Muhlenberg County Kentucky
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Lile Cemetery
Lile Cemetery. Photograph taken sometime in the late 60s or early 70s by Joetta Brown.
Location
From Greenville. Take US 62 west to Kentucky Route 189. Turn south on KY-189 and go about 8 miles south. The cemetery is on a private road that is the second left after Jarrells Creek Road. Turn left and go up the hill past the barns and work shops. The cemetery is about 1 mile from the highway in a cow pasture. It will be on your left. Cemetery is on private property, so stop by the house, say hello and ask for permission to enter the property.
Approximate GPS coordinates: 37.129329, -87.292193.
Burials
- Lile, Clara B. Born 17 July 1837. Died [unknown].
- Daughter of James H. Lile & Lucy P. Nance.
- Lile, Cordelia Ann. Born 3 Feb 1845. Died 7 Dec 1933.
- Cordelia A. Randolph, daughter of Ashford Randolph & Geraldine Oates. She married Theophilus Allison Lile, 13 Aug 1868, in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, James Deward. Born 18 Aug 1929. Died 12 Dec 1929.
- Son of James S. Lile & Amanda B. Knight.
- Lile, James Hester. Born 12 Oct 1794. Died 18 Mar 1855.
- Son of William Jackson Lile & Elizabeth Hester. Married Lucy P. Nance, 7 Nov 1816, in Granville County, North Carolina.
- A soldier of the War of 1812, James Hester Lile was at the Battle of New Orleans and took part in the Mexican War. He emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee where he lived several years. In 1849, Col. Lile and his family of six sons and three daughters came to Kentucky and settled in Muhlenberg County on the waters of Pond River and in the neighborhood of George O. Prowse, Jacob Imbler, John Swan Atkinson, Richard Thompson and John Owens. James' brother Jackson Lile Jr., his family, and Elizabeth Hester Lile came to Kentucky a few years later and settled across Pond River in the Apex neighborhood of Christian County.
- Lile, Joseph McDonald. Born 14 Sept 1832. Died 25 Oct 1911.
- Born Bedford County, Tennessee, son of James Hester Lile & Lucy P. Nancy. Married Rachel E. Knight, 4 Nov 1874, in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, Lucy P. Born 16 Jan 1795. Died [unknown].
- Margaret Lucy P. Nance, born in Virginia, married James Hester Lyle, 7 Nov 1816, in Granville County, North Carolina.
- Lile, M.J. Born 24 Jan 1822. Died 10 July 1889. Gravestone.
- Mark J. Lile, son of James Hester Lile and Lucy P. Nance. He never married.
- Lile, Margaret L. Born 18 Jan 1823. Died 15 Jan 1901. Gravestone.
- Margaret L. Short, born Bedford County, Tennessee, daughter of William Short & a Miss Bunton. Married William T. Lile about 1842, in Bedford County, Tennessee.
- Lile, Mary J. Born 28 Dec 1835. Died 23 Sept 1913. Gravestone.
- Daughter of James Hester Lile & Lucy P. Nance.
- Mary lived with her brother Mark J. Lile, sister Sarah E. Lile, & nephew Thomas J. Lile and helped raise her nephew's four children. Mary left a will in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, Rachel Ellen. Born 22 June 1854. Died 28 June 1949. Gravestone.
- Rachel E. Knight, daughter of Henry F. Knight & Mary E. Keith. Married J.M. Lile, 4 Nov 1874, in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, Robert J. Born 6 May 1820. Died 27 Oct 1883.
- Son of James Hester Lile & Lucy P. Nancy. Married Sarah L. Keath, 16 Feb 1857, in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, Robert J. Born 6 Nov 1855. Died 29 Oct 1893. Gravestone.
- Son of William Thomas Lile & Margaret L. Short. Robert had both a hearing & speaking disability. He never married.
- Lile, Sarah Elizabeth. Born 4 Apr 1830. Died 25 Mar 1912. Gravestone.
- Daughter of James Hester Lile & Lucy P. Nance.
- Sarah lived with her brother Mark J. Lile, sister Mary J. Lile, and nephew Thomas J. Lile and helped raise her nephew's four children. Sarah left a will in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, T.A. Born 26 Mar 1847. Died 5 May 1904. Gravestone.
- Theophilus Allison Lile, born Bedford County, Tennessee, son of William Thomas Lile & Margaret L. Short. Married Cordelia Ann Randolph, 13 Aug 1868, in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, Thomas J. Born 20 Aug 1853. Died 13 Jan 1923. Gravestone.
- Thomas Jefferson Lile, son of William Thomas Lile & Margaret L. Short. Married 1) Nannie Pace, 16 Oct 1884, in Muhlenberg County. Married 2) Tempy J. McChisney, 27 Oct 1895, in Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, W.J.F. Born 17 Oct 1844. Died 11 July 1862. Gravestone.
- William James Franklin Lile, born in Bedford County, Tennessee, son of William Thomas Lile & Margaret L. Short.
- W.J.F. contracted measles and typhoid fever while serving in the military. He received a disability discharge but never recovered.
- Lile, W.T. Born 13 Aug 1817. Died 29 July 1860. Gravestone.
- William Thomas Lile, son of James H. Lile & Lucy P. Nance. Married Margaret L. Short about 1842, in Bedford County, Tennessee.
The condition of Lile Cemetery 24 April 1999. Pictured are Darroll Williams, Jerry Garret, and Wanda Wells - great-grandchildren of Thomas J. Lile. Also pictured is Jerry Garret's wife.
Others on this trip were granddaughters of Thomas J. Lile: Dora Williams of Ohio, Mabel Walker of Indiana, Elva Garrett and Mary Nell Sharber, both of Kentucky. Great-grandchildren were Darrell Williams, Ruth Ann Janes, Jerry Wayne Garrett and wife, Wanda Sue Wells, and Brenda and Barry Webster.
Mable Walker, Elva Garret and Dora Williams (grandaughters of Thomas J. Lile) and Ruth Ann Janes (great-granddaughter of Thomas J. Lile) visiting Lile Cemetery 24 April 1999.
The Lile Cemetery is located on land owned by Paul Wice south of Kentucky Route 189 near the Muhlenberg-Christian county line. The land was part of the Dr. G.L. Simpson farm.
Photographs by Jean Wells and Anne Lile Musial.
Some transcriptions by Joetta Brown and Brenda Webster.
Additional information from Jean Wells.
Contributed by Jean Wells.
Updated August 16, 2026.