The Locust Grove Oral History Podcast is a four-part series featuring stories and conversations remembering those who are buried in Locust Grove, an African-American cemetery in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
For our fourth and final episode, join us for a self-guided audio tour of Locust Grove Cemetery, where you’ll hear stories and memories about the following community members who are buried there:
Andrew McAfee
George Combs
Anna Bell Holloway Jackmon
Frank Cannon, Sr.
Ora Belle Hamilton Cannon
Lizzie Cannon
Emma Jean Guyn Miller
Dorothy Smith
Andrew Thomas Smith
Joe Pelman
For written directions and photos of the graves, download the Locust Grove Audio Tour Brochure.
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Episode Sources:
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Cannon, Frank, Jr. Personal interview. 12 March 2019.
“Cannon, Frank R., Sr.” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1076. Accessed 1 May 2019.
“Combs, George Robert.” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2379. Accessed 24 May 2019.
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“Joe Pellman Killed by Garbage Truck on Elm Street.” The Jessamine Journal, 26 Feb. 1976.
Kenion, Anna. Personal interview. 7 March 2019.
Kleppinger, Jonathan. “Royal Remembrance: Beloved Character from Nicholasvile’s Past Gets New Grave Marker.” The Jessamine Journal, 24 Sept. 2014. NewsBank.
“Locust Grove Cemetery.” Find A Grave, www.findagrave.com/cemetery/74868/locust-grove-cemetery. Accessed 24 May 2019.
“McAfee, Andrew.” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2135. Accessed 24 May 2019.
“Miller, Emma Jean Guyn.” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2094. Accessed 24 May 2019.
Orton, Nadia. “Recovering and Preserving African American Cemeteries.” The Preservation Leadership Forum of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2 June 2016, forum.savingplaces.org/blogs/special-contributor/2016/06/02/recovering-and-preserving-african-american-cemeteries. Accessed 24 May 2019.
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Smith, Jennifer. Personal interview. 26 Feb. 2019.
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White, Juanita. Personal interview. 26 March 2019.
Young, Bennet Henderson. A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1898. Louisville, Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1898.
Episode Credits:
Written and produced by Carrie Green and Les Lehman
Recorded by Carrie Green and Shantel Richardson
Engineered by Carrie Green and Levi Simonton
Music by Scott Whiddon