From SR427 north of Waterloo, drive 5.8 miles north on Old SR27/CR39 to CR4. The church cemetery is on the southeast side of the intersection of Old SR27/CR39 and CR4. From SR427 south of Hamilton, go west on CR4. From I69 at Ashley, go east on SR4, then south on Old SR27/CR39.

History:
From "History of DeKalb County Cemeteries" by Dorothy A. Ditmars, April 18, 1924.

As given by Mr. Isaac Barker of Hudson, Indiana this cemetery is located North East 1/4 of North East 1/4 of Section 10, and 3/4 mile east of Summit. It is cared for by Methodist denomination. The land was donated by Rev. Edward Barker in 1865. Some of the old pioneers buried here are, George Shull, wife and children; Isaac Gramling and family, the Rev. Edward Barker and wife; Mrs. John Shore and son.



The cemetery is located in Smithfield Township (NW quadrant of the NW quadrant of the NW quadrant of Section 11, Township 35N, Range 13E) on the southeast corner of the intersection of County Road 4 and Old US Highway 27 (County Road 39).



Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 3, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (April 2007), gives the primary cemetery name as Barker's Chapel Cemetery with an alternate name of Summit Cemetery.

The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-17-29 (Barker / Summit / Barkers Chapel / Barkers Chapel United Methodist. Renner Cemetery).

The Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory (IHSSI) survey number for Barker's Chapel and Cemetery is 033-024-10010 with the dataset compiled in 2001.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1039776 (Barkers Chapel Cemetery).