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Mount Ararat Cemetery
Elm Hill Pike between the intersections of Orr Avenue and Fesslers Lane, Nashville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 8' 42.059976",
-86° 44' 49.859988"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Mount Ararat, Nashville's first African-American cemetery, was officially opened in April 1869. The property was purchased on March 23, 1869, by the Colored Sons of Relief Number One and the Colored Benevolent Society. Lots went on sale on May 2, 1869. Notable persons interred here include some of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Rev. Nelson Merry, and sculptor William Edmonson. After becoming a part of Greenwood Cemetery in 1983, Mount Ararat Cemetery became Greenwood Cemetery West in 1986.
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Mount Ararat Cemetery Historical Marker Location Map, Nashville, Tennessee Map
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