Established in the early 1850s in what is now known as Old Town, the Round Rock Cemetery is the burial ground of many area pioneers and outstanding Round Rock citizens Round Rock Cemeteries Established in the early 1850s in what is now known as Old Town, the Round Rock Cemetery on Sam Bass Road is the burial ground of many area pioneers and outstanding Round Rock citizens. That portion is now known as the Hopewell Cemetery. Numerous Civil War, World War I and World War II veterans are buried there. The Hopewell Cemetery, once enclosed by cedar posts and barbed wire, is home to numerous unmarked graves and more than 200 known burials. Many of the sites are marked head and foot with large limestone rocks.
Some rocks are hand-grooved with names and dates.
The first marked grave of a freed slave is dated 1880. Although there are 40 to 50 known burial sites of freedmen and the burial ground is still in use, no interments of former slaves have occurred after the turn of the century.