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Chestnut Cemetery is a historically Black cemetery established in 1896 by 
Frank P. Gadson, James W. Alexander, Henry W. Chandler, Alex Holly, F.C.W. Williams, and William Giles. This cemetery used to be known as Oak Ridge Cemetery, later known as Hughes and Chestnut Cemetery, but since changed to Chestnut Cemetery.
Frank P. Gadson, James W. Alexander, Henry W. Chandler, Alex Holly, F.C.W. Williams, and William Giles. This cemetery used to be known as Oak Ridge Cemetery, later known as Hughes and Chestnut Cemetery, but since changed to Chestnut Cemetery.A New Cemetery
Ocala Evening Star: 9-15-1896
Articles of Incorporation of The Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Ocala Evening Star: 10-24-1896
Cemetery sign.
The gravestone of Dr. Thomas Playfair Lloyd (1867-1896), the first Black doctor in Ocala, is pictured. (Photo courtesy of Alonzo Hardy)
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