Lenawee County Cemetery Information

Adrian's First Cemetery was located at the corner of Main St. and Michigan Ave. in what is now Fee Park. After Oakwood Cemetery was established, city workers began to move 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 and shows the locations of the three remaining burials.

Lenawee Co Cemetery Sources

• The Lenawee MIGenWeb Cemetery List by Township lists Lenawee Cemeteries by township.


• The Lenawee MIGenWeb Cemetery Alphabetical Listing lists Lenawee Cemeteries alphabetically by name.


• 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 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
  • Volume 6 - Macon Township Cemeteries
  • Volume 7 - Cambridge Township Cemeteries
  • Volume 9 - Rome Township Cemeteries
  • Volume 10 - Palmyra Township Cemeteries
  See the LCFR web site for pricing and availability of these and future volumes.

Michigan Cemetery Resources

• 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 USGenWeb Tombstone Project is an attempt to put tombstone inscriptions and photos online. Since this is an ongoing project, please check periodically to see if the cemetery you are interested in has been listed.