Marble Creek Native American Cemetery
Logana, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
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Logana, Kentucky 40356 United StatesCoordinates: 37.85920, -84.46032 - Cemetery ID:
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The proposed 13-mile, $400 million connector between I-75 and the to-be-built eastern bypass around Nicholasville would slice through the Marble Creek watershed and would forever alter Jessamine County's historic and natural resources.
Little History of Marble Creek.
There is cave,A carving in a rock called the painted Lady which over looks the river.A creek nestled in an at-times deep gorge, Still people living there even thou the Rail Road R & B no longers run threw there.I do know it had a depo.The Marble Creek neighborhood, disagreed with Fayette County leadership. From this dispute arose the establishment of Jessamine County from Fayette in 1798. Price would then serve for many years in Frankfort as a legislator from Jessamine.
Dry laid limestone wall near Marble Creek
An 1861 map identifies James Soper as the property owner of the land which today includes Hobson's 50 acres.. In 1871, James' son, John Soper began selling off 19 acre parcels to African Americans. Following these transactions and throughout the post-Civil War era, a significant African American settlement was established. Though only archaeological evidence remains, vestiges of the settlement can be easily recognized in the form of cemeteries, foundations, and dry laid limestone walls so ubiquitous to central Kentucky.
Friday, June 7, 2013
The proposed 13-mile, $400 million connector between I-75 and the to-be-built eastern bypass around Nicholasville would slice through the Marble Creek watershed and would forever alter Jessamine County's historic and natural resources.
Little History of Marble Creek.
There is cave,A carving in a rock called the painted Lady which over looks the river.A creek nestled in an at-times deep gorge, Still people living there even thou the Rail Road R & B no longers run threw there.I do know it had a depo.The Marble Creek neighborhood, disagreed with Fayette County leadership. From this dispute arose the establishment of Jessamine County from Fayette in 1798. Price would then serve for many years in Frankfort as a legislator from Jessamine.
Dry laid limestone wall near Marble Creek
An 1861 map identifies James Soper as the property owner of the land which today includes Hobson's 50 acres.. In 1871, James' son, John Soper began selling off 19 acre parcels to African Americans. Following these transactions and throughout the post-Civil War era, a significant African American settlement was established. Though only archaeological evidence remains, vestiges of the settlement can be easily recognized in the form of cemeteries, foundations, and dry laid limestone walls so ubiquitous to central Kentucky.
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- Added: 28 Oct 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2558257
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