Pioneer Cemetery at the Meriwether Lewis Death and Burial Site, Milepost 385.9

Pioneer Cemetery at the Meriwether Lewis Death and Burial Site

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Quick Facts

Location:

Meriwether Lewis Death and Burial Site, Milepost 385.9 on the Natchez Trace Parkway, near Hohenwald, TN

Significance:

Cemetery of local residents in the 1800s

Amenities

1 listed

Parking - Auto

The Pioneer Cemetery was first started in 1856, 47 years after Meriwether Lewis died and was buried. There are roughly 100 burials in the cemetery today. The War Department replaced the old and broken headstones with flat headstones in the 1920s. The flat headstones were restored in the early 2000s.

See Exploring the Meriwether Lewis Site for additional information.