Located one and one half miles northeast of Ames Chapel, in a
small grove of trees, are perhaps a dozen old graves, some of
which have markers of field stone. This is on a farm long known
as the Adam Miller place. It was later owned by Silas
Halbert, and is sometimes spoken of as the old Halbert
place. In June 1939, a government marker was placed at the
unmarked grave of Joshua Nichols, by descendants and with
appropriate ceremonies by the Lost River Chapter DAR. Joshua
Nichols was born in Rowan Co., North Carolina on July
10, 1758. His father was a Revolutionary War Captain, and Joshua
was a member of his company. Joshua died on Sept. 7/1841, and was
buried with military honors. An account of this appeared in a
Paoli Newspaper of the period. He took part in several battles
and was wounded in one foot. SAR Honors
The following is a transcript of
data recorded by the Lost River Chapter of the DAR in the 1940's and remains
their property. This page may be freely
copied for your personal use but may not be reproduced in any public media
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- MILLER, Elizabeth, In memory of: Age 2y/11m/22d.
"Blessed are the meek" -No dates.
- MILLER, ADAM d. July 30/1859, age 86 y. no stone found.
- NICHOLS, Joshua Gov't marker: Private in Cap't
Nichol’s Co. Rowan Co., N.C. Militia 1758-1841.
- PORTER, Mary, In memory of, who died May 12/1830, age 34
years upward.
