Poplar Flat Cemetery Memorial Day service set for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 21st
Community News
Saturday, May 13, 2017 — The Poplar Flat Cemetery at Woodlawn will hold its annual Memorial Day Service at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 21, 2017, at the cemetery, located at the end of Poplar Flat Cemetery Road (weather permitting, otherwise it will be held at Woodlawn/Beech Fork United Methodist Church, 4110 
Woodlawn Road, Bardstown).
Poplar Flat Cemetery is one of the oldest in Nelson County. Joseph Ferguson, founder of what is now known as the Woodlawn/Beech Fork United Methodist Church, moved to Nelson County from Virginia in 1784 and made his home in “Popular Flat.” The first meeting house, known as Ferguson’s Chapel, was erected at what is now the site of the Poplar Flat Cemetery in 1792.
Ferguson died Nov. 28, 1828, and is buried in the Poplar Flat Cemetery. This cemetery also contains the graves of several other early pioneers. It also contains the graves of at least two Revolutionary War patriots, Philip Daniel Crume and Captain Thomas Lewis.
Donations for the upkeep of the cemetery are appreciated and should be sent to Poplar Flat Cemetery Fund, c/o 119 Mockingbird Lane, Bardstown, KY 40004.
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