[1][2] He served as the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1865 to 1867.
[1][2] He was born on September 15, 1815, in Franklin County, Kentucky.
[1] He believed the 1867 election was fraudulent, and was forced from the courthouse by armed federal soldiers, declaring "I want it understood, gentlemen, that I yield to the bayonet and that alone.
[1] Their four surviving children were William Matt Jr., Mrs. Carrie Rather, Mary Ellis Brown and Jeannie Brown.
[1] He died on September 12, 1885, at his house on South Summer Street in Nashville.