10th Annual James Harrod Trust "History Underfoot" Cemetery Tour

The James Harrod Trust is excited to announce the 10th Annual James Harrod Trust "History Underfoot" Cemetery Tour at the Spring Hill Cemetery this weekend!!





The tour, co-sponsored by The Harrodsburg Herald, begins at 6:30PM on Friday and Saturday, September 20 & 21, 2013, at the Spring Hill Cemetery (North Greenville Street Harrodsburg, KY.)






 Tickets will be sold at the entrance to the cemetery and are $5 each. The tours are staggered. This "edutainment" event is billed as being enjoyable for the whole family.









The James Harrod Trust Cemetery Tour offers visitors a unique and fun opportunity to learn about the history of the state's oldest settlement and the people who lived, loved, fought and died in the community.




“The night is about remembering their lives and learning about the trials, tribulations, the joy and the sorrow that our ancestors endured." -Jerry Sampson






This year’s cast and characters includes:

• Doris Bartleston who will portray Diadema Wilson, wife of Joseph Wilson. They were both long-time residents of Cornishville Street (the house is still standing). A former slave, Diadema reared a successful, well-known family. 

• Annie Denny will portray Anna Nelson Shelby Magoffin, wife of Beriah Magoffin, who was the 21st Governor of Kentucky. She was the granddaughter of Kentucky's first and fifth governor, Isaac Shelby. Ten of the couple's children survived infancy. 

• Amalie Preston who will portray Jane McAfee, the woman for whom the local Daughters of the American Revolution was named. The DAR name is fitting because she had the unusual experience of having five sons fight in the American Revolution. A native of Ireland, she endured great hardship to make this area her home, after leaving the safety of Botetourt County, VA, and traveling 40 days by pack horse over a mere bridle path to what is today Mercer County, KY, while fearing attacks by Native Americans. And, that is just part of her story. 

• Jerry Sampson who will portray Charles Geffinger, a local jeweler who had a serious fall on Main Street that ended his successful career as a jeweler. He was survived by his daughter, Hazel Geffinger, and his well known grandson, Jimmy Donovan. Sampson currently resides in Geffinger’s former Harrodsburg home. 

• Richard Stallings who will portray M. L. Forsythe, a medical missionary to Korea who survived a violent attack. 

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For additional information, contact the Harrodsburg/Mercer County Tourist Commission at 859-734-2364, Jerry Sampson at 859-734-7829, or Helen Dedman at 859-734-3381.

Members of the Cemetery Tour Committee include: Jerry Sampson, Carolyn Crump, Terry White and Rosalind Turner.