Powhatan W. Maxey

Powhatan W. Maxey (1810–1876) was an American Whig politician.[1][2][3][4] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1843 to 1845.[1][2][3][5]

Biography

Early life

Powhatan Woolridge Maxey was born on May 7, 1810.[1] His parents were from Virginia, and he had six brothers and seven sisters.[3]

Career

He sat on the Nashville Board of Aldermen.[3] From 1843 to 1845, He served as Mayor of Nashville.[1][2][3][5] During his tenure, what was then known as Campbell's Hill was bought from George W. Campbell for $30,000 to build the new Tennessee State Capitol.[6] He also served as a Justice of the Peace.[3]

Personal life

He married Julia Hobbs on October 18, 1832.[1] They had six children.[1] He attended McKendree Methodist Church and later, Hobson Chapel Methodist Church.[3] He died on August 8, 1876, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
  2. 1 2 3 Nashville Library
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, Death Notices, Christian Advocate, July–December 1876
  4. ↑ Edythe Maxey Clark, The Maxeys of Virginia: A genealogical history of the descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey, Louisville, Kentucky: Gateway Press, p. 174
  5. 1 2 William Henry McRaven, Nashville, Athens of the South, Tennessee Book Company, 1949, p. 272
  6. ↑ John Trotwood Moore, Austin P. Foster, Tennessee, the volunteer state, 1769-1923, S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1923, Volume 1, p. 428
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas B. Coleman		 Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1843–1845 		Succeeded by
John Hugh Smith


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