Our cemetery holds the remains of Oliver Lewis, the jockey who won the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875, Abraham Perry, the trainer of the thoroughbred to win the 1885 Kentucky Derby and James “Soup” Perkins, who tied a record as being the youngest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby in 1895. This is the first burial site of Isaac Burns Murphy, winner of three Kentucky Derbys and first African American inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Other African Americans interred served as jockeys, trainers, groomsmen, stable hands, horse shippers and simply, horsemen.
Morton Austin William Henry Bates Smith Bones Tommy Britton James Brooke Henry Harrison Brown Clarence Bryant Luis Butler Edward Caldwell Chester Campbell Harry Carpenter Henry Chambers Matt Clark Nelson Cleveland James Coleman June Collins Billy Curd William Davis Johnson Deamus William Embry Frederick Eubanks Ben Fields Thomas Fisher Ben Forrest Oliver Lewis Cecil Green Russell Green Clarence Greene | Oscar Jiles Austin Harris William Harris Daniel Hart Daniel Higgins James Hoskenson Walker Hughes Howard Jefferson Henry Jones Thomas Johnson Octie Keys Howard Lee Lee Madison Clarence Matthews Robert Mennis Morris John Montgomery Isaac Burns Murphy Jake Overton John W. Palmer Theodore Palmer Frank Perkins James “Soup” Perkins Abraham Perry Stephen Plotten Pete Phillips Henry Roberts George Rogers | Frank Ross George RossWilliam Seals Eddy Scott Joseph Scott Steve Scotte George Sissle Henry Slaughter Andrew Smith James Smith Walter Smith George Stewart Alexander Stout Clarence Strange Charles Suter Cassius Clay Tankersley Harry Thompson Robert Arthur Tolles Jack Trotter Horatio Tucker Charlie O. Walker Henry Walker George Washington Sam Weathers Charley Williams Edward Withrow Braxton Woodard |

