Rest Hill Cemetery

Rest Hill Cemetery
Location TN 141 E of jct. with TN 24 Bypass, Lebanon, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°12′35″N 86°16′13″W / 36.20972°N 86.27028°W / 36.20972; -86.27028 (Rest Hill Cemetery)Coordinates: 36°12′35″N 86°16′13″W / 36.20972°N 86.27028°W / 36.20972; -86.27028 (Rest Hill Cemetery)
Area 7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
Built 1867 (1867)
NRHP reference # 93000212[1]
Added to NRHP March 25, 1993

Rest Hill Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Lebanon, Tennessee.

The cemetery was established with the help of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1867-1869, during the Reconstruction Era.[2] It was expanded in 1880.[2] It includes the burials of at least 25 blacks who were born as slaves, before the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.[3] There are also civic leaders like J. R. Inman (a co-founder of the Wilson County Colored Teachers Association) and Republican politicians like Jake Owens and Martin Manson, from the postbellum era.[2]

The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 25, 1993.[1] By 2002, it was mostly overgrown, and the city of Lebanon agreed to restore it.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rest Hill Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved May 12, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. 1 2 Humbles, Andy (July 20, 2002). "Historic black cemetery clings to its secrets". The Tennessean. p. 19. Retrieved May 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
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