Hopewell Cemetery

Located off Hopewell Church Rd near intersection with Cheatham Ford Rd

Road to Hopewell cemetery

Barkley Headstones

       The Landmark Newspaper
       December 17 1901

       John L. Gwaltney, Esq., executor of the late Wm Barkley, of Gwaltney’s township, last week contracted with Mr. C.B. Webb, of the Statesville Marble and Granite Company, for a monument, or rather a group
       of monuments, provided for in the will of the deceased, to be place in the cemetery or burial grounds at Hopewell church, in that township. The deceased and several brothers and sisters were never married
       and seven graves are in this burial ground to be marked. Two thousand dollars was set apart for this purpose and some relatives were to furnish teams and labor to assist in getting the work done. This will be
       much the most expensive monument ever placed in Alexander county. The deceased and a brother or two and probably a sister had lived together to a ripe old age and were well-to-do and intelligent citizens.