Wake County, NC - Nichols Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nichols Cemetery Wake County, North Carolina Surveyed March 2004 by Barbara Allen. This is a small family cemetery which appears to no longer be in use, and is now surrounded on three sides by a subdivision. It is well kept and surrounded by a low fence. The Nichols family has owned land near here for many years, and the building that used to house Nichols Grocery still stands a few blocks away. Directions: From Raleigh, drive north on US1 North (Capitol Blvd) passing under the interchange with I-540 and turn left on Greshams Lake Road. Take Greshams Lake road about 1.5 miles to Harps Mill Rd. Turn right on Harps Mill and then take the second left at Goudy Dr. Park at the end of the street (1 block). The cemetery is directly behind the house on the left. There is a path through the trees along the edge of the house which is a deeded access to the cemetery. To access Greshams Lake Road from I-540 requires going north on US1 to a cross over and coming back south because there is a barrier preventing a left turn on Greshams Lake from the I-540 ramp. I counted at least 28 graves in this cemetery, but only three have engraved headstones. Some of the others have un-engraved headstones, rock or metal markers or are obvious depressions. Nichols, R. W. (Rhodes); Co. I 35 NC Inf. CSA Nichols, Terry; Killed Dec 13, 1952 Harrison, J. Henry; b. June 28, 1850 d. July 11, 1893 Father This is not my family, but I did a little research on the two Nichols men. According to military records, R. W. Nichols enlisted as a private in Company I, 35th North Carolina Infantry on May 6, 1863 and died of disease on June 15, 1863. I was not so lucky with Terry Nichols. All I do know is that he did not die in the state of North Carolina. I am wondering if he was killed in Korea, but can neither prove or disprove that. If someone has information on what happened to him, please let me know and I will update this posting. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Allen ___________________________________________________________________