| Cemeteries of Henry County Tennessee |
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| Hopewell Church Cemetery (Stewart County) | |
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| From Paris Court square, take 79N East toward Dover. Cross the Ned McWherter Bridge into Stewart County. After about
a mile and a half from the bridge, turn left at the signs for Piney Campground. This is actually Fort Henry Road. Follow this road for approximately
eight miles, where a dirt road will appear on your right. Take this dirt road down into a very small stream bed. Proceed carefully though it. A
cornfield will appear in front of you as the road curves to the right and continues to border this cornfield. If you'll notice, the woods to your
right steep sharply upward at this point. After about 300 feet, a trail will become obvious going up this incline. It is not advisable to drive up
this incline as the surface of the trail can be loose and treacherous. About 200 feet up this path is the Hopewell Church Cemetery, marked by a green
sign (as usually found in LBL cemeteries). Travel time from Paris Court Square is approximately 40-50 minutes. Topographical Map: at Topozone.com Aerial Photo: at Microsoft Terraserver Google Map: | |
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| The Hopewell Church Cemetery is located on a hill overlooking Fort Henry Road and LBL cornfields in the Southeastern part
of the Land Between the Lakes Recreation area. Its location is marked well on LBL maps but what the map does not show you is what you have to do
to access it. Its only access is off of what looks like the cornfield's equipment road and can be easily missed. A trail leads sharply up the
hill next to the cornfield and is hardly passable with a vehicle. You just don't know that you've found the cemetery until you have climbed
about 200 feet up this hill and see the sign in the distance above you. A past visitor or caretaker has very generously erected crosses made from PVC pipe at each grave. Even though a small number of the graves are actually marked, it is obvious where burials have been made because each of the graves are sunken. Some broken and fallen gravestones have been repaired very well, and other previously unmarked graves have been given cement markers with names punched into metal plates. Overall, condition is good. But... this cemetery is in Stewart County! That's right! We have photographed and included this cemetery in the project because there are some significant ancestors of Henry County folk here. |
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| Statistics |
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| Earliest birth date: Henry J. Scarborough, born 28 May 1815. | Oldest death date: J. Barnett Scarborough, died 13 Sep 1858. |
| Names evident on records as of September 25, 2007: 19 | |
| Photos archived here: 51 | |
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| Photographs taken September 25, 2007. | |
