Hopewell (Northwest) Cemetery (African-American), Smith County, Texas -- NW-25 This cemetery is also known as Hopewell #2 (Northwest) Cemetery (A.A.) Made available to the USGenWeb Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net - 16 Jun 2000 Directions and Coordinates added by Lawrence E. Oliver Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY TEXAS, Volume II, Northwest Quarter, p. 184. From Tyler, take Hwy69 north to the intersection of CR431 and turn right. Follow CR431 east and then north to the intersection of CR494 and turn right. The cemetery is on the left (north) side of the road about 3/4 mile. This cemetery is adjacent and east of the Hopewell Cemetery and shares a common fence. There is no fence along the road. It is not maintained and is heavily overgrown. Map Coordinates are: Latitude: N 32:27:17.0 Longitude: W 095:21:26.3 Copied 6 May 1982 ***************************************************************** Hopewell (Northwest) Cemetery (African-American), Smith County, Texas -- NW-25 LITTLEJOHN, Columbus - 19 Oct 1895 - 10 May 1918 Co.3 R.D.BN. 165 THDB BELL, Little Henry - son of Rachel & Henry Bell 1 Aug 1874 - aged 10 mos. NESBY, Siller - wife of Jeff Nesby - d. 29 Dec 1903 - age 59 years BELL, Prince Ella - dau. of Henry & Rachel Bell b. 11 Oct 1880 - age 1 yr. SMITH, Katie - (homemade marker - dates not readable) (heavy double tombstone turned over - footstone: D.D.M.G.) (Cemetery in bad shape - briars & underbrush - may be more fallen stones) ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOPEWELL CEMETERY #2 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN - Smith County, TX Read 6 Hay 1982, as on p.184. Recopied 11 Mar 1983 as follows Sarah Duncan Beene, Lorene West Conaway, Sally McAdams Garner GUTHRIE, D. H. - husband of Dora D. Mitchell - b. 22 Dec 1868 MITCHELL, Dora D. - wife of D. H. Guthrie b. Nov 1862 - d. 28 Jan 1901 BELL, Prince Ella - dau of Henry & Rachel Bell b. 11 Oct 1880 - age 1 yr BELL, Little Henry - son of Henry & Rachel Bell b. 1 Aug 1874 - age 13 mos WARE, Arrie - Texas Pvt 355 Labor RN - 10 Apr 1921 (only date) LEE, Don L. - son of Henry & Millie Lee - d. 8 Jan 1895 RONE, Fawanie - b. 1881 - d. 10 May 1881 LITTLEJOHN, Columbus - 19 Oct 1895 - 10 May 1918 Co 3 R.D.B.N. 165 - T.H.D.B. JOHNSON, Lila - b. 1820 - d. 4 Apr 1889 MITCHEL, M. C. - b. 1845 - d. 1 Mar 1908 - age 63 yrs MITCHEL, Juland - d. 9 Dec 1916 - age 71 yrs JONES, Mary - d. 1917 - aged 23 yrs - ...wife... mother... friend" BULLARD, George - 12 Mar 1842 - 8 May 1916 ERWIN, Jimmie - son of J. & J. Erwin - 11 Jan 1882 - 14 Hay 1887 SIMPSON, Lucy - (no dates) - (in fence) TERRELL, W. T. - 25 Nov 1874 - 14 Mar 1917 - age 43 yrs "Organizer of East Texas Colored Singing Convention 1913" THOMPSON, H. - 1856-1926 JACKSON, Andrew - husband of Susan Jackson - d. 4 Jul 1911 - age 69 yrs STEWART, Robert - 12 Nov 1831 - 24 Feb 1900 - age 68 yrs 6 mos 12 days BROOKS, Mimie - died 1895 ROSS, Tommie - 26 Mar 1888 - 19 Jan 1896 ROSS, Johnnie - son of T. & S. Ross - 12 Nov 1885 - 22 Mar 1886 ERWIN, J. E. - 1832-1904 ERWIN, Katie - 1840-1926 FLOURNOY, Mary J. - dau of W. & S. A. - d. 30 Aug 1873 age 2 yrs 2 mo 23 days FLOURNOY - infant son of W. & S. A. - born 1877 BROOKS, Elexander - d. 4 Dec 1870 - age 1 yr 1 mo 21 days NESBY, Siller - wife of Jeff Nesby - d. 29 Dec 1903 - age 59 yrs TIUGE, Winnie - d. 7 May 1880 - (broken stone) JOHN, Ann J. - wife of Smart John - d. 5 Sep 189 - 45 yrs - (this stone was broken and on bottom section was "Z. G. Jo___")