[7] About 80 of those veterans trained at nearby Camp Nelson, a Union supply depot and recruitment site.

[8][9] In addition to Kentucky, states represented among civil war veterans are New York, Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

Espy, a native of Lexington, was awarded the Croix de Guerre, France's highest military honor.

[12] R. C. O. Benjamin, a journalist and an attorney, was murdered on October 2, 1900, during an altercation involving voting rights for African Americans.

The range of birthdates, 1842 to 1897, and the dates of death, 1890 to 1932, indicate the prominence of African-Americans in a thriving horse and racing industry.

[10] Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Isaac Burns Murphy, born 1861, was originally buried in African Cemetery No.

[17] A documentary created by the cemetery's volunteer organization in conjunction with the Lexington Public Library is available at this link.

[19] On April 4, 2002, volunteers from Canine Solutions International searched, mapped, and studied the physical grounds of the cemetery.

The paper published in Building and Environment discusses the "scientific knowledge of decay processes with conservation theory and the needs of stakeholders".