Lenawee County Cemetery Information

Adrian's First Cemetery

Many thanks to Carol Stevens for this information

Appeared in the May/June 1993 issue of the Lenawee County Researchers newsletter Vol. 6, Issue 6.

Adrian's First Cemetery was located at the corner of Main and Michigan Ave. After Oakwood Cemetery was established, the city workers began to remove the bodies from the old cemetery to Oakwood. The bodies were removed and reburied a few at a time, as time was available. When the work was completed three bodies remained, either because they could not be located, or permission could not be obtained for their removal. (Both stories may be true.) This hand-drawn map was provided to Oakwood Cemetery, which shows the location.

Note: handwritten on one side of this map is: "Stones placed underground and over graves by B. Hopkins when other bodies were removed."

Lenawee Co Cemetery Sources

The Lenawee MIGenWeb Cemetery by Township List - lists Lenawee Cemeteries by township.
The Lenawee MIGenWeb Cemetery by Alphabetical List - lists Lenawee Cemeteries alphabetically by name.
The Lenawee MIGenWeb Cemetery by Photo Gallery - has photos of the entrances of the various Lenawee Cemeteries.
Gravestone Records of Lenawee County, Michigan, Vol 1-5 by Harriet Cole Bowen
This series can be found at The Library of Michigan - book: F572.L5 B68 1935; microfilm: F572.L5 G7 1933a
and in the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Library - book: 74l5 929.3 D2Lg; also on microfilm
Burial Records of Lenawee County Michigan Series published by the Lenawee County Family Researchers
Volume 1 - Seneca Township Cemeteries
Volume 2 - Medina Township Cemeteries
Volume 3 - Franklin Township Cemeteries
Volume 4 - Oakwood Cemetery, City of Adrian
Volume 5 - Adrian Township Cemeteries

See the LCFR web site for pricing and availability of these and future volumes.
- Michigan Cemetery Atlas - Over 3800 Michigan Burial Sites
  Published in 1991 by the Library of Michigan
  This book has maps of each county with a list of the burial sites and cemeteries in each county with cemetery location marked on the map.
  There are 112 burial sites listed for Lenawee County, but many are sites which are no longer cemeteries.
  Can be found at the Library of Michigan at the Genealogy desk, call # Oversize G 1411 .E6225 L5 1991
  May be found at your local library.
  The numbers that follow the cemetery names are the numbers used in the Michigan Cemetery Atlas to locate cemeteries on the Map.
- Michigan Cemetery Source Book - Companion Volume to the Michigan Cemetery Atlas
  Published in 1994 by the Library of Michigan
  This book lists each burial site by township within a county. In addition, it lists any published tombstone readings that have been done for a burial site, giving the year the cemetery was read and if the source is a book or microfilm. The tombstone readings documents are at the Library of Michigan. This book also notes the locations of the burial sites. Many of the burial sites listed in this book are no longer cemeteries and are on private property and may no no longer be accessible.
  Can be found at the Library of Michigan at the Genealogy desk, call # G 1411 .E6225 L53 1994
  May be found at your local library.
- Michigan Cemetery Sources created by The Library of Michigan.
  This web site allows one to search for cemeteries in Michigan by county, township and or name. Cemetery location information is displayed as well as a list of any materials that the Library of Michigan has about the cemetery, including tombstone readings.
  Click Here to Search for Cemeteries in the online database.
  In many ways this online resource is an online update of the above Michigan Cemetery Atlas and Source Books listed above.
- The Michigan USGenWeb Tombstone Project is an attempt to put tombstone inscriptions online. Since this is an ongoing project, please check periodically to see if the cemetery you are interested in has been listed.
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