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INTRODUCTION This compilation contains records of cemeteries, graveyards, and graves as found in Rutherford County, Tennessee and along the county lines contiguous to Rutherford County, i.e., Davidson County, Wilson County, Cannon County, Coffee County, Bedford County, Marshall County, and Williamson County. Also within this compilation are some Family Records, death information from Session Minutes of 1st Presbyterian Church of Murfreesboro, and information from death notices found in early newspapers in Rutherford County and the Middle Tennessee area. A copy of the 1878 Beers Map, divided into nine (9) segments, has also been included. The beginning of this book contains copies of USGS map quadrangles. I have placed a number on these quadrangle maps which correspond to the number of the cemetery in this book. With the map location of the cemetery along with the brief direction descriptions given with each cemetery, it is hoped that the reader will be aided in identifying each cemetery location. I have also included a copy of the 1878 Beers map of Rutherford County. A larger copy of this map is located in the Rutherford County Register’s Office in Murfreesboro. Percy Priest Lake Relocation and Mt. Juliet Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee The federal government acquired 20,000 acres of land, located in Davidson, Wilson and Rutherford counties, for the Percy Priest Lake and Dam Project. 97 family cemeteries located within the three counties had to be relocated prior to the construction of the dam and the filling of the lake. The contract for removal and relocation of these cemeteries fell to the Army Corps of Engineers and was signed on March 18, 1966, and all work was completed on July 13, 1966.
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