FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Antoinette Jackson
Publication Date
Summer 2025
Date
2025-05-15
Abstract
Jay Plummer, a descendant of Rachel Williams buried in Zion Cemetery, discusses what he knows of Zion Cemetery's history. Jay and his brother Bentley Plummer researched their family history and, in the process, discovered their connection to Zion Cemetery primarily through getting a copy of the death certificate for Rachel Williams. Jay’s connection to great grandmother, Rachel Williams, is through his mother, Sarah Williams Plummer, whose father, Robert L. Williams, is Rachel Williams’ son. Jay shares his knowledge on his family's genealogy, including information about a dry goods store in Tampa owned by his grandfather, Robert L. Williams, and the fact that his mother Sarah Williams Plummer was educated at Bennett College and that her sister, Jennie Jerlean Williams, is also buried in Zion Cemetery.
Keywords
Zion Cemetery (Tampa Fla), Florida Department of State, Genealogy, Families--History, Rachel Williams (1860-1915), Bentley Plummer, Robert L. Williams, Sarah Williams Plummer, Tuskegee Airmen, St. Peter Claver Catholic School
Extent
00:18:33; 11 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2025
Media Type
Oral history
Format
Digital only
Identifier
zion_oral_histories_1002
Recommended Citation
Plummer, Jay, "Jay Plummer Oral History Interview" (2025). FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zion_oral_histories/3
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