DICKSON CEMETERY

This cemetery is situated in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 9 Township
two miles west of Fallston on the lands of W. J. Dickson and on a
country road 200 yards southwest of the old Dickson Home (known as the
T. J. or "Little Tom" Dickson Home).

Owner of Cemetery: W. J. Dickson

Approximate number of marked graves: 4
Unmarked graves: None
Earliest marked grave: M. A. Dickson, d. July 11, 1860
General condition of cemetery: On a knoll covered with honeysuckle, oaks and pines.

Date of survey: Oct. 16, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:


Dickson, C. (or Cyntha)
B. Oct. 21, 1810
D. Dec. 26, 1862
(Miss Ida Dixon- As she prefers to spell her name now-says that Cyntha
Dickson was buried here due to her death from small pox which she
contracted from a soldier that had returned from the Civil War. A. G.
Melton, worker.)

Dickson, M. A.
B. May 8, 1830
D. July 11, 1860

Dickson, B. E.
B. Jan. 7, 1841
D. Oct. 26, 1867

Dickson, S. E.
B. Dec. 11, 1873
D. May 8, 1874

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This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD,
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