CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC - CEMETERY - Nixon & Graddy Cemetery


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Nixon and Graddy Cemetery

   
The cemetery is on Durant Nixon Road, in Linden, NC, about ¾ of a mile
south of the intersection of Collier Chapel Rd. Cemetery is located
next to the road on the right side. It is on private property. The
cemetery is in poor shape and most of the tombstones are broken and
some believed to be missing. Two stones have been recently replaced.
Submitted by Jennifer Bell cajnbell@GTE.net

Front row, L to R:

Unmarked broken footstone propped up against a tree. Original location
unknown.
Fallen headstone (old): Mary Louisa wife of Charles D Nixon Born Feb.
16, 1822 Died June 4, 1888 Aged 66 years
Gone but not forgotten
(Note: some family records give her death date as 1887, which would be
consistent with the remarriage of her widower in Dec. 1887.)
Space for a grave but no headstone
Footstone with SAH
New stone: Bill Nixon 1855-1919 "Uncle Bill" (with broken unmarked
footstone) (Note: this is a former slave named William McKay)
New double stone:
Nixon
Bettie Atkins Bethia
1850
Dec 15, 1910
(Note: All family records indicate her surname was actually spelled
Bethea)

Nixon Charles Durant Feb 22, 1822 Aug 13, 1892
Second row, L to R:
(in line with SAH footstone from first row) footstone with S. C.
(no headstone found) (in line with Bill Nixon stone from first row)
Old broken stone:
Theresa Louisa Hatcher Born June 10, 1881 Died Nov 5, 1883
Sister brother
each successor
God has given
to our arms
Binds no more
to thee Theresa
Precious child of
heavenly charms
(between Bill Nixon stone and double Nixon stone from first row) Old
broken unmarked slab, fallen. Flat like a typical marker, but no signs
of inscription. No footstone found.
(in line with double Nixon stone from first row)
Old fallen stone:
Vulcan Frazelle Born Dec 12, 1839 Died Sept 11, 1892
Farewell, my wife and children all
From you a father Christ doth call
Third row, L to R:
(in line with Hatcher stone from row 2)
Stone with scalloped top but no inscription
Fourth row, L to R:
(in line with Mary Louisa stone from first row) Fallen, broken slab, no
inscription
(in line with scalloped stone from row 3) Old fallen stone:
Erected by Susan Graddy
in memory of her husband
Durham Graddy
who died October 29, 1822
Aged 42 years
(in line with SC footstone from row 3) Old fallen stone:
In memory of Louisa Frazelle Born Sept 12, 1821 Died June 6, 1828
Fifth row, L to R:
(in line with Mary Louisa Nixon stone from row 1) Old fallen stone:
Erected by Jane B Grady
in memory of
Curtis D Grady
who died July 25, 1832
in the 25th year of his age.
Behold my friend as you pass by.
As you are now so once was I
As I am now you soon will be.
Prepare for death & follow m
(This stone used the spelling Grady rather than Graddy as the others
did.) (base of stone in line with Louisa Frazelle in row 5, upper
part broken off and in line with Durham Graddy stone from row 5)
Old broken stone:
In memory of Susan Graddy
Born February 14, 1785
Died July 25th, 1860