HOPSON CEMETERY, Pulaski, E. side of Knox Street, GILES COUNTY
TENNESSEE
Mapping the Location
Google views of the cemetery area:
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Notice in this next exploded photo in 2013
there are remnants of something that appears to be standing tombstones, but this
may be confused as a part of old fence post. Being very blurred it is not clear.
This is near the lot line between the cemetery and private property nearby:9646
Photos made attempting to locate any
evidence of an existing tombstone:
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HOPSON, Mason, (b. cir 1775)
- 04 Jan 1873, Aged 98 years
HOPSON, Younger, 02 Sep 1768 - 20 Dec 1844
VAUGHN, Infant, Mar 1845 - Mar 1845, d/o S. & N. A. Vaughn
This cemetery seems to
occupy a whole town lot. I ask a person next door who had some connections. He
said he did not know of any complete tombstones in this cemetery, but directed
me to the base of a large tree where there was found one fragment of a carved
stone. No inscriptions were found on it.
1987:Grave markers were found in poor condition in the survey for the Giles Co
Cemetery book.
20 Apr 2017: No tombstones found in this cemetery today (20 Apr 2017). The
cemetery has been completely destroyed. No fragment of any inscriptions was
located by this visitor. Why is it that old cemeteries near population centers
are always in the most poor condition. The cemeteries faring well are always
those near a caretaker far out in the rural areas. This amounts to further
evidence that (young teens bent on destruction) vandals are doing most of the
damage to old cemeteries.
Visited & photographed 20 Apr 2017 by C. Wayne Austin. Listing from the research of Jean Cosby. Added to this site 3 May 2017 by C. Wayne Austin. Also found on page 177 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society.