Rest Hill Cemetery
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rest-hill-cemetery-299-7976974
title:
Rest Hill Cemetery
text:
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. It was expanded in 1880. It includes the burials of at least 25 blacks who were born as slaves, before the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. There are also civic leaders like J. R. Inman and Republican politicians like Jake Owens and Martin Manson, from the postbellum era. The cemetery has been listed on the Na
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historic cemetery in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_Hill_Cemetery
date created:
date modified:
2023-06-05T15:31:41Z
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fields total:
13
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15