African Cemetery No. 2

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The African Cemetery No. 2 or The Cemetery of the Union Benevolent Society No. 2 is a historic cemetery in Lexington , Kentucky in the United States .

history

As early as the 1820s, black people were buried on the site , the Colored Peoples Union Benevolent Society No. 2 only bought the site in 1869 for use as a cemetery . The last funeral took place in 1974.

Three hundred bodies were moved here from the Presbyterian Cemetery on Limestone Street in 1889.

Lexington City Council took control of the cemetery in 1973 and Lexington took control of the cemetery. In 1979, African Cemetery No. 2, Incorporated to preserve the cemetery.

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 31, 2004 .

Buried people

Tombs at African Cemetery No. 2

The 320  ares large cemetery contains over 5000 graves, of which 1200 are identifiable, but only 600 have a tombstone. More than a hundred graves are from military veterans, including 49 from members of the US Colored Troops of the Civil War .

Issac Murphy

Clarence Espy was one of the soldiers who had served in the 369th Infantry Regiment. The soldiers of this regiment became known as the Harlem Hell Fighters . Espy from Lexington was honored with the Croix de guerre , the highest French military award.

Journalist and attorney RCO Benjamin was murdered on October 2, 1900 during an altercation over the right to vote for African Americans . A memorial in his honor was erected on his grave in 1910.

The Jockey Isaac Burns Murphy , who in the Racing Hall of Fame was taken, was also originally buried in this cemetery. Murphy became the first jockey to win three Kentucky Derbies . He died on February 12, 1896, of pneumonia . His remains were moved to the tomb of the horse Man o 'War on Russell Cave Road in 1967 and finally to Kentucky Horse Park in 1987 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c African Cemetery No. 2 ( English ) In: African Cemetery No. 2 . University of Kentucky. April 27, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  2. ↑ Removing The Dead ( English ) In: The Kentucky Leader . University of Kentucky. May 20, 1889. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  3. ↑ Injunction Granted ( English ) In: The Kentucky Leader . University of Kentucky. May 22, 1889. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  4. ↑ City Approves Ordinances On Cemetery ( English ) In: The Lexington Leader . University of Kentucky. April 19, 1973. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  5. ↑ African Cemetery No. 2 ( English ) In: Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum . Isaac Scott Hathaway Museum, Inc .. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  6. ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 12, 2016
  7. ↑ Notable Kentucky African Americans Database ( English ) In: University of Kentucky Libraries . University of Kentucky. April 28, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  8. ↑ Annual Reports ( English ) In: 2006 . Hathaway Museum. April 27, 2008. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  9. ↑ a b Annual Reports . In: 2006 . Hathaway Museum. April 27, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved on October 7, 2010.
  10. ↑ a b African Cemetery No. 2 walking tour ( English ) In: African Cemetery No. 2 . University of Kentucky. April 27, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  11. ^ Isaac B. Murphy ( English ) In: Hall of Fame: Jockey's . National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. 2004. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved on August 7, 2012.

Web links

Commons : African Cemetery No. 2  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 3 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 84 ° 28 ′ 41 ″  W.