Colonel John Dils purchased the property where this cemetery is located in 1871. He had served as colonel of the 39th Kentucky Infantry in the Civil War. In addition to Colonel Dils, several Civil War veterans with original Union military markers are buried here. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud District, the cemetery has changed little since 1871. It is the final resting place of several participants in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud, including Randolph McCoy, leader of the McCoy family, his wife Sarah, their daughter Roseanna, their son Sam, and Sam's wife Martha. It is also the first known racially integrated cemetery in Eastern Kentucky, with 120 of the 500 graves, many unmarked, belonging to African Americans.