Camp Nelson Family Cemetery in Nicholasville, Kentucky

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Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA

Coordinates: 37.78756, -84.61980
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This Cemetery was started from Refugees of the Colored Union Soldiers who settle here. It became a recruiting ground for new soldiers from eastern Tennessee and escaped slaves, many of whom trained to be soldiers. When Mr. Howard Teater recorded the graves he started calling this Camp Nelson Cemetery. But this is not Camp Nelson. This was the town of Ariel and later became the town of Hall. As of 2015 this location is now called Payne Lane off Hall's Road, Nicholasville, Kentucky. You will also fine the Jim Beam trail. The History of this little town is recorded in Genealogy section of Jessamine Co, Library and the Historical Society of Jessamine Co, Kentucky. I also had the pleasure of meeting some of the Payne's and rented a house from them. Which at one time stood a white 2 story house, consisted of 3 bed rooms upstairs, huge living room, kitchen, dining room, side porch, bath room, barn a few sheds and a well, that I lived in own by Ambrose Payne Jr. Grave yard was in my back yard. Years later Terry Lunsford bought the place and tore down the old house and all is that remains is the lane to the grave yard. I will tell you This was a very peaceful place. And I got meet Ms. Helen Booker Sturant, last of slaves, who lived down there and she and I would walk to the cemetery and she would talk about her career and family.