its "female department." The facility housed about 150-190 people - roughly half of them African-American. The 1880 Census listed all of them with the term "pauper." The county physician saw to their medical needs. "This is not known as a poorhouse, and it stands so high in the estimation of the citizens that it is considered no dishonor to be permitted to hire keeping there when disabled by age or infirmity," Clayton's history said. Bordeaux Long-Term Care, Metro Nashville's current 420-bed nursing home on 121 acres northwest of downtown, began in 1893 as the successor to the poor farm. It provided various medical services to residents as Bordeaux Hospital until 1967 when its focus became long-term care. From: "County Farm was Once Innovative in Care" by George Zepp, tennessean.com, 11 May 2007 ============================================================================= Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Isaac W. LANIER Self M M W 49 TN Fa: NC Mo: TN Occ: Keeper County Asylum Martha LANIER Wife F M W 39 TN Fa: VA Mo: TN Occ: Keeping House Edward E. LANIER Son M S W 11 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Hugh A. LANIER Son M S W 10 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN James M. LANIER Son M S W 8 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Bernice J. LANIER Dau F S W 5 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Toney C. LANIER Son M S W 3 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN James ERWIN Other M W W 64 TN Fa: IRE Mo: PA Occ: Bookkeeper Of Asylum John EARTHMAN Other M S W 57 TN Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Guard John DONNOVAN Other M S W 51 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Guard Cornelia BEECH Other F M MU 50 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Cook Susan COOK Other F S W 27 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Occ: Pauper Martha FRYE Other F S W 22 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Isaac FRYE Other M S W 4M TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Polly CHILDRESS Other F W W 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Elizabeth CAPPS Other F W W 52 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Martha CAPPS Other F S W 22 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Elizabith HAYNES Other F S W 25 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Fanny WILIAMS Other F S W 34 AR Fa: AR Mo: AR Occ: Pauper Rose HOLLIS Other F S W 38 GER Fa: GER Mo: GER Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 276D) Elizabeth HALEY Other F S W 19 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Leana BURKE Other F S W 60 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Nancy BRYAN Other F S W 42 TN Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper Polly REECE Other F S W 80 TN Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper Miranda HOFFMAN Other F S W 31 IL Fa: IL Mo: IL Occ: Pauper Cassandra JOHNSON Other F S W 76 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Mary BURNE Other F S W 21 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Sarah BURNE Other F S W 1 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Sarah BURNE Other F W W 60 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Isbella GARHARTE Other F S W 70 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Polly MCCALEB Other F S W 55 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Occ: Pauper Lucy BROOKS Other F S W 23 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Jane CURLEY Other F S W 63 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Agnes REEVES Other F S W 64 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Kate SUDEKUM Other F S W 45 GER Fa: GER Mo: GER Occ: Pauper Georgiana DALE Other F S W 83 CAN Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Occ: Pauper Mary KIRKPATRICK Other F S W 25 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Anna BENTON Other F S W 34 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Daniel BENTON Other M S W 2 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Bettie MANLUM Other F S W 81 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 276D) Alicia MASON Other F S W 50 OH Fa: OH Mo: OH Occ: Pauper Dora MILLER Other F S W 60 RUSSIA Fa: RUSSIA Mo: RUSSIA Occ: Pauper Mollie SMITH Other F S W 40 OH Fa: OH Mo: OH Occ: Pauper Charles MILLER Other M S W 40 RUSSIA Fa: RUSSIA Mo: RUSSIA Occ: Pauper James MEADOWS Other M S W 71 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper William PARADISE Other M S W 55 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Thomas MCDONALD Other M S W 64 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper John BASSETT Other M S W 50 ENG Fa: ENG Mo: ENG Occ: Pauper Dan REGAN Other M S W 65 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Nicholas BURKE Other M S W 65 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper William CURTAIN Other M S W 25 TN Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Stephen BAYNE Other M S W 61 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper James HANNAN Other M S W 75 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper William KIRKPATRICK Other M S W 25 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper John EDMONDS Other M S W 66 ENG Fa: ENG Mo: ENG Occ: Pauper James LOMIS Other M S W 37 LA Fa: LA Mo: LA Occ: Pauper Emale CHARTEIR Other M S W 56 GER Fa: GER Mo: GER Occ: Pauper Michael DOLIN Other M S W 60 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Joseph HARRIS Other M S W 48 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Buck CUZZORT Other M S W 44 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 277A) John LEECH Other M S W 52 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper John B. MCPHERSON Other M S W 65 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Occ: Pauper Norman MCLEOD Other M S W 62 CAN Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Occ: Pauper J.C. BROWN Other M S W 76 PA Fa: PA Mo: PA Occ: Pauper Fred BESTER Other M S W 44 FRANCE Fa: FRANCE Mo: FRANCE Occ: Pauper Alexander WOODLIFT Other M S W 42 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Jacob KEELER Other M S W 45 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper William SIMMONS Other M S W 9 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Ed NUGENT Other M S W 45 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper John W. ALLEN Other M S W 79 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Timothy SWAN Other M S W 47 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Buckner H. PAYNE Other M M W 80 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Occ: Pauper John DALE Other M S W 68 MD Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Louis MILLER Other M S W 35 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Occ: Pauper John SMITHWICK Other M S W 52 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Occ: Pauper James GLASCON Other M S W 54 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Henry CAMPBELL Other M S W 58 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper John DARBY Other M S W 45 SWIT Fa: SWIT Mo: SWIT Occ: Pauper W.A. DAVIS Other M S W 45 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper John BLAIR Other M S W 23 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 