Just a little story to pass on:
In the corner of Greenfork township is the first Holpwell Cemetery. It was
located on the "County Line Rd". about 1/2 mile east of US 27 We don't know
if the church burned or just fellin. The early accounts of history of
Hopewell are unclear about this. We do know that the foundation of the old
church are under the present home at this site. An interesting sidelight of
this is, there is also the rock or stone ember or coal repository that was
used for heat in the early times. The stones come up to the wood joists
that support the house. We. don't know qhy the church was moved to its
present location, but the second "Hopewell Church was built in 1844 on the
hill where the present cemctery is located on Hopewell Road, in New Garden
township in Wayne county.Tradition tells us that some of the markers or
stones were moved to the new cemtery, howeverno bodyies were exhumed and
moved, We have heard that there were many markers on the hill that slopes
to the west.Today there are three standings upright and perhaps two fallen
over. Thanks to one of the early uncaring pioneers we have lost all the
rest of the markers. He put them gown as a floor then poured cement over
them for his hog house. We will never know how many early Washington and
Greensfork township pioneers are buried on that slope in the southwest
corner of greensfork township. The names and dates on the stones are
Elizabth, wife of William Norton, d 24 Oct 1877, age 76 yrs, 10 mo. 5 da.;
William Norton b 2 May 1796, Dier 18 Aug 1862, Legend tells us there was
members of the Coats, Williams, and Norton Families buried here. William
Norton was my 2nd great-grandfather. Upon connecting the township to get
them moved I got nothing but*&^%$ . Name of Trustee Cowan. If I can heple
clean up this mess contact me at email oakplace(a)im3.com (Rodger D. Norton)
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