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Submitted: 5/8/14 • Approved: 5/8/14 • Last Updated: 5/11/14 • R998569-G0-S3
With the community growing and the need for a cemetery, George Nichols donated property that was on a ridge or possibly an Indian Mound. If you started in the center and observed the elevation around you, you will see that it is on a high ridge. The Indian mounds were plentiful in the area where George Nichols homesteaded and pottery has been found in this area. His homestead was on Little River in the community known as Nichols. The stories that have been passed down over the years is that the graves are of people who lived in the community, but during high water it was dry ground, and people from other communities were buried due to the high ground. The earliest marker in the cemetery is dated 1899.
You will notice that the stones are not aligned North and South, and people randomly buried in the cemetery. There are many graves that were never marked with a headstone because families could not afford to purchase them and small markers that were put on the graves have deteriorated and rusted leaving many graves unmarked.
Contributed on 5/8/14 by hawkinsdonna
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