The Lee Cemetery is located off I-40 at the Old Baxter Road exit on Lee Cemetery Road in Boma, Putnam County, Tennessee. In the cemetery, there are many unmarked stones and stones that appear to be shaped into markers but contain no name. The following photos and transcription were taken by Glenn Lee on November 18, 1999.
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| Lee Cemetery Road, Boma, Tennessee (November, 1999) |
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| Lee Cemetery, Boma, Tennessee (August, 2002) |
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| William Browder Lee marker, Boma, Tennessee. This marker was ordered from the VA and placed in the Lee Cemetery next to his wife Marinda Roberts in November, 1999 by William's 3rd great grandson Glenn Lee. William died in Ada, Oklahoma and was buried in the Old Hird Cemetery in Ada; however, the cemetery was destroyed in the 1960s. |
Cemetery Transcription
ROW 1
HARMON SHERMAN ROBERTS
20 JUNE 1866
CA AUG. 1936
SON OF MARION ROBERTS
GRANDSON OF JOSEPH ROBERTS
MINE LICK CREEK
MARY L. ROBERTS
MAR. 10 1872
JUL 15 1920
MEADY F.
DAU. OF
H.S. & M.L. ROBERTS
BORN
JUNE 5, 1897
DIED
MAR. 26, 1900
OPAL ROBERTS
MAY 1, 1904
JAN. 17, 1925
ROW 2
2 UNMARKED STONES
M L R
M F R
O R
ROW 3
UNMARKED STONE
UNMARKED STONE
ALMOREAN SUTTON
1813 - 1896
ELIZABETH SUTTON
1818 - 1902
ROW 4
E S
A S
ROW 5
6 UNMARKED STONES
ROW 6
7 UNMARKED STONES
ROW 7
DUKE
MATTIE LEE GEO. MIZELL
APR. 1, 1886 OCT. 10, 1880
JAN. 10, 1968 SEPT. 3, 1943
3 UNMARKED STONES
TENNESSEE LEE
BORN 1862
DIED 1892
ROW 8
ROB LEE
MAY 1879
JUNE 23, 1965
8 UNMARKED STONES
2 MARKERS NO NAME
ROW 9
7 UNMARKED STONES
ROW 10
UNMARKED STONE
PVT WILLIAM BROWDER LEE
CO I
1 TENN MTD
INF VOL
CSA (Incorrect, this was a Union regiment)
JUN 19 1826
FEB 14 1909
MARINDA ROBERTS
WIFE OF W. B. LEE
BORN 1821 DIED 1900
MARTHA A. LEE
WIFE OF JOHN STEWART
BORN 1851
DIED 1900
UNMARKED STONE
JEREMIAH LEE
BORN 1853
DIED 1859
JOSEPH H. LEE
BORN 1846
DIED 1857
3 UNMARKED STONES
MARY STACY
WIFE OF RICHARD LEE
BORN 1781 DIED 1872
RICHARD LEE
BORN 1780
DIED 1864
ROW 11
2 MARKERS NO NAME
UNMARKED STONE
2 MARKERS NO NAME
3 UNMARKED STONES
FRED DEWEY MADDUK
BORN DEC. 7 1899
DIED OCT. 8 1909
MARKER NO NAME
ROW 12
3 UNMARKED STONES
MARY J
4 UNMARKED STONES
ROW 13
UNMARKED STONE
2 MARKERS NO NAME
2 UNMARKED STONES
N J W
UNMARKED STONE
ROW 14
3 MARKERS NO NAME
4 UNMARKED STONES
ROW 15
2 UNMARKED STONES