Nicodemus Cemetery

Nicodemus Cemetery

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Nicodemus Historical Society

Nicodemus Cemetery is the original graveyard for Nicodemus settlers, and descendants continue to use it for family burials. The graves farthest to the east are the oldest. The little white curved-top headstones indicate Civil War veterans. Tom Johnson, Civil War veteran and one of the original 1877 settlers, and his family are buried here. So is his grandson Henry Williams, the first child born (October 1877) in Nicodemus. Also buried here are St. Francis Hotel owners Zach Fletcher, the first postmaster, and his wife Jenny, the first school teacher. Famous barbecue entrepreneur Ernestine Van Duvall rests here, as well as National Football League, Green Bay Packer Player, and descendant, Veryl Switzer. Mt. Olive Cemetery (4 miles west) and Samuel Cemetery (5 miles south of Bogue) are two other historic cemeteries that descendants still use for burial.