277A ) Joseph BROWDER Other M S W 23 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper John RYMAN Other M S W 25 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper William PHIFFE Other M S W 48 GER Fa: GER Mo: GER Occ: Pauper William RUSSON Other M S W 10 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Patrick DAVID Other M S W 52 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Archie F. BOWLING Other M S W 25 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Henry PHILLIPS Other M S W 40 GER Fa: GER Mo: GER Occ: Pauper Thomas DANTON Other M S W 25 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper G.W. CARTER Other M S W 30 SC Fa: SC Mo: SC Occ: Pauper Jessie CHRISMAN Other M S W 35 SC Fa: SC Mo: SC Occ: Pauper David WARE Other M S W 72 DE Fa: DE Mo: DE Occ: Pauper Jane COUCH Other F S W 52 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Mary SMITH Other F S W 57 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Carrie WAITMAN Other F S W 110 GER Fa: GER Mo: GER Occ: Pauper Nancy WILKIN Other F S W 53 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Nancy KURKPATRICK Other F S W 21 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Susan HAGAR Other F S W 50 GER Fa: GER Mo: GER Occ: Pauper Carrie TINDALL Other F S W 45 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Bridget GALLIGHER Other F S W 40 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper E. D. F. ROBINSON Other F S W 40 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 277A) Eliza STULL Other F S W 58 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Elizabeth BEARD Other F S W 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper E. C. SANDERS Other F S W 50 MS Fa: MS Mo: MS Occ: Pauper Carrie MARTIN Other F S W 50 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper Jane WILLIAMSON Other F S W 55 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Anna SCALF Other F S W 20 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Pauline WOODRUFF Other F W W 33 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Sarah NEMS Other F S W 49 MS Fa: MS Mo: MS Occ: Pauper Susan HALEY Other F S W 59 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Hannah MORRISSEY Other F S W 43 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper Amanda PARHAM Other F S B 25 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Mary MCDONALD Other F S B 30 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Carrie HARDING Other F S B 21 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Ida BROWN Other F S B 30 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Rebecca DAVIS Other F S B 28 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Joseph TRIMBLE Other M S B 75 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper Thomas J. PECK Other M S B 65 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Susan ANDERSON Other F S B 76 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper Annie LITTON Other F S B 60 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Jane BANKS Other F S B 68 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 277B ) Susan WILSON Other F S B 75 MD Fa: MD Mo: MD Occ: Pauper Jane WILSON Other F S B 51 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Priscilla PAYNE Other F S B 78 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Rose DOUGLASS Other F W B 93 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Ranson HUMPHREY Other M M B 43 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Jane HUMPHREY Other F M B 42 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Rebecca GASCON Other F S B 65 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Priscilla SHAD Other F S B 65 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Catherine BOSWORTH Other F S B 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Jane BRADLEY Other F S B 22 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Louise BEATTY Other F S B 39 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Fannie FINCH Other F S B 27 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Mary MILLER Other F S B 30 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Nellie SPRIGGS Other F S B 70 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Emily BAKER Other F S B 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Martha HARDING Other F S B 28 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Rebecca HAMILTON Other F S B 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Serena ALLEN Other F S B 45 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Sarah VANDYKE Other F S B 35 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Fanny TUCKER Other F S B 70 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 277B) Malinda LIPSCOMB Other F S B 50 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper John LIPSCOMB Other M S B 6 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Manda MCFERRIN Other F S B 60 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Ann AMOS Other F S B 70 LA Fa: LA Mo: LA Occ: Pauper Lou DAVIS Other F S B 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Eliza CLEMONS Other F S B 51 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Ann WRIGHT Other F S B 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Pauline MAY Other F S B 30 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Bettie LEWIS Other F S B 110 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Cupid WRIGHT Other M S B 60 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Nelson SCOTT Other M S B 70 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper Madison SMITH Other M S B 73 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Griffin BYSOR Other M S B 80 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper John HOLT Other M S B 45 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Looney NAPIER Other M S B 65 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Caleb TRABUE Other M S B 50 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Lewis DE GREAT Other M S B 68 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Adam WHITE Other M S B 60 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Nathan STEVENSON Other M S B 70 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Edward HARRIS Other M S B 35 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper (Continued, Page 278C) Alfred ALDERSON Other M S B 53 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Mitchell BENTIN Other M S B 65 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Occ: Pauper Moses KING Other M S B 35 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Anthony BOSWORTHY Other M S B 60 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper "gup" CUNNINGHAM Other M S B 80 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Henry THOMPSON Other M S B 50 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Occ: Pauper Jefferson POCK Other M S B 45 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Robert BRAYD Other M S B 30 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Wallace CHANDLER Other M S B 45 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Ralph COOPER Other M S B 40 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Occ: Pauper Michael ROWLAND Other M S W 53 IRE Fa: IRE Mo: IRE Occ: Pauper ==end==