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Penitentiary Grounds Cemetery

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA

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Get directions 443 Clifton Ave
Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601 USA

Coordinates: 38.20612, -84.86667
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For over 150 years, one of Frankfort's earliest cemeteries lay buried and forgotten at the base of Fort Hill, no more than three blocks from Kentucky's Old State Capitol. Construction activities "rediscovered" this integrated burial ground in 2002, located behind Memorial Baptist Church. For many years, those who died in the penitentiary were simply buried in this "potter's field", with no casket, no markers, and often no record. There were four terraces created on the side of Fort Hill, each containing multiple unmarked unknown graves. Further research may turn up more burials here.

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