Old Livingston Cemetery stands on Long King's Trace, a route traveled as early as 1834 from the Indian village near Swartwout on the Trinity to Nacogdoches, the principal East Texas town, and followed in this area by U.S. 190. The cemetery's oldest known graves, dating from the era of the Republic of Texas, are those of Josephus Choate, who died in 1840, and Adolphus Choate, who died in 1842, young sons of Moses L. and Ursula Choate, who donated the site for the Polk County seat in 1846. Many early citizens are buried in this plot, including some in unmarked and forgotten graves. Restored by the City of Livingston from 1967 to 1969, the cemetery is preserved in memory of the pioneers.