Rest Hill Cemetery

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Rest Hill Cemetery
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LocationTN 141 E of jct. with TN 24 Bypass, Lebanon, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°12′37″N86°16′13″W / 36.21028°N 86.27028°W / 36.21028; -86.27028 (Rest Hill Cemetery)
Area7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
NRHP reference No. 93000212 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  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.

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