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Submitted: 4/8/12 • Approved: 4/8/12 • Last Updated: 7/30/12 • R673860-G0-S3
LOCATION: Lee Family Cemetery is located northwest of Mountain Home. From the center of Mountain Home take Hwy 5 north approximately 12 miles to the intersection of CR 17 aka Promise Land Road. Travel southwest on CR 17 approximately 5.8 miles to the intersection CR 113 aka Oakland Cutoff Road. The cemetery is located in the Northeast corner of this intersection.
NOTE: Lee Family Cemetery was originally deeded as a church and cemetery about 1920 by William Greene Lee. The church was eventually torn down and removed. The property is approximately one acre and is 100’ x 435’. The west property line is on the section / township line and is also the Baxter – Marion County line. The separate fenced cemetery is 12’ x 19’ and lies 100’ south and 22’ east of the property northwest corner.
COORDINATES: Longitude 92.53165W Latitude 36.42817N
SOURCE:
Martha White Lee, husband is a descendant of the Lee family.
Marked as Lee Cemetery on the Baxter County Assessors Map 001-08821-001
Recorded Deed: Baxter County
CONDITION: This cemetery is overgrown with weed control being done by the adjoining property renters. One commercial stone and five field stones found. Grave dowsing registers six burials corresponding to the stones found. Interior fence around graves needs some repair. Property is marked by a series of T posts with no fencing. Recent evidence of land clearing with large piles of trees on the acre.
AGE: Single readable stone 1921
Contributed on 4/8/12 by whiteriverwoodturning
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Record #: 673860