On land originally belonging to early Hopkins County settler Zacharias Birdwell (1801-1880), a nearby burial ground was first known as Birdwell's Graveyard. Although the earliest marked grave, that of infant James Becton Herman, dates to 1879, the site was used as early as 1870. In 1882 Birdwell's widow, Polly, deeded the land, including the cemetery, to her nephew W. A. Stewart. The burial ground soon became known as Stewart Cemetery and contains 23 marked graves, including that of Zacharias Birdwell. It was last used in 1915 for the burial of Mary E. Casey.