Pioneer Graveyard, 1812–1858
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Pioneer Graveyard 1812-1858. Within this enclosure are buried 185 named persons, and many more unknown, all early settlers of Christian County. The land for this cemetery was donated in 1812 by Bartholomew Wood, the first settler in Hopkinsville. He also donated land and timber for the first public buildings, 1797. He died in 1827 and was buried here.
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
Within this enclosure lie 185 named early settlers of Christian County, and many more unknown. The land was donated in 1812 by Bartholomew Wood, Hopkinsville's first settler, who had also given ground and timber for the community's first public buildings in 1797. He died in 1827 and was buried here among the pioneers.
Why it matters
This pioneer burying ground holds the founding generation of a Kentucky town and the man whose gifts of land helped bring it into being.
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