Genealogy: Our Astounding Past: January 27, 2011 Grave Matters

Thursday, January 27, 2011

January 27, 2011 Grave Matters

Welcome to another addition of Grave Matters. Today I was going to post the Pioneer Cemetery at Hohenwald, TN and I will publish a few. But I have been looking at the internet and there are quite a few sites posted for that graveyard. It is the death and burial site for Meriwether Lewis. He was said to have committed suicide at this location, but more information has come to light recently that he was murdered.

The site is on the Nachez Trace which is a wonderful drive. That is a picture of my dog Bonnie and my husband in the background. We are at the entrance to the Nachez Trace right outside of Nashville. Milemarker 444.

You will find the Meriwether Lewis site at mile marker 385.9. This is also the site of a pioneer graveyard. According to what I have been reading these are not the original markers, but rather new ones that replaced the small markers. They put the flat ones down because it was easier to mow. Oh, my.

George Grove

Lucy Mathis

Delia Himes

Infant of jim Himes

Virgil Himes

M.L.Hale

C.V. Hale, Jr.

This isn't all of the grave markers. I have only shown a few. If you need to see more, please comment and I will be glad to post.
Also there is a website that provides information about the people buried here. It is http://www.tngennet.org/lewis/pioneer_cemetery.htm.
There is also a book called Cemeteries of Lewis County, TN that has pictures and obituaries of some of the people buried here.

The next markers I found in Shelby County, Ky. near Peewee Valley right across from the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women.