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African American Civil War Memorial Veteran

Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Burial: Green Hill Cemetery

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Green Hill Cemetery

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Added: Jul 12, 2010
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"The monument is a simple tapered shaft, ornamented with a seal of the Grand Army of the Republic on the front along with the names of the Woman's Relief Corps listed and names of 142 African American Civil War soldiers from central Kentucky inscripted on the remaining three sides." (Greenhill Cemetery publication)

Erected By
Woman's Relief Corps
No. 8
* G.A.R *
July 1924

Monument Com.
E.T. Strauss, Pres.
N.C. Coleman, Sec.
L.C. Redding
Mary L. Brooks
Clara C. McWilliams
Susan Butcher
M.B. McCary
Sally Handy
Kate Richardson

In Memory Of
The Colored Soldiers
Franklin Co., Ky.
Who Fought In The Civil War
1861-1865

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Right side inscription:
Levi Berry
Flem Burns
Robert Parrent
Washington Parrent
Add Parrent
Wesley Twyman
Lloyd Twyman
Merritt Madison
John Greenup
Flem Martin
William Petty
William Wash
Nelson Hayes
Bryon Good
Louis Minter
Peter Minter
Edward Page
Charles Johnson
Anderson Smith
James Richardson
William Streets
Edward Harris
Henry Rhodes
George Blades
William Madison
Alex Shelby
Ford Buckner
Milton Coleman
Frank Johnson
George Groves
Gus Williams
William Johnson
Harry Johnson
Edward Craig
John Howard
Harry Dotson
George Washington
Henry Stewart
James Stewart
William Mosby
Spencer Mosby
Albert Handy
Frank Thompson
Silas Pitman
Edward Chiles
Leander Pickens
Edward Campbell

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Left side inscription:
Taylor Willis
Edward Pleasant
William Minor
George Ellis
John Dunlap
George Johnson
Louis Walker
Walker Wade Sr.
Guy Owens
Alex Phelps
Louis Smith
Richard Jones
Theopolis Jones
Andrew Castleman
Boone Brown
Louis Letcher
Albert Thompson
John Allen
Bailey Harris
Dangerfield Loomis
Joseph Jackson
Louis Lyons
Humphrey Taylor
John Carter
James Harvey
George Belt
Reuben Patterson
Abe Patterson
Walker Lowery
George White
Eli White
George Mukes
Levi Majors
Tom Loomis
Dan Morton
Levi Richardson
Henry Starks
Rev. Neuton Bush
Tom White
Jessie Reed
Alexander Rennick
Henry Clay
Howard Anderson
Louis Page

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Morrison Butcher
Elias Spaulding
Benjamin Caldwell
Benjamin Fields
Walter Lewis
Jerry Washington
Andrew Anderson
Benjamin Johnson
Newman Manuel
John Burns
Robert Sleets
Fred Blanton
Ephraim Scott
Robert Dane
Jerry Chiles
John Rollins
Henry Taylor
Green Taylor
Harrison Caldwell
Henry Brown
Moses Carter
Gabe Wright
Stephen Young
Henry Combs
William Bush
Bartlett Butler
Isaac Boots
George Penn
Austin Harris
William Meade
George Vance
Henry Buckner
Isaac Miles
David Griffin
Brack Beverly
Dangerfield Graves
Warren Green
William Green
Collins Miller
George Dyer
Porter King
Harry Johnson
Nathan Jennings
James Black
Alex Garrett
James Payne
Frank Patterson
William Loomis
James Butler

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Back view inscription:
Morrison Butcher
Elias Spaulding
Benjamin Caldwell
Benjamin Fields
Walter Lewis
Jerry Washington
Andrew Anderson
Benjamin Johnson
Newman Manuel
John Burns
Robert Sleets
Fred Blanton
Ephraim Scott
Robert Dane
Jerry Chiles
John Rollins
Henry Taylor
Green Taylor
Harrison Caldwell
Henry Brown
Moses Carter
Gabe Wright
Stephen Young
Henry Combs
William Bush
Bartlett Butler
Isaac Boots
George Penn
Austin Harris
William Meade
George Vance
Henry Buckner
Isaac Miles
David Griffin
Brack Beverly
Dangerfield Graves
Warren Green
William Green
Collins Miller
George Dyer
Porter King
Harry Johnson
Nathan Jennings
James Black
Alex Garrett
James Payne
Frank Patterson
William Loomis
James Butler

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Kentucky African American Civil War Memorial Marker, Number 2226. Located near Greenhill Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County. Presented by the City of Frankfort.

"The African American Civil War Memorial in Greenhill Cemetery is only monument in state honoring the nearly 25,000 Kentuckians who served in the United States Colored Troops. The names of 142 men from central Ky are etched on monument. Memorial dedicated in July 1924."

The Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program is administered by the Kentucky Historical Society in cooperation with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

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