Tour Stops Jessamine County Courthouse Hemphill Pharmacy Nicholasville Baptist Church The Old Jail First Baptist Church Public Well Hotel Nicholas Bethel Church Farmers Bank E.R. Sparks Building Acme Book Club/Withers Library Withers Memorial Library The Wagner House Tour Map View a Google Map of the Nicholasville History Walk. Click each numbered point on the tour to see photos of the stops. SourcesTo see a complete list of our sources, visit our website at https://jesspublib.org/nicholasville-history-walk

Jessamine History Walks

Nicholasville History Walk

Locust Grove Cemetery is an African-American cemetery on state highway 169 in Nicholasville, KY. Join us for a self-guided audio tour, where you'll hear stories and memories about the following community members who are buried there:Andrew McAfeeGeorge CombsAnna Bell Holloway JackmonFrank Cannon, Sr.Ora Belle Hamilton CannonLizzie CannonEmma Jean Guyn MillerDorothy SmithAndrew Thomas SmithJoe PelmanFor more information about the project, visit our website at www.jesspublib.org/locust-grove/.  

Locust Grove Cemetery Walk

We recommend bringing a tour map with you. Download a PDF Maple Grove Map, or use the Maple Grove Cemetery Walk Google Map. On the Google Map, you can click each point on the tour to see photos of the graves. Click the grave photos to open them in a new window.Sources“Common Headstone Symbols and Their Meanings.” Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, www.gmct.com.au/History of Jessamine County, Kentucky. Jessamine County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1993.The Jessamine Journal. Nicholasville, Kentucky.“Maple Grove Cemetery.” Find A Grave, www.findagrave.com/cemetery/225249/maple-grove-cemetery.“Our Founder: Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips.” BPW International, www.bpw-international.org/index.php/about-bpw/history/our-founder.Sergio, Lisa. A Measure Filled: The Life of Lena Madesin Phillips. New York, R.B. Luce, 1972.“Symbols Found on Gravestones.” Cemetery Club, www.thecemeteryclub.com/symbols.html.Teater, Howard Curry. Maple Grove Cemetery Records: Nicholasville, Kentucky. 1988.Young, Bennet Henderson. A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1898. Louisville, Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1898.Episode CreditsResearch assistance by Ernestine Hamm, Jessamine County Historical Society.Written by Michael Cunningham, Carrie Green, and Les Lehman.Recorded by Carrie Green and Les Lehman.Engineered by Carrie Green.Music by Scott Whiddon.

Maple Grove Cemetery Walk

Take a walk through Jessamine County history on these self-guided audio tours from the Jessamine County Public Library. Find tour maps and more information on our website at www.jesspublib.org.

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Nicholasville History Walk

Locust Grove Cemetery Walk

Maple Grove Cemetery Walk