A visit to the Lee Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Lee Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lee Cemetery:
35.7184, -86.2122
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lee Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lee Cemetery is located in Rutherford County<2>.
The county seat for Rutherford County is located in Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northwest of the Lee Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lee Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Lee Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lee Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Donnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Donnell Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnell Cemetery
- Jacobs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Jacobs Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Harrold Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Harrold Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrold Cemetery
- Prater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Prater Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prater Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Douglas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Douglas Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Cemetery
- Hettie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hettie Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hettie Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Jernigan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Jernigan Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Todd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- McCrary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The McCrary Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrary Cemetery
- Todd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Todd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- Big Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Big Creek Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Cemetery
- Mankin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mankin Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankin Cemetery
- Mankin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mankin Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankin Cemetery
- Jernigan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Jernigan Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan Cemetery
- Tolbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Tolbert Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tolbert Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Bradyville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19423 <5>
- Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopewell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #13599 <5>
- Bynum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thyatira Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Thyatira Cemetery is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thyatira Cemetery
- Sagely Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Sagely Cemetery is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagely Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lee Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lee Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bradyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Gossburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Burgen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Beechgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kittrell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Readyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burns Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Dillton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rucker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bell Buckle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Naola ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Naola is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Manus Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Busy Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Teal ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Teal is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Bluewing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bluewing is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Murfreesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wartrace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Compton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Midland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Trousdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Lee Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rutherford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lee Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Murfreesboro
- Wartrace
- Woodbury
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Lee Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Rutherford County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Lee Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1290948 (Lee Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1290948 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Rutherford
- Est. Elev: 314 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beechgrove
- Location given for Lee Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.7184032 Lon: -86.2122147
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Rutherford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lee Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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