Rest Hill Cemetery

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

Rest Hill Cemetery
LocationTN 141 E of jct. with TN 24 Bypass, Lebanon, Tennessee
Coordinates36°12′35″N 86°16′13″W
Area7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
NRHP reference No.93000212[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1993

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]

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