Cemetery Records

Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Huntersville, Mecklenburg Co., NC

In order that I took the photos:

IN MEMORY of Wm. B. ALEXANDER, Sr. who departed this life 28th January 1846 in his 48th year	Click on picture to view larger image
[# 202] [#202 is listed as "unknown" on the cemetery map at Hopewell]	Click on picture to view larger image
[Unreadable] [# 206] [HPC:  "In memory of Neil M. Whitley, died January 30th, 1866; aged 4 years"] [As I was taking these pictures, a man was riding a lawn mower cutting the grass.  Apparently a bee flew at him & caused him to swerve the mower into this headstone & it broke.]	Click on picture to view larger image
[Top Broken Off] [HPC:  "In memory of Ella J. Whitley"] Died Jan. 2[6th]  1866 Aged 7 Years	Click on picture to view larger image
IN Memory of [J]AN[E B.] WH[ITLE]Y [died January 22, 1]865 6[9] Ye[a]r[s] [# 208]	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of MARGERY IRVIN who died Octr. 19. 1788. Aged 48 Years.	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of EDWARD IRVIN who died Octr. 10th 179[0]. A[ge]d 54 Years	Click on picture to view larger image
[In memory of] ROBERT IRVIN [w]ho die[d] A[ugust 11th,] 180[3] [age]d 17 [years and 9 mont]hs [W]h[o] dep[arted this in hopes] of [a ha]pp[ier eternity.] [Young as I am I quit the stage;] [too we]ll [I know t]he [a]p[plause of the age;] [Farewell] to g[rowing fame below,] B[ut] He[a]ven [de]ma[nds me upward, and I dare to go.] H[ar]k[, m]y f[air guarding (?)] ch[ild, my stay (sic)] A[nd wave]s h[i]s [golden rod.] A[ngels, I c]om[e led on the way,] O[n to my] Sa[vior God.] [# {24}8]	Click on picture to view larger image
SACRED [to the memory of] ANNE BARRY [who] died [February] 27th [1842] [in the 55t]h y[ear] [of her age]
Sacred to the Memory of BENJAMIN WILSON DAVIDSON Who was born the 20th May 17[87] Departed this life 2[5th] Septemb[er] 1829. [Attentive r]eader let my mould['ring clay] Wa[ke] your [re]flection while ['tis] call[e]d t[o] d[ay] 'Tis time I'm gone, thou ['rt g]oing and [soon thou] W[i]ll [soft]ly [rec]line [a]mo[ng] the [s]ilent d[ead] [Ar]t thou p[re]p[ared;] where will thy [s]pi[rit be] When time is lost in va[s]t Et[ernity]	Click on picture to view larger image
[POSSIBLY:] [HPC:  "Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth L. Reid, second wife of Rufus Reid; born February 9, 1797, died May 4, 1838"] FIRST MARRIED TO BENJAMIN WILSON DAVIDSON, ESQ.	Click on picture to view larger image
ALEXANDER WILLIAM DAVIDSON NOV. 26, 1840 APR. 7, 1927  - - - - - SUE RAMSEY, APR. 23, 1843 APR. 13, 1890 His last words: Gods Holy Spirit wrote the Bible and those that criticise it sin against the Holy Ghost and God will not forgive them [HPC:  "Sue Ramsey Alexander, wife of William Davidson Alexander"]	Click on picture to view larger image
In memory of MARY HENDERSON [W]ho died September 2[5, 1825] Ag[e]d 42 years [H]ear what th[e] voi[c]e fr[o]m heav[']n [proclaims] F[or] all t[h]e [p]ious dead Swee[t is] the savo[u]r of the[i]r nam[es] [An]d soft their sleeping [bed] [They lie] in Jesus and are ble[sse]d [H]ow kind their slumb[e]rs a[re] F[rom s]uf[fering] and fro[m s]in re[leased] [And fr]ee[d] [from every snare]	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of MARGA[R]ET HENDE[RSON] who died [S]ept[r 13, 1809] In the 28th Year of h[er a]ge	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of CHARISSA P. HENDE[RSON] who died Sept[r] 11[th] 18[08] In the 19th Year of her [age] The li[v]ing know that [they] m[ust die] But all the de[a]d forgotten lie Their memory and their [s]ense [is gone] Alike unknowing [and unknown]	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of JOHN HENDERSON who died Sept 7th 1809 In the 62nd Year of his age Corruption earth and worms Shall but refine this flesh Till my triumphant spirit come[s] To put it on afresh	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of SARAH HENDER[SO]N who died Feb. 8th 1808 In the 55th Year of her age God my redeemer lives And often from the skies Looks down and watches all my dust Till he shall bid it rise	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of BETSY HENDERSON who died March 14th 1821 Aged 35 Years & 4 Mon[ths] God my Redeemer lives And often from the skies Looks down and watches all my dust Till he shall bid it rise	Click on picture to view larger image
In Memory of JOHN HENDERSON who died Novr. 14th 1794 Aged 70 Years.	Click on picture to view larger image
In memory of JANE DOUGH[ER]T[Y] who died February [2]0[th 1824] Aged 46 Years Why do we mourn dep[a]rtin[g friends] Or shake at death's [alarms] 'Tis but the voice th[at Jesus sends] To call [t]hem to his [ar]m[s] The grav[es] of all h[is saints he blest] And so [? often ?] ev'ry bed W[h]er[e] should the dying me[mbers rest] But with th[e]ir [d]ying [head]	Click on picture to view larger image
[In memory of] JANE K. [LATTA] Wife [of] JAMES LATT[A] [DIED] July [1,] 18[64] In the [60th] Ye[ar] of her age [Unreadable or not shown:] [HPC:  "She being dead yet speaketh."]
IN Memory of JOHN F. McCOY Son of M. R. & R. McCOY Born Sept. 5, 1830 Lost his life at the battle of Gettysburg on July 3 1863 in defense of the Lost Cause	Click on picture to view larger image
IN Memory of M. R. McCOY Born March 19th 1807 Died May 12th 1854 He was a Son of Temperance of Hope- well Division No. 91 untill [sic] his death [HPC: lists date of birth as [March 10, 1807"]	Click on picture to view larger image

My notes or items that I had difficulty reading (supplemented by HPC when possible) are in brackets [ ]. The notes in brackets [ ]  that are preceded by "HPC" or an asterisk (*) is information is from the book The History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, for 175 years from the assigned date of its organization, 1762; by Charles William Sommerville, Ph.D., D.D., Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 1939.

